Alpha Lucious

Chapter 1 BETRAYED ME

Lucious opened his eyes slowly as rays of the morning sun reflected on his face. He closed his eyes again, not ready to get up.

"Arghh!! Is it morning already?? Why didn't you wake me up?" He groaned as his hands slowly reached out in search of the person beside him and landed on the soft bed, he felt nothing. He quickly opened his eyes as he looked over the place she should have been.

It was cold and empty, indicating she had been gone for quite a while now. Lucious narrowed his eyes. He couldn't even pick up her scent. He stood up and headed to the bathroom to freshen up. Done with his bath, he put on some clothes and grabbed a small towel before heading out.

His floor was silent, as always. No one apart from his wife and a few trusted people had access to the Alpha's floor. He walked into his elevator, pressing the ground floor as he tried to connect with his Beta through the mind–linking.

"Have you seen Natasha?" He asked hurriedly, startling the Beta.

Raphael was in the kitchen trying to make a cup of tea for his pregnant mate. He had just started to pour some hot water into a cup when the Alpha's message came in.

"Oh, Selene!! I've told you to stop doing that, Lucious!! I almost burnt my hand." He whined.

"Stop complaining, I'm looking for my wife over here." Came the Alpha's short reply.

"I don't think you're the only one who's got a wife," Raphael rolled his eyes. Everyone was aware of how the Alpha doted on his wife.

“Alpha, you spoil her way too much.." He said as he continued his tea-making. He didn't want his mate to come out and find out that he had not done his task yet and he would end up in trouble.

"And no, I've not seen her. I don't know what she's been up to these days." He quickly added.

Lucious ended the mind–link. He didn't want to hear anything more concerning the woman he was madly in love with.

Natasha was his childhood friend. They grew up together and mostly did everything together. She was the only woman Lucious had ever fancied and the only one to have seen the Alpha's soft side. She wasn't his mate, he didn't believe he had one, but he married her anyway.

The elevator door opened, letting him out as he headed for the back door.

"Good morning, Alpha." The guards greeted him as he exited the pack house. Lucious nodded his head answering more greetings as he went around the other pack houses. Today was one of those days when the Alpha surveyed the pack to make sure everything was fine and so the search for his wife took a back seat.

Young shifters headed to the training ground to start their daily training routine. Each shifter was expected to start training at the age of eight. Some had already become wolves by then, while the late shifters had to wait until they were twelve.

All done, he decided to go on his morning run. He headed for the deepest part of the forest this time.

Lucious ran for quite some time heading deeper and deeper into the forest. After about an hour of running, he slowed down, as his ears picked up a sound. Lucious narrowed his eyes as he walked slowly towards where it was coming from. Low moaning and a few grunts could be heard loudly now.

Lucious's heart was beating frantically as he approached. His nose picked up a very familiar scent but he didn't want to believe it. It was simply impossible. What could she be doing here at this time of the day?

Lucious slowly dragged his feet towards the direction the noises were coming from. It was a clearing behind some trees.

Lucious could feel his whole world crashing down as he finally saw her. His eyes couldn't believe it, Lucious could feel his heart shatter into a million pieces as he stood there looking at the two people before him, who were so engrossed in what they were doing.

The man who was on top of Natasha suddenly stopped what he was doing as he sensed something around him. He looked up to meet the red eyes of a livid wolf.

"What's wrong?" Natasha asked as Roel froze above her.

"Why did you stop?" She asked following his gaze.

Her eyes widened in shock as she saw her husband standing there with red eyes. She pushed Roel away as she stood up quickly to wear her clothes.

"What have you done?" Lucious asked in a hoarse voice. He felt his knees trembling as he stood there looking at Natasha.