Any sane being would’ve backed down, but the fool before them puffed out his chest like he had balls of steel.Savage smirked toward Scepter, shaking his head.
“I wasn’t part of the killing of your females,” a male with a strong aura said from the side.
Scepter watched as a memory flashed through the alpha's mind, so faint, half-formed, it was hard to figure out if it was his or one of the others whose memory he saw.
The vision made him clench his teeth as several males surrounded three of his clan.The females were young and vulnerable.Their fear was palpable.They’d promised to protect them, yet they’d failed.
“Continue,” Savage bit out.
“I believe our alpha told you about us finding the young female?”
Savage gave a nod, holding a firm hand on Aurora’s hip.“Let him speak, Vita Mea.”
“He wasn’t part of the group who...who tried to kill me.I think he tried to convince them I wasn’t a liability.”
“Every wolf needs a pack.I’m aware it’s not a good excuse, but for five years, I searched for a place to belong until I found it.For years, I tried to ignore my shifter side, pretending I was human when in truth I teetered on the edge of shifting in the middle of their world, hoping I didn’t burst into my wolf.Hell, there were days I could feel my wolf doing his damndest to crawl out of my skin while I fought to push him down.It was a struggle to control myself until I finally made peace with both halves.So if you haven’t figured it out by now, I wasn’t born a shifter.I settled into this crew, thinking all shifters were like me.It didn’t take me long to realize, really fucking quick, I was the odd one out.”
“What’s your name?”Savage asked.
“You want my name before or after?”
“I want your name.”Savage showed him respect.Scepter nodded, knowing the male might actually get to live.
“Quinn.My name is Quinn, but they call me Graves.”He blew out a breath, then settled into a crouch, his elbows resting on his knees as if it pained him to admit the truth.
Savage nodded his head.“You’re good, Quinn.In life, we’re given choices, and sometimes they feel more like shit than gold.Still, manure adds nitrogen to soil as it breaks down, supplying essential nutrients for plant growth and improving soil organic matter.Without good shit, you don’t get growth, my friend.”
“Sheot, Savage, don’t try and wax poetic on us, you suck at it.”Scepter let out a deep sigh and shook his head.
“No, it’s actually true,” Aurora agreed.
“See, she’s smart.”Savage kissed the side of Aurora’s neck.
Quinn blinked bright eyes at them.“Yeah, I get what you’re saying.
“I don’t give a rat's ass about any of that shit.We brought a female shifter here for you, and now she’s gone.Where the fuck did you take her?”
“Scepter, can you shut that fucker up for me, please.He’s giving me a migraine.”Savage grinned.
“Fuck yeah.It’s about damn time.”Scepter clapped his hands together.
“Wait,” Alpha Garrison said, holding his palms out.
“What could you say that I want to hear?”Savage stood, placing Aurora in his chair
“I didn’t have anything to do with the death of your females.When I found out, I mobilized my males and was on my way here to make amends.I was going to offer you some of our blood and agree to be in your servitude until you decided the debt was paid.We came across the female by chance, and I thought—”
“You thought we killed humans and kept shifter females as blood slaves.Alpha, I would give you a second chance if you hadn’t tried to kill my female.However, I recognize, by looking into your mind, you have zero empathy for the lives of those you perceive as inferior to yours.You run your pack as if you and your kind are top of the food chain, which is where you’ve fallen short.If I thought you were salvageable, I’d allow you to live.Sadly, you and two of your males are not redeemable.Do you know which two I speak of?”
Alpha Garrison began to shift, his claws grew, and then he roared.
Savage flicked his hand, breaking the wolf’s neck, then ripped its head from the body.Before blood could spray all over his pristine office, he waved both halves into the other room.Through their link, Scepter heard him call for one of the lesser vampires to collect the wolf.They’d bleed him dry and use his blood as payment for one of the females.His alpha genes would be good for their blood collection.After they drained the fucker, they’d burn the body.Nobody would miss the worthless piece of shit.
Two more wolves entered the room in front of one of their enforcers.Savage glared at them as they whimpered and dropped to their knees.
“Enough.If I were unwilling to give your alpha a second chance, what makes you think I’d give it to the likes of either of you?”
“Boss, if you keep killing all these wolves in here, we’ll have to renovate the entire upper level of the club.”Not that he’d care.He’d gladly fork over the cash if it meant ridding the world of the fuckers.
