Chapter 73: Indifference

The temperature in the chamber dropped drastically as soon as Roman’s voice fell.

Killian’s eyes turned lethal like a sharpened sword as he glanced at Roman, who was only staring at Damien.

But Damien did not react instantly. He only addressed Roman with calm eyes that looked as though nothing could cause a ripple in.

“Are you in such a hurry to die?” He merely asked and the smile on Roman’s face dropped. “Were you so deeply unconscious that you did not hear that the dose of aphrodisiac you were given is enough to cripple a man for life? Well, I don’t blame you. After years of debanchery, you must have lost the ability to give birth as it is.”

Roman’s visage turned ugly.

He glared at Damien, but could not find the right words to refute him.

After a while, he gritted his teeth and replied grumpily, “One of your mansion’s maids served me wine last night. And as a lover of wine, who would refuse such a good thing? Who would have expected that my body would begin reacting oddly afterwards? And then, Miss Hazel came just right in at that moment.” He explained, then suddenly turned to Hazel.

“Speaking of which, Miss Hazel's arrival sure is coincidental. If I didn’t know that you were the Alpha’s slave, I would have thought that you were interested in me and added an aphrodisiac to the wine the maid brought to me.” He said, smiling leisurely.

Hazel, who has been quietly listening to their conversations all along raised her head and directed a sneer at Roman, “You think too much. I am not so idle to spike your drink when there are other important things to do. Rather than do that, I would rather save my energy for something meaningful. Moreover, I prefer men who do not collapse at the first sip.”

A stifled laugh from both Matilda and Killian rang out after Hazel's voice fell.

Roman’s face was dark and ugly.

The faint mockery in the air was like a slap to his face. He knew what Hazel meant and it irritated him. But with her sitting beside the Alpha, he could not do anything to her.

Then, Roman remembered that even when Damien was not with her, he still could not handle the woman. Last night, he had even failed to take her down, whenever he thought about it, Roman would feel himself getting angry.

And it was not different this time as well.

Hazel was the first woman he was unable to handle.

No wonder Damien is all over her.

But Roman sneered and replied, “Miss Hazel sure is so bold that you can speak to anybody regardless of their status. Is it because you have the Alpha’s support? Let me tell you, his support is temporary, sooner or later, like he always does for others, he will lose interest in you, cast you aside and find another woman. You are just one of them, not anything special. Miss Hazel must think that he might make to his Luna, I’m afraid you are thinking too highly of yourself.” He said mockingly.

But Hazel showed no change in her expression.

“So what? Am I not better in comparison to some people who think they can become the next Alpha with such minuscule skills?” She said calmly and Roman literally choked on his next words.

Green veins popped out of his forehead and he gritted his teeth.

The Alpha status should have belonged to his family in the next place. But because Damien’s parents were powerful and they won the people’s grace and favor, they took that opportunity from Roman’s family.

Gradually, their family, who had once occupied a prestigious position in the pack, with his Father a great elder, was reduced to a mere elder status and it was even the second elder at that.

He has harbored a grudge against Damien’s family because of this and had always wanted to prove to everybody that he was better than Damien.

No one said anything about their subtle competitions, even though they all knew it. No one had the guts to say it out loud that Roman could not compete with Damien, until now.

Roman almost flared up.

How could it be?

Not enough skills?

Even if his skills are not enough to take Damien down, it is enough to destroy Hazel. Just a snap of his fingers was enough and her life would come crashing down.

He glared at Hazel and she did not cower ever so slightly. She never liked him to begin with and she was never afraid of him.

Hazel was not even afraid of Damien, so why would she be afraid of some Roman? It didn’t make sense. She would be embarrassing her father in heaven if she did.

Seeing the disdain and contempt in Hazel’s eyes, Roman didn’t have to ask to know what she was thinking.

His jaw clenched so tightly that a vein pulsed visibly at his temple and his cheeks. His pride, already bruised by Damien earlier, had been completely trampled.

By a woman nonetheless.

Did she think that he won’t be able to do anything to her because she had Damien’s support for now? If he wanted to kill her, he could do so easily.

“You…” He began, but his words died in his throat.

Over and over again, she had spoken to him like he was some lowly servant, disrespecting himself and his status. And the most annoying thing is that she keeps getting away with it.

Hazel did not even blink under his glare, she met it calmly as though daring him to do whatever he wanted to do.

And somehow, the indifference and calmness in her eyes angered Roman even more.

To be mocked was one thing.

And to be disdained was another story entirely.

But she won’t be able to hide behind Damien for long. By the time he is ready for her, nobody would come to her rescue.