The Rejected Alpha (Book 1 of the Rejected Series)

Chapter 71

I bit back a small growl when something was pulled off of my head and looked around blearily, baring my teeth because I had no idea what was going on or where I was, but I knew that I didn't like it at all.

"See?" I heard someone say above me, and I instantly looked that way to see it was someone that I hadn't expected to see. "She" smirked and dipped "her" head closer to "her" chest when "she" saw I was looking at "her" before "she" looked at someone else, "her" gray eyes flashing with something that I couldn't describe. "I told you that I am not her, Love."

Another person scoffed and rolled their eyes, and it sounded just like Mindy. "Or you could be a stunt double, and you are not the real Viper, but she is." She gestured to me, and the Viper smirked and dipped her head closer to her chest but didn't say a word.

I turned my head and looked toward Mindy, raising an eyebrow in question before I looked at the other "female," who was known as the Viper and then looked at Mindy again. "You're kidding me, right?" I asked and raised the eyebrow higher. "A stunt double? Do you really think I can afford a stunt double to portray some "mystical" person like the Viper?"

I tried to move my arms but couldn't for some reason. "What the fuck?" I asked and tried to look behind me to see what was keeping me tied to the chair. "Did you really have to tie me to a chair?" I asked and looked at Mindy, pressing my lips into a thin line while my eyes flashed with annoyance.

"Yes," she said and folded her arms across her chest. She scowled and narrowed her eyes while she stared at me. "It's because I do not trust you and made sure that he didn't either." She nodded toward someone in the shadows, and I looked that way to see that the Puppetmaster was standing with his face blank and a calculative look in his eyes.

"Awww," I teased and looked at Mindy again with a small smirk on my face. "I knew that you were a puppet. Is he the one pulling your strings, or is someone else?" I asked and raised an eyebrow in question while my smirk grew deeper. "How sweet."

Mindy gasped in shock when I said that before she growled and narrowed her eyes. "You bitch!" she exclaimed and slapped me across the face, the ring that she wore caught the edge of my lip and left a deep cut while my face went the way of the slap.

"Mindy!" the Puppetmaster exclaimed just as my group exclaimed with, "Alex!" because they had no idea why she would do that.

Mindy stared at me with a shocked look on her face, her eyes filled with terror as if she didn't expect to do that. She covered her mouth with her hands and stayed silent, waiting, even though I had no idea what she was waiting for.

'I am fine,' I said to my group even when my wolf growled and wanted the taste of her blood on my lips. 'Don't engage.'

I laughed and let my head roll to the front before I lifted my head and stared at her with something in my eyes that had her taking a step away from me. "Ooh, you slap like a fucking girl," I said and licked the side my lip, tasting blood before I smacked lips together. "How was that for you? Do you feel better?" I raised both eyebrows in unison while I sneered.

Minfy growled from behind her hands and narrowed her eyes. She didn't say a word while she stared at me, afraid.

But I couldn't tell what or who she was afraid of...

The Viper tsked and shook "her" head. "That was supposed to be me doing that, Love," the Viper said with a small pout in "her" voice. "Why would you take away my fun? That was so rude." "She" cocked "her" head and pouted, and I couldn't help but roll my eyes and scowl.

Easy, I silently warned and pressed my lips into a thinner line before I looked at the Puppetmaster. "Now, did you know that she was going to do that, Sir?" I asked and raised an eyebrow in question. "Or was that something... unexpected?"

The Puppetmaster cleared his throat and bowed his head a little in apology while he took a step forward and moved closer to us. "It was an... unexpected event, Beta," he said before he cleared his throat and stood taller. "My apologies from both of us." He sent Mindy an annoyed look, and I couldn't help but smirk and become filled with glee.

Ooh, goodie, I thought while I sneered and narrowed my eyes at Mindy before I looked at the Puppetmaster, making sure that my face was blank. Someone is in trouble.

"Apologize," the Puppetmaster growled and narrowed his eyes at the female that had struck me. "Now."

Mindy's eyes grew wider when she looked between the two of us. "Bu-" she was about to say but stopped talking when the Puppetmaster growled and narrowed his eyes in warning.

Finally, she sighed and slowly nodded before she turned her attention to look at me. "I am sorry, Beta," she said, and I couldn't help but roll my eyes and scowl, biting back a small snort, because I knew that she was lying and only trying to save face in front of the Puppetmaster. "Please, forgive me."

"Mmhmmm, sure," I said sarcastically, not believing her for one second. "I do not think that you are, Mindy," I said with a shake of my face, "so your apology doesn't mean a damn thing to me, and I do not forgive you."

Mindy growled and narrowed her eyes. Annoyance and anger flashed through her eyes while she stared at me. She took a threatening step toward me, and I couldn't help but grin. "You, b-"

"Mindy," the Puppetmaster said, interrupting her, and she instantly turned her head to look at him with wide eyes while she took that step back. "Hush."

"Bu-"

"No," he said, interrupting her while he raised his hand to silence her. His scowl grew deeper, and he narrowed his eyes while he took a threatening step toward her.

And I couldn't help but watch this with mild satisfaction, not even caring for a moment that I was still tied to a chair with no way of getting out... yet.

"Do not say another word, Mindy. Is that understood?"

Mindy looked at my gleeful face, the Viper's bored look with a critical gaze in "her" eyes before she looked at the Puppetmaster with wide eyes and an open mouth. "Bu-"

"Do you understand?" he asked again, raising his hand higher to silence her, and she closed her mouth. "Do not say another word unless you are being spoken to, Mindy. Is that understood?"

Finally, Mindy relented and bowed her head closer to her chest, the fight leaving her just as fast as it came. "Yes, Sir," she said, her voice barely above a whisper and slowly nodded. "I understand."

"Awww, isn't that so sweet?" I asked with a small pout on my face while I cocked my head to the side and blinked rapidly. "It just makes my heart become filled with glee to see you get someone else besides me annoyed, Mindy."

Mindy bit back a small growl and narrowed her eyes while she looked at me. She didn't say a word when the Puppetmaster cleared his throat, but she didn't need to because her meaning was clear.

Bitch...

I grinned and winked at her before I turned my attention to the Puppetmaster with a raised eyebrow. "Now that that is done and over with, maybe now we can get down to business, yes?" I asked and raised an eyebrow in question.

I cleared my throat and shifted in my seat while I attempted to cross my legs but couldn't because my legs were tied together as well as being tied to the chair. "Because I have a few questions for the main person of this operation, and I am pretty sure that it is you."

The Puppetmaster turned his attention to me and slowly blinked before he raised an eyebrow. "And your questions are.. what exactly, Beta?" he asked and raised the eyebrow higher.

"Hmph." I bit back a small smirk and leaned my head closer to my chest while I stared at him. "First of all, why the hell am I tied to a fucking chair in the middle of nowhere, and... Who. The. Hell. Are. You?"