The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 36: _Unruly Idiots

Chapter 36: _Unruly Idiots

I watched Odessa shift away from me, her frown only deepening as she eyed me with disbelief.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" She sneered, glaring at me as if I’d gone mad.

Hmph... If anything, she’s the insane one here for thinking she could get rid of me so easily.

"You heard me, Odessa," I said, my tone plain as I raised my hands in a show of defeat. "And if you don’t believe me, ask yourself this question. If I’ve been in denial all this while about us being mates why didn’t I just go ahead and reject you if it were possible?"

She fluttered her eyelids, raising a finger in front of her face as she shook her head, still seeming like she couldn’t take my confession.

Sigh, poor thing...

"You’re bluffing. This has to be some sort of joke." She blurted, a stunned expression on her face.

I couldn’t help but roll my eyes as I finally stood up, staring into her eyes before I remarked. "Take my word for it. The only other way to break the mate bond would be for either me or you to die..."

As soon as I said those words, Odessa’s eyes shook with fear as she stared at me with dread.

I smirked coldly, tilting my head. "And we don’t want that now, do we?" I queried rhetorically.

She remained silent, left completely speechless.

Seeing this, I shook my head and finally walked into her bathroom and took a shower.

When I was done, I walked back into the room, expecting to meet Odessa still sitting there, confused and speechless.

However, I was stunned to see that she was no longer in the room, her clothes nowhere to be found.

"Don’t tell me she’s planning to escape," I muttered, scanning my gaze around and sniffing into the air.

I could easily track her by her scent if I wanted to. But I decided against it.

She probably needs some time to... Process.

"She wouldn’t be able to escape the pack if she tried anyway," I said to myself with a shrug as I grabbed my clothes off the floor and began putting them on. "I have my best man watching after her in case she tries anything stupid."

Just then, Damon scoffed in my head. ’Right... Because you think the Beta doesn’t sleep, huh?’

I chuckled softly to myself but didn’t respond to him.

Even if Marcellus wasn’t currently watching her, the pack is heavily guarded and no one would let her out without my permission.

And even if she were to try relying on magic to escape... She couldn’t.

Shaking my head, I proceeded to walk out of the room, closing the door behind me.

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The next day, I opened my eyes only to realize that I was sleeping on my desk in my office, my arms folded underneath my face.

I raised my head, my eyes squinted as I tried rubbing off the sleep.

"What a night..." I muttered to myself, my gaze falling on the mountain of papers in front of me.

Why didn’t I have a laptop or something to help me handle all this shit?

I groaned, brushing my hand through my hair as I remembered everything that happened last night.

After Odessa abruptly left me to the moon knows where I decided to bury myself in work.

There was still a lot of paperwork to attend to, including a few letters from the Alphas of the North American region.

"These morons know emails still exist, right?" I asked myself with an eye roll as I set one letter aside.

Most of the letters were statements giving details on the latest happenings of their territories. Thanks to the treaty, the witches and humans around the entire region had stopped attacking packs and the packs were slowly doing the same.

However, there were a few black sheep situations that caught my attention. Most of the Alphas didn’t approve of the treaty and some continued the fight against witches.

Now that was aggravating...

"Hundreds of packs within this goddamned continent and you’d think most of them would have the capacity to think logically," I remarked to myself.

However, before I could talk to myself more, a knock came on my door.

My eyebrows furrowed as I raised my head, staring at the door curiously.

"Come in!"

The door pushed open and in came Marcellus, his gaze scanning the office at first before it landed on me.

He shook his head with a wry smile on his face. "Dear goddess. Don’t tell me you spent all night working." He said with disbelief.

I arched an eyebrow as I leaned back comfortably on my chair and shrugged. "Fine then. I wouldn’t tell you."

He chuckled, causing a slight smile to curl up the corner of my lips.

He proceeded to sit in front of my desk, crossing one leg in front of the other.

"Are the other packs still giving problems?" Marcellus asked with a somber expression.

I nodded, clicking my tongue as I folded my arms in front of my chest. "Indeed. Many unruly idiots are still targeting witches within certain territories, most especially around the US. If this persists, the treaty will be useless." I explained calmly, even though there was frustration in my voice.

Marcellus nodded with a tense expression but was soon trying to lighten the mood.

"Hey, if any Alpha is giving you troubles and undermining your leadership, you could just go medieval on them." He remarked, giving me a wink before he made a throat-slitting motion to give me a visual image of what he meant.

I smirked, drumming my fingers on the armrest of my chair. If Marcellus knew anything about me after the years of our friendship, he’d know that his ’joke’ was something I was actually considering.

Anyway, I shook my head before I spoke again. "Our pack will be expecting the Alpha King of the South American region and his delegates next week. He wants to see how well this treaty is going."

Marcellus nodded, a grin etched on his face. "Okay then, we could welcome him with a party. One of those fancy balls probably." He said.

I nodded in agreement, but my mind soon went to something else. Or rather, someone else.

"Marcellus, I want you to tell me something," I said, leaning in closer and placing my arms in front of me.

He squinted his eyes curiously but then nodded his head for me to continue.

I drew in a short breath before I continued. "What do you think of Odessa so far?"