Claimed by the Enraged Alpha

CHAPTER TWO

Alpha Ramirez watched as the tears clouded in her eyes again, and he felt the corner of his lips turn up in a cold smile. The poor female did not yet know what she was in for, if it took a simple kiss to make her cry. He wondered how much she would whimper when he finally marked her entire body as his in the part of the mating ceremony that allowed him to make love to his possession, his new mate.

According to the traditions of the moonlight rite, the winning male was supposed to make love to his new mate out there in the open, in front of everyone, to prove that she now belonged to him. No one still insisted on keeping to that part of the rite, but Ramirez wanted to see the embarrassment that would fill those innocent clear blue eyes when he stripped off her clothes in front of everyone.

He stared at her, every inch of her body. She was very lovely, worth the fight. Her long curly hair was jet black, darker than a moonless night, and her heart shaped face was beautifully colored with the blush that rose up to her cheeks. He could tell that that night was the first time she had been kissed, he could almost taste her inexperience on her lips.

Ramirez was surprised at how jealous he had felt as the other males who had their fights before him had kissed her. They should never have. She was his, his to kiss, his to torment. He was the one that should have taught her how to kiss for the first time.

And so, he punished her for those kisses she gave the other males, even though he knew it wasn’t her fault. He had first shown her what it was like to be kissed with love, then he had punished her with those same lips, wickedly enjoy the her pain.

Her bow shaped lips were still swollen from his kisses, and slightly bruised. The white she wore radiated her innocence, her beauty. She would fit perfectly into his plans for revenge, but first, he needed to break her.

He watched those lips of hers mouth a prayer to the moon goddess, then he turned to face his opponent, a cold smile at the corner of his mouth. The Beta was a fool for thinking he could win an Alpha. Ramirez knew that even deep down, the female knew he was going to win the Beta. She would hope though, hope that the Beta with his gentle voice and soft kisses win, and then he’d dash her hope by wining.

The whistle was blown, and the Beta charged at him with full force, claws bared. Ramirez laughed as he allowed the Beta to sink his claws into him and throw him to the floor. He wanted to play with the male a little before finally wining him, that way, he would get the female’s hopes up, before crashing them to the ground. He couldn’t wait to break her.

The crowd cheered for the Beta, and he charged at Ramirez again, as Ramirez got to his feet. Again, the Alpha let the beta have his way, a perverse pleasure cuddling at the pit of his stomach as he saw his own blood run freely from the wound the Beta had inflicted.

His eyes sought out the female, and he was surprised to see the pain in her eyes, the pain she felt for what was being done to him. He had expected her to be cheering with the rest of the crowd, after all, she wanted the Beta to win so that she could be loved by her mate. It was the same pain Ramirez had seen in her eyes when she looked at him and felt his pain. For the first time, he was intrigued. He had never known a female who cared for him. Why would she feel hurt at his own pain when he had already told her he would not treat her well if he became her mate?

He pushed the thought of those innocent blue eyes away and focused on the Beta, the part of him that cared for innocent vulnerable females was long dead. To prove that point, he should simply take her, out there in the open. Draw his pleasure from her flesh even as she cried to him, begging him to stop. He was a monster, the sooner everyone accepted that, the better for them.

He circled the Beta now, a perverse smile at the corner of his lips. He waited until the male exposed his claws again, before he cut them in his hand, smiling as the sharp edges cut into his palm, making him bleed.

Ramirez waited until he held the Beta’s green eyes with his own silver grey’s, before he snapped the claws out of the Beta’s hands.

The Beta’s cry of anguish filled the air as Ramirez carelessly flung the claws away. Werewolves could not grow back their claws, and so the Beta would remain without claws in his right hand forever. It would probably get him demoted to an Omega, or maybe kicked out of his pack, his life was ruined forever.

Ramirez smiled at the look of shock on the female’s face, as the whole crowed that gathered hushed at the sight of the Beta writhing in pain. He gave a cold laugh as he was declared winner, and new mate of the beautiful female tied up on the stake. By now, she knew what she had gotten herself into – or what her parents had gotten her into. What he had done to the Beta was a small thing called compared to what he had planned for her. He was going to ruin her in ways she could not even begin to imagine.

Alpha Ramirez! That was what he was called. Lily watched in shock as he was declared, she had genuinely thought the Beta was winning. But that was stupid of her, how could she think a mere Beta could win such an Alpha. She had a feeling that if Ramirez fought a hundred Alphas, he was still going to win.

What kind of male possessed such strength, to be able to snap off another male’s claws that easily! And he had been ruthless enough to do so even though he knew it would destroy the male forever. How heartless was he going to be with her?

Lily felt her heart skip a beat as she remembered a long forgotten part of the moonlight rite, the part where the winner would strip the female he was mated to, in front of everyone and sleep with her right there in front of the crowd!

She shook her head, even as a deep fear squeezed her heart. It was not possible – he could not, would not be that heartless. Her eyes went up to his at the same moment he turned to look at her, so that once again, her clear blue eyes where pinned by his silver grey ones. She saw in that moment that he knew what she was thinking, about the love making part of the moonlight rite. Alpha Ramirez smiled coldly and stepped forward to claim his prize, and Lily froze in fear, a fear that was mirrored in her innocent eyes. The Alpha met to strip her in front of everyone and claim her, right there.