Alpha's Pet (21+)

5: Manners

I hesitated. Was I really going to follow this barbaric alpha? What if he decided to kill me, because I've dared to breath the same air as him? 

Kill the wolf according to law for stealing ham!  Would that be the way I'd die?

Noooo, too humiliating!!! I am an alpha after all! I should die on the battlefield not as a ham stealing puppy!!!

"Are you following or not?" the alpha asked suddenly but I knew that it was an indirect command. In the dim light of the living quarters he stood tall and imposing.

Even though I was an alpha myself in my perception I wasn't cruel to my packmembers. But this alpha was truly an #ss.

If my guards would fail a task as small (okay, catching the fastest alpha is for sure not a small task, but I am now a puppy, so they had a fair chance!) as this one, I would scold them. Lightly, of course.

That was a fair chance to reflect on their wrongdoings! But a severe punishment? Only traitors and murderers were punished severely...

So if those weak guards were punished severely for failing... how heavily would I be punished for stealing?

I was looking left and right. I must find a way to-

"If you dare to run I'll skin you alive!" he clipped looking over his shoulder. I froze. Damn it! This eagle eyed alpha... 

Unwillingly did I follow him. I noticed that we were now at a different part of the castle.

I haven't been here when I escaped from the guards. The alpha stopped at a thick wooden door before entering the room. I bet that's something like brazilian walnut wood.

Symplistic style is what he prefers. That was my first impression of the room that turned out to be his bedroom.

The alpha walked further into the room wordlessly. But I for my part decided to sit near the door. I wasn't going to step into the lion's den!

The lion turned around gazing at me sitting in front of his door. "Were you the one that caused trouble for the guards yesterday?" he suddenly addressed me. 

I stared into his purple eyes. Why was he asking me something he already knew? Was he trying to find out whether I was not only a stealing but also a lying puppy? I need to coorperate for mitigating circumstances!

I nodded vigorously.

"Were you the one who climbed up the walls to get into the castle?"

I nodded again.

"What did you use to climb?" 

How was I going to answer that? I put my fury paw under my skin. I looked around the room. He had no flowers or plants I could use to describe it. So I mimed how I had climbed up the walls. The alpha furrowed his brows. 

Oh, no! He was not able to tell what I wanted to tell him? I sat on my rear defeatedly. 

That's when I heard the alpha chuckling darkly. Huh? What's so funny?

"So you are able to trick my guards and understand the human language!" he said staring at me with his purple eyes. Broad forehead, deep set eyes and long prominent nose and a pair of the most intense purple eyes pierced me.

I nod. I am able to do that and many more things. I am an educated woman after all. But that I couldn't tell him. 

"Are you able to be this alpha's guard dog?" he asked raising one of his eyebrows. He was obviously amused by me. But I knew better than to assume that he was in a good mood. This guy had earlier punished his guards for failing and punished his lover for disrespecting him after they shared an intimate, uhhh... moment.

I looked at my small paws. With these small paws... I wasn't even able to defend myself let alone be a guard dog for an alpha. So I shook my head.

"Then why sitting there uselessly? Come here." he said patting his lap. I strolled to him. This guy... what was his intention?  His aura was cold and fierce. He seemed unapproachable.

I stood warily at his feet. Not daring to jump into his lap. I am a proud alpha after all, I was not going to sit in someone's lap...

I am no lap dog after all.

"So?" 

Damn it! With one jump I landed smoothly in his lap and looked up at him with expecting eyes. 

The alpha patted me like I would a fury fat cat before mumbling "You are no werewolf... but a teensy puppy yet you are extraordinarily smart and understand the human language..."

"I am Alpha Arthur Knight and you're currently at my residence." he uttered arrogantly. But the way his facial muscles were relaxed showed me that he was rather enjoying the softness of my fur.

I stared at him blankly. Wow... so he had the manners to introduce himself to a regular wolf.

I bowed to him, showing him that I understood. "Mhm." he acknowledged it with an arrogant nod.

This man was probably in his mid twenties but the aura around him made him seem like a deity. 

"From now on you will be this alpha's pet." Alpha Arthur remarked casually.

Me? I put my paw on my chest.

"Do you see anyone else I could have said that to?" he asked teasingly. I looked around. He wasn't having secret guard dogs here, was he?

Suddenly my shomach rumbled.

Oh, please...

I glanced at the alpha embarrassed. I would blush but I'm a puppy sooo...

The handsome man chuckled. "Let's get you something to eat." he said still with his fingers in my fur.