The CEO Alpha King

Chapter 16

Offense

Writer's POV

King Zed appeared from the hallway and the temperature in the room dropped, each movement he made spoke of deadly aura and bled power. He sat at the head of the table.

"Good evening, master." Serena greeted, a newly founded confidence exploded in her, she just had to be perfect until Isaac got her out of here.

The king lifted his eyes to her, acknowledging her presence for the first time since he walked in, and she lowered her eyes in submission.

"Have your seat. You'll be having dinner with me." King Zed announced.

Serena gasped softly. Just like yesterday, he was requesting her to have dinner with him again today. It felt weird to her, after all she was a slave and she was supposed to sit at his feet.

Slowly, she made her way to the table, sitting far away from him in case things got violent.

When was he going to ask for his coffee? She thought.

"Adam." The Alpha King called, not taking his eyes off Serena.

"Your Highness." Adam walked into the room, bowing slightly at his side.

"Who made my dinner tonight?" King Zed asked, his gaze still on Serena. She shifted in her seat, turning away to look at Adam who stood dutifully at his side a little thrown away by his question.

Adam lifted his head glancing briefly between Serena and his alpha.

"Your slave did, your Highness." He finally answered.

"Hmm." Was all the king said, before he directed his next question at Serena whose gaze found him again.

"Did you poison it?"

"Of..of course not, your Highness." Serena gasped, answering too quickly.

"I am not 'your' Highness," King Zed growled.

"I'm sorry, master." Serena apologized, shaking visibly for fear that she had angered him.

"Now, where is my coffee?"Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Serena stood up on her feet immediately, hands clapped behind her, as she started to feel very hot from nervousness.

"I wasn't sure what you would like..."

"Go make me the usual, slave." He said, cutting her off.

Hearing the word 'slave' made her stomach flip and she bit her quivering lower lip, lowering her head before leaving the dining room. She quickly got to work.

King Zed dropped his cutleries angrily the moment Serena left for the kitchen. Disgust clouded his features.

"I can't eat this. Take it away." He said irritatedly, touching his forehead in frustration.

"Yes, your Highness. I'll get the servants to clear up the table." Adam answered and left quickly to avoid his wrath.

When Serena came back with the coffee in hand, she was surprised to see his cutleries discarded carelessly as he rested his head against his palm.

She threaded carefully towards him, reaching to drop the coffee in front of him when he suddenly raised his head. Unable to control her surprise, he stumbled, the cup sliding off the tray and splashing over him.

Her heart skipped a bit as she stared in shock at him, goosebumps displayed over her pale skin and the Alpha King growled, more animal than human. His cold grey orbs turned to deadly red ones as he rose to his feet, towering above her.

Without control of her body anymore, she kneels before him in submission and in apology.

She was going to die today.

She had committed two grave offenses. Looking him in the eye, which meant she was saying she was in the same position as him. And also pouring coffee on him, again!

Starting to shiver all over, fear running down her spine, she turned cold.

"I'm..I'm sorry, your high..master. I'm sorry." She stammered, tears running down her cheeks unconsciously, hoping he would let her go.

As the Alpha's eyes slowly returned to their original grey color, he stared down at Serena who trembled below him like a scared little mouse. His anger intensified, staring at her small female frame.

In seconds he was choking life out of her. Serena laid on the floor gasping seriously for air as an invisible force took air away from her.

She thrashed around, gasping for the littlest of air, as tears fell from her eyes. His cold eyes kept staring down at her, taking the last breath of life from her.

"Your Highness!" Adams's voice rang from behind, and the King froze from the interruption.

"I...I..." Adam muttered his eyes gliding to Serena's small figure.

"I'll take her." Adam said walking towards them and he finally let go of her. She coughed, reaching up to her neck as if she could still feel hands on her. She quickly took in sharp gasps of breath.

"Take her to the cell." The Alpha roared and Adam nodded, touching her and pulling her to her feet sharply.

She melted into his embrace and allowed the darkness to take over her as she fell into unconsciousness.

Adam carried her in his arms to the basement. There were rows of cells there where the king kept disobedient slaves. He pulled open the door to one, dropping the small slave on the floor, before locking it and leaving.

As king Zed sat back on his chair, his mind raced. He felt such a strong urge to kill her. And his wolf stepped in, a cold voice at the back of his head.

"You almost killed her, Zed." It lamented angrily.

"She offended me, Damon. That half breed wolf girl needs to get far away from us." The Alpha answered with the same energy, after all they were one, sharing the same emotion.

"From us? You are the one who doesn't know how to handle your anger."

"Didn't you see what she did? She makes it so hard to not be angry!"

"No, she already pleaded and you forgave her for spilling the coffee on you. Your hatred for that other mate made you do that to her. And now that you know I'm getting attracted to her. You hate her even more!" His wolf yelled back and he was half tempted to shut down his voice.

"I don't want her dead. I want her gone. I don't want her anywhere near me. I'll be forced to really kill her. It's best if you forget about the half breed!"

"No! We are just getting started, Zed. Deep down you know there is something about her. Something about her but you don't know what. You are only afraid of being used like last time. We need a mate, Zed!" Damon exaggerated and Zed flew his hands against the food on the table so they all came crashing on the floor.

"I don't need a mate. You better learn to live fine this way!" He growled back angrily.

"What about the meal she made? You barely even touched it, now it's all over the floor. Are you really that afraid to get used again?"

"I'm not! Get off my mind. Don't speak to me again!" The king yelled back, shutting off the connection with his wolf, but he could feel it scrimming inside of him. He ignored it.

"Adam!" The Beta came rushing in, shocked by the mess on the floor before bowing to his Alpha.

"Get Elena on the line. Tell her to make sure she's here before 10:00am tomorrow. I won't tolerate lateness."

Isaac couldn't stop pacing around the room as he had heard, now everybody had heard what happened with Serena and the King. He stopped, thinking of going to meet Grandma Felicia, but she wouldn't be able to do much. Not when the king was angry, extending his deadly aura around the castle.

He needed to get Serena out of there. As he turned for his room, he got stopped along the hallway by Charles.

"What is it Charles? I have no time for chit chat." Isaac groaned, stepping out of the way only to get blocked again. He rolled his eyes.

"I heard Serena is your biology sister. No wonder you care for her so much. And now I hear she has gotten into another trouble with the king." Charles said.

"Where exactly are you getting at, Charles?" Isaac frowned.

"Join me, let's end this before the king takes your sister's life." Shock crossed his face as he stared at the other male servant.

"End this as how? Finding a way to kill the king? No man. That isn't working. I'm not gonna turn into a murderer." Isaac shook his head in disagreement, turning to leave again.

"Then watch him as he turns into yet another murderer and murder the sister you just united with." Charles said hatefully.

"I won't let my sister die, okay? But I'm not doing it in your own way," Isaac yelled, walking away from him before he could utter another word.

When he got to his room, he pulled out a card and headed to the hospital once more to get the drugs he needed.

By the time he was done, he came back, hiding them in his drawer along with the syringe before stepping out asking about Serena. He found out she was in the king's cell but grabbed two bottles of vertigo before heading there.

He stopped at the entrance and two guards looked up at him.

"Hey, what do you want?" One of them asked.

"I just...I just want to be with her for a while bro. No harm done, I know the precautions of trying to behave nasty. I know you must be tasty so I brought this for you two." He handed them the drinks.

They stared at each other before collecting it.

"It won't get you drunk but it'll help you because I know you two must be really tired from standing guard. Now, can you let me in?" He smiled.