Page 8 of Fall of the Alpha

His body hungered in a way he didn’t understand.

He sidled closer to Bella, who smelled far too good. The need to be near her, to protect her, was overwhelming. He felt possessive of her in a way he didn’t understand.

Yet when Zadia turned her gaze on him, when the male at the front of the room looked at him, the insides of his body did tumbling flips, and he wanted to fall to his knees. The male—the Wolf—came closer, his nostrils flaring as he approached.

Beside Alek, Bella quailed and leaned into him with a tiny whimper, as though she thought she could hide from the piercing green gaze of the territory’s most notorious Alpha. Alek clenched his jaw. He did not know if the Wolf knew who he was—knew whose son he was. It was unlikely his identity, his connections to influential leaders back in Zone One, remained unknown… but possible.

Especially since Liana and Kenet were not here. Liana was a far greater prize than him. Perhaps they’d mistaken Bella for her? If they thought they had a valuable hostage, thought she was Liana, he was not going to let them know otherwise. That might be the only safety she had.

“Omega,” the Wolf said, prowling around Bella, leaning in to get a closer look.

Bella shuddered against Alek’s side, and his hands jerked against the restraints. He wanted to put his arm around her, to console her, to protect her from the other male’s gaze.

Yet when the Wolf looked up to meet Alek’s eyes over Bella’s head, he found he could not hold the male’s gaze for more than a moment or two. He trembled with the effort before he dropped his head, panting. The power emanating from the Alpha was more than intimidating. It was a visceral thing that seared him from the inside out.

“And what are you?” the Wolf mused as he circled around Bella’s and Alek’s backs. Alek immediately stiffened, the hairs along the back of his neck rising at the threat.

“Sigma,” said the female who brought them in, the one called Zadia.

“Fascinating. I thought Sigmas were a myth.” The Wolf chuckled, coming around to Alek’s front again.

Undeterred by his earlier failure, Alek managed to glare at the male for three whole seconds before he dropped his eyes again, panting as a shudder went through him.

What is wrong with me?

Beside him, Bella moaned and slumped against him. A sweet, hot scent filled his nostrils, and he nearly groaned aloud in reaction. Horrifically, his cock responded, lengthening and thickening from the arousing perfume.

“What was that?” He spoke as Bella moaned again, dropping to her knees and bending over with her hands pressed to her stomach. “Bella, what’s wrong?” He dropped down, trying to hold her as best he could with his own hands restrained behind him.

“She’s going into heat.” The Wolf circled around them again. “This is what happens when an Omega’s true nature is suppressed for a long period of time. As soon as they’re allowed to, their natural instincts rise… and with more effect than if they’d never been suppressed.”

Bella moaned again, sounding as though she was in agony, which her next words confirmed.

“It hurts.” She sobbed, shuddering and bending over again. Even through the sweet scent that made his dick throb, he could detect the sharp, bitter, acrid scent of her pain.

“Help her!”

“Well, you see, my new little toy, there’s only one way to help an Omega in heat. She has to be fucked and knotted by an Alpha… though a Sigma will do in a pinch.” The Wolf’s green eyes flared with amusement as the implications of what he was saying struck Alek. “What do you think, Toy? Should an Alpha help her through her heat? Or a Sigma?”

Shouts from around the room accompanied his statement, most of them cheering for an Alpha, though there were several calls in support of a Sigma.

The Wolf or Alek.

One of them had to fuck Bella.

“I… I…” His mind whirled chaotically. On his knees, he glanced frantically at Bella beside him. She looked up at him, tears streaming down her face, her expression contorted in agony.

“Alek… Alek, please… it hurts so much…”

It didn’t matter that she was clearly in pain. Just the scent of her made his cock feel as if it was swelling, his own need so strong that it nearly cramped his muscles.

“I’ll do it,” he said thickly, feeling like that strange presence had taken over his body and his voice. “I’ll do it.”

“Good. Release them and bring the bedding.”

Bella

Cramps rippled through Bella’s stomach, cramps and a deep, aching need that made her want to scream from the lack. She could barely focus on what was happening around her, though she knew it wasn’t good. Fear pulsed through her, alongside the growing arousal that was like nothing she’d ever felt before.

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