Page 91 of The Alpha's Fated Destiny

My insides feel cold as ice, surrounding a raging fire within me.

“What’re you men doing?” comes an angry shout in the distance, but they don’t pay attention to Jared. And neither do I.

They've already fished out their cocks and I eye them, unimpressed.

"If my mate was here," I begin softly, the ice inside me deadlier than the inferno it's concealing, "he would have ripped you all to shreds for even daring to touch your pants in front of me. But I don't need him to protect me from useless lumps of flesh like you."

I point my finger at the man in front of me, sending out a thin stream of fire.

His little manhood catches fire and he lets out a piercing scream. The others haven't caught on to what is happening, staring in horror at their companion who is screaming and hopping around, trying to stop his dick from burning. Without even bothering to watch the little show he's putting on, I do the same to the rest of them.

Within minutes, the men are howling in agony, clutching their exposed dicks, which are now on fire. The fire isn't spreading, not even to their clothing.

"Don't bother putting it out," I say, coldly. "It will burn until your dicks are crisp."

"Sophia!" Jared reaches me. looking in horror at the sight before him. People are rushing out of the bars and open restaurants to stare at the spectacle.

"What did you do to them?" Jared shrinks from the men who are now gasping, their voices hoarse.

"I taught them a lesson in respect," I reply, unaffected. "They wanted to teach me my place, so I taught them theirs."

I turn on my heel and begin walking toward the housing units Elsa and my mother are staying in. "Leave them be. Nobody touches them. Once the rest of the pack wake up, I want them to see what I can do. This is me being merciful."

Jared takes out the two-way radio attached to his belt and calls over some soldiers, conveying my instructions to them, before following me.

"Was that really necessary?" he asks, concerned. "You could have just knocked them out or something. Or let me deal with them."

"My mate isn't here to protect me," I say bluntly. "They're lucky that's all I did to them. I could have forced that fire inside their mouths. let them burn from the inside out.”

Jared pales. “Why’re you being like this? You’re not…”

“Not this violent?” I whip around to face him. “Is that what you were about to say? Do you think I need somebody coming to my rescue all the time? If I’m the Queen of the South Alliance, I should have the ability to stand up for myself.”

Jared opens his mouth, but I don’t let him get a word in. “The Red Rock Wolf Pack isn’t going to accept me so easily. They thought they could intimidate me, that they could hurt me. After tomorrow morning, this pack will think twice before coming after me.”

Jared looks tense. “You could also start a rebellion.”

“Those will rebel who have sided with Robert and Noah and profited from their corrupt practices. And if anyone rebels, I’ll deal with that as well. This is why I was so reluctant to come back to this place. It has nothing but bad memories for me. You don’t know these people. You don’t know how corrupt and evil they are. Was an audit conducted of all the businesses here?”

I begin walking and Jared trails after me.

There is newfound respect in his voice as he replies, “Yes. Certain businesses were not paying any taxes but were sending money directly into Robert’s bank account. Some were being forced to pay exorbitant amounts of tax money. That money was also going to Robert’s personal fund. What do you want to do about that?”

I come to a halt and give him an assessing look. “This whole tax issue can wait till we get Alex out. I’m not an expert on this whole tax issue. Get somebody from your pack, a trusted accountant and get them to look over the entire tax issue. Tell them to study Robert’s bank accounts, and his incoming and outgoing payments. See what they can find. If money was beingembezzled from businesses, return it. Also make sure that both Noah and Robert’s accounts are blocked from being accessed by anybody but me or the accountant who’s handling things right now.”

Jared nods.

In my head, I made sense, but I don’t know if I made sense to him. I hope so.

Once we reach the apartment building, Jared stops me. “I’ll make sure to spread the CCTV footage of the attack right now. If you want to earn respect through fear, I’ll make sure it happens.”

I give him a weary smile before heading inside. Closing the door behind me, I lean against it.

I wanted those men to hurt.

But their pain only gave me temporary satisfaction. They needed to be taught a lesson. Even if I don't like the idea of inflicting pain, it doesn't mean I can't do it.

When they surrounded me, considering me easy prey, all the anger and darkness within me had risen up, wanting to crush them like insignificant insects. I have always been impulsive. Alex told me that plenty of times, but I never listened to him. Things always worked out for me, one way or the other.

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