Alpha Academy

Chapter 12

"Daddy?"

I stare up at my father, seeing the shock and anger in his eyes. I quickly shove Adrian off of me and to beside me on the bed. I then remember the state that my clothes are in so I sit up, pull my skirt back down and hold my shirt closed.

I stare at the two men in my door way, afraid of what was next to come. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Adrian do his belt back up quickly and start to button his shirt.

"Sophia? What is the meaning of this?" His tone is dangerously calm, signalling that he is struggling to keep his wolf at bay.

"Daddy, I-" I start to explain, but I cut myself off when I realize that there is no way to really explain other than I was about to have my brains - hopefully - screwed into oblivion.

When I stop talking, I see my father's eyes move from me to the boy next to me. A renewed anger flares in his ageing features and he stalks briskly up to my mate.

I squeak when my father's hand darts out and grabs Adrian by the throat, pulling him up off of the bed. "Daddy!" I scream as I watch Adrian's green eyes widen and his hands move up to the Alpha's hands, attempting to pry them off of him.

I feel my throat clench slightly as the mate bond that connects alerts me of my mates' distress. "Stop it! You're hurting him!" I yell as I get to my feet and latch onto my father's forearm in an attempt to get him to let go.

"You dare to touch my daughter like that, you can face the consequences." He snarls before bringing his free hand up in a fist and punching Adrian square in the nose.

I can't hold back the tears as the dulled pain hits my face as well. Streams of wetness leak down my face as I bring a hand up to my nose, as if to check that it wasn't in fact broken.

My wolf snarls inside my mind as my mate is punched again and again, her growl increasing until it is coming out of my mouth as well.

Before thinking much about what I was doing, I slam my body into my father's side, effectively knocking him down to the ground and causing him to release Adrian's throat.

I growl deeply at my father once more as he looks at me, surprised that I would act violently against him in any way. 

I tear my gaze away from, in my mind, is just the man that hurt my mate. I crouch next to where Adrian had collapsed on the ground and is gasping for air.

"Are you okay?" I place my hand gently on his cheek, checking for any further injuries other than his broken nose and split lip.

He shakes his head slightly and leans into my touch. New tears spring into my eyes as I look at him like this, it finally clicking my mind just how much he means to me. I leaned forwards to place a kiss on his forehead when I hear my father's voice once again.

"Sophia. Get away from him. Now." He commands me, but I just ignore him, refusing to obey.

"Soph-" He begins again before his voice trails away as if he's at a loss for words. This makes me turn to him, curiosity getting the best of me to see what kind of thing could make my tough-as-nails father speechless.

Though as my eyes meet his, his gaze is instead lower, on my neck. I scrunch up my eyebrows in confusion ad reach a hand up to feel if anything was wrong. Though, it all clicks when I feel my mark under the pads of my fingers.

"What- why do- Is that a mark?" He stutters out the question but we both know that it is.

"Yes, Father, it is a mark. His mark." I turn back to Adrian to see him  looking up at me nervously. I guess this isn't the way he was expecting to tell my dad about us.