Chapter 52


    Chapter 52


    “Alpha Locksworth, we thank you foring here to talk about the situation with my daughter, Hestia.


    Alpha Crestfield, if you will, Alpha Walker still has yet to say his part.”


    Benicio sounded relieved. I turned my attention back to Locksworth who was still looking at me. I was


    starting to feel self conscious from his gaze. Realizing now, just how weird it must’ve been to be staring


    at each other for almost a minute, I snapped myself out of my Raizel induced fascination. Clearing my


    throat, I looked back Benicio with narrowed eyes. Whatever the hell was going on, they could do


    without me. I already seemed to have expected too much of them. The most I could do now was


    wander around and see if I can catch anything here. That is, if I don’t get caught. I kept my eyes locked


    on the Beta who seemed very shifty from Locksworth’s presence.


    I couldn’t me him.


    The Alpha’s presence behind me was so overwhelming I almost didn’t notice the man who stood


    behind him. Presumably, his Beta. A tall guy, slightly shorter than Locksworth with sandy blonde hair


    and brown eyes stood calmly by his side. I couldn’t detect any fleeting emotion from him but I could see


    the amusement in those eyes.


    He and Noah would get along quite well.


    I felt heat crawl up from my back. Heat from the smoldering gaze of the Alpha behind me chaining me


    to the ground I stood on. His attention initiated foreign sensations from puffing out inside me. My wolf


    purred,ying on her back with her paws outstretched. She was seriously confusing me. “I have no


    business here. If it isn’t pack rted, I’m not interested.”


    I reply sharply, not bothering to hide the venomcing my words. I turn to leave, shooting them onest


    re and strode my way to the door.


    “I’ll have to second that. I didn’te here to entertain your daughter’s delusion from three weeks ago,


    Dixon.”


    I freeze. The deep, raspy rumble from his chest lured out ripples of shudders from me. Locksworth.


    directed his attention to Benicio. His eyes hardened, narrowing into slits as he released more of his


    dominance into the air. Most of the upants in the room tensed.


    My wolf barked, hungrily watching the ascending signs of a fight. She ruffled her fur out, eyes switching


    back and forth between the Alpha and our blood rted father. I could feel her excitement trying to


    overrun my emotions into a high.


    Benicio red angrily at Locksworth. His wolf peeked out, eyes slowly inking red. The shaking fists at


    his side let everyone know of his arising temperament.


    “Are you denying my daughter? Your mate?”


    Alpha Locksworth rose a brow, amusement dancing in ce with a hint of anger under those


    smoldering dark eyes. Though his expression was unchanging, the way his body stiffened said


    otherwise. He didn’t like the tone Benicio was giving him but he was quick to restrain the growl I knew


    was bubbling in the pit of his chest. His muscles were tight, itching to reach out and put the Beta


    threatening him in ce.


    “Frankly, yes. I’ll say this only once: she isn’t my mate, but she is a liar.”


    His eyes drift to Hestia whose face is red. She looked embarrassed under his gaze, ufortably


    fidgeting in her stance. With her eyes glued the floor, she slowly took her seat as Landon threw her a


    nasty look. I could feel her wolf whine at the pressure being pointed at her.


    “If you strongly believe that, then I’m sure you won’t mind if we go to the Moon Goddess’ Sacred


    Pool.”


    “Beta Benicio!”


    Landon finally speaks, appalled at the challenge directed toward Locksworth. Benicio, ignoring


    Landon’s interjection, continues to challenge him silently. I can see the start of a smirk on his face, but


    Alpha Locksworth was quick to dismiss it with his own. A slow, dark, cynical smirk knowing no bounds


    of mercy inched across his attractive face.


    “Of course. But you must be prepared to pay the consequences in full once I prove you wrong, Beta.”


    His eyes darkened.


    “I expect full reimbursement for all this trouble you and your daughter has been causing me. Benicio


    looked taken aback, eyes darting to Hestia who refused to meet his gaze. He was positive that HestiaUpstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    was telling the truth, but then why would the Alpha be so willing to prove his point if what she said was


    true. With a solemn face, he nods. Benicio was betting everything he had on the mere promise of


    Hestia’s words. A promise that was so obviously untrue but he chooses to be blind


    to.


    I sigh.


    I was just wasting my time here.


    I continue to stride out the door with Noah on my tail. My hand reached out to grab hold of the kn ob


    once more when-


    “Alpha Crestfield.”


    I flinch, reveling away from the door and focused my gaze on Locksworth who stared heatedly at me.


    His brooding dark gaze bore into me, piercing through everyyer of my defenses. I felt vulnerable. My


    body lit up with caution as he addressed me.


    “I’d like to ask you to apany us.”


    My gaze swept through the crowd of confused faces before settling back to his awaiting one.