Instinct {The Half Moon Chronicles}

Chapter 11.

Chapter 11.

I don't think I'd ever seen Ayden as angry as he was in that moment. The fury in his eyes was extremely evident. In fact, they almost glowed with rage. Whilst I stood there, standing as still as I could possibly be, Ayden just glared. I didn't think he was happy to see me.

I didn't dare look away from him to glance at the people surrounding me. It seemed we had walked in on a pack meeting. I noticed through my peripheral vision that they didn't look exactly happy either. However, they didn't look livid at me as I had expected. Trying to take a calming breath, I stared down Ayden.

In the back of my mind, there was a small feeling of regret. Not regret for my leaving, but regret that I wasn't standing my ground. This man standing in front of me was a murderer. I couldn't just let that go easily. No way.

My teeth were clenched tightly shut in my mouth, and the hostile gaze he directed towards me was similarly focused upon him from myself.

The whole room was silent, and despite Ayden's rigid structure, I thought I almost saw the ghost of a smirk hinting at his mouth.

"Ah, Asha my dear. It seems you've disturbed a rather important meeting." He shook his head. "But then again, you never really have had respect for others, have you?"

It took all of my strength not to spit at his feet. I instead kept my mouth shut, and my steely resolve in place.

When he realised I wasn't going to reply, he glanced around the room briefly before sighing. He switched his gaze to someone behind me. A firm hand placed itself on my shoulder and I flinched, momentarily forgetting Xavier's presence.

"Son, why don't you take her to my office. I'll finish off here and will be with you shortly." He addressed, before swiftly turning back to the pack members and saying, "Now, where were we?"

Before I could protest, Xavier had grabbed my upper arm tightly and steered me from the room, away from the continued pack meeting. I didn't try to fight him, yet I didn't make it easy for him either. By making myself heavier and not complying, he essentially had to drag me down the corridor and up the stairs.

He let out a small growl of frustration and I tried not to laugh. I guess if there was anything to gain from my impending imprisonment, it would be that I could torment Xavier for the rest of my existence.

Even though he didn't say anything, I knew that this small act of defiance was pissing Xavier off and that created a sense of smugness in my mind. Day one and he's already close to his boiling point.

Not a few seconds later, Xavier threw open the door to his father's office and pushed me, not so gently, inside. I stumbled slightly but managed to regain my balance as he was shutting the door behind him.

He crossed his arms over his chest as he leaned against the door in his signature stance. Then he proceeded to glower at me while I tried to hide my smirk.

I plonked myself down in the chair in front of the desk, turning my back to him and tried to seem dismissive of his presence as I drummed my fingers on the Alpha's desk.

"You know, I thought we were making progress..." He said, trailing off as if he were waiting for my reply.

I scoffed. "Well, it seems you thought wrong, didn't you?"

He sighed, but didn't say anything more. I was surprised, and slightly disappointed that I couldn't fire him up with more of my amazing comebacks.

I slumped down into the chair further assuming Ayden wouldn't be in any rush. Shifting uncomfortably, I tried to ignore Xavier's loud breathing behind me. He was making me nervous so I started to gently spin to the left and then the right on the chair. Every time I did so it made a small squeaking noise. This continued for awhile, and at some point, I forgot that I was even doing it. I then started to hum and quiet tune to myself absentmindedly. I couldn't quite remember where I heard it before, but somehow, it was very familiar.