4

Emily's point of view.

I went through one of the kitchen doors that allowed access to a staircase to access the bedrooms. I climbed this one and walked through a wide hallway to get to my room. I opened the dark wooden door and entered the room to get ready.

I opened the huge dressing room and thought about what I was going to wear, looking at the many clothes that were in my field of vision.

I took a fairly pretty khaki-colored shirt, as well as a pair of navy skinny jeans. I then went into my personal bathroom and curled my long brown hair. I applied some eyeshadow, mascara and pencil and looked at myself in the mirror, satisfied.

Well, it's time to meet this new Alpha now... My parents would be with me, but he had dared to growl at me earlier despite their presence. Finally, it was justified, I had squarely jumped at his throat and had placed him in a weak position. Hard for an Alpha, they have a huge ego, so getting beat up was hard to bear, especially by a girl.

I crossed the long corridor a second time and went down the stairs to reach the kitchen. I got out of it and saw my father, sitting in our huge white leather sofa, and my mother sitting next to him. She seemed nervous, as for my father, he let nothing show. This Alpha is that special?

On the opposite couch was a handsome man. Beautiful. The most beautiful I have ever seen. He wore a simple black T-shirt, which hugged his very apparent musculature, and formed a nice contrast with his tanned skin. Her brown hair looked so silky, it made me want to put my hand in it to stroke it. And his blue eyes were just... Wow. Her gaze was so deep, the color was so pure. A look in which I would gladly immerse myself for hours.

My parents and him were discussing, well rather him and my father. My mother just listened. Suddenly, the Alpha's gaze landed on me and every muscle in me stiffened. In his gaze, one could read his power, his authority. I was frozen. I felt like if I moved a single muscle, or blinked my eyelids, he would kill me on the spot. The Alpha didn't move either, he just stared at me. He eyed me up and down, as if analyzing me. My father had noticed that he wasn't listening to her anymore, he followed her gaze and discovered that I was the cause. My father groaned in warning, and stood up to stand in front of me.

What's better than an overprotective Alpha dad? And luckily for him he was a well-respected Alpha, otherwise the other would certainly have reduced him to a pulp given his murderous gaze.

- This is my daughter Emilie, informed my father. If anyone dares hurt him, I kill him on the spot. Alpha or not.

The Alpha was surprised by my father's threat, and regained his composure. I thanked my father inwardly and sat down next to my mother.

- Mom, why is he here? I asked.

- Your father and Damien are in the process of making an alliance, she informed me.

- An alliance ? Daddy wants to make a wedding ring? I wondered.

- Yes, she laughs. Damien is a young Alpha but he is very powerful. His pack is too, it's a godsend that your father doesn't want to miss because our two packs are on the border, she explained.

I understood better now... This alliance would strengthen the power of our two packs, and would deter attempts to attack the packs. So this Alpha was called Damien. He and my dad were talking business and Damien was giving me several furtive glances, or watching me out of the corner of his eye. As if he was watching my every move, and if I were to move even a muscle he would react immediately. I was very uncomfortable. To get rid of this "surveillance", I decided to listen to the conversation.

- Several Alphas wish to have you as an ally, and some of them are more powerful than me. Why would you want an alliance with ours? asked my father.

- Our two packs are neighbors Mr. Lemon. And yours is very well located, you are surrounded by undergrowth and no one likes to venture into this kind of terrain, that's what made me choose you over the others..., replied Damian.

- Indeed thanks to the undergrowth I have very few attacks coming from the enemy packs, approved my father. So we're making this alliance?

- I agree to conclude it on one condition, said Damien.

- Which ? asked my father, puzzled.

Damien turned his gaze on me, and announced the worst condition that exists.

- Let your daughter be part of my pack, asked Damien.

This Alpha is after you... That's why my father told me that. Damien wishes to have me as an Alpha female. He wasn't mad at me, he wanted me.

- No way ! said my father, in an icy voice. There is no question that my daughter is the object of this alliance! growled my father.

He stood up, and waved his fist at Damien. Everything happened very quickly. Damien neatly dodged it and prepared to put his fist on my father's cheek when my mother stepped between the two, receiving the punch intended for my father. My mom flitted across the couch where Damien was sitting, who was in shock at having hit my mom. My father, howled, mad with rage and threw himself on Damien. He tackled him to the ground, but with frightening power, Damien pushed him away and got up. He grabbed my father by the collar, and lifted him off the ground.

Anger mounted with frightening speed, and I rushed at Damien, transforming into a wolf. He was about to hit it with his fist when my fangs closed on his arm, causing him to scream in pain. My father fell to the floor, while Damien collapsed in pain on the floating floor. His arm was bleeding profusely, and a small puddle of blood began to form. I growled in rage and was about to attack him again when he stood up, but a hand landed on my shoulder. I turned my head, and recognized my mother's hand, which was looking at me with a lot of pain in her eyes. I felt like my heart was slowly tearing apart, it was the first time my mother had that look.

She looked at Damien, who was looking at me in surprise. He must not have expected me to turn into a wolf to defend my father, and this must have been the first time he had ever been bitten. My gaze shot him all the hatred I felt, and his gaze reflected his sadness. One of the many people working for my parents, Kylie, came into the living room and looked at us in turn, her eyes wide and I thought her eyes were definitely going to pop out of their sockets when she saw Damien's bloody arm.

- Is everything okay Alpha? she asked, slightly panicked.

- Kylie, could you take Damien to the infirmary? said my mother softly.

Kylie just nodded and came up to us, not without looking at me with fear, to grab Damien by the arm to lead him to the infirmary. He gave me an unreadable look before following Kylie, who seemed in a hurry to leave the room. My father looked at me, a mixture of fury and pride in his eyes, and with a nod told me that I had to get out of the room. I left the room and climbed the stairs still in my wolf form and resumed my human appearance when I arrived at my room, the door not being wide enough to let me pass.

I took some clothes and decided to go shower. I thought back to what I had just done, I had deliberately bitten an Alpha in my wolf form while he was still human to prevent him from hitting my father. What an idiot! I got out of the shower and put on my clothes, the others were most likely to be in tatters. I went down to the living room to find my parents, and to my surprise Damien was with them, right in the middle of the living room, a simple bandage around his arm. His blue eyes pierced me, but my anger towards him didn't make me flinch.

"I'll give you a week to think it over, Peter," Damien informed him, his tone harsh.

- I won't change my mind Damien, growled my father. It is out of the question that my daughter is the object of this alliance!

Damien didn't answer and stared him straight in the eye for a few minutes, and my dad held his gaze, and he seemed to faint for a second but immediately recovered. I would give anything to know what they are saying to each other. My father and Damien exchanged a handshake, and the Alpha left the room and before he left the house, he looked at me one last time with a look so deep that my heart stopped beating for a moment. . What had they said to each other?

The week that Damien had left to my father had just passed very quickly. I had tried to find out what he had talked about with Damien, but as soon as I broached the subject he suddenly changed the subject, where he had to go to settle something within the pack, which annoyed me to the highest point. . Today, early in the morning, my father had posted himself at the window. It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and he hadn't moved an inch. I was in the living room when a car approached the house, pulled up in front and then Damien got out, a serious expression on his face. It was only then that my father decided to move. He left the house before Damien had time to climb the stairs leading to the door and the two Alphas stared at each other for a long time.

- Have you made your decision? Damien asked, his tone harsh.

- Yes, and she hasn't changed. So you can try an attack on the territory, your pack won't survive it, spat my father.

What ? An attack ?

- How's that for an attack? I interjected. What is this story ?

- Either you follow me or I invade your father's territory, Damien explained to me, his tone still hard and cold.

- All this for me to follow you? I say, completely stunned. It's stupid!

- When I want something, I don't hesitate to use the hard way, he says, his gaze clouded.

His frankness surprised me a lot, and destabilized me a lot.

- Why such an interest in me when I literally humiliated you? I asked coldly.

He smirked before answering.

- Because you impressed me, and I need a woman like you in my pack.

His compliment here hit me like a bomb, literally. Yet I let nothing show and looked at him from top to bottom, to gauge him.

"Emilie..." said my father.

- Very well, I say. But it's only to avoid an attack, I added curtly at Damien's victorious smile.

- Emily! exclaimed my parents.

I turned back to my mother, surprised that I hadn't felt her presence sooner.

- I'm going to get my things ready, I won't go back on my decision.