Stealing the limelight

The next minute, Alice was roughly flung to the door, which made a loud noise. The door had opened due to the force and all eyes were glued on the miserable looking lady on the floor.

Josh stood frozen as he watched how his sister was being treated. He felt miserable knowing he could not do anything only because he was still young.

Mother Theresa immediately ran towards Abigail, but before she could get to her, she was stopped by the guard who had flung Alice away.

Murmurings were heard and the giggles of the peacocks could be clearly heard.

"What's going on here?" The middle-aged man, who had formerly addressed the guest, strolled out. He had on a look of disgust as he stared at Josh, Mother Theresa and Alice, who was still sprawled miserably on the floor.

"Alpha, they appeared out of nowhere and insisted that you invited them. I knew you had important guests tonight, that was why I refused to let them in", the guard who flung Alice bowed respectfully. The air of arrogance he once carried was nowhere to be found. Now, he appeared to be a tamed lion.

"Is that so? Anyway, you're right about me having influential guests and don't sweat it, I invited them over", the Alpha answered with a sly smile gracing his lips.

"Wow… breathtaking…. I didn't expect to be graced with such a sight at this party. The trip was definitely worth it" Alpha Sebastian, the Alpha with the bad reputation, walked out of the crowd and stood before Alice's figure, staring at her intently.

Meanwhile, Alice shuddered as she heard his voice. Although she was an outcast in the pack, but that didn't mean she was oblivious to everything going on in the pack. She didn't need to raise her head to know who spoke.

Alice ducked her head further into the floor, hoping the ground would split apart and swallow her up. Her hopes got shattered when her bare arm suddenly went cold. She shuddered in fright and subconsciously touch it, and in place of a smooth arm were five bony fingers.

"Here, let me help you up", Sebastian smiled as he held Alice by her arms and pulled her up. Intentionally, he let his arms trail towards her fingers and held them in his large palms.

"Nice fingers you've got there. Perfect for the job". No one moved as they stared at the interaction between Alice and Sebastian. They were dumbfounded, because they had never witnessed or heard of the gentle side of the ruthless and cruel Alpha.

Alice felt uncomfortable as her fingers were being examined. She ducked her head hoping the damned Alpha would let her be, but fate had other plans in store for her.

Knowing that there was no way she could escape without showing her face, Alice summoned her courage and raised her head to meet his eyes. As soon as she did, she froze as he stared at those shining dark orbs.

"Take a picture, it lasts longer", Sebastian smirked as he stared at the beauty in his arms. He was bored sitting in the midst of the nosy she wolves when he heard the commotion. Seeing that he had nothing to do, he chose to come and. now, he was grateful he came, if not, he'd not have met such beauty. Alice coughed in embarrassment, knowing that she'd been caught checking him out. Even though he was cruel and ruthless, she couldn't deny he was a very handsome man.

"Thank you", Alice choked out while blushing in embarrassment.

At the far end of the hall stood Veronica and Justin, whose fist was clenched for no reason he knew of. His wolf scratched him, fighting to be let out, and Justin knew it was just a matter of time before he coughed out blood. Ever since he had caught a glimpse of the distressed figure in red, his wolf stared and a little part of him felt uncomfortable.

Veronica saw Justin being distracted, and she glared at Alice, who was unaware of this. She began plotting different scenarios in which she'd make Justin hate her. She had been told that the time was near, but she didn't expect it to be this soon. Not only that, but she smiled evilly as an idea popped into her head.

"Babe, why don't we check out what's going on there", she said as she clung unto Justin's arm. Justin, who wasn't a. fan of gossips couldn't say no to her and agreed.

They both walked to the end of the hall and stood behind the crowd, making their appearance unknown to Alice, Sebastian, the Alpha and those who weren't far from them.

Meanwhile, the Alpha of Alice's pack, Alpha Steve, realized Alice was stealing the limelight and grew unhappy about it. He wanted everyone's attention to be on he and his family alone, but the interaction between Sebastian and Alice was also what he wanted.

"Alright everyone, let's all take our seats and enjoy the party", Alpha Steve said, making everyone slowly dismiss.

Chloe stomped her foot angrily as soon as she saw the scrawny omega and her family who happened to be Alice, Josh and Mother Theresa.

She found it hard to accept that Alice was a rare beauty. This made her hate Alice more, and she felt like scratching Alice's face until she bled.

She had always been praised wherever she went to, and she was still drowning in people's praises when Alice stole her limelight. There was no one who was more dangerous than a jealous she Wolf.

Praises she was hearing about Alice wasn't helping matters.

Not wanting to accept defeat, she immediately ran to the podium and tapped the microphone, completely gaining everyone's attention like she wanted. Everyone dispersed to their seat apart from Sebastian who was still blatantly admiring Alice, Josh, and Mother Theresa.

"Hello everyone, I'm Chloe, Alpha Steve's daughter, and I'll like to make a speech to all ears".

Warning: steamy chapter ahead