Loyalty

Loyalty

Chapters: 27
Updated: 19 Dec 2024
Author: Keizenki Arata
4.7

Synopsis

Milan was a man of little ambition who just wanted to live a somewhat normal life. That is, until the council made an example out of his family and the love of his life. With his pack needing an alpha to lead them, Milan is forced to brush off the pain and move forward. With years of meticulous planning and the support of his beta, Milan is finally able to put his plans into action. Can Milan put an end to the council's barbaric ways and bring his kind out of the stone ages? Or will history repeat itself just like eighteen years ago?

Werewolf Romance Mate Alpha Homeless Shapeshifter

Loyalty Free Chapters

Chapter One | Loyalty

I have passed this road many times and I always see this woman leaning against a brick wall like she had just given up. She was always in the same spot, and the look in her eyes just screamed death to my ears. This woman’s tiny frame was always draped in filthy rags while her hair was matted to the point of no return, yet her eyes were always hollow like her soul had left its shell early.

It didn’t make it better when I saw how skinny she seemed from far away. The wind could whisk her away if it wanted to, but even as time went on, I never really stopped to make sure that she was ok. She was a battered soul that had given up on life, and I didn’t have time for that. She looked like she had been tossed to the side like a used rag, and I didn’t have the nerve to clean her soul. So even as I passed this woman countless times and saw how broken she was, I just couldn’t drive by while this woman pecked at my conscience.

“Janel.”

“Hm?”

Janel was my right-hand woman, and she was also the beta of my pack. Her loyalty to me was something to be feared, and I wasn’t the type of wolf that kept to the tradition of our kind. A woman can be just as capable as a man, and a woman can be just as strong as a man, maybe not physically, but I find that women can compensate for what they lack with other attributes.

“Stop the car when we get to the normal road, Janel,” I told her while sitting in the back seat of this insufferable SUV that was required at all times for alpha transportation. “The one with the girl, Alpha?” Janel asked curiously and I simply nodded.

It would be an understatement to say that I wasn’t interested in the woman that managed to remain motionless on the ground like some sort of doll. “Of course, Alpha,” I heard Janel say before everything around me began to fade into the background, and I was left alone with my thoughts.

I’m alpha…

I never wanted to be alpha…

I never wanted a life like this…

In my world, everyone looks to me for guidance, and in my world, my kind is stuck in the olden days in my opinion. The council values keep our culture alive more than allowing us to move forward with the changes happening around us. Werewolves can’t just stay in the middle of the woods and play house when the world around us has already made dragons extinct and cut elven numbers by eighty percent of their population.

Humans have guns…

They have numbers…

They have weapons of mass destruction…

We won’t survive living like this…

“We won’t survive,” I mumbled lowly while trying to think of anything that would move my plans forward instead of the pace that they’re at now, but when I felt the car stop, my mind roamed elsewhere.

I wanted to know why I was paying so much attention to this broken woman, and I wanted to know why she always wore the same rags, why she was barefoot, and why she could never meet my own intimidating gaze.

I thought my interest in women had died when my mate was killed in front of me when I was eighteen years old. I thought that I was basically dead inside when I didn’t hear my wolf anymore, but I was entirely wrong. After years of only hearing my wolf when important things came up, I could feel him more than I’ve ever felt him before, and it was because of this woman.

“Stay in the car,” I ordered Janel and she happily responded with “Yes, Alpha Milan,” before I got out to approach this woman. I could feel my wolf pacing back and forth, and I even heard him howl with excitement when the woman had finally met my gaze.

I noted the smell of rain while looking at the girl who was leaning against a brick wall, her limbs sprawled randomly, and she didn’t move a muscle. This woman was stunning, and as seconds ticked by, I felt like I was being suffocated by something that I couldn’t explain. The girl looked no older than twenty, but I couldn’t tell at all, and when I heard the thunder crackling in the background, I ordered the woman to get up.

She stood up and began walking away which threw me for a loop at first. Instead of going after her immediately, I watched as she walked away from me and watched as the rain began to pour on her tiny frame. The rain didn’t seem to faze her, but it didn’t change the fact that I didn’t like to be ignored. Maybe it was because I was a werewolf, or maybe it was because I wanted this woman to acknowledge me strangely. So, as my stride quickly ate the distance between us and I grabbed her by the waist, locking her against my chest, I could feel my wolf coming back from the dead, and I could feel something in me flicker as well.

The woman fought me every step of the way, and it was hard to move her. She was strong and sturdy from what I was seeing, and she still had a lot of fight in her. When I heard the door click open and met a pair of concerned eyes “A-Alpha,” I reassured Janel before she could do anything else.

I think this is called kidnapping…

Sooooo illegal…

I was able to get the woman into the back seat of the car and was thankful that Janel had locked the doors before the woman could break out through the other side. I slammed the door shut “Home now, Janel” I barked which caused Janel to floor it once I was inside the car. The woman had curled into a small ball away from me, and she didn’t speak at all. The woman was most likely frightened, but I couldn’t just let her sit out there anymore.

She’s a woman…

She could get raped…

I’m… Doing the right thing…

When we got back to pack territory, Janel was the first to get out while I followed her lead, and I had to literally drag this woman out of the car. She was not having anything, and she was determined to fight me every step of the way. “ENOUGH,” I growled which caused the spectators from my pack to look at their toes.

I hate that…

I hate being alpha, if I’m being honest, and I hate that I was born as a werewolf. I hate the fact that I have so many people looking at me all the time, and I hate that every she-wolf was trying to dry hump my leg all the time. It was nice being alpha sometimes, but this right here, this fear and this undying loyalty just because I’m an alpha is suffocating, but it had its perks, like now.

I carried the girl over my shoulder, letting her beat against my body, but I didn’t seem to care while I heard her grunts and protests fill the silent air. We were both drenched from the sudden rain, and I was mentally worn out. From talking to Alpha Marcelle about the upcoming war with pack Yin and Yang to picking up a stray, I was drained, and being reminded of the very thing that I didn’t want did not help my mood either. I just wanted to sleep and maybe dream of a normal life that allowed me to fall in love normally and experience happiness that is not bound by the strings of our goddess.

The girl had ceased her struggles when I burst through the door to my room and threw her onto my queen-sized bed. The king was too big and lonesome once the years dragged on, and I was tired of waking up to an emptiness beside my bed.

I began to strip from my soggy clothes and saying that I was only slightly irritated would also be an understatement. Pack Yin and Yang have been a thorn in my ass since day one, and I had finally had enough when they slaughtered and burned a pile of human children on my territory like it was a game to them.

When I felt a pair of eyes on me, I stopped thinking about the thorns in my ass, and I looked at the woman who was sitting at the edge of my bed. I had stripped from my shirt in the midst of my thoughts, and I could see this woman was interested in seeing the rest of me. “Like what you see,” I joked while waving my hands toward my ridiculous eight pack, and that caused her to giggle. It was a cute girly giggle, and it was enough to drive cupid's arrow further into the block of ice called my heart.

“Strip,” I croaked which caused the woman to shake her hands frantically “Strip now,” I ordered while I walked towards my closet and got a pair of my boxers and one of my shirts for her. I laid the clothes beside her and when I saw that the woman wasn’t moving to do as I had ordered I had reached for the rags shielding her body.

She squeaked when she saw what I was going for and immediately jumped away from me. I could tell that she wasn’t used to a man, and I could tell that she wasn’t used to someone trying to take her clothes off. She smelled like a virgin, but when I tried again to take off her rags, the woman let me strip her down.

“Your name,” my tone was soft as I got a towel from my bathroom then came back so I could dry her off, but she didn’t speak at all. Even as I dried her off, all I heard were her grunts and slightly gurgled protests. I saw that she had scars on her body like she was a product of human inferiority. I saw how some scars curled around her wrists, her waist, and even the one that curled around her neck, and looking at it, I knew that her vocal cords were most likely damaged.

I also saw that she was curvaceous, and as I inspected her further, my eyes trying their best not to roam, I also saw that the scar on her neck was not deep enough to stop her from speaking. It might hurt to scream or shout, but she was definitely capable of speaking normally “Do not make me repeat myself,” I said lowly, but I still did not get a response.

Her silence was really starting to get underneath my skin since I knew that she didn’t trust me enough to talk just yet, and for some reason, I was fine with that. I was satisfied enough to know that she would respond to my touch and that she was comfortable enough to allow me to touch and inspect the markings on her body.

This woman knew that I wasn’t going to move any further or do anything sexual, and I liked that. I mean she had no reason to trust me, and I had no reason to keep her but to satisfy my curiosity, but this sort of contact was enough for me. She allowed me to see the little fox tattoo that rested above her breasts and even the odd swirling marks that came from them. She was like a puzzle, and the more I explored the swirling marks that coiled down her ribs and in the middle of her breast until the markings stopped just an inch above her belly button, the more I wanted to know more about her.

When I was done tending to the woman and had her dressed in my boxers and an old shirt, I started to tend to myself. I looked for a towel and noticed that I hadn’t brought one for myself and just swore mentally, but when I felt someone tap my shoulder, I turned to see the woman behind me with a towel in her hands.

When I reached for the towel, she backed away, and I was confused at first until she stepped forward with a little smile on her face. She wanted to explore me like I had just explored her, so I had to give her something in return. She motioned for me to drop the rest of my garments, and I happily obeyed. “This good,” I asked awkwardly since the woman had yet to make a move, but when she motioned for me to sit on the bed, I obeyed strangely.

I was tired, yes, but when I felt the towel dry my hair and the little fingers kneed into my locks, I also felt kinda happy, I guess. For some reason, I was enjoying being tended to in a way that wasn’t sexual, and I was enjoying the attention that I was receiving from this woman.

“You’ve just met this woman.”

With the towel over my face, I was able to hide the shock that came from not hearing my wolf in years. I had forgotten what it was like to actively talk to my wolf “But I can see why. I am also comfortable around this woman,” he admitted before going in his corner to sleep, and when I met a pair of golden orbs looking into mine, I gulped.

She was close, extremely close, and her scent was also more prominent than before, and it was intoxicating. It was hard to think of something else when this woman was taking her time exploring my bare chest. As the tips of her fingers slid down my ribs then down the middle of my stomach, I had to think of anything revolting to stop myself from becoming aroused. She had already dried me off, but her curiosity never stopped there as she inspected each scar on my body with utter care.

This woman let her fingers glide towards my right arm to see the burn mark that rested on my shoulder, and she allowed her eyes to roam towards my neck to see the fading mark of my deceased mate. She was a curious little thing, but while her other hand rested on my bare thigh and her curiosity was starting to lean towards a more torturous way for me, I never told this woman to stop. I wanted her to see every scar that I had on my body, and for some reason, I wanted her to take her time to inspect each scar.

The woman wanted to get on my lap, and for some reason, I scooted away from her immediately. She took note of that and crawled on the bed to destroy the distance between the two of us, and before I could even react, the woman had forced me on my back. I returned her bright curious smile with a very awkward smile from my end, but even so, the woman continued her exploration. It took maybe ten minutes to satisfy her curiosity before I could even attempt to point out the time and tell her that I was tired.

She made a small OOoooo with her lips before grabbing the covers behind her and pulling them over us. Instead of snuggling at my side or maybe putting distance between us in the bed, the woman used me as a human mattress. She got comfortable with the blankets and even found a good spot where mini-me wasn’t bothering her too much. The woman was giving me a set of sparkly eyes before I received a kiss on my nose, and she quickly went to sleep. I was able to finally fall asleep after thirty minutes…

Chapter Two | Loyalty

I could feel my mind coming back to its senses and that amazing dream fading into a distant memory when I felt my hand squeeze against something soft and squishy. I heard a squeak when I squeezed a little bit harder, my nails digging into flesh and I had a slight idea as to what I was squeezing but this was payback from last night. I groaned when I felt the woman elbow me in the gut and when the woman saw that I barely even budged, the woman just groaned loudly. After a few, she did end up squirming around like a little worm but even in the midst of her struggles, I continued to massage her soft breasts.

“Stay still dammit,” I groaned, and that only made the woman squirm even more and for a moment I thought she was doing it on purpose. After a few, the woman actually stopped squirming and focused on pressing her bottom against my crotch. I could feel my cock rest between two very round and plump cheeks, and I could also feel myself harden as well. She was working an angle that she knew that she had leverage in and as mini-me hardened completely, the woman had just stopped moving just like that.

My wolf was happy until she stopped her little movements and he kept urging me to seduce the woman in my bed. My wolf also reminded me that last night was not a simple one-time thing and that he was planning to be a lot more active than before. “Do not move or I’ll use your thighs to get rid of my morning wood,” I growled lowly into her ear which only caused my wolf to whine profoundly.

However, the woman didn’t listen to me, and instead of moving she used one of her free hands to move my cock between her thighs and call me on my bluff. “Wooommaaann you do not want to go down that road,” I warned her but when she glanced over her shoulder and gave me a slight smirk something in me just knew that she was challenging me. My wolf wanted me to answer her challenge and when the woman began to move her hips a little to entice me just a tad bit more, I couldn’t help the low moan that escaped from my lips.

“S-Stop that,” I hissed weakly while this woman had me eating out of the palm of her hands and as she continued this motion, I felt myself relax as she went on. The woman had me completely dazed and this morning was definitely something that I didn’t expect from someone who had only spent a night in my bed. My brain had only a second to process the thought when I could feel myself getting close but in that exact same moment, the woman stopped moving her hips.

I was about to protest when I heard someone knock on my door and I knew exactly who it was. She was the queen of cock blocking in my pack and she was also the queen of bad timing. My beta, Janel, was knocking on my door right on time, and for the first time in my entire life, I just wanted to toss Janel off a damn cliff and be done with the queen of cock blockers.

Did I mention that she was also the queen of not getting the hint? When Janel didn’t hear a single thing from my end she just burst through the door without any hesitation “Alpha Milan it’s time to get up,” she told me as our eyes made contact “I know that Janel,” I growled at her “Then get up,” she barked back. As I said, Janel is the queen of not getting the hint which makes me feel sorta sorry for her future mate. Right now, though, it was either get up now and let Janel see my erection from this woman’s teasing, or it was hold onto this woman for dear life and play my cards right.

Janel saw that I was basically naked, but she didn’t care at all and when she took a few steps towards the bed my mind just started to panic. Janel is so dense that even my alpha command just goes over her head and Janel could see a whole nude beach of old men just butt naked and not even be fazed by it. So, I panicked and just held onto the woman in my bed as if my life depended on it “You just let her sleep in your bed without a proper bath,” she questioned while getting closer to my bed and as Janel got closer, I could hear someone snickering. This woman had played me, and I was gullible enough to think that this woman wasn’t up to anything.

I grumbled lowly while trying to think of anything so Janel wouldn’t come any closer “So what if I did? I brought her home so she’s my responsibility,” and that only caused Janel to throw her hands up in frustration and take a few more steps closer “Who knows how long she hasn’t bathed for! Now you have to double down and shower again,” Janel huffed “I-I didn’t shower last night so I’ll shower now, and she can bathe with me.”

Janel sighs while shaking her head “You should just let me take care of her,” she stated while trying to move for the woman, and I simply swatted at Janel’s hand she could even see where my manhood was resting. “I will handle her myself,” I growled at Janel while carefully moving so that the woman was in my lap and hiding my hard cock perfectly. I held onto the woman with an iron grip while trying to get Janel to leave this room as soon as possible but no matter what I did, Janel was just that persistent.

“Give her to me, Alpha Milan. We don’t have time to cater to a stray,” she fussed but when Janel reached for the woman, the woman grabbed Janel’s hand and twisted it backward until I heard a loud pop. Janel hissed at the woman before pulling away and when Janel looked at the woman while tending to her dislocated wrist, I saw Janel holding back her murderous intent. I gave Janel my best smile that I could give her and told her “I’ll handle her, Janel so don’t worry about it,” but Janel couldn’t let this go “But Alpha, who knows where this woman has been!” I glared at Janel, a low growl sounding from my chest as I warned her to step down and when Janel backed away then bowed slightly, she had finally got the picture.

“Understood, Alpha Milan.”

“Now leave so I can get ready.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

“Make sure that the training grounds run smoothly while I get ready,” I told her dismissively and once Janel was out of the room, I turned my attention to the woman in my lap. “I am going to remember that little prank little one,” I whispered into her ear and when I felt the woman’s body tremble, cupid’s little started inching closer towards its target called my heart.

The woman glanced at me then at my arms encasing her small frame and she still didn’t talk. She didn’t even get angry, but I noticed that her eyes were brighter than before which was a good thing in my book. I learned that she was playful and that she was comfortable pulling such pranks like that on me, and I also noticed that I would need to be on my toes if I wanted to avoid this woman’s pranks.

“I’m going to need a name for you soon, little one,” I mumbled while resting my chin on this woman’s shoulder. Despite the little prank that she pulled, I was in a good mood this morning and I really wanted to continue so I could get rid of this morning wood, but my mind was elsewhere. I had a dream that was pleasant, and it didn’t reek of bloodshed. I had a dream about a family and little ones calling me daddy. I had a dream that wasn’t my mate being killed over and over again in my head. It was a dream of what I had wanted since I was a little boy and when I woke up there was finally someone in my bed.

But will she remain there for years to come…?

Instead of a mate that only loved me because of the bond and what I could offer them I was presented with a woman that was sorta oblivious to all of that. Instead of a mate that wanted to immediately have my pups I was given a woman who was playful and seemed to like humiliating me in the mornings. For some reason, this morning was better than anything I have ever woken to in years, and I was in a good mood because of that. I didn’t feel the low pricks at my skin anymore from losing my mate after completing the bond. I didn’t feel like my mind was slowly falling into a place that it could never return from, and for some reason, I felt like I could face my reality of being the alpha of this pack.

When the woman slipped from my grasp, I let out a low whine with my wolf and tried to get her back in my arms, but the woman didn’t let any of that happen. The woman began to look through my closet and picked my outfit for the day while finding something for herself. She had decided on a pair of shorts that I had forgotten to throw out from my mate’s side of the closet and one of my smaller hoodies. She checked for my approval and I simply nodded while trying not to think about the past because right now my eyes were fixated on the most intriguing creature on this planet.

She gathered the clothes in one of her arms then used the other to drag me out of bed and I was simply dazed by this morning. I had taken a stray off the street when I couldn’t pass her by anymore and I wasn’t regretting it at all. I was enjoying this far too much, and it felt like I was still in that dream.

When we were in the bathroom the woman had set the clothes down before she went to turn on the water for our shower. I wondered why she was homeless, and I wondered why someone would just toss this woman aside like that. I wanted to hit whoever broke her like that. I wanted to kick this person in their nuts for throwing such a beautiful woman like her away.

When she motioned for me to get in while she stripped down, I was confused but also taken aback by her invitation. Was she really going to join me? Was she really about to shower with me after just one night together? When I saw that she was serious, I sure as hell didn’t say no to her invitation. I just obeyed while chuckling “You’re a bold little peach.” She got in the shower with me, and I was still baffled by her willingness to shower with me.

The water felt warm, nearly inviting when I closed the shower curtain and sealed this woman’s fate, and she just looked at me with the most innocent eyes that I have ever seen in my life. She batted her eyelashes a few times before turning her back to me and reaching for the rag so she could wash herself. A small idea did pop in my head when I observed the woman, and I wanted my revenge for the torture she put me through this morning.

As she lathered the rag, I traced my fingers in a circular motion along her round bottom then let my nails dig into her skin while I dragged them downwards. The woman had taken a moment to register what I was doing but once she did the woman jerked away from me abruptly. I had noticed that this woman was sometimes unsure of my touch and I also knew that this woman was strangely playful. I am on day two of having this woman all to myself and strangely I was starting to forget about my deceased mate.

The woman had moved away from me, but I pulled her back in a possessive manner and as her warmth invaded my body, I also felt the demons inside me become quiet. No longer did I care about hating my alpha status and no longer did I care about wanting a normal life. My hands were firmly planted on her waist and when she heard the low sigh come from me, the woman just allowed me to embrace her from behind. At this very moment, I was at peace with all the whys, and I no longer thought about the what-ifs. “You make me feel strange,” I whispered into her ear “I wanted to get back at you for this morning but I’m not even mad anymore,” I admitted. I wasn’t telling a lie. I don’t know how to really describe how this woman makes me feel, but I was really starting to like it.

The woman didn’t respond but I knew that she was nervous, and I believe it was time to get back at her for this morning “On the other hand though I’m going to use these thighs to get rid of my boner you caused this morning,” I told her bluntly while sliding my cock between those extremely fluffy thighs of hers. The woman glanced at me while chewing on her bottom lip and I saw a hint of regret lingering in her eyes “I warned you little one and you didn’t adhere to my warning,” I told her while waving my finger at the woman “So, shall we begin?”

Moments later, we were done with our shower and the woman didn’t play any more sexual tricks on me at all. “Little one,” I said while pulling my shirt down “You’ll be training with my pack today so I can see where you stand here. I’m sure you’re aware of what we are by now,” I grumbled while trying to button my pants “So, I need you to train so you can protect yourself.”

She simply nodded and when we were finally able to join the rest of my pack, I saw that Janel had already given them their orders. Janel was tending to the younger wolves and I noticed that she was teaching them how to properly wield a knife and the fundamentals of defense. When my pack members noticed that I had joined them and brought someone I knew with me, they stopped what they were doing to give me my full attention.

“This woman will be joining us from now on in your training session.”

I could hear the low chuckles from some of my members and I knew exactly why. This woman was a human from what I could see and the only thing that was telling me that she wasn’t quite human was the marking on her chest. I still needed to see where this woman stood just in case she got caught in my plans to dethrone the council.

“Who wants to volunteer?”

A few raised their hand and I ended up choosing a sturdy, well trained, male out of the few who wanted to show me that a human could never go against a wolf. I also knew that this woman had been in the outside world for some time and she had to know about the different races out there as well. There’s no excuse to hide it from her so when the woman and the male that I chose took a step forward inside the ring, I didn’t hesitate to start the match.

“Start!”

The man charged at the woman without any hesitation before he started throwing fist after fist in the woman’s direction. The woman used her palms to deflect each blow, but she never went on the offense. The woman didn’t make any moves towards an offensive stance, and when the male wolf switched it up and incorporated his feet into the mix, the woman was still using a defensive stance.

I noticed that she was being pushed back near a giant oak tree and saw that the male was becoming overly confident when he saw her back hit against the tree. The woman didn’t flinch though and as the other pack members watched the woman stand her ground against their own, they were starting to grow quiet. When his fist crashed against the solid oak tree, the sudden burst of pain had caught him off guard.

The woman didn’t wait for the male to regain his composure and immediately got behind the male wolf. Her opponent quickly turned around, but he was moments too late, and what I saw happen before my eyes was miraculous.

As the woman leaped into the air and twisted her body to create good momentum for her foot, I saw the glimpse of surprise on her opponent’s face quite well. I could hear the snap echo throughout the woods as the woman’s opponent’s head twisted in a very odd direction. The wind looked like it had been knocked out of his lungs but when she landed, her opponent tried to figure out what was going on in his brain but before he could even do that, the woman brought her leg between her opponent’s legs.

Her opponent dropped to his knees, holding his jewels as she brought her foot upward and slammed her heel on his head thus knocking him out cold. The other members seemed to be shocked that a human could actually go up against a wolf, but I found this oddly arousing and I was even more intrigued by the woman in general. I could use her in the upcoming war, and I could use her to finally put an end to the stone age of us werewolves.