Alpha Maximus：The last lycan novel Chapter 6

　　Hope

　　Alpha Tate rips the cupboard door off and flings it across the room. He crouches down and stares at me.

　　‘What are you doing in here?’ He asks, pulling me out. I hit and whack him, and he frowns.

　　‘Feisty, I see,’ he says, and I land on the floor.

　　I stand, and try to run past him but he grabs me, and pulls me back.

　　‘You’re actually fun to play with. I have things I want to discuss with you,’ he says, scooping me up.

　　He carries me into his office, and kicks the door shut behind us. He sits in his chair, and holds me in his lap. He grabs my face, forcing me to stare at him. We remain silent and stare at each other.

　　He leans into me, presses his nose into my neck, and inhales my scent. He puts his hand on my lap, caressing my thigh. Stiffening, I recoil.

　　‘It's okay. Just relax. This will only hurt a moment,’ he whispers; his fangs protrude, as he is about to mark me. I punch and kick him and he lets out a vicious growl.

　　‘Keep still,’ he says.

　　‘No!’ I yell, removing myself from his lap, and falling on the floor.

　　‘You’re about to be Luna and my mate! Get back here, so we can do this!’ He shouts.

　　‘No!’ I yell, standing up.

　　‘No?’ He asks, confused and angry.

　　‘I don't want to be your mate or your Luna!’ I say, quietly.

　　Alpha Tate frowns.

　　‘Any woman would do anything to be in your shoes right now. To have me as their mate, and be the Luna of this pack!’ He explains.

　　‘You rejected me,’ I explain.

　　‘Yes, I did. But I’m taking that back. You should be happy I’m making this right,’ he explains.

　　‘This doesn't feel right,’ I explain.

　　‘Let me mark you and I will make it feel right. I will mate you straight away, and you will feel better,’ he explains, smiling. I take a few steps back.

　　‘No. I don't want to be with you,’ I retort. He stands and walks towards me, annoyed.

　　‘I, Hope, reject you, Alpha Tate, of the Blackwood pack as my mate.’ He falls to the ground in agony, clutching at his chest.

　　That's strange. I’m not feeling the pain. He crawls towards me.

　　‘Get back here, Hope!’ He yells.

　　I run out of his office, down the hallway, and Sam and the others run towards me.

　　‘Why is Alpha screaming?’ Sam asks, angrily.

　　Not wanting to stop, I run past them, and outside to the lake, feeling liberated and shocked.

　　I just rejected Alpha Tate! I actually did it. I didn't know I had it in me. What’s going to happen to me now? When he has recovered?

　　The pack members yell out in the distance.

　　‘Hope! Come back here now!’ They yell.

　　We have to leave tonight! Storm agrees.

　　We sneak around the back, climb up the lattice to the attic, go through the window, and tiptoe down the corridor to Ava’s room. I take a coat and shoes, put them on and exit back through the attic window.

　　Waiting until it’s clear, I run through the trees.