Chapter 38: *"...scary female..."*
Damien and Xander were on a break from their exams. They had finished the first portion of the exams earlier than most other students. It was during this time he was sent a video from his mother. His mother, it seemed, was wasting no time by editing the recording before sending it to him. So, Damien received the raw footage as it played out in real time.
Damien sat against a large tree in the campus courtyard, Xander leaned in close and watched the video over his shoulder. Xander felt a chill down his spine as he watched. The power Alora unconsciously displayed in the video was that of a Pack Alpha not that of a high school age werewolf.
Xander glanced at Damien to see his reaction and felt like his mouth instantly filled with blood in indignation. Was his Alpha concerned…? No! His Alpha was not concerned. Instead, he looked down at his phone's screen with a loving smile and soft eyes! The world was so unfair to him at the moment, did his scary Alpha have to pick up another scary Alpha as his mate?!
Feeling Xander’s glare, Damien knew Xander had a dramatic internal monologue going. “Are you done being overly dramatic about my mate's power yet?”
Xander felt like a bolt of lightning slammed into him. Did his Alpha have to read his mind now?!
“I’m not reading your mind, I just know how you are.” Damien said in response to Xander’s continued silence.
This did not calm Xander down. If anything, it affirmed his belief that his Alpha could read his mind.
“You need to quit freaking out before Darius starts to mock you again.” Damien said in a calm tone.
Xander felt like his mouth was full of blood again, his Alpha’s words were really too harsh. However angry Xander was at Damien’s words, they held true as Darius did start mocking him.
*“How did I get paired with such a drama King? I should ask the Moon Goddess for a refund. Such trivial things send you into hysterics!”* Darius growled.
Xander felt another wave of indignation. *“A refund!”* He roared internally at his wolf.
*“Yes! A humanoid refund!”* Darius growled.
“The music she chose for this battle…she’s sending a message.” Damien said, distracting Xander and Darius from their fight.
Xander was listening to the lyrics of the song and looking at the fight that was happening. “Love The Way You Hate Me?” Xander asked in a questioning tone, then said, “If there is a message, Sarah didn’t listen to it.”
Damien nodded, letting out a hum of agreement. “She did not.”
As the battle went on, if you could call it that, the song changed. “This song is a message to her parents and their Clan Alphas.” Damien said after identifying the song.
“Mutiny?” Xander said, his tone once again questioning. “Is she finally rebelling against her family?”
Damien gave him a glare that said, ‘Is that not obvious.’ While his wolf Darius said, *“Idiot! Of course, that is what that means!”* Xander felt that if this kept up, he would never get rid of the imagined taste of blood from his mouth.
“Even your wolf knew the answer.” Damien told him.
Xander let out a growl of irritation. “It’s bad enough I have to hear my wolf berating me inside my own head, but do you have to be so cruel as to encourage him?!”
Damien let out a deep chuckle. “Is it berating you to point out the truth?”
Xander was unable to offer a response, he could only sit there with that coppery taste in his mouth and stew for a moment. Although Xander was quick to anger and offer hysterics, he was just as quick to calm down, forgive and then forget.
Xander watched the footage till the end, then Damien started it all over again. This time Xander paid attention to every detail he could see from the video. From start to end it was a show of power, it was a female saying she was done submitting to her family’s cruel treatment of her. It was also a public beating for one of her abusers.
“This should just be a sample of what Alora is capable of, she is this year's Alpha Class first rank fighter. Anyone challenging her is in for a painful beating.” Xander finally commented.
Damien had a deadpan expression as he looked at Xander. His Beta was so intelligent, but so foolish at the same time. This made Damien remember the time Beatrice would join them, and how she would laugh and smile at all Xander’s antics. It was right before puberty, when she became firm friends with Sarah, that her personality changed so drastically.
“When we get back, we’ll investigate what made Beatrice change so drastically.” Damien told Xander.
Damien’s words shot through Xander, sending him deep into his thoughts for a moment. “Thank you.” Xander said, his voice hoarse with emotion.
Damien scoffed softly. “Why do you thank me? This is something I should do as your friend and Alpha.”
At first, Xander could only softly chuckle in response to Damien’s words. “Then I thank the Moon Goddess for having such a friend and Alpha.”
“Okay, enough with the emotional stuff, let's grab something to eat then head back for the next portion of our exams.” Damien said as he got up off the ground.
Xander was quite serious when it came to certain subjects, his family, his mate, the protection of his Alpha, and the prosperity of their Pack. Outside of those subjects, Xander allowed his emotions and reactions free reign.
*“No matter what…I will not ever accept Beatrice’s rejection.”* Xander told his wolf, his tone serious.
Darius did not respond right away, he knew very well that his humanoid would not give up on their mate. *“I know…be it a few months, years, or centuries, I know you will not give up on our mate.”*
*“Let us hope we do not have to wait centuries for her to accept us. I am hoping when we go back this time, we will be able to finally claim her.”* Xander replied.
*“I pray to the Moon Goddess we will be so fortunate.”* Darius said, his tone had a mournful note to it.
With that, Xander quietly followed Damien into the campus food court. Damien and Xander together, was always an intimidating sight. They were two of the most powerful beings on campus. Today, however, they were especially intimidating, as the normally smiling and jovial Xander, had a dark and brooding expression.
Pair Xander’s expression with the stone-faced expression Damien had, and it was a nerve-wracking experience for those who encountered them. Normally, Xander would be telling Damien to lighten up, and there would be at least a dozen beings surrounding them.
The only two who had the guts to join them today and did not feel intimidated by them the way others did, were Nabonidus and Shapur. This was because Nabonidus and Shapur's status was the same as Damien and Xander’s.
Nabonidus Emami Kiarash was the eldest son of the second continent's Alpha of Alpha’s Cyrus Bardiya Kiarash, and Shapur Kaveh Farzaneh was the eldest son of the Alpha of Alpha’s Beta Bahar Abtin Farzaneh.
“Ah my friends, you do not seem to be in high spirits anymore. What has happened?” Shapur asked Xander.
Xander did not really want to talk about the mate who continued to reject him, he instead deflected the issue onto his Alpha’s shoulders. “My Alpha has chosen a scary female as his mate.”
Damien glared at Xander, not appreciating Xander’s comment about Alora. “She is only scary for those on the other end of her ire.” Damien defended.
“Ire, now that is an old word. You have been hanging around with the Elders for too long again my friend.” Nabonidus said, amusement in his tone.
Damien laughed. “I fear you are correct in that assessment, Nabonidus.”
Nabonidus smiled. “So, what has your Beta claiming your mate is scary?” He asked.
Damien let out a sigh. “It is my mates fighting exam day back home. She was challenged to a fight for Rank advancement and had to defend herself. My mother sent me a recording of the fight.”
Nabonidus raised his eyebrows, his expression shifting to one of interest. “May I see this battle?”
Damien smiled and nodded, bringing out his phone to play the several minutes long video of Alora fighting Sarah. Shapur, just as nosey as Xander, watched the video over Nabonidus’s shoulder.
“I have to agree with Xander, your female is scary.” Shapur said, earning a glare from both Damien and Nabonidus.
After Shapur backed away, Nabonidus returned his gaze to Damien. “Your female is so young to be so strong already. However, there seems to be some kind of grudge between her and the other female.”
Damien let out a sigh. “You have guessed right. They are sisters, but in order for my female to be my mate…she had to suffer through a rejection first.”
Nabonidus jerked back, his expression horrified. “Who would reject such a beautiful and strong female?”
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