The Alpha - Arianna Green (FULL 50 Chapter)

---Derek's POV--- 

It's been a week. 

Fuck. 

Her breathing was so faint. Her pulse was small. Sometimes, I wouldn't hear it, I'd panic and call in a nurse only for them to assure me she was indeed breathing. 

Lindsay would call me- presumably for a meet-up, but not once did I answer. I couldn't. She wasn't the only slut to call me- the disrespect. They knew Violet was my mate. I mentioned it when I slaughtered Mallory, and I know Lindsay pieced it together. 

There was a knock at the door. Garret soon walked in. 

"Derek." he nodded. He would drop by and have me sign off on some papers, but today he came with none. "The King will be here in about an hour to discuss this ordeal" he waved his hand and I growled at the thought of him bad-mouthing my Mate. "Since you didn't see him about Mallory, he's coming here. He knows about Violet, he needed a reason why you weren't responding," I kept still. 

I didn't care that he told him, I just wanted my Flower to respond. I just wanted to see those russet orbs I adored. However, he didn't tell Hannah- well, he did, he just left out whose fault it was. 

"Derek." he snapped my attention back to him, "go take a shower," I growled at him and he rolled his eyes and then left the room. 

I pulled myself from my chair, mind linked Garret to bring me some clothes and put them in Violet's unit and I went to take a shower. I didn't like it, I wanted to be back out with Violet. I was still in her unit, it had a built-in bathroom with a shower and tub, sink, and toilet. 

I was out of the shower as quickly as I could, got dressed, and sat right back down. I found Violet's hand and rubbed it, bringing it to my lips and pressing. 

This was my fault. My guilt was eating away at me and I hated how she was healing so slowly. Reseda said it could be a combination of factors, from the abuse Chris 

did to her, to her wolf being absent. 

I've asked Zaxton over and over again to try and reach out to her wolf, he didn't respond half the time- depression taking over him. When he would respond, it was 

because he couldn't reach her. 

Her mark had become paler. 

Fuck. 

The aura of the room seemed to change. Turned to a dark, menacing, godly, regal feel. I looked to the open door and saw the King step in with Garret. He was a tall man, taller than my 6'1 height with stormy grey eyes and dark black hair. He was dressed in black pants with a satin button-down and blazer. 

He wasn't someone you wanted to mess with. 

"Your Highness," I bowed my head, standing up from my chair, my hand stayed on Violet's. 

"Alpha Derek." 

He walked closer to the bed and looked at Violet. His hands were clasped behind his back and he gazed down at her. 

"This is her," he stated. He hummed and glanced at me before he looked back at my mate. I felt the urge to growl at him for looking at her, but I knew better, and it wasn't a malevolent gaze. 

He turned back at Garret. "Beta Garret, you are dismissed." Garret nodded, bowed, and walked out leaving the King and me. 

He walked over and pulled up a chair. He sat down and crossed his legs in his dark, kingly nature. 

"Sit," he instructed me and I did. "Last time, it was Beta Mallory," his voice was deep and authoritative. Imperial. "Mind elaborating about why he's dead?" he demanded. 

I looked at him and then back at my Flower. "He raped her." I looked back over to the King. 

He had his hands folded in his lap as he studied Violet and me, his gaze switching back and forth. 

He hummed. "Such a lustful pact. Don't you know that's a sin." I looked at him, raising an eyebrow. "Then again, if we didn't have sinners life would be mundane." 

"What a-" I started but stopped when his eyes flicked a warning. He didn't have to move at all to get me to stop. 

"Howbeit, they say my Regional Alphas have their own sin. Deleterious with them," his eyes flicked to Violet, "I'd extricate anyone who'd dare do harm to my future mate. However, let us reminisce about what happened last time you slaughtered your Beta. Do you recall what I told you?" 

I thought back, the words quickly came to my mind. "You said, 'Derek, what you did may have been justifiable in your eyes, however, unsupported murders are against the laws, you know that."" 

He nodded, "Furthermore, I told you I'd look into everything. I ended up finding out you were right that he was trying to start a war with the neighboring Regional Alpha and use their women." 

I nodded along. 

"What else did I tell you?" 

"You'd strip me of my title if I pulled that stunt ever again." My voice came out gruff and my hold on my Flower's hand tightened ever so slightly. 

('Don't fucking hurt her!') 

...I'm not... 

He nodded again. "Now, I'm not. However, you have to pick yourself up or I shall deem you unfit to be Alpha and give the position to Garret- shall he accept." 

I didn't want to lose my title- but I had my Flower in a hospital bed. 

"Here is what you will do. You will start doing your work here, I'm not forcing you to leave your mate, but you have to uphold your duties. Understand?" he raised an eyebrow at me. 

"Yes, Your Highness." 

"Secondly, this time- I will let you off with the Beta affair- but I'm warning you now. If you ever pull this stunt again, I will strip you of your title without any hesitation. As 

I mentioned, if anyone -let alone a close friend- were to lay a finger on my mate- I would decapitate them. That being said, we need to discuss Christopher." 

I nodded and loosened my hold on Violet's hand. I wasn't necessarily 'let off' the first time, a few whips, and about a month in his dungeons was what I received. 

"Yes, Sire. As I told you, he had her, I don't know for how long, and he was constantly beating her. The doctor reports confirmed sexual assault throughout the years." 

He rubbed his clean chin. "Does she know about the trial?" 

"It's confirmed?" I asked. He didn't call or email me back. 

"Yes. More so pending, but I see the best interest in it happening. Christopher is a Territorial Alpha?" 

"Yes, Sire. But, my Beta has informed me there is little to no communication from him or his pack. So it's not confirmed that he went back," I informed him. 

"You were inspecting your packs then- as you should?" 

"Yes, Sire. Chris is a Territorial Alpha in Northeast Ohio. Now, I'm uncertain why the Statal Alpha never mentioned any signs of mistreatment from that pact, but I'm inferring he hid her." I felt anger sizzle in my chest at the thought of Chris doing what he did to her. 

"A Territorial Alpha causing this much drama. Well, that's what makes this interesting," the King shrugged and then looked back to me. "Has she made a testimony yet? Or tried talking to someone about the abrasion she went through?" 

"No, Sire. She went to a therapist once, and she was supposed to go again, but..." I lost my words. But I was a dick to her and she.... 

"But?" the King inquired, but he already knew the answer. 

"She... um..." I felt my chest constricting again and I just motioned my head to Violet. 

"I heard. I'd be delighted to be enlightened on why? Because it's hard to surmise she attempted suicide due to what Christopher allegedly did when she has a mate," he raised an eyebrow at me, resting his face on his face. 

"I... I broke her..." I whispered. 

He hummed. "Well. When she wakes up, put her back together. You're her mate, it should come naturally. Some relationships- they are like a puzzle. They can be 

complicated, and they take a long time to solve. Some can take weeks, doesn't matter, a while either way," he gave me a look, "puzzles aren't for everyone." 

I nodded and turned my head to Violet, blinking. I wasn't going to break down in front of the King. 

"As of the trial- have you seen her lesions?" 

The thought of her scars made me angry. I scowled but answered him, "Yes, Sire. Not all, only when I had to dress her or when she slept." I thought back to when I dressed her in the short-sleeved shirt. I was boiling in anger. 

The fact that some bastard scarred up my mate, beat, and raped her made me see red. 

('You hit our mate, you're no different.') 

...Zaxton, shut the fuck up... 

He nodded and stood up. "Derek. Get yourself together, I'm giving you a second chance, take advantage of it. Best wishes to you mate," he nodded in her direction and looked back at me, "as for the trial, I will be in contact with you. Notify me when she awakens and we will start litigation. Farewell." he nodded and left the room, the aura following. 

I sighed and slumped my head on Violet's bed. Her scent was slowly diluting. 

lightly kissed her hand and mind linked Garret to bring me some work. 

"Flower, I miss you. I don't know how I let myself do this to you," I whispered to her. 

I was to blame for this whole nightmare.