Chapter 24- Dinner

********Kane's POV********

She was breath taking.

Adam and I had gone to fetch Leoni and Claire for the dinner and when I took a look at Leoni I nearly collapsed.

I mostly nearly collapsed because of how short the dress was but I managed to control myself and let it go just for tonight since she did look beautiful in it.

Her hair was silky straight and her makeup was natural and perfect.

As for Claire, I think we were all shocked to see her transformation since when we found her yesterday she was a beat up, messy girl who wasn't looked after at all but now, she was clear of any bruising and her hair and skin looked clean and hydrated allowing us to see the real her.

I could tell that Adam was speechless like myself as we stood there staring like school kids at both of the girls, however we were beginning to make them feel evidently uncomfortable.

I watched as Leoni began to hobble from foot to foot nervously under my gaze whilst Claire stared directly at the floor and tried to hide behind her.

"You both look perfect." I decided to speak up, feeling that we had tortured the two just enough with our staring.

"Yeah, you both look amazing!" Adam eventually shouts before he rushes over to Claire and hugs her comfortably.

I take this as my time to grab a hold of Leoni to hug her too in order to remind myself that she is mine.

"You are beautiful, you know that right?" I say down to her as she blushes at my compliment unable to reply.

"You better not leave my sight tonight though, especially in a short dress like that..." I warn her, not being harsh about it though as she just giggles at me.

We lead the two out of the room and towards the dining hall where most guests are already seated.

As we enter the large room, I feel Leoni's grip tighten on my hand as she takes in the 40 other people that are filling the room.

I rub my thumb across her knuckles to comfort her slightly as I lead my way past everyone to the top seat of the table, Leoni seated in the one beside me.

Many guests offer Leoni kind smiles as she passes which I respect but as for the ones who look disgusted, I will deal with them later.

As I take my seat beside Leoni, with Adam and Claire close by, everyone begins chattering and talking amongst themselves until the dinner is served.

"Leoni love, you don't have to be scared. Nobody can hurt you here." I whisper to her, noticing that she has been staring down at her lap the whole time since she sat down.

She stares over to me with sad eyes and I immediately become alarmed as to what the problem is.

"What's wrong?" I question her softly and I visually see her gulp before replying.

"I... I don't think that some of these people want me here Kane..." She whispers sadly making my blood boil.

I look around at all of my guests and notice that two men in particular have extremely disgusted looks on their faces as they stare from down the table.

When they catch my gaze they both look away abruptly, but instead of letting it go, they divert their disgusted glares towards Claire who, like Leoni, is staring at her lap in fear.

Adam however doesn't notice a thing since he is clearly too busy trying to butter a bread slice on the table...

I mind link Adam telling him to check on Claire and within seconds he does so which makes me relax slightly.

"I'll sort them out later princess... just enjoy dinner... there are many people who want you here and I for one can't be here without you." I reassure Leoni and she offers me a weak smile in return and nods.

Who even are those two men? One is Alpha Peterson I know that... I think the other one must be his Beta...

But by the looks of things, they aren't too fond of runt wolves...

"So Alpha King... who is this precious young girl you have here with you tonight?" An older Luna called Harper speaks up from across Leoni.

I see Leoni smile kindly at the woman as the woman smiles adoringly back over at her.

"Well Harper, this is the soon to be Queen... meet Leoni Stone, my mate." I announce proudly, loud enough for all to hear and my announcement is followed with applause and cheers from everyone at the table.

Everyone except from Alpha Peterson and his Beta however...

"Peterson..." I bark out harshly, bringing the cheers to a silence, gaining everyone's attention before continuing-

"Is there some sort of issue that you would like to discuss because both you and your Beta have been evidently disgusted by something since the moment I arrived at dinner tonight?" I say loudly, causing everyone's eyes to avert over to Alpha Peterson.

"No sir, we are both just curious as to how you treat your slaves here..." He trails off confidently.

I don't like confident people.

"Can you explain what you mean... Peterson." I drag out his name in a threatening tone causing everyone in the room to hesitate slightly, knowing that I'm not happy.

"Well sir... back at my pack, we don't allow our runt slaves to get dressed up for dinner... hell, they are even lucky if they get dinner... but I must say that the joke you are playing on that poor girl beside you is rather humerus to us so I admire you for that..." He trails off smugly again.

I'm going to snap his fucking neck.

"Joke?" I question, wanting to know what he means by the joke I'm playing on Leoni.

"Yes sir, I love that you are pretending to like that runt girl enough to make her queen... I'm excited to see what you really have in store for her..." He explains and as he finishes, I hear a silent sob come from Leoni who is beside me.

He has made my fucking mate upset!

"What I really have in store for her? Do you have any suggestions that you would like to share with me about how I should treat her?" I say in a calm tone which was deadly.

"Well if I were you... I would abuse her and lock her in a cage... maybe starve or rape her? There's many options here your highness but I'd be more than honoured to show you..." Peterson trails off jokily as he glares at both Leoni and Claire.

Before I know it however, Leoni is up and out of her seat running out of the room with tears spilling down her face...

Blackness.

I allow myself to become fully submerged into the dark side of my wolf as I hear the distant screams and panics of the guests around me.

Within seconds I feel the sinking feeling of my wolves teeth ripping into the neck of Alpha Peterson before he even has time to shift into his wolf. Killing him in a heart beat.

As I turn to end the life of the Beta however, the prick is nowhere to be seen.

All I can think about now is... where the fuck did Leoni run off to and is she safe?

I shift back quickly in a rage, seeing that most people are trembling with fear at what just happened.

Not giving a fuck that I am fully naked in front of the guests, I begin to yell out orders around the room.

"For all remaining guests... please continue to enjoy your dinner in the other hall whilst we clean up the mess in here... as for the rest of the guards... FIND LEONI AND THAT BETA NOW!!" I bellow the last part, watching as the guards file out of the room in search of them both.

If he hurts her I'll go insane...