Alpha Enzo by Ls Barbosa

Enzo:

kept my eyes on my wife as she slept, my chest aching at the sight before my eyes.

My wife, my son, and my whole pack could have died today. How it had happened was beyond me, but I knew that that this wasn’t something that I wasn’t going to let go. Alaria couldn’t have done so, I know that she wouldn’t.

But why was she in a rush the way that she was?

Where was she going? Why was she going to leave the way that she was?

I ran my finger over Katherine’s head, gently massaging her scalp, allowing my fingers to run through her hair. It’s been a while since I’ve held her this way, and I didn’t know how things had happened the way that they did.

“I give you my word, I am going to kill whoever did this. No matter who they are, I am going to make them pay for this.” I whispered. I slowly unwrapped my arms from around Katherine, gently laying her head on the pillow before covering her with a blanket. She had drained herself with tears, and I knew that the pain that she was in was great. No mother deserved to live the pain that she was in.

I kissed her forehead, letting my lips linger there for a moment too long before pulling away to look at her.

“I won’t let your tears dry in vain.” I whispered, taking a step back.

I walked toward the window and stood in front of it for a moment.

Alaria’s face played in my mind, and I couldn’t help but find myself doubting everything that I had done with her. The woman didn’t deserve the second thought, and here I was, I made a mistake and that mistake almost cost my entire pack.

“You almost cost yourself a lot, Enzo.” I muttered to myself as I kept my eyes out on the crowded streets. It’s already night, and I knew that Ashton left school a long time ago. I didn’t even know where she would be taking him, but at this point, she knew to handle

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things on her own. She shouldn’t have betrayed me the way that she did in the first place.

“But how didn’t you catch the smell of fire?” I muttered to myself. “Had she started it, you would have obviously caught it, right?”

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I took a deep breath before taking a step back, my heart ached, but I knew that I had to get to the bottom of this. Whatever had happened, I had to know and I had to understand what was going on. This wasn’t something that I was going to ignore. This was not something that I would just take a word for. Even if it was Alaria, she had to pay with her life. She wasn’t going to leave to live her life the way that she pleased. Not when she put us all in danger.

“Boss?” Viktor called, reminding himself that we were amongst humans, addressing me as Alpha wasn’t something that he should do.

“I want to know who was behind this fire. Whoever it is, I need them to be found, and I want to know who did it, do you understand me?” I said, and he nodded. “And if it was Alaria, I want her to be found, do you understand me? You are going to bring her to me and I am to take her life myself, do you fucking understand me?”

“What if she leaves the city? If she already…”

“She wouldn’t leave now. But you are going to keep an eye on all the boarders, neither her nor Ashton, both will stay within the city. If they try to run, I want her to be locked, do you understand? She is not going to go anywhere. She is not going to leave this city.” I said, and he nodded. He sucked in a harsh breath, and I could tell that he was both worried and alarmed by everything that happened.

“Did anyone else get hurt?” I asked, and he shook his head.

“The only one who was harmed, and it happened because he was locked inside room, was Alonso. The rest of the pack were safely out before anything could go wrong. It was Katherine who alarmed them. She caught the scent, and ran.” He said, and I frowned. “We all believed that Alonso was out with her. It wasn’t until I caught sight of him in his room as he ran toward the door, then back to the window, then the door. He was crying and screaming for help. The door was locked, and no maid was by his side.”

“What?” I asked, frowning as I processed what he was saying.

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“Alonso is not allowed to sleep without a maid around him.” I said, and he nodded, knowing that it was a rule within the Estate, it was a rule that was even set by Katherine herself. “The door is never locked in his room. Katherine is the only one who has the bedroom keys, she doesn’t even want me to have them. I don’t object, she is his mother.”

Viktor shook his head, and I frowned. “Are you sure that the doors were locked? Maybe the doorknob was too hot for him to open? Maybe he couldn’t…?”

“The firefighters who broke the door down and got him out where the ones who told us. I tried to go inside, I couldn’t. The house was already burning, and they wouldn’t allow me. Some of the pack members even tried reaching by climbing, nothing, the windows were sealed and the door was locked.” He explained, and I nodded. He looked down at his feet, and I watched as he shook his head as he tried processing how things had gone. “I don’t know how things have passed this way, boss. I don’t even understand how the fire started. The firefighters are still inspecting, they are still trying to understand how things went…” © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“You don’t need to explain anything, I know that if you could, you would have stopped it. But right now, I want to know who did it, and I want to Alaria locked within the city walls. Until we find out who did this, you are going to keep a close eye on her and Ashton. Both of them are not going to move an inch. And I want to know why my son was locked in his room.” I said, and he nodded.

“I also have something for you. It came to the hospital a while ago.” He said, and I frowned in confusion before he pulled an envelope from his pocket, handing it to me. “The results

asked for. The paternity test,”

that you

“Now isn’t the time for it.” I said, and he nodded. “Take it to my office and keep there. We’ll get to checking it when the time is right.”

“Yes, Alpha.” He said, and I nodded. I took a step back as I walked back to the bedroom, and I couldn’t help but frown when I saw Katherine awake. Her eyes met mine, and though I saw fear in her gaze, she smiled as she stood.

“Did anything happen to Alonso?” I asked, and she shook her head. She cried and I walked to her, hugging her tightly.

“I had a bad dream that something happened to both you and Alonso. I was so scared,” she said, and I kissed the crown of her head, letting my lips linger there for a moment.

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“I’m right here,” I whispered, “both Alonso and I are right here, Katerina…”

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