UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

"Why?" Eros asked coldly. He couldn't understand why Emily was not allowed into the dining room and eat breakfast with them like what she did until two days ago.

Everything was fine before, so why was there trouble now?

"Because she is a human and her place is not here with us." Liam walked toward Eros and then started to explain the things that he needed to understand. "You don't need to worry. I will keep my promise to keep both of you safe here. I will give her the clothes that she needs, as well as food and a room for her stay, but she just can't blend in with us."

"Because she is human?"

"Yes, because she is human. Their kind has been trying to get rid of ours for years now, hunting us down and showing how horrible and dangerous they can be."

"Emily is not dangerous."

"I know, she is a sweet little girl." Helpless, gullible and worthless even. But, of course, Liam wouldn't let this young lycan know what was in his mind. "But, it doesn't erase the fact that she is a human. Their kind has been killing us."

"Our kind has been killing them too," Eros stated.

He was right, but at this point, Liam knew that he had to divert his focus onto a different perspective. "Eros, I know that. We are in the middle of a war, if we don't kill our enemies, we will be the ones who will be killed. You must have known that, right?"

Eros knew that, he had experienced it first hand, but he said nothing and kept his eyes fixed on Liam.

"But, there are around ten thousand members in this pack and I don't have control over all of them or the way they feel about humans. I am the alpha, but I can't force everyone to like or dislike something." Liam then dropped to his knees, so they could be on the same eye level. "That's impossible."

Seeing that Eros didn't have any change of expression when he heard what he said, Liam continued to speak.

"Listen, Eros, I am the only chance for you and Emily to have a safe place for both of you, but if they are provoked and all of them demand me to abandon your sister, then there is nothing I can do. I am indeed the creature with the highest authority here, but if they decide to ignore that fact, no one will be able to save you or Emily." Liam straightened his back. "I hope you understand this."

He did. Eros understood that clearly when Liam finally put it that way.

But, he couldn't get over the fact that Emily was not able to enjoy the delicious food on the table. She loved those dishes. Eros remembered how her hazel eyes sparkled when she saw those dishes for the first time two days ago and yesterday, how she munched happily on her food.

Liam was about to speak again because Eros didn't show him any response or reaction, but before that, the young lycan had walked back into the dining room.

Seeing that, Liam smirked, knowing he had succeeded in making him understand that the human girl's place was not with them. This was only the first step to slowly draw a strong line between them and to put both of them under his control.

However, Liam's smile dropped when he watched Eros walk out of the dining room again with a plate full of various dishes.

"Where are you going?" Liam frowned when he watched him taking away the food.

Eros lifted his head slightly, but when he answered him, he didn't really care about the fact that he was being rude by talking that way to the alpha.

"To Emily," he said succinctly. "If she can't go to the dining room, I will go to her," he said simply and left Liam alone in the corridor, staring at his retreating back.

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"Chaos," Zuri entered the library, as she could sense his presence from her bedroom. Somehow, her feet brought her here.

Chaos lifted his head from the book in his hand. He was wearing a black sweater and a pair of long pants in the same color. His dark blue eyes followed Zuri's movements until she stopped right in front of him.

"I have been wondering about something," Zuri said, her voice steady, but there was tumultuous emotion beneath the calm façade she was putting up in front of him.

Chaos put away the book that he had been perusing, as he gave her his undivided attention.

"What am I to you?" Zuri asked. "You saved me from death and protected me." She breathed deeply. "What am I to you? Why do you think you are fine to do that for me?"

Chaos took a step closer, but this time, Zuri didn't back away and it took everything in her to not do that.

Zuri needed to lift her chin, because of how tall Chaos was and since he was standing right in front of her, their height difference was profound.

She waited for his answer, but instead, he didn't say anything and just looked at her with those beautiful dark blue eyes of his.

"You can't answer what I am to you?" Zuri spoke again, this time her voice was slightly shaking, whether it was from her boldness to be so stubborn to ignore her instinct to lengthen the gap between them or maybe it was from the fear of thinking what Chaos' answer would be.

However, instead of answering her question, Chaos leaned over and kissed her forehead briefly. He took her by surprise and watched as her hazel eyes dilated, he then whispered to her. "You will hate me if I show you what you are to me more than this." He straightened his back and put a distance between them, to give her space. "For now, this is enough."

They would have a lifetime ahead of them to figure this out.

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