The Alpha’s Slave

S POV

I had a black eye and my side hurt from the punches Hermes landed on me. He did hurt me. But I was satisfied to know I hurt him more. When I return to the castle, I’ll put some ice on the injury and ask Amelia for pain medicine to help with the discomfort.

As we pulled up to my castle and parked in the garage, I noticed something strange. Normally, when I came back from a trip, the castle maids and sometimes Catherine would come out to welcome me. However, to my surprise, no one came out this time.Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

We got out of the car and went inside. It was even stranger indoors; the entire place looked empty like no one had been living in the castle. I went to the freezer, took out an ice bag for my black eye, and called for Amelia and the head maid. But there was no answer. I furrowed my brow in confusion and concern.

Is this what they always did whenever I wasn’t around? Taking the days off? I’ll definitely inquire about this and reduce their pay. All of them!

And Catherine? Where could she be? Was she still in pain from the injury on her wrist? She didn’t even call to ask if I arrived safely at the funeral venue yesterday. And how the whole thing went.

I told my guards to look around the castle just in case they saw any of the maids or anything unusual while I went upstairs to check if Catherine was in the bedroom.

As I approached, I heard disturbing moans coming from my bedroom. I froze in my tracks, my mind starting to run wild with different thoughts. This better not be what I’m thinking. Mustering the courage to keep moving, the sounds gushed in the more, battering me.

Was Catherine cheating on me?…. no…no…no…. It can’t be. She must be pleasuring herself with some sex toy. She used to tell me about getting one sometime in the past. But I never really said anything reasonable concerning it.

The bedroom door was slightly open. As I reached for the handle, my pulse began beating irregularly. And it was impossible to calm it down. Slowly, I opened it and the sight before me made my eyes fall from their sockets and my mouth dropped open to the floor.

Catherine was on top of another man who was clean-shaven with tawny-gold hair, moaning in between gasps and giggles, thrusting with pleasure so wild that it felt almost uncontrollable, to the point where it seemed like the bed might not withstand it if it went on.

Anger, disappointment, and shock churned inside me. I didn’t know which emotion to embrace. I felt completely lost, just staring with my lips parted, my hand gripping the ice bag tightly, causing it to melt and sting my palm. But I was too caught up in my thoughts to notice the pain.

They didn’t hear me come in. Catherine didn’t even know I was there, watching her, listening to her stammered breaths as it seemed she was about to reach climax. It wasn’t until a few minutes after I had entered that the man saw me. He looked towards the open door, and in an instant, his smile vanished, replaced with a horrified look that made me think of Nolan. He quickly pushed Catherine away from the top of his body.

“What the fuck is your problem?” She directed furiously at the man who jolted from the sheets in his nakedness in search of his clothes. “How could just push—”

Catherine’s words paused in her mouth the moment our gaze met, waves and waves of shock slapping her on the face.

“Sebastian… I thought…. I thought you’ll be coming back tomorrow.”

“So you could keep cheating, right?” The words that wedged in my throat suddenly found their way out. “Just how could you be doing this to me… after all these years we’ve been together…how could you…why?”

“Sebastian… honey please, hear me out,” she begged, kneeling on the bed. Her tears were on the verge of falling. But I saw them as nothing but insincere. “It’s not what it seems. It’s not what you’re thinking.”

“Don’t you dare call me ‘honey’,” I spat out in anger, moving forward to her on the bed. “You’ve lost that privilege. This is your habit…uhh? Inviting strangers into our marriage bed whenever I’m not here?” I asked, eyeing the man who was now haphazardly dressed at the corner of the room.

The moment I took my eyes off him, he grabbed his shoes and raced out of the room. I didn’t bother chasing after him because I knew my guys would catch him. And when they do, I’ll make sure he regrets stepping foot into this castle.

“For long have you been cheating on me,” I shifted my gaze back to Catherine. “Ever since I put a ring on your fucking finger… uh?”

She wouldn’t respond, only shedding crocodile tears.

“Tell me!” I snapped at her when she remained silent, and she flinched.

“Don’t you dare judge me!” She retorted, sniffling in her sobs. “I’m a full-grown woman with needs. You wouldn’t give me what I wanted. So I sought for it elsewhere…. it isn’t my fault so don’t make it look like it is.”

Typical Catherine. Always found a way to shift the blame when she was the one who had done wrong.

Turning away from her, I rubbed the bridge of my nose in frustration. This was more than enough reason to sign divorce papers and throw it right in her crying face. But divorce wasn’t an option here.

In our tradition, when an Alpha King marries his Luna, they’re bound together for life, and divorce isn’t allowed. The Alpha King only had the option of bringing in another wife if he caught his Luna being unfaithful.

Once they’re married, Alpha Kings can only be intimate with their Luna, other Luna, that is if he decides to take another after catching the first one being unfaithful or sex slaves they have chosen to employ as that. Aside from that, none other. If the Alpha King breaks the rules, the consequences can be severe, including losing his Alpha King title, wealth, and all his possessions. He will also be expelled from the Association of Alpha Kings, banished, shunned, and left with nothing but poverty.

“It’s not like you aren’t sleeping with that slave girl,” Catherine said from behind my back.

I was expecting her to say that. I knew she was going to involve Brianna in this. She always does!

“What?” I spun around to face her with a grimace.

“Don’t play dumb with me Sebastian. I have seen the way you look at her. The way you act around her. It’s obvious you’re already sleeping with her.”

“You’re utterly unbelievable,” I said, scoffing in disbelief. “One moment, I think you’ve changed, and the next, you go back to being the same difficult person you’ve always been.”

I only kissed Brianna once, and she stopped me from going any further. At least she had the decency to do that because I was married, and didn’t want to ruin my marriage.

I expected Catherine to talk back at me like she always did. But she stood from the bed, closed the space between us, took my hand and to my surprise, placed it on her bare breast.

“I don’t understand what you see in her. I know I’m prettier, hotter and have thrice of everything she has. Please… Sebastian,” she pleaded, her blue eyes glistening with tears. “Send her away from this castle. Away from this kingdom, so we could return to being the loving couple we used to be.”

“You’re crazier than I thought,” I furiously took my hand off her bare breast, the impact causing her to fall back into the bed. I 1QQqqqqq out of the room, slamming the door shut behind me.

As I was heading downstairs, I saw my guards coming up with the man Catherine was in bed with. They firmly held him by both arms, dragging him along as he struggled unsuccessfully. I stopped in my tracks. I knew they’d catch him. That’s why I didn’t bother to chase after him.

“Alpha Sebastian,” one of my guards spoke up as they neared me. “We caught this man trying to escape the premises. We believe he might be a burglar.”

I walked to the man and stared deep into his eyes, seeing the fear gleaming in them.

“So you thought you could escape?”

“Please…Alpha King,” his lips trembled uncontrollably. “She was the one that came to me. I didn’t want to…. she made me…”

“Take him to the torture room,” I said as I tossed the ice bag I was holding away and was making my way downstairs. “Make him regret ever stepping foot into this castle. Don’t let him leave this place with his bones still intact.”

He yelled loudly, his shouts echoing throughout the building. Then, I heard the sound of something striking flesh and muffled noises. It seemed like my guards had silenced him and started hitting him.

Good for him.

Leaving my castle, I went straight to my garage and got into one of my cars. I didn’t have a destination in mind. But I knew I had to the hell out of this place. I couldn’t bear to spend the night there, seeing Catherine’s face.