Spurned Luna’s Return: On Your Knees, Alpha Chase

“I wasn’t talking to you.” Phoenix snapped.

“*scoff* Earlier, no one asked you to chip in uninvited. You started this mess and look where it got you. You and your mate are separated in the same vehicle.” Dante derided. Phoenix folded his arms and looked away as Zyair ignited the engine.

“Rolandro’s gonna scold us for sure.” Lavana said with a sigh.

“Don’t worry, babe. I’ll take all the blame. He can’t beat me, anyway.” Phoenix said with a smug look.

None of them replied to him and they continued the ride in peace. They soon caught up with the other jeep that had been waiting for them ahead.

“Geez! I thought they’d gone far. Turns out they were waiting for us.” Lavana exclaimed.

“We are toast!” Dante muttered as Zyair parked in front of the other jeep that carried Rolandro and co.

Mel got down from the jeep and walked to their vehicle.

“What the hell happened? Why weren’t you following?” Mel berated after Zyair wind down his side of the car window.

“Um… It was….” Lavana couldn’t find the words to speak.

“It was because of me. As you can see, we’ve switched seats. So unless there’s an emergency, there’ll be no stopping. This I can guarantee.” Phoenix said after he wind down his side of the car window.

“You… Do you know how much time we’ve lost because of you?” Mel scolded.

“I know. I know. And I’m sorry.” Phoenix said in a leisure manner.

“You don’t look remorseful.” Mel spat.

“I am. My face is only capable of being humanlike when with my mate and, of course, if I meet a worthy rival. You know your place. You can’t beat me.”

Lavana suddenly opened the door after unfastening the seatbelt. This got their attention.

“Lavana. What are you doing?” Phoenix asked with a furrowed eyebrow.

“Nothing much. I think it’s best if I’m with Rolandro. I can even acknowledge myself as their clanswoman too and have peace. Kill two birds with one stone.”

Her mate widened his eyes. “Eh? You mean you have no peace with me around?”

“I mean, you and trouble are besties. Until you two cut off the connection, I must take some measures. And this is one of them. Bye, dear.” she blew him a kiss. “I love you.”

“Hey,” Phoenix was about to get off, but Mel shook his head.

“Nah, you have to listen to her. She means well, Phoenix.”

“Don’t put your nose in my business, Mel.” Phoenix snapped in ire.

“Stay here. Rolandro and I will take good care of your mate for a few hours. Don’t worry, we’ll deliver her to you in one piece. So I want you to do one thing for me.”

“What?” Phoenix asked with a frown.

“Take care.” Mel stuck out his tongue at Phoenix, who was gritting his teeth. Dante was laughing so hard that tears slid down his eyes while clutching his belly.

“What’s funny?” Phoenix looked ready to kill but Dante ignored his look.

“Bro, you shot yourself in the foot again. Hahaha!”

“Do you believe I can make you unable to speak again?”

“Nah, you don’t dare.”

“You…” Phoenix clenched his hands into fists and looked away.

“So the annoying Mr Phoenix has his day? How touching!” Dante spoke after wiping his tears.

“Hmph. You’ll have your day too. Very soon!” Phoenix spoke in a brooding manner.

“I’m not afraid. By the way, I have a question for you. You aren’t a lone wolf, are you?” Dante suddenly became serious.

“Why the question? Tired of mocking me?” Phoenix asked coldly.

“Oh, come on, man. Don’t take it so seriously. I promise not to laugh again.”

“For Lavana’s sake, I’ll let you off this one time. But there should be no next time.”

“Um… I can’t promise you that.”

“Are you a man at all?” Phoenix looked at Dante unhappily.

“You think I’m a cross-dresser?” the latter replied with a raised eyebrow, his arms folded.

“I didn’t say you were one.”

“Then why ask me that sort of question? Everything about me clearly shows that I’m a male. You, however… Forget it. I don’t want to say.”

“Why don’t you say?” Phoenix asked.

“I don’t wanna get crippled before the competition. The competition will be broadcast live to all packs. I need to look good so my mate can cheer for me.” Dante ruffled through his hair.

“Well, you’re indeed right. If I belonged to a pack, I wouldn’t accept for Lavana to become one of you guys. And not just that, I would take her away. But I intend on joining you guys when we arrive.”

“Oh, that’s great. I promise not to laugh out loud when you’re in a miserable state.”

“Whatever. I’m going to sleep. Wake me when we have arrived.”

Dante nodded and watched as Phoenix closed his eyes. In a minute, he was already snoring.

“Gosh! I shouldn’t have let him sleep.” Dante grunted in frustration.

“Well, you have to deal with it.” Zyair had worn headphones.

Dante felt miserable and covered his ears.

After 30 minutes of driving, Zyair told him to check his bag. Dante found another pair of headphones.

“You… You had these all along?”

“So? Did you ask me if I had a spare? I took pity on you here, bro. If you don’t want…”

“I want them, okay?” Dante quickly wore them and sighed in relief. This Phoenix was so wicked. He’d seen many who snored but Phoenix’s was one of a kind. It should win an award as the best snorer in the history of history!

Heavens know he preferred to fight a vampire than to bear with that snoring noise for another half hour!

These were noise cancellation headphones, but he could still hear, though the snoring sound was much lesser by a lot. It was much more tolerable now.

“Lavana, you deserve better. Not only is he not handsome, he snores like this. This is terrifying.” he shuddered at the thought of having a mate like that. Thankfully, the moon goddess was so kind to him. She gave him a mate that was so beautiful with those huge melons and she doesn’t even snore- just like him. She was one word- Perfect!

…

50 minutes later.

Phoenix suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Dante with glowing red eyes. Dante was busy reading a funny family comic on the net. He didn’t notice that Phoenix was emanating a strong killing intent.

Zyair felt it and looked behind quickly. He saw Phoenix was asleep. Only this time, he wasn’t snoring. He looked ahead again and took off his headphones.

Dante was still engrossed in the comic and Zyair just shook his head. This Phoenix must be the one who let out the killing intent. It wasn’t at them, though. Probably he had a nightmare.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

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In the other jeep, Lavana sat between Mel and Rolandro. She had already acknowledged herself as one of the Blood star members and received a branding on her right arm. It was the crest of the pack, which was a bright red star with dark red markings around it. This hurt, but compared to the pain she suffered on that island, this was a tickle.

Mel gave her a pill, which she swallowed. In 3 minutes, the pain was gone.

“You are good at enduring pain. Honestly, the pain of this branding sent me and my buddy to our knees. We even wanted to puke. That’s the reason I didn’t want you to be branded in the car but you insisted. Phoenix even let out a killing intent because of it. I’m pretty sure he’s gonna look for excuses to beat us up.” said Rolandro.

“Are you afraid?” she asked.

“Nope.” the latter shook his head.

“You’re lying, Rolandro.”

“Alright, you got me. You know, the killing aura he released the first time we met was terrifying. If you didn’t say he was a Beta wolf, I wouldn’t believe that such an aura belonged to a Beta wolf.”

Lavana felt guilty. She’d lied to them about Phoenix being a Beta when he wasn’t. How were they going to react if they find out?

“Well, just the way I’m a rare case, he’s also a rare case, too. He’s stronger than the normal Beta wolf. I can’t beat him, anyway. I’m an Omega after all.”

“You two haven’t battled. And I know you’ll take down a Beta with your strength alone. It’s alright if you can’t beat an Alpha. I just want you to at least experience the competition.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t let Blood star disband.” Lavana swore.