Chapter 6

Giselle POV

I stared in shock at the dark blue eyes of alpha Cole. Never would I have imagined the call boy I had slept with was the son of the alpha king. I had heard a lot of rumors about him while growing up. Only a handful of people had seen his face because he'd been sent away to war at a young age to fight off the vampires.

The rumors I had heard about him said he was ruthless and would kill his enemy without mercy. He was known also to be very short tempered and ugly but now looking at the man standing in front of me, he was definitely not ugly.

He walked closer to me until our bodies were almost touching. There was hunger in his eyes as he pulled me closer against his hard body, cupping my face in his hands. My body went limp as I responded to him.

"Alpha Cole, what are you doing here?," my father said, going between us. This was the first time I have ever seen my father look slightly panicked.

"How could you slap your daughter and embarrass her like that in front of the whole pack?," Alpha Cole uttered quietly at my father. My father recoiled in shock and took a step back. The whole guest watched quietly, holding their breaths and not making a sound. This was the first time they were seeing their alpha in such a position.

This was also the first time someone was standing up to my father in my defense, I suddenly realized as a deep wave of gratitude washed over me. My father stepped forward as if regaining his former confidence and growled at him.

"I am the alpha here and this is my territory which means I can do whatever I want with my daughter. This is none of your business and you're not the alpha king yet," he huffed and the guests gasped in shock at the way he'd spoken.

Alpha smiled dangerously then and it sent a shiver down my spine. "You are correct. This is your pack but you asked who the father of the baby is," he paused and walked towards me, sliding his hands around my waist."I am the baby's father," he finished.

My father's jaw dropped in surprise and a gasp swept through the guests at the revelation. I watched my father's face go through surprise and then pleasure as he realized the situation.

"So you're the father. Then you will have to marry her," he said, looking pleased with himself. I scoffed in anger. Of course he would see it as a way to use me. What was I even expecting from him?. To think he didn't even bother to ask how I was able to meet let alone get pregnant for the alpha king's son but it seemed clear he didn't even care. I looked up at Cole still standing beside me and tried to read his expression but I couldn't. His face remained blank and devoid of emotions.

"You are still using people to get what you want and gain power. You still haven't changed," Cole sneered at my father with a look of disgust on his face. He took a long breath and regarded me for a while.

"I will marry Giselle and take responsibility for our baby and as such she will be my Luna," he finally said.

A sigh of relief I didn't realize I was holding flew out of my mind as I registered his words in my head. Finally my baby would be safe and even better with a complete family. My father smiled eagerly at the news as he took my hands excitedly in his.

I brushed him away in anger. His excitement and attitude made it seem like it was a grand plan for me to get pregnant and we'd finally succeeded. Anxiety rose inside of me and I looked at Cole. Would he think I had entered his room knowing he was the alpha king's son and I had slept with him so I could get pregnant?. I hoped he didn't.

"I'm marrying Giselle but only her and my baby will have a relationship with me. None of her family or members of the pack will be associated with any of us," Cole bellowed, erasing the smile off the face of my father.

It was unheard of to marry into the house of an Alpha and deny relations with the other members of the family. If other packs heard about it, it would shame the ...pack as well as my father.

"You can't do that," my father growled as he looked at me with jealousy. He couldn't bear the fact that only I would have close relations with the royal family. For the longest time, I had known my father wanted to have a close alliance with the royal family that was why he was so hellbent on making his pack more powerful through my marriage. But now I will be entering the royal family with a higher status than him and he couldn't bear it.

"Don't forget that as long as you haven't married my daughter she is still under my control, so you better take back your words now," my father threatened Cole.

Just then Cole growled furiously and held my father by the neck pushing him back against the wall. I gasped in surprise as I watched him subdue my father using the alpha's control.

"Don't think I haven't forgotten what you did with my step mother when I was young. Be grateful I haven't killed you yet," Cole growled furiously in his ears before releasing him.

My father's face went pale and I wondered what Cole was talking about. My father didn't make any move again as Cole held out his hands towards me and waited for me to take it. I looked at the man I had called my father but had never been one to me before I turned without hesitation and held Cole's hands and we both walked out of the place.

The guest remained silent and stared at the two of us as we both walked past them. No one dared to stop us as they were still stunned by Cole's power. As I passed by I saw Tara leaning towards Jared uttering that now they can be happily married together as I was no longer in their way.

On the other hand Jared's face was pale as he continued to look at Cole and then I remembered that my father had once told me that the royal family was the biggest business alliance of his pack and now they had offended me it was possible Cole would break of the financial support they had been giving to the ...pack. I wasn't petty enough to do that to him but I wasn't nice enough to soothe his mind and tell him I wouldn't.

My situation was funny, it was almost laughable. Almost. Tara really thought I was her biggest competition when she knew even without me Jared's family would never allow her to marry him. Even if Jared stood his ground and pushed for the wedding and I doubt he would, he would only be exiled from the pack. I would have loved to see the look on her face when she realizes her situation.

By the time I was safely in the car with Cole I was finally at peace and felt happier than I had been in a long time.

"Thank you for agreeing to marry me. I knew it wasn't an easy decision to make," I said quietly looking through the window as we drove past the pack. As much as I was happy that I would be able to keep my baby I couldn't help but feel disappointed at the thought of losing my relationship with my pack. It was my pack after all.

"You don't have to thank me because I didn't do it for you. I did it for my child. I refuse to have any one of my offspring running around in this world without protection from harm."

"I know what you mean. This isn't exactly how I wanted my first child to be born but I will surely protect it from harm"

Cole remained silent and didn't say anything for a while and I wondered if I had upset him. He suddenly stopped the car and looked at me seriously and my breath hitched in my throat in fear. What had gone wrong?. I wondered.

"I wanted to wait until I got you to my house but I will have to tell you now. I was afraid you would miscarry from weakness if we haven't gone through the marking ceremony so I suggested we get married first to keep the baby safe. This is strictly a contract marriage and we would divorce once the child is born."

My heart froze as he dropped the bombshell.