"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead." - Benjamin Franklin

I have never felt so much rage in my entire life. It was the breaking point of my patience. When that bastard revealed what he did with my Vivian, I was blinded by a five-course serving of rage that tasted bitter, yet surprisingly satisfying. And that is why I attacked him. And punched him. And kicked him. And punched him some more. And kicked him some more. I tackled him and held him down so he could not fight back.

All my bloody damn life I did everything everyone asked me for - to protect her- everything -and still, this happened. My wolf was out of control. I couldn't calm him, nobody could.

Except for her.

"Ethan, are you out of your mind!? You attacked Elliot?" My father shouted, pointing his index finger at me.

My wolf growled and bared his canines.

"Put your teeth back, boy! I won't tolerate this."

The image of a bloodied Elliot was still present in my mind. My wolf and I were still not satisfied. I wanted to tear him apart. But luck was on his side today, my Dad and the other Alphas intervened as I was about to deliver the knockout punch. We had plans to cut his fingers one by one. The white, feeble fingers which touched the delicate skin of my mate. Then I would've flayed his white pale skin, cut off his manhood and throw it in the ocean.

How dare he touch my mate?

"Ethan, SHIFT!" Father's loud booming voice brought me back to reality.

My wolf was a little calmer now so I used the opportunity to quickly change form. I felt the uneasy pain of bones breaking and cracking.

Father threw a piece of cloth at me which I used to tie around my hips. It fell on my knees, covering the private parts.

"What happened?!" Father walked forward and grabbed my shoulders. The rest of the Alphas just stared.

"Dad....enough. I am done with all this. Tonight....she will become mine."

"Are you stupid, boy? Do you want to throw all the hard work away? Come back to your senses at once. We need you to protect her."

Any male mentioning my mate was enough to piss me off. Every word stung only fueling the fire that burned inside of me. Every phrase was like gasoline to it, my fists began to clench and my jaw rooted.

"Stop," my jaw clenched, "Don't talk about her."

If he keeps mentioning her, my wolf will attack him.

"What happened here?" Elliot's father, Aaron, entered the room. Seeing his face reminded me of Elliot which again started to make my wolf surface.

Next time I lay an eye on that fuvker, he is dead.

"Why don't you go ask your fuvking son that?!"

Everyone's eyes widened.

My father shoved me in a seat and slapped me. Hard.

"Get yourself together!"

I closed my eyes and counted to ten. I cannot lose control. I cannot lose control. He is my father.

I stood up, pushed my father aside and made my way towards Aaron, "Take your son away from my sight or I swear on my life I will kill that man. I will torture him, and give him a slow, painful death."

I did not like how I was treating Aaron, after all, he was the one who helped me during my teenage days. He was my teacher, my mentor. But somehow, seeing the resemblance between him and his son flipped a switch and all the boundaries got blurred.

Aaron wasn't afraid though. He looked dead straight in my eyes, concern evident in his eye. "What did Elliot do?"

I narrowed my eyes at him, "You ask me what he did? What he did?" a laugh escaped my lips from a sudden appreciation of the absurdity of the situation, "He took my goddamn mate's virginity!......You all promised me nothing will ever happen to her. Nobody will touch her, that you have it all under control! Then why the fuvk did my best friend, my Beta, end up having sex with my very own mate?!"

Nobody dared answer. Everyone was silent, still processing the information.

I looked around the room, none of them dared look me in the eyes.

My anger was now slowly being replaced by another overpowering emotion - sadness.

"All of you took her away from me. You ruined my life. You ruined her life. You ruined o-our life." I choked on the last sentence.

Our.

We could've had a life together.

"Ethan, you need to understand. The will kill her if they find out she is mated to you....an Alpha-blooded female and an Alpha-blooded male. You know the dangers. We had no choice-"

Before he could complete, a sweet, melodic voice interrupted my father, "Lycans?"

Everybody turned their heads and saw the most beautiful female on the face of Earth standing at the door.

Il mio, Vivian.

If someone's mate finds that their mate indulged in sexual activities with someone other than them, it tears them apart. It is extremely painful for a wolf to go through that. For example, I still am recovering from the day of Ethan's crowning, when he had sex with another. But since he is a male and that too an Alpha, the torture and pain would be doubled. He won't be able to handle it alone.

As soon as I heard those words being uttered from Elliot's mouth, I made my way towards Ethan. I had no idea where I was going but after a while, I caught a whiff of his smell and followed to where it lead - a Hall.

The door was ajar, so I knew somebody was definitely inside. Moving closer to the door, I smelt the presence of extremely strong wolves - six of them. My dad and Ethan both were there.

"You ask me what he did? What he did?" a hysterical laugh followed, "He took my goddamn mate's virginity! You all promised me nothing will ever happen to her. Nobody will touch her, that you have it all under control! Then why the fuvk did my best friend, my Beta, end up having sex with my very own mate?!"

It was Ethan.

What did he mean by promised? Under control?

My brain was formulating no thoughts other than to register that I was utterly shocked.

"All of you took her away from me. You ruined my life. You ruined her life. You ruined o-our life." I heard Ethan choke on the last sentence.

My heart was hammering against my chest.

Our life?

My wolf howled inside. Ethan's wolf was in extreme pain; we could feel it.

"Ethan, you need to understand. The Lycans will kill her if they find out she is mated to you....an Alpha-blooded female and an Alpha-blooded male."

It takes a second or two for the new information to sink it, even though it is right before my eyes, larger than life. I had never felt so alone, so lost... so powerless. And this was only the beginning, the beginning of the pain, the suffering that was in store for me.

"You know the dangers. We had no choice-"

I couldn't control myself, I had to- no, I need to know what is happening, therefore I entered the room and spoke the one word which caught everyone's eyes, "Lycans?"

Alpha Lennon, Alpha Carlos, Alpha Chris, Father, Ethan, and Aaron all had the same expression on their face - shock.

Ethan's knuckles were white from clenching his fist too hard and teeth gritted from the effort to control his anger. His face was red with suppressed rage. His eyes were narrowed, rigid, cold, hard. I watched as the whites in his eyes turned a pure black, and as his iris glowered. In that moment I knew he was one more blow away from breaking.

"What the hell is happening here?"

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