Alpha Bane''s POV
"You''re right, my Alpha. Princess Aurora is in a bit of a mess right now," Donald said to me as soon as he returned from the errand that I sent him concerning Sophia and Aurora. "Your assumptions were right."
I knew it. There was no way that Sophia could let Aurora be. Not in this world, nor in the next. I was slightly disappointed that Aurora fell into her trap. When I saw them having that discussion, I knew that she had something up her sleeves. I was very wary and I felt like Aurora should have also been careful too. Perhaps she was too keen on having peace reign between them.
If I hadn''t been so distracted by the toast that the king made, perhaps, I''d have somehow stopped her from moving with Sophia to the ce where her friends were. I''d have prevented all that from happening.
"What exactly is going on there, Donald? I need to hear everything so I can know what to do next."
"When I got there, I noticed that they were taunting her and she couldn''t speak back. Well, she tried but she was outnumbered. They were just too many and threw so many jabs at her at the same time. There was no way she could deal with all of that. She''s in a mess, right now."
Those words got me so infuriated. I had thought that it was best to remain where I was and just observe what was going on. That was Donald''s advice. But the pain in me, caused by what I heard, wouldn''t let me do that. I wanted so badly to head over there and scream at Sophia and those morons that she called her friends. Enough was enough!
After thinking for a few minutes, I thought going over there was the best option. I quickly began to walk toward them with rage in my eyes and my heart. "Hold on, Alpha Bane. You need to think this through so you won''t make a mistake," Donald said, reaching out to grab my hands but I brushed him aside. I knew what he wanted to do. He didn''t want me to do anything stupid and just as he told me earlier he wanted to stop me from causing a scene.
At that point, I didn''t care. I didn''t want to hear anything from anyone, Donald included. I just wanted to get there as quickly as possible so I could stop whatever was going on. Even if I wasn''t going to scream or do anything like that, I still had to take Aurora out of that ce as she seemed to be in a bit of a struggle.
I walked past Donald and hit off his hand with mine a second time when he tried to hold me back. I had to give those fools a piece of my mind. They had no right to treat the Princess like that. They probably didn''t know that she had all of the authority as the Princess of the Pack. She too, may not have known the full extent of her authority. Time always reveals all things.
As I got close to the ce where they were, I couldn''t believe my ears. "How on Earth could Alpha Bane be mated with amon maid? May the goddess forbid it! It is unbelievable, my friends. Servants belong with their fellow servants and not with royalties; talk more of the Alpha of our noble Pack."
They were throwing shades at her and making a mockery of the Princess and they were bold enough to use my name for that. I didn''t like them but they were too insignificant for me to concern myself with. The only one that I needed to take care of was Sophia and I was prepared to make her pay if she made me take that step.
"What is going on here?" I asked, causing them all to gasp. They didn''t expect me to be there. I had walked so stealthily so that I wouldn''t be noticed by any of them and it worked out just fine.
The girls began to look at themselves. I saw one, who wore a red top and had long brown hair, pinch herself. Sophia looked shocked too, and although she did her best to hide it, she just couldn''t stop her mouth from being wide open.
I walked to Aurora''s side and ced my hands on her shoulders, hoping in my heart that she wouldn''t try to hit my hand off. That would have been very embarrassing, especially in the presence of everyone else.
I noticed that Sophia held onto her wrists and I shot her a mean stare which propelled her to reluctantly let go of Aurora.
That area of her hand was already reddened; a testament that she had held onto her wrists for quite a while and to me, that wasn''t okay. Yet, I chose to bide my time. I didn''t want to cause a stir ormotion at the festival unless I absolutely had to do it.
I pulled Aurora closer to me as soon as Sophia let go of her hand and fortunately for me, she didn''t push me away. Indeed, she seemed pleased that I did that. She held onto me too with her left hand around my back.
Then I remembered what happened thest time. How I stopped her from being confronted by Sophia and how she let me do that only to hit my hands off when she was done using me. I hoped that it was different this time. I felt so horrible thest time and I didn''t know how I was going to take it if it was fake. Yet, it was better than being embarrassed on the spot. Everything was better than that.
Aurora seemed to be a bit nervous. She couldn''t take her eyes off Sophia for once. It looked to me like something about Sophia fascinated her because she wasn''t staring at her with a frown or anything like that.
Sophia too stared at Aurora with a smirk. She had passed her message loud and clear and Aurora got it so well. She winked at her at one point which seemed to trigger Aurora but she kept mute.
"I overheard what you guys were saying a few moments ago," I said to them. "One of you even dared to mention my name too. I''d love to know what exactly is going on here."
They looked at themselves, surprised that I had heard them. They did look scared and that was good enough for me. They had every reason to be. I was the most powerful Alpha and they had no right to mention my name.
One of thedies tried to sneak out behind Sophia but I stretched out my hand to let her know that it wasn''t alright to do that. Then I turned my attention to the rest of them.
With a smirk, I bared my arms, waiting for them to say something to me.
"Won''t you talk to me, guys?"