Chapter 37| A Force to Reckon With.

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Isabelle's P O V.

Alexander took me to his chamber where we found an agitated looking Old Bea prancing around his living room. She rushed towards us pushing aside Alexander's arms that were wrapped around me. She helped me sit on the nearest sofa and began fussing over me; checking out my temperature, adjusting my head from this side to the other and asking questions rapidly to have an account of my health condition.

"Your fussing might be the death of her not what's bothering her already." Leah's voice came from behind us.

I had no idea she was in the room with us too.

She ambled towards us stopping before me crouching, she did her own version of fussing over me before moving to speak to her brother who was looking every inch the irritated man he was.

"I need some privacy with her." Alexander's deep baritone voice came through, the two obediently complied after assuring me that everything was going to be okay.

Once they left he slipped out of his jacket leaving only the black button down shirt he wore beneath. Alexander scooped me up his arms, released me meticulously on his bed and latched his gaze unto mine.

"Where did you think you were going to when I found you all set to leave?" He asked, tucking me closer with one hand as the other unbuttoned his shirt. His eyes never for once straying from mine.

"Anywhere but here." I stated.

"What about me?" He asked after letting go of me only to shrug out of the shirt completely and letting it slide to the floor.

I raised my elbow up on the bed staring at him keenly, "You're safe in your own Pack, I'm not.. I.." I blinked back the tears threatening to drop recalling the torture I went through just because of some invalid conclusions drawn upon me prompted by my not being one of them.

"They'll pay for what they did you, I hope you know that?" He asked, his speech coming out through gritted teeth.

"I don't want you having problems with your own council members. I do not want to cause a rift between you and anyone here but it seems like that's the only thing I'm capable of doing." I rose to a sitting position, my palm hovering over his cheek.

He laid me back on the bed, "I warned them against hurting you Isabelle, I told everyone off about you. They disobeyed their Alpha and must pay for it, " His nostrils flared as his eyes ran over my face to the column of my neck which bore choke marks. Cons of having pale skin that was paler than the average normal. "I'm fucking killing them." He muttered the last part under his breath.

I rose up on my elbows once again, biting back the pain that stung from the movement, "Seriously Alex no one should get hurt over what was done to me. What did you expect them to think? They got attacked from a source that has sacred information belonging to pack members only, who were they expected to suspest first if not the stranger who came to them with the support of the Alpha and a few more people. What else could they think especially when this was the first time they got attacked from that angle? They're merely being supportive and protective of their community." I reasoned with the man who was busy shaking his head at me. Alexander was appearing to be opposing to my defence of them.

When Alexander turned to look at me his eyes were on the brink of turning completely into the shade of gold liquor I saw in his wolf. I took it as my cue to be quiet.

After the last word.

"I don't belong here." My voice cracked at the middle of my sentence and I watched in awe as the black in his eyes evaporated into thin fucking air.

Next thing I know my hands were being clasped against the headboard as he nuzzled on my mark, he brandished it, shot a fang through it and sank both upper fangs deep into the skin there wholly.

There was pain but the pleasure that came with it was tenfold greater than the pain. It was passionate, my body laxed under his as Alexander's fingers found their way to the hem of my pants and tugged at the strings that held them together. They loosened from the mild pressure applied on it and slipped it down my legs, he did the same with his and my underwear all while his fangs were still sunk in my flesh. Deep.

A sharp inhale slipped past my parted lips as I felt him breaching through my parted legs and sheathing himself to the hilt.

His muffled groan filled the whole room and I let out a moan simultaneously. We both got lost in the moment until we were spent and he dropped on his hunches over me. That was when he released my skin from between his teeth.

The marks I felt with my fingers there were glaringly bold.

"You belong here Isabelle. Get some sleep, we'll talk tomorrow." And just like that he rolled to his side pulling me with him and taking heed to my wounds he carefully placed a kiss to my forehead urging me to succumb to the pull of sleep drawing me in.

I felt sated.

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The next morning I woke up to breakfast in bed, healthy breakfast that consisted of an avocado toast, sausages and a glass of greek yogurt.

Alexander catered to my silent needs with ease and dedication. Whatever he did to me last night must've intensified our connection because I could literally hear his thoughts in my head. No kidding.

I almost fled when I heard his words in my head and found his lips unmoving when he stared down at me while I was eating. My thoughts fled to last night and the rush of passion I felt at the moment got spiked by his words.

"You've got me to take care of your wants and needs, all you have to do is say the words." Then he winked at me and I felt my body heating up at the meaning of his words.

Leah came to check up on me the moment I was done eating. He made her wait until he was done catering to my needs.

After washing me up he left me to listen to what Leah had to say in his private solar and not the one adjoined to this room. It was a few doors away so I had no idea what they were talking about. Though I felt his rising anger and presumed it was something to do with me. When he walked in looking like a caged wolf I knew it was definitely about me.

"Why didn't you tell me what exactly they did to you. My God Isabelle. All you had to do was.. They fucking drugged you, Logan had you in his arms, they fucking put their hands on you. They're gone. Fucking gone."

I rushed into his arms to calm the tempest brewing violently in him. I felt it and I didn't want to entertain the idea of what would happen if it dares to erupt. It was bound to climax in what could only be a huge disaster.

"I'm fine now, I have you with me. You're with me, I'm with you. I'm safe Alexander." I assured breathlessly exhaling in relief as I felt his anger throbbing at a certain point, not threatening to explode anymore.

A few minutes later, we joined Francis, Damon and Old Bea in his private solar. Francis muttered profanities under his breath at the sight my face, an evidence of the abuse foced upon me before he wrapped his hands around me for a consolatory brief hug. One that made me feel Alexander's rapid mood change.

I rolled my eyes at his misplaced possessiveness turning to Damon who was apologizing and assuring me that the likes of what I went through shall never be repeated by the new Sentinels and Soldiers who replaced the ones that had a hand in my torture.

When I heard of that I gave Alex a look he shrugged off before they took seats and began discussing about what should be done about me.

"You need to take her away from the Pack for now, there's hostility brimming under the surface that's not good for Isabelle's health." Old Bea announced looking me straight in the eye.

I gave her a weird look turning my head to Francis who was in concession with her idea.

"We need to get to the bottom of the situation on ground, whoever betrayed us from within needs to be caught and you need to stay focused to be able to do that. Thinking of her being in danger won't have you focused." Damon explained.

"Neither will being away from her." Alex raised a brow at his Delta who bowed his head in response.

"After this sitting I'll be calling a meeting with every member of the Council present and also the Sentinels, Soldiers and Scouts. I'll be announcing Viktor Ives' degradation from an Elder to a wolf on the same level as a mere Omega. As for Dimitri and Skorr, I need to have a few words with them first. Arianna and John will be taken to the dungeons." Alexander's tone was authoritative and broke no room for argument.

They knew he was addressing them not as Alexander their friend or son. He was addressing them as Alexander de Luca, Alpha of the De Luca Pack.

To be honest I was shocked at the extremism of the action he was taking regarding the members who had a hand in my assault. What got me more shocked was how he knew who exactly did what to me when none of the pack members apart from them bore witness to the incident.