CHAPTER 21: IN THE WOLF DEN’S

Luca’s POV...

"You need to calm down." Ares spoke as I walked around the room, a breath fell out of my lips, I had never felt like this before, I could feel my heart beating against my chest, my hands were shaky because of the anger I felt.

"I can’t." I breathed out, I was tempted to let Alexander out but I am aware that if I did, it would not be good, he would never be able to control his anger, but I could.

"You know you can’t hurt her, Olivia may not like her all too well but she is still her stepsister, her family, if you hurt her, Olivia would never forget about it. She would be fixated on it, she would be angry and she would hate you even more."

The moment he said that, I turned to look at him, his eyes met mine and my breath fell out of my lips, that’s the only reason I am trying to calm down, I needed to.

"I need to talk to her."

"Not like this, she will end up saying something, you will get more upset and annoyed and it’s not a good idea for you to mistakenly yell at her or to even say a word that would make matters worse."

"I need to assure her that I don’t care about her sister, I never did, she means nothing to me, she is not a friend, a family, she is not even worthy to be a foe," I yelled.

Until she spoke today, I forgot that I slept with her, I didn’t even think of it being important and I was young, maybe sixteen as of that time and I came into the town for work.

I was a dumb kid who didn’t even realize what was taking place and now all I can feel is annoyed.

"You will think of how to speak to her, how to make her feel better, maybe explain this to her, she says she cares less for you but we both know the truth."

Will she ever love me?

Will she never care for me the way I want her to?

Will I ever mean anything to her like the way she means everything to me?

I had a few questions and each made me feel like I am desperate for her, I am desperate to be with someone yet I knew better, I am not, she just means a lot to me, she is someone I could always see myself with.

I glanced at Ares who was staring at me, waiting for me to make the decision, waiting for me to tell him yes I would not meet him until I calm down.

"What is on the agenda, anything about Conrad yet?" I whispered, trying to make sure she would never find out the truth.

"Business is blooming, he is focused on a few things, and well hasn’t said a single word since that day." He spoke and I nodded.

No matter what he said, I could not stop thinking about her, some moments has passed and I asked him to leave me alone, I could still replay the words in my head; the way she smiled, the way she stared at me, she is lucky I can’t kill her, she is lucky I can’t feed her to my wolf and most of all she is lucky, she can leave this city and roam around how ever she wishes.

I felt a wave of annoyance wash over me, after some moments I was able to head out of my office and I found myself standing in front of her room, I was going to convince her to listen to me; she didn’t have any right not to tell me she didn’t want to.

"Olivia," I called when I heard the shower running, Maybe she needs some time off, some time to think, she already hates me and she is scared of me and scared of how she feels, I need to convince her I am good, that I would never hurt her and I didn’t ask her stupid husband to sell her to me.

The past and the reality of what happened is something that would never be shared again, I could not do that even if I wanted to.

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"What is this?" I asked when I stared at my guard, I got to my compound in no time; to take care of affairs and to take my mind off things, to give her the space that he said she needed, I didn’t see the use of that.

"A package, we got it this morning, it has been checked for anything that can harm you, and it has not been opened."

"Sender." I breathed out and he didn’t speak, he didn’t tell me where it came from, I don’t think he could tell me even if he wanted to, because there is no sender, the name is not there.

I stared at it for a few seconds, waiting for him to speak again, I could feel his breath; the way he was scared, his wolf hiding inside of him.

"Keep it at the table and leave." I breathed out, I headed toward the little item, not much can fit here; maybe a note or a little clock, or a knife.

Pulling out the item, I felt my breath hitches, it’s a note and I didn’t even read it properly to know what it was, all I knew was that, I saw her name bloody written in the first six lines and I realized this is a threat letter, someone is coming for her.

I stared at the letter, reading through every line, how could they know about any of this, who is it even, who could send this to me, they didn’t feel the fear, they are threatening me and they didn’t care about the fact that it’s coming to me, to the Alpha.

The moment I finished reading it. What I did next was call Ares, I didn’t waste any time doing that and he walked into the room, he stared at the letter when we heard a knock on the door.

"Who was it, who delivered the letter?" I asked as my wolf stared at me, he glanced at Ares and then at me, he didn’t have to be scared, he should be more scared if I didn’t like the answer to his question. It would even make me more hell to him if I hated her he had to say to me.

"A man, he wore blue and white, it’s the delivery service in the city, I didn’t think it was something wrong and after it went through the procedure, that was it."

"Get me the footage and contact that fucking company. I need fro speak to their head, I have them speak to me or else it would not be good for them." I spoke and he nodded.

They can’t just deliver anything to my compound, what is Olivia was here, how would she have felt if she sees it, she would not like it and it would not be good, I can’t even imagine how scared and trigger she will be and I need them to learn that no one threatens me, no one tells me what to do and I will be see to it that they punished for what they have done

"Calm down." Ares spoke and I smiled, I am calm, if I were not calm, I would not have sent the guard, I would be the one to send the fucking message, I would have been upset, I would have been mad and I would have been pissed off.

I would have killed someone by now and I would have killed the guard for even being the one to keep the type of letter for me, but I didn’t, I didn’t hurt anyone, I didn’t do any of that, because I wanted to find out what the truth is.

"I am calm" I finally said. "I am very calm, but this can’t just get away, we need to find out what is happening and this time I would want to do it right."

I needed to be calm for her, because if I am not, it would not be good, it would be horrible and I would hate for her to see the that way.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard a noise and a list scream, followed by a growl from one of my wolves, it’s a growl for help. I stared at Ares for a second.

"I need to go home and make sure she is fine." I breathed out.

"You need to stay Alpha. Make sure all the wolves are fine, whoever it is is targeting us and we need you, all of you." Ares said.

I hate that he is right about this, I need to be here for my pack.