Chapter 0184
Mike POV
"Wait? Really?" I muttered to myself. "Like I can just sit here and pretend that these fuckers don't exist. Ignore my Alpha and his questions." I added out of frustration.
"Oh, you're such a pansy!" Astaroth laughed into my head seconds before I felt pain like nothing I had felt before exploding in my mouth.
"What, wait!" I tried to say but stumbled over my words, my tongue swelling to the size of a balloon.
"There you go. I fixed the issue." Astaroth chuckled darkly, the sound setting my nerves on edge.
"Michael Green!" Leigh bellowed, but I said nothing. Not that I could.
"What did you do?" I thought, knowing the demon was lurking.
"Imp bite, I hear they are rather nasty. Which I guess is why Lucifer keeps them round." Astaroth replied, amused.
"Mike, you will answer me." Alpha Leigh growled as he stomped over to where I sat battered and bruised. I had hoped Liam or Adam would have stepped in, I was their 'prisoner' after all. However, they stepped away, leaving me at my Alpha's mercy. "Jackasses." Flint snapped inwardly, making me smirk, something that seemed to aggravate Leigh. His hand grappled with my shirt, tugging me at him as he pulled the gag from my mouth.
"Ouchhh!" I screamed through swollen lips, not that it was audible to them, as pain exploded in the back of my head from the force of the gag being removed.
"Fuck. This had best be worth it!" I barked to Astaroth, still sensing him in the back of my mind.
"It will be." He grunted before he vanished, leaving me alone with my own demons.
"He is right... You are a pansy!" Flint moaned with embarrassment.
"You will clear Charlotte's name and tell us the truth." Leigh roared, his spit landing on my face, making my cheeks lift in disgust.
"NOW!" He screamed, my eyes met with Luna Laura as she stepped beside her mate, her hand resting on his shoulder in that 'baby look at me' way she did whenever she wanted to manipulate our Alpha to her own ends. "Women! They have too much power!" I groaned to Flint, his silence spoke volumes as he chose to ignore me.
"He is obviously lying. He is jealous over losing Lottie." She smugly laughed. Squinting my eyes at her, found myself thankful for the swollen tongue because I was
tempted to tell her to go was
herself,
that her precious twins were not that
special.
"He is not!" Lilly whined, not exactly helping my case with her childish behaviour. "Why would I lie Daddy?" She added, playing on the word Daddy, as she drew it out and looked up through her long fake lashes, proving my point about women. "I need to hear it from him," Leigh demanded, his eyes never leaving mine. Opening my mouth, I made a good show of trying to reply to them and instead spat all over them, as I babbled like a fool.
"Careful, you don't know what you
will catch getting that close to him." Knox laughed into the room. Every pair of eyes shot up and behind to the door where Knox strolled in like he hadn't just vanished in a fucking portal. Narrowing my eyes on the large fucker I waited for him to address me given the accusations he had just walked in on. But he said nothing, instead he held the door open for Kane and Lottie.
"Thank Goddess!" Luna gasped as Leigh let out a shriek of relief. He was already making his way over to where the trio stood, but he paused. His shoulders drooped as he held his hand out for Luna to wait. All eye's feasted on the exchange between father and his sons.
"We need to talk." Knox barked, Kane's eyes levelled on his father, something unreadable playing on his face.
"Everyone out." Kane muttered when he finally spoke.
"Yeah, like I can just fucking leave." I muttered inwardly, pulling on the restraints to make a point as I babbled for help. Liam rolling his eyes, stepped towards me, his eyes harsh and unwavering. "We both know you could get this off... or at least your wolf can." He whispered lowly, clearly counting on the fact everyone else was wolfless and couldn't overhear our conversation.
"Bastard!" I breathed nervously to Flint as I lifted my eyes to meet Liam's. I smirked but gave him my best 'I am innocent' eyes.