The Alpha's Omega Mate-Chapter 84: Punishment worse than death.

~Dahlia’s POV~

"Stand up!" He growled in a voice that was so cold, and so cruel it made goosebumps appear all over my body.

Shakily, I rose from the floor, but instantly dropped my head as I did to prevent myself from looking into the raging storm that was his eyes. I couldn’t look at him. I couldn’t speak. My body trembled with fear barely concealed, and the fact that he’s still not said anything yet... still not asked anyone to seize me yet... made me paranoid.

I squeezed my eyes shut, my heart racing, tears streaming down my face, I cried out; "I am sorry, Alpha... I... I didn’t... I didn’t mean to. It was a mistake. I didn’t know what I was doing!"

Whilst I cried, he simply watched me. He didn’t move an inch, and for a moment, I almost thought that he was frozen in place... like a statue. Hell, I would’ve believed that if it wasn’t for the anger I could feel radiating off of him in waves. And the burst of pheromones in the air.

He was pissed. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Exceedingly so.

But his wolf... his Alpha wolf was more enraged.

No one ever dared do what I just did. And if it wasn’t for the mate bond simmering between us, I was sure as hell that I would’ve been nothing but a red stain in the pavement by now.

Just when I had begun to think that he wouldn’t say a word, that he wouldn’t touch me and would probably look for other means to hurt me, he took intimidating steps closer until he was standing chest to chest with me— if we were being honest, it was chest to face as my face was pressed against his broad chest—and until the heat of his body scorched me like the torches.

I shuddered, my knees wobbly and then I dropped my head again. "Punish me however you want but leave my daughter out of it."

"Punish you?" He growled, laughing so darkly that it made the hairs on my neck stand on end.

"Y-yes please."

"No, I wouldn’t punish you, Dahlia." He snapped, his voice rough. Without warning, he grabbed my chin in his calloused hands and roughly forced my face up to meet his. More tears slipped out of my eyes at the contact and when I looked up into his eyes, I was hit with the several emotions waging a battle in his gaze. I was hit with the sheer power in which he possessed.

There was anger and there was desire. Frustration and fear. Rage and want... all in his eyes... all barely concealed.

I balked.

"I wouldn’t hit you." He whispered eerily. "I’ll let you live your life... just the way you want it. I’ll let you do whatever you want. You want my Beta, Orion, that badly right? You think getting married to him is the peace you crave, right? Then I’ll let you have him." He added and I froze as shock slammed into me with so much force that I stumbled backward.

I couldn’t believe that he was finally agreeing to let me go. That he was finally willing to let me wed his Beta. And I should be glad? Shouldn’t I?

But for some reason, I wasn’t.

For some reason, it felt like my ribs were being crushed with a sledge hammer. Like they were shattering, and the broken pieces of bones were stabbing painfully into my heart.

"But I wouldn’t reject you." He said suddenly, causing my eyes to snap up to meet his eyes and I shuddered as the realization of what he was implying dawned on me. The more the words slipped past his lips, the more my heart ached tremendously in my chest. Tears ran down my face like a broken dam, and for some reason, it did nothing to stop it. Hell, I didn’t even want to.

I simply cried as I listened to him speak. And he didn’t stop. Alpha Zarek, the man of very few words, surprisingly didn’t stop talking today. And he said a lot.

"And I wouldn’t let you reject me either. Since punishment is what you truly desire, then I’ll gladly give it to you. I’ll mark you and I’ll ensure that you feel it anytime my wolf’s in the arms of another woman, and vice versa. Let’s see how long you can keep up with that."

That was torture. Intense torture. And to think that he was willing to put himself through it just to hurt me showed how mentally disturbed he was. My hands shook as I stepped out of his crushing hold and with tears streaming down my face, I whispered; "Okay."

I saw Alpha Zarek freeze for a moment, saw the way his jaw slackened and how his eyes went eerily dark. But he quickly regained himself. He brushed me off like I was nothing but a pest now, and then he stepped back.

"I’d still find out what happened two days ago. I still want to know why one minute you were in my arms and the next minute, it was Jennifer. But now, I’m not doing it to prove anything to you... because clearly you don’t want that. I’m doing it to clear my conscience and to know what really happened." He added and I gulped, nodding as I created even more space between us.

Even though he sounded and looked believable, I still didn’t believe him. I couldn’t. Not when he was implying that he doesn’t remember having Jennifer in his arms. Not when he was obviously trying to delude me into believing that everything I’d seen was not real.

I opened my mouth to speak but before the words would come out, a feminine voice interrupted me. It was one I could recognize even in my sleep, one that I have grown to abhor... and one that I hated even more now that my heart was breaking.

"Zarek!" The voice called out sultrily. "I have been looking for you everywhere! My father is at the fortress and he asks to see you!"

Before either of us could turn in the direction of the sound, the owner materialised beside us— beside him.

It was Ms Jennifer.

And she was draped in an obviously expensive silk pink dress that hugged her body like a second skin. The neckline of the dress was deep, so deep that her entire breasts were out on display— well besides her taut nipples that strained against the sheer material— and the tips of her blonde hair was also dyed in a shade of pink that was so beautiful and so soft, it made her appear royal. Like the Queen that everyone wants her to be.

Like the evil queen that fits an Alpha as evil as Alpha Zarek.

I cleared my throat. "Luna Jennifer, good day." I greeted.

As soon as these words slipped past my lips, I saw the way Alpha Zarek froze. Even Ms Jennifer’s eyes widened in shock too but she quickly composed herself.

Without sparing me a glance, she snorted. "ZAREK, let’s go! It’s important!"

And when she draped her arms around him, he let her.

When she began to pull him away, he let her.

And I watched as they disappeared around a corner with my heart shattering in my chest.

Crying, I fell to my knees and wailed in agony. Hades, he hasn’t even marked me yet and I could already feel broken from watching him in the arms of another woman.

He hasn’t even begun to punish me yet, but my heart already feels like it’s being wrenched out of my chest.

He didn’t even kiss the brick first before throwing it at me.

My wolf howled.