Dylan's POV
"There's trouble outside!" Johnny yelled, barging into my room as I spoke with Sophia.
As he opened the door, I heard some commotion outside and I immediately walked out of the room to check out what the problem was.
I saw four rogues fighting. Each held a long stick with which they hit themselves with no mercy whatsoever.
It seemed to me that all four had a big issue with themselves. I had thought that it was a fight of two against two but it wasn't. They all fought whoever was closest to them while the other wolves surrounded and cheered them on as they kept at it.
I turned to Johnny wondering why he'd call me out for something as trivial as that. It was a rogue Pack and so these kinds of fights were expected. It wasn't the first time that it happened. Indeed, a wolf lost his life the last time and the entire Pack moved on as if nothing happened.
"Is this why you called me out of my room?" I asked Johnny, so full of anger. "Is this why you barged into my room, uninvited when I was having private time with Sophia?"
He took a few steps backwards, shaking his head. "I thought it was something you'd want to handle, especially because they are slugging it out just outside your room," he stuttered in fear.
"Then you should have easily handled it, shouldn't you?" I yelled, grabbing him by the collar and pushing him to the wall.
"Don't you ever interrupt my meeting for unimportant news like this," I warned him sternly. "I will not take it kindly from you or anyone else. Do I make myself clear?"
He nodded and I let go of his shirt. "Now, go find something better to do with your life."
I turned around and walked back into the room, wondering why he'd do what he did. Then it dawned on me. He had eyes on Sophia. He was probably unhappy that I was spending so much time with her. Such guts. He was lucky that he was my friend. I needed him. I needed him so much.
"Hey. What happened?" Sophia asked as I walked into the room still full of anger.
"It's nothing you should bother yourself with," I replied, before seeing the smirk on her face. "Fine. There was a scuffle outside. I think it's still going on. I can't believe that Johnny would call me out for something as trivial as that. How am I supposed to separate fights between these lowly rogues? He must think so low of me because of the situation I've found myself in."
"Calm down, Dylan," she said, rubbing her palm around my head in a circular motion. I was always calm whenever she did that. It felt so good that I shut my eyes to savour the moment. She seemed to have noticed as I heard her giggle.
"Maybe, he didn't mean it in the wrong way," she said, kissing me on my shoulder as she kept rubbing my head.
"Then he should think better, instead of taking any decision that comes into his head without properly checking if it's worth taking… I"
My speech was interrupted once again by a knock on the door. "Who's there?" I asked. "You can come in."
The door opened and it was Johnny again. He didn't look like the man who was put in his place just a few moments ago and I wondered what had brought him back again.
"You again?" I asked. "What is it this time?"
"It's the Alpha King from Mansoor Pack," he said with a smirk. "He's in the Pack now and currently heading towards this place."
"Thank you," he said, licking his lips. "Such a beautiful woman like you belongs somewhere better. I mean, you look stunning, woman."
"You don't say." Sophia reached out with her right hand and he shook her softly before bringing her hand up to his face and kissing it. "You seem sweet, Alpha King. I'm Sophia by the way; the Princess of the Silver Moon Pack."
I couldn't believe my eyes. Not only was the man flirting with Sophia, but she was also offering no resistance. Indeed, she was edging him on by flirting back. She was so shameless.
I tapped her on the shoulder, just to remind her that I was right there but she swiftly brushed off my hand and kept on with what she was doing which further got me annoyed.
I couldn't tell the Alpha to stop even though I badly wanted to. I needed his help and if I were to get it, I had to stay put. I couldn't do anything to make him angry or else he'd change his mind and I knew that there was hardly a chance for us to beat Alex without his help.
"Could we go inside, to my chambers, so we can properly talk, man to man?" I asked with a smile on my face. "I can't keep a man like you standing outside for so long."
"Sure. Thank you for your kind gesture." He turned to Sophia and said, "She's going with us, right? I think she should hear what we have to say too. Perhaps, she might have things to contribute. Who knows? I do want to talk to the pretty lady afterwards."
I didn't want that. His words only made me very jealous. I felt like ripping his heart out that instant but I had to maintain my composure by all means necessary. I didn't want him to even notice that I wasn't pleased.
"She can join us," I said with a smile. "She's always free to join us."
As we walked to the room, I decided within myself to have a very stern talk with Sophia. I needed to earn her that I'd never allow anyone else to have. She was exclusive to me and it had to remain that way.
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