REJECTED: The Alpha Behind The Mask

Alpha Eric’s POV

“We are landing in five minutes, sir.” The pilot announced, while I nodded my head and waited for the jet to land.

In few minutes, we landed at our landing spot while a car was already waiting for us. We got down from the jet and entered the car.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“Welcome, sir.” my driver greeted.

“Thank you, take me to dad’s place.”

“Yes sir.” he started the car, and we drove off. After a few minutes, we drove through dad’s gate. I got out of the car and walked into the sitting room.

“Where is my father?” I asked one of his men who I met in the sitting room, “He is at the bar upstairs.” He responded with a bow. I released a heavy sigh as I made my way upstairs.

I got upstairs and met dad in deep thoughts while a bottle of whiskey was placed on the center table in front of him.

“Aren’t you too old to be drinking at a time like this.” I asked while taking the seat before him.

He ignored me, took another sip of his drink, and did not say a word until I decided to speak. “Tomorrow is the gathering.” I murmured to his hearing.

I wasn’t scared or bothered about the gathering, all my fear was for Victoria and nothing else.

After my statement, Dad stared at me for a long time before he took a deep breath and spoke up, “Why didn’t you bring her back with you” he asked in a cold, angry tone.

“The doctor said it’s not safe for her to travel by air.” I explained,

Dad stared at me with an annoying look before standing to his feet. “Do you know what you are being charged for?” he asked, ”No.” I replied curiously as I noticed dad was getting angry and worried.

“What did Elliot say to them?” I asked, impatiently and curious.

Dad kept quiet for a while before he turned around and faced me. “Two charges were laid against you,” he muttered angrily to himself.

“Two what?” I asked in shock as I stood on my feet.

“Elliot laid two charges against you, and you will have to defend yourself alone to the council of elders.” Dad announced with a expressionless look on his face.

Those words from dad made me walk around in anger as I wondered why Elliot was this angry with me that he had to lay two charges against me. I understand Elliot and I were never best buddies, but we were also not enemies, then why the sudden hatred? If not for one thing, I would have thought he was into Victoria, but I knew that would not be possible because his mate was with him.

“What are my charges, father?” I asked, after several minutes of silence.

Dad scoffed and shook his head before taking a sip of his drink, which made me groan in annoyance at his reaction towards me, but I did not say a word because I knew he was mad at me.

“Tomorrow isn’t far from now, you will know your charges during the gathering.” dad spoke in a low angry tone and walked away.

I took a sip of his drink and sat back on the chair as I thought of what Elliot might have said about me.

I sat there for a long time thinking of what might take place in the Wolfie gathering when I heard my phone ringing. I went for it and realized it was Liam calling.

“Hello.” I spoke tiredly.

“It seems you are back in the country,” he asked.

“Yeah, you must have heard about the gathering tomorrow.” I inquired.

“Yeah, I heard about it, that’s why I’m back in the country. What did you do wrong?” he asked, curious and worried.

I released a soft sigh and ran my fingers through my hair before speaking, “It’s complicated, I don’t know what to say, let’s just see what happens at the gathering tomorrow.” I mumbled tiredly.

He kept quiet for a while before speaking, “You act like a different man, the Eric I knew would never stay this long in a conversation with me.” he spoke excitedly.

“People do change when it is necessary.” I responded with a sigh while thinking of Victoria.

“Nice one Eric, all the best for tomorrow.” he wished me well and ended the call.

I kept the phone back on the table and checked my wristwatch, only to realize it was already ten pm.

Tiredly, I stood up from the chair, picked up my phone and went downstairs to my car. I got in, and my driver drove me back home.

When I got home, I walked straight to my bedroom, took off my clothes and shoes before going to the bathroom.

I put on the cold shower and stood in it. A soft groan of relief escaped my lips as the cold water splashed on my naked body.

Gradually, I closed my eyes and all I could see were the curious and innocent eyes of Victoria staring at me.

“Mine.” my wolf whispered in my head while I took a deep breath and shook off her thoughts in my head before taking my bath.

After bathing, I left the bathroom and stepped into my room naked with water dripping out from my body. I went for a clean towel in the closet, took it out and wiped my body dry with it.

I put on loose underwear and climbed on the bed as I forced myself to sleep, but I couldn’t, my thoughts were filled with someone and I knew I wouldn’t be able to fall asleep if I didn’t know how she was doing.

Quickly, I went for my phone, dialed a number, and it rang a few times before it was picked. “Good morning, sir.” the nurse greeted.

“Morning, how is she?” I asked.

“She is fine sir, but still asleep.”

Her words made me restless, wondering why she was still sleeping this late in the morning.

“Why is she sleeping at this time? Did something happen?” I asked while leaving the bed.

“Not really, sir, she just couldn’t sleep all through the night.” The nurse explained.

Her words got me scared and worried. “Was she going through pain or did something happen?” I asked, hoping what I was thinking in my heart wasn’t true.

I was scared she must have gotten her lost memory back because the doctor said it might take days, weeks, or months.

“I don’t think she was going through pain, I think it’s something personal,” she replied.

I released a sigh of frustration and sat back on the bed. “Just let me know if anything goes wrong.”

“Yes sir.”

I ended the call and kept the phone back on the table. I lay back on the bed and mumbled a silent prayer, hoping Victoria wouldn’t get her memory before I got back to Australia.

I knew if she got her memory while I was still in California, she would run away, and I can’t afford to lose her again.

Tiredly, I closed my eyes and filled my mind with the memory of Victoria before drifting to sleep.

I was woken up by the constant ringing of my phone. With sleepy eyes, I went for it and picked up the call without checking who the caller was.

“Hello.” I spoke in a sleepy voice,

“I’m downstairs waiting for you, we have only a few hours left.” I recognized the voice to be that of Kevin’s.

Hearing those words from him, I checked the clock and realized it was past 11 am.

“I will be downstairs, give me some minutes.” I grumbled and ended the call.

The meeting was supposed to be at 1pm in the afternoon and I overslept.

I stood up from the bed, did a few push-ups before going to the bathroom.

I took my bath, left the bathroom and stood in front of my wardrobe as I deliberated on an outfit to put on.

I deliberated for a while until I decided to go in a navy-blue suit. I took it out of my closet and placed it on the bed.

I rubbed some lotion on my body, gelled my hair before putting on my clothes and shoes. I sprayed body spray and perfume, picked up my phone and left my room.

I got downstairs and saw Kelvin seated on the couch while busy with his phone. “You finally decided to come down.” he murmured with his gaze still on his phone.

I walked up to him and took the opposite couch to him.

“You look good.” he withdrew his gaze from the phone and stared at me. “You look too calm and confident for a man who is being called by the Wolfie.” He ridiculed with a scoff.

I chuckled at his words and stood up from the couch.

“I’m still alpha Eric, and I’m not scared of anyone or anything.” I spoke confidently and left him in the sitting room.

Actually, I lied, I was scared, I feared something and that was losing Victoria again.

Since Kelvin came with his car, there was no need to take my car, so I got into the front seat of his car and waited for him.

He entered his car, stared at me one more time before driving off.

We drove in total silence before he spoke up, “Are you scared?” he asked.

“No.” I replied quickly.

“Really.” Kelvin glimpsed at me with stunned eyes, while I chuckled and shook my head, “There is nothing to be scared about.” I confidently replied.

Kelvin shook his head in disbelief before speaking, “Do you know the charges laid against you?” He asked, still shaking his head.

Seeing Kelvin reacting this way, I knew something was wrong. “What did Elliot charge me for?” I asked, getting worried.

Kelvin shrugged his shoulders and said, “We are already here.” he flashed me a weak smile before leaving the car.

I got out of the car and hurried to him. “What are my charges?” I asked in panic.

“You should have asked about this a long time ago. We don’t have time to talk about this.” he tapped my left shoulder and walked into the hall.

I groaned angrily and roughly ran my fingers through my hair in frustration as I made my way to the big hall.

The moment I stepped in, I saw almost a hundred alphas in the hall, and seriously, I wasn’t surprised because this was my first time being summoned by the Wolfie and I knew every alpha was curious to know what the almighty Alpha Eric must have done.

I chuckled to myself and made my way to the front seat kept for me.

I took a seat and noticed all eyes were on me, but none would dare to whisper or say a word. I moved my gaze to the front seats in front of me and saw the four judges sitting before me.

My father, Liam’s father, Lycan Flick and Alpha Linus.

Those were the judges assigned to my case, and I wondered why my father was included, seeing that I was his child.

“Alpha Linus, please read out why we are here.” dad spoke up in a cold, rough voice. Hearing him sound this way, I knew I wouldn’t be getting any favors from him.

Alpha Linus stood up from his seat and stood before the crowd.” We are all here because alpha Eric was summoned by alpha Elliot, and here are the charges against him.” He brought forth a paper and read through it.

“Rejection of his mate, crime number one. Hitting his mate and endangering the life of his mate, offense number two.” He lowered his head and went back to his seat.

“This is ridiculous.” I muttered out in anger. “All these charges are not true.” I yelled in anger, but dad cut me off. “Alpha Eric, you will speak only when you are permitted to.” dad’s voice came as a command that echoed in the silent hall.

Sighing heavily, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to calm my nerves.

“Alpha Elliot, please step forward,” Dad announced. I saw Elliot stood up from the crowd and walk to the center of the hall.

“You can speak.” Dad gestured.

Elliot lowered his head in respect before speaking, “I watched Eric hit his mate right before me and sent her to coma, in fact, she has lost some part of her memory,” he announced to the crowd.

“Shut up you bastard, that was a mistake, and you know it.” I yelled, furious.

“Alpha Eric!” Liam’s dad yelled my name with anger as a warning, which made me inhale deeply to calm my rage.

“Continue.” dad signaled for Elliot to continue.

I glared at dad and wondered how he could be so calm and act like he didn’t know the implications of me losing this case.