DRYSTAN's POV
I stood in the training field, looking at the soldiers training and dishing out orders to them, when an Omega walked up to me with her neck bared, afraid to stand too close to me "what do you want?" I asked when she kept standing there, without saying a word.
"The... The" she stuttered out swallowing nervously
"Speak or leave!" I said, getting irritated. She flinched and immediately rushed out her words
"The Alpha demands your presence in his study," she said, I turned towards her wondering why the Alpha wants me. I deliberated on asking her why but I doubt she'd know anything.
"Tell him I'm on my way, you can go," I said and, she bowed and ran off. I took a deep breath and looked at the soldiers, I didn't want to cut off the training but I just can't ignore the Alpha.
"Ease!" I shouted and they all paused, turning towards me "The Alpha requested that I should come to his study, so I won't be here for the rest of your training but that doesn't mean you should slack off. Complete your training and let the others know they should be here on time tomorrow, am I clear?"
"Yes, Beta!" They chorused together
"Back to your training," I said and they all went back to training, while I immediately put on my shirt and rushed off to Derrick's study.
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"What do you mean she's coming here?" I asked Derick, trying to keep my calm. He looked at me and sighed.
"I got a call from her father, she's already on her way here and maybe if you tried to keep up with the news, you would have seen the article" Alpha Derick said slyly. Heaven helps me if he has a hand in her coming to this place.
"What article? Did you even ask me if I'm okay with this?" He looked at me and shook his head.
"First, she's going to be your wife, so you should be okay with her coming over, and two I'm your Alpha, Drystan, I don't think I need your permission for anything. Whereas this is your duty as my Beta and as her husband to be" He said strictly in his Alpha voice, and f it was anyone else in my place, that voice would have affected them but, it doesn't work on me, yet I chose to give him the respect.
"But this is about my life, it's already bad enough that I have to marry her, and now she's.." he raised his hand midsentence, cutting off my whining
"Enough Drystan, I don't want to hear it. Go home and prepare a room for her" he said and I opened my mouth to talk but, the look on his face shut me up.
"Yes Alpha," I said with clenched teeth, he knows I don't want to get married, so why is he doing this to me? I spared him one last glance and walked out of his study, angrily.
I placed my hand on my head and patted it softly as soon as I walked off, whipping out my phone in the process and searched the latest articles on world news, and unsurprisingly hers ranked 5th.
"The fucking nerve" I muttered angrily as I read through the article "what's wrong with that thick-headed wolf? Couldn't she have handled it any other way?"
"Judging her already, when I'm pretty sure you don't have any better idea?" Lukianos said in a singsong voice, teasing me and adding to my annoyance. He is my second wolf; and the silliest of all 5, he never takes anything seriously and gets on my nerves all the fucking time.
"Shut the fuck up" I muttered and put up a wall between us.
"I think you should take it easy with her Drystan, she's going to be your mate after all. You aren't meant to treat her like that" Favian said quietly and thoughtfully; he is my favorite wolf of them all and, that's because he is the logical and calm one of them all. He is like that voice at the back of your mind, telling you the right things to do
"I know that Favian, but you know why I'm acting like this," I said quietly, which made him shut up and recline to the back of my mind.
I sighed and continued my walk home in peace. Unlike other packs and betas, I don't stay in the packhouse with everyone else, I stay in my apartment 10 minutes away from the packhouse.
The alpha gave me my own apartment because a majority of the wolves are scared of me, I am the only werewolf to have 5 wolves and that's enough reason for them to be scared of them. Plus, the alpha doesn't need someone with the same aura and power as him in the same place, it'll lead to a conflict for sure.
"I wonder if she'll be scared of us" Erasmus; the loving and considerate of them all said and I sighed, no one except my pack members knows about it and it's not something I can hide from her.
"Let's not worry about that now Erasmus. I'd rather concentrate on finding a way to send her back" I said and unlocked my door, then stepped in.
"The only way to do that is to reject her, I'm sure you don't want that. I believe it's time for you to let the past be in the past" Favian said calmly and I just blocked them all out.
I walked into the apartment and headed straight to the last room, there are only three rooms in the apartment and I'll rather have her stay at the last one. I opened the door and inspected the room, everything is in order. I walked into the bathroom and it also looks good as new, no one has ever used it anyway and I always keep them dust-free.
"There's nothing to prepare" I muttered and walked into my room and laid down on my bed, my mind wandering to the very day I never want to relieve.
Ever since that day, all I prayed for was that the moon goddess doesn't give me a mate and after years passed, I honestly thought that I didn't have any mate but Derrick just had to mess up. Now, I have to live every single day of my life protecting her from myself.
"Talk about having a shitty fate" I muttered to myself, but my phone rang loudly, breaking me out of my pity party "Beta Drystan speaking," I said as I picked up the phone.
"Drystan, it's Alpha Reid speaking" I sat up on the bed quickly, wondering what will make him call me when I just left the packhouse 30 minutes ago
"Yes?"
"Annha Selene just arrived at the airport, I'll need you to go pick her up," he said and I slouched
"Sure thing," I said and cut the call, picking up my car keys "if there is a way to cancel this marriage thing I will"
"We can put an end to it after the 90 days" Agner suggested and I shook my head.
"I can't do that, she is an Annha and that will be humiliating because her previous engagement with Derrick is out. Plus, Derrick will also feel the brunt of it" I explained
"Well, then make her reject you instead" Favian piped in.
I chuckled and left the house "you know very well that thick-headed were will not do that"
I locked the door and entered my car when I felt a sudden headache and a presence in my head, while my other wolves' presence disappeared. My eyes widened when I realized what was happening, I stared at the side mirror fearfully, forcing my body to fight the presence.
The presence persisted for a while, trying to force its way into my head, but when it couldn't, it slowly disappeared. I gripped my steering wheel tightly when I felt it leave, trying to regulate my breathing as sweat trickled down my face, and slowly the presence of my other wolves became present.
"It was him right?" I asked, my throat tight and voice hoarse
"Yes. You have to accept him sooner than later, he is trying so hard to be set free. I think it's time to free and hear him out, he has a reason for what he did" Favian said and I scoffed.
"He is a murderer Favian, I want nothing to do with him," I said and blocked them out. He is nothing but a murderer and I'll be damned to accept him as one of me.