Chapter 35: Different Perspective.

Johns pov.

‘You need to turn around and go back to her!’ Titan raged in my mind, clawing at me, desperate to go back to Bella.

‘We can’t!’ I hissed back, feeling the same way he does, but knowing we can’t go back to her right now.

If I had her in my hands… the things I would do to her…

I shook my head to clear my thoughts as the screams and shouts from the arena drifted into my mind.

Else Elian’s voice desperately begging everyone to calm down.

“Enough!” I booked out, letting my aura seep out, everyone quieting down instantly.

Elder Elian looked towards me with a grateful smile before turning back to the crowd of angry and confused people.

“Everyone! You have to understand that this is what happens at a challenge. Your alpha wanted it to be to the death first… had we listened to him he would be dead right now. So, please calm down, you will all be joining our pack shortly. Don’t make it harder on yourselves during this transition. You’ll be taken to your pack to gather your belongings while we accommodate housing situations for you all!” He said loud enough everyone could hear him, sneers and angry faces glaring back at him.

“We don’t want to be a part of this pack!” A man from the Twilight Moon pack shouted angrily, everyone around him whispering and nodding their heads in agreement, “we never agreed to this!”

“It doesn’t matter,” I said calmly, looking him into the eyes, “your alpha did this, your fate rests upon his hands…”

He glared at me as he growled slightly, his hands clenched into fists, making Titan angry.

‘Is that a challenge I sense?’ He growled in my mind, coming to the front of my head.

I growled lowly back, letting him know I’m not threatened by his actions.

He sat down, not saying anything else, accepting his fate, knowing there’s nothing he can do about it.

“Alright, alright. Everyone get moving! Your vehicles are waiting for you!” I booked out, glaring at all of the angry faces staring back at me.

Hundreds of members from the Twilight Moon pack groaned as they shuffled their way out of the arena, towards the cars waiting for them…

“Thank you, Beta,” Elder Elian said as he walked towards me, placing his hand on my shoulder, “it was a great difficulty getting them to calm down enough to get a few words out… Bella really riled them up with her performance.”

He chuckled as he walked away, shaking his head.

I shook my own head, looking around at everyone left in the arena. Our pack members. Our terrified, confused and agitated pack members.

“You can all go home! Don’t be afraid, everything’s alright. We’ll have a pack meeting tomorrow afternoon, any questions you have shall be answered then,” I said to them, hearing the sighs of relief as they stood up and practically ran out of the arena, back to wherever they came from.

“Beta?” The one voice I didn’t want to hear right now said softly behind me.

My entire body stiffened as I turned around, looking right at Kadence.

She smirked as she noticed my uncomfortableness towards her, inching closer towards me.

I took a couple of steps back, putting much needed space between us.

“What do you want, Kadence?” I said through clenched teeth, my hands curling into fists from her filthy presence in my space.

“You know what I want,” she said softly, taking another step closer to me, her perfume assaulting my nose, making me cringe in disgust.

“Get away from me, Kadence. You know how I feel about you. If I had my way… you wouldn’t be a part of this pack anymore,” I said in a deadly whisper, leaning in slightly before I pulled away just as fast, watching her face turn into a frown.

“John! Don’t be like that! We had a good thing going you and I… can’t we- can’t we start over?” She asked, battering her eyelashes at me with hope filled eyes.

“No, and don’t ever call me that again. It’s beta to you,” I replied calmly, starting to walk away.

Just as I got outside of the arena her talon like fingers gripped my arm.

“Wait! Please, wait! I- I’m sorry for everything I did to you. Just give me another chance? Okay?” She begged, her grip tightening around my arm.

I ripped myself out of her grip, brushing my arm off in disgust, not knowing what kind of diseases she carried.

“I said no, Kadence! No is a full sentence. So take it for an answer! You didn’t even have to do anything to me… it was all of the things you did to everybody else! Including yourself! Fucking any man that threw himself at you… degrading the other she wolfs and bullying the weaker members… you killed our pup, Kadence! For goddess sake just stay out of my fucking life!” I screamed in her face, spittle flying everywhere from my anger.

Her eyes widened as her mouth opened and closed. Not able to find the words she wanted to say.

Finally, she scoffed, turning her head up as she glared at me.

“It’s because of that whore that we now have to call alpha, isn’t it?” She said, anger laced on her tone.

Before I could react, Titan tore to the front of my mind, gripping her neck tightly and slamming her up against the wall.

“You’ll do better to respect that woman! Unlike you, she’s a real woman. A real alpha, and a great leader. You’ll never be her,” he growled before giving me back control.

I dropped her to the ground, wiping my hands onto my pants with a frown on my face from the fact I touched her.

Without a response she got up and ran away quickly, her sobs the last thing I heard before she disappeared from my sight.

I rolled my eyes, happy she was gone. Wanting nothing to do with her.

She was just a fling, a distraction.

Something to take the edge off of my need for Bella.

‘You shouldn’t have done that,’ I muttered to my wolf, knowing we’ll regret it later, knowing Kadence…

‘You know what I said was true. She needed to be out in her place. No one talks about Bella that way,’ he said before returning to the back of my mind, closing himself off to me.

I groaned as I headed to the pack house, to see Bella.

Hoping Kadence doesn’t start anything.