The Rejected Alpha (Book 1 of the Rejected Series)

Chapter 74

I opened my eyes and slowly blinked, my mind blank and filled with this humming sound that I was able to ignore but played along with because I had a feeling that this was his way of controlling me. I couldn't hear anyone from my group and didn't look their way, not worried at all because I knew that they were going to listen to me and not intervene, even though a part of them did not want to listen to what I have to say.

"Alexandra," Shara said, and I instantly looked at him with a wide blank stare on my face, waiting for him to say something else or tell me to do something. He grinned and narrowed his eyes while he looked at me, and a look of relief filled his eyes as if he was worried that this wouldn't work. "What was it that you said?" he asked and raised an eyebrow in question. "Didn't you tell me that this wouldn't have worked?"

I didn't respond and stared at him with the same expression on my face. My whole body was stiff, and I didn't move or do anything like I normally would do in that situation, especially since I wanted to make sure that he thought I was under his control.

"Hmph." He smirked and looked at Mindy with a small sneer on his face. "Go ahead and release her from her bonds, Mindy," he said while gesturing toward me, and I kept my gaze on Shara, waiting for any other instruction. "She is safe."

Ya, as safe as you want me to be, I thought sarcastically, making sure that my face was blank and composed.

Mindy looked between both Shara and I, and her face grew slightly pale. She hesitated and took a step back while she shook her head and raised her hands in surrender. "I don't think so, Sir," she said, her voice barely above a whisper. "I don't trust her enough to do that."

Good girl, I thought, and it took all of my self-control not to sneer. That is exactly how I want you to act.

Shara scowled and narrowed his eyes. "And why not, Mindy?" he asked and narrowed his eyes further. "She is not going to do anything to you. She can not. She is under my control."

"But that doesn't mean I don't trust her, Sir," she said with another shake of her head. "Please, don't make me do it."

Shara growled and bared his teeth. "Watch," he said. He walked over to me and backhanded me so hard that my face moved to the side and blood poured from my nose and busted my lip up more.

I kept my face in the same direction that the slap placed it in, and it took all of my self-control and power not to look at him and growl while I bare my teeth at him in warning.

"See?" Shara asked, and I had a feeling that he looked at Mindy while he gestured to me. "She is now useless until I tell her to do something." He looked at me. "Look this way," he said, and I did what I was told to do and stared at him with the same blank look on my face.

"Awww, why can't I smack her around?" the Viper asked and pouted, folding "her" arms across "her" chest. "She" looked between me and Shara and cocked "her" head, giving him an innocent look with eyes filled with fake tears. "Can I be the one to take the rope from around her legs and arms?" "she" asked, and "she" batted "her" eyelashes together with a small pout on her face. "Please?"

"Please, let the stupid bitch do it," Mindy said and gestured to the Viper. "It looks like she really wants to do it, and I still do not want to do it."

"Now, now," the Viper said with a small sneer on "her" face while "she" looked at Mindy. "Be careful about who you call a "stupid bitch," Love," "she" said while "she" winked teasingly, "for someone else can kill you." "She" flashed her a small smile and another wink.

Shara looked between Mindy and then at the Viper. He bit back an annoyed sigh and moved a hand across his face while he shook his head, pursing his lips in annoyance. "Go ahead and take the rope off of her wrists and legs," he said and gestured toward me. "But if you do anything to her..." He trailed off and scowled while he narrowed his eyes, and the Viper grinned, amused.