Scarred Alphas by Norisha May novel Chapter 36

Chapter 36 

“Glad to see you in time. 

Keep it up.” Garret says as I 

walk into the war room. 

He starts with his meeting but in the middle of it, Julia walks in. I am surprised but even more so I am surprised that no one bats an eye. I 

thought this was supposed to be a private meeting. 

I look back at Colt who starts 

giving me an explanation. 

“She sometimes attends 

these meetings to also learn, 

like you. Her father had it 

cleared with Warrick.” 

I would stump my foot and 

throw a temper tantrum if I 

could. 

“Pay attention,” Garret 

whispers to me. 

I know Colt just told me but I ask Garret this time. “Why is 

she here?” 

“She is the daughter of one of the generals and wishers to learn the ways of war so 

she sometimes attends.” 

“And you are going to let 

her?” 

“Yes. Why? What is the problem?” 

“Nothing,” I say as I look away and pout. 

But there is a big problem. 

All she does is stare at Colt. 

I know it is irrational to be 

angry over this because I know Colt has no feelings towards her but I can’t help 

1. it. It is in a werewolf’s nature 

to want to protect what they deem theirs. The problem 

here is that I believe Colt is 

mine…but so does she. I can 

see it. Mentally and 

emotionally she has claimed 

him. 

I get close to Colt and whisper. “Colt, I am serious 

here, my wolf is on edge 

while she is around. You 

know I won’t be able to 

control myself if this girl agitates me more.” 

He nods. “I know. I know 

how our kind works. Do 

your best but I will have a 

talk with her soon. Make it 

clear to her.” 

“Okay. Thank you.” 

I do my best to keep myself distracted with the meeting 

and forget about her and the 

looks she keeps giving Colt. 

When it is finally over, Colt 

and I go to get something to eat and then head to my 

father. Every step that I take toward his office feels heavy. I do want to train my power 

but I do not want to train 

with him. I don’t like how he 

does things and I am also scared of how I am going to 

react today. I can’t control 

myself and I might just do 

something stupid. 

“Good. You are here.” 

Warrick says when he sees 

1. me. Most of the generals are here along with Victor and 

Garret too. 

It’s not like I have a choice 

but I don’t say what is in my thoughts. 

He silently paces around 

with a finger under his chin, thinking. 

“We’ll alternate. Today we’ll do something different to motivate you.” 

I don’t know if I should be 

relieved or afraid. 

He looks at Garret. “Kill her.” 

“What?!” Garret asks taken by 

surprise. 

“Kill her!” Warrick shouts. 

With panic, I look back at Colt. He looks distraught, not 

knowing what to do. 

“He won’t,” Colt mouths. 

I look back at Garret in time 

to see him take out a knife. 

“No. Use your bare hands,” Warrick says. 

Colt is right, this is probably a test. He won’t really kill 

me…right? 

Within seconds, my brother 

Garret is on me. I start 

swinging my hands trying to punch him. 

“Use your power to stop him 

because I won’t,” Warrick 

says. 

Garret punches me right on the jaw, making me see stars. 

“Stop!” I say as I try to straighten myself. 

Garret’s hands wrap around 

my n*ck and he starts 

squeezing with all of his 

might. 

“S–st…” 

I can’t even make out words 

now or speak at all and soon, 

I black out. 

I wake up with a gasp to find that I am back in my room. Poppy hovers over me and I quickly see Colt standing in the back also watching me, 

concern. 

“There you are,” she says. 

I hold my n*ck and feel the pain of the bruises as my fingers touch my skin. 

“He…” It is painful to speak. 

“Shh. Don’t say anything. 

Rest.” 

“Rest?” I say in a growly 

voice. “Garret almost killed 

me.” 

“No. Alpha would never 

allow it. Stopped him just in 

time.” 

“Warrick is too much. He 

takes things too far.” 

“I know he can be extreme…” 

That’s an understatement. 

“But his methods usually 

tend to have results. But I 

know it doesn’t mean it’s 

right.” She says. “Rest now. I’ll get you something to soothe your throat.” 

She gets up and leaves. The 

moment she closes the door 

behind her, Colt rushes to 

1. me. 

“Let me see you!” he says 

gently putting a hand on my 

n*ck. 

“I…I think I am okay.” 

After checking me, he looks relieved. He closes his eyes and presses his head against 

mine “I–I should have 

stopped it.” 

“No. If you had intervened, 

you would have been 

punished. That man is 

crazy.” 

I pull him in and press my lips against his. His kisses really do soothe my soul. 

He pulls back. “I hate this. I hate that I can’t keep you 

safe. It shouldn’t be like this! 

should be able to keep you and make you feel safe.” 

I cup his face with my hands. 

“You do make me feel safe.” 

“But you are not. Not while being here.” 

“Unfortunately we can’t change what happened. We are here now and-” Poppy 

walks in. Colt immediately 

gets up. There was no way 

she didn’t see how close we 

were but she acted normal. 

“Here you go.” She hands me a cup of water and sits next to my bed again. 

“Thanks.” The water runs down my throat and it is very soothing. 

“Better?” 

I nod and hand her the cup 

back. 

“Casseopea, listen, it won’t be easy but you can do it. You 

can survive the Alpha. You 

have a strong will and even though he doesn’t show it, he 

admires that.” She smiles. 

“All he did was talk about you last night just so you know. He didn’t notice that he kept going on and on about you.” 

It was quite amusing to watch.” She giggles. 

I just can’t see it. She speaks 

of him as if he were a normal 

good man. Maybe she has 

seen a side of him that he 

doesn’t show to others. 

I look at Colt because it 

reminds me of him. He 

doesn’t show his tender side 

to anyone else but me. 

I guess that there is a possibility that there could 

be more to Warrick than just a crazy, ruthless, evil old 

man. 

A knock interrupts us. Garret suddenly peeks in. 

“Can I?” he asks. 

Poppy and I both nod. 

He walks in but puts his hands in his pockets and 

stands near the door, far 

away from us. 

I really hope he is not here 

to try and finish the job. 

“Are you okay?” he asks. 

“Yes,” I immediately respond. 

He nods. “I–I wanted to 

apologize. This was…not really my doing. I have no quarrel with you and I never really wanted to hurt you.” 

I nod. “I get it. You were 

commanded to.” 

He also nods. “Yeah…so…sorry.” 

I find it kind of sweet that he 

took the time to come here 

and apologize. 

I know he and Victor are not 

bad. They are not like our 

father but they have no 

choice but to follow orders. 

Just like everyone in this damn pack. 

Garret clears his throat, gives 

a nod, and walks out. 

Poppy turns to me with a 

smile. “I know that this 

might not be the family you wanted, but…we are your family nonetheless. Whether 

you realize it or not, your brothers care and so do I and 

Lotus. You are part of our 

family now.” She gives me a 

kiss on the head–which catches me by surprise–and 

walks out of the room. 

I am left so confused. I 

mean, can I really call this my home? Lauren and James were always my home but not the pack. The pack was hardly that. This pack, 

however…accepts me 

but…without Lauren and 

James…I don’t think It would 

ever really be complete to me. Oh, how I wish I could 

see them right now. How I 

wish I could hear Lauren speak bluntly about her 

s**ual urges as weird as it 

sounds. 

“Cass?” Colt asks, coming 

closer. 

“I…miss Lauren and James,” I 

say. My eyes water. 

He hugs me and stays with me for what seems like an 

hour until I finally calm 

down. 

“I have to get back to guarding the door. If they don’t see me out there-” 

“I know, I know,” I say. 

“I am here, Cass. I am with you always.” He kisses me 

and walks out. 

I watch him leave feeling 

sad. I wish he could stay with me all night. 

I grab snacks and stay up watching TV, trying to distract myself. When I am full of crappy food and start feeling tired, I decide to go to bed before I just end up past out here. 

With a sigh, I get up from 

the couch and head to bed 

but suddenly hear a 

commotion outside of the 

house through my window. I 

look out and see that there 

are warriors running towards 

the woods. I am sure it has to be rogues. Even they are still stupid enough to try and get 

in here. 

In the distance, I can see a storm brewing. It will rain all night and probably for a couple of days to come. I 

close my eyes and take in the 

smell. 

I love the rain. 

I take my ass to the bed and 

lie in it thinking of a day that 

Colt and I will be able to be 

together without having to hide it. I hope a day like that 

comes soon. 

The next morning I am up training with Victor again. 

I hate having to wake up so early to do this! 

It is a cloudy day and it drizzles. The ground is wet 

so it is difficult training, but I 

have the same routine as the 

previous days. After training, I go eat lunch where Serge changes places with Colt. The day continues and 

after a long boring yet insightful meeting, it is 

finally over, and then it’s 

time to face my father again. I have been dreading it all day. 

When I walk into his office, just like yesterday everyone is here. But now there is a 

kid here too. He looks to be 

around 15 or 16. 

“Good, you are here. Let’s 

start.” Warrick says. 

“Start what? On who?” I look 

at the kid who is scared 

shitless. “I am not doing anything to this kid.” 

“Then he will die,” Warrick 

says. 

“Why?! Why do you have to 

kill him?!” 

“This boy has tried to escape and incited multiple 

insubordination that 

resulted in others thinking 

that they could rise up or escape too. This will not be tolerated.” 

“Well, of course he tried to 

escape! Why wouldn’t he?” I 

say. I almost put a hand in 

my mouth but I don’t 

because I meant it. 

There is silence in the room. 

“Oh, don’t stop there. You 

clearly have something to say…daughter.” Warrick says. 

“Have you seen how these people are treated? No better 

than animals!” I shout. 

“That is a very good view of things. Now since you have no intention of practicing on this boy, let me show you 

what we do in a 

slaughterhouse to animals.” 

He grabs a knife and with speed, he approaches the 

kid. 

Without thinking, I run in 

and hold Warrick’s hand 

right before he slices 

through the kid’s n*ck. 

“DON’T!” I shout. 

Everyone in the room gasps. 

“Don’t? You think you can command me?” Warrick 

asks. 

“Don’t you dare hurt him?” I 

say. 

“You don’t want me to hurt 

him? Alright, then maybe 

someone else can take his place.” 

This is when I am sure that 

he will use Colt against me. 

He looks behind me, to Colt. Colt stands straight waiting for what Warrick is going to say but I swear if he even 

tries, I am ready to try and kill my father right here and 

now. 

“Bring him,” Warrick says but 

Colt looks confused. We look 

past Colt where a guard nods. Suddenly, he opens 

the door behind him and 

another guard pushes a man 

1. in. 

My eyes widen and I am in 

shock when I 

recognize…Ezra.