The real problem

His rough large hands tracing every inch of my soft firm skin under my shirt caused my skin to burn with desire, every stroke and every rub brought goosebumps.

"Why the hell are you blushing?" Josh looks at me weirdly, I cough to get my feelings under control.

"it's nothing," I say before looking out the window reliving the sensual movement we shared in his gym.

"Dude, your body is releasing pheromones, stop thinking whatever your thinking," he shudders with disgust, I chuckle amused by his dismay.

"Sorry," I said not meaning it. he rolls his eyes at me before going back to driving.

"whatever man, just stop thinking about your mate so much it's disturbing, do it in your room like everyone else " he scolds, he larks the car in my parking lot and we get out.

I hit the back of his head and walked into the living room, "Hey, Mom " I kissed her cheek in greeting, and she smiles before going back to making whatever she was making for dinner.

"Hello, darlings. how was training? I heard you got hurt, are you ok my baby?" she asks as she wipes her hands on her apron and then holds my face in her warm hands, looking for any more injuries on me.

I hold her hands on my face and smile at her cuteness "mom, I'm an Alpha there is nothing that can harm me" I brag smirking, josh makes a gagging noise calling my bluff.

"I'm a mother Lorenzo, it's my job to worry," she taps my cheek before letting me go. "we are having a steak for dinner, go freshen up " she shooshes us away.

we walked out of the kitchen and walk towards my room but my dad stops me "Lorenzo, a minute. you to Joshua " he calls us into his home office. we share a look among us before following him.

"How is your leg?" he asks as he pulls out a file on his desk, I shrug "it's fine all healed " he nods his head.

"Good, good, you're going to need it for what I have to tell you," he says motions us to sit on the couch, he holds a thick file in his hand before looking at the both of us, "this is very important, I need your sole concentration " he warns his alpha aura is making josh uncomfortable

"what is it, Dad?" I ask not liking the suspense.

"See for yourself," he hands me the file, I narrow my eyes at him then open the file.

My eyes widen with what was in front of me, pictures, with information, pictures of mauled people, kids, and elders are alike. it was too gruesome, little children. They were the worst, they had their eyes ripped out of their skulls, some missing their tongues and the next picture makes me want to puke, a small boy, not more than 5 years had his guts spilling out of his body.

"Dad, what is this?" I ask my voice not deadly low, I feel the rage building within me.

He sighs he sounds tired " this is something me and some of the other Alphas have been working on, this brutality is the work of one of the most dangerous rouges in the world, his name is Claudius Fleming, he kills for sports, and doesn't care who he is hurting in the process " his voice dims at the end of the sentence

"We need to stop him once and for all, that's the reason we need you on this mission, you and a couple of more alphas will work on this and help us get rid of this monster " he growls his hands clenching till his hands turn white.

"Who all are in this?" I ask flipping the pages of the file trying to analyze and find any clues in it.

"The both of you with all the other contender for the throne competition, we thought this would be a better way to chose the heir to the throne, and also," he pauses watching me for a second, I wait for him to continue he smirks at me " the Prince will be joining you, try not to kill him, ok?" he asks enjoying this very much

I roll my eyes at him, this old man is crazy, Josh chuckles slowly before faking in into cough, I shoot him a glare shutting him up.

"And what else do we need to know before scavenging towards him?" I ask sitting up

"He is targeting Alphas, more specifically, the throne contenders," he grumbles angrily

The memory of this morning flashes in my mind, the way that the organizer behaved when they reached the mansion, so these people already knew what was happening.

"When do we start?" I ask him eagerly to rid this world of the presence of that hideous monster.

"You will have a meeting tomorrow morning with all the others, you will have your strategies for this, make sure you will lead this task, make sure that ugly prince doesn't get a chance to overpower you," God, dad can be a dick sometimes

"Dad, it doesn't matter who leads this project, the only thing that matters is that we rid that monster of this world and avenge all those innocent people," I said growling furiously trying not to think of all the pictures of those innocent children.

"Spoken like a true king," he brags smiling proudly, I control the urge to roll my eyes at him.

"if you excuse us, " I walk out of my father's office, Josh, doesn't say a word walking beside me.

both of us can tolerate any kind of nonsense but when it comes to children, we lose our senses. Joshua is a wise soul he hates what other people do to children just for the fun of it, it's very personal to him.

"We will get him, Joshua, I promise you" I promise him while looking straight into his eyes, he had this sadness around him but it's his eyes that spill madness and resentment towards the monster that's called Claudius Fleming.

We will get you, Fleming, and I promise I will make you pay for all the sins you sinned.