Three

A few minutes after Lior left to give privacy to the elders to talk about the problems in the pack, Callus, one of the oldest members of the alpha council, approached their alpha leader. "Alpha, I just noticed that this is the third time that Alaric hasn't attended the pack meeting," he commented. Alaric is Lior's older brother and will be the next alpha leader, but many people don't like him, and Callus is one of them. Unbeknownst to everyone, the old man has a hidden grudge against the young man, so he is more willing to let Lior sit in as the alpha leader. Meonil sighed before answering his friend. "He's in the other town right now and finishing talking with our ally pack," he explained.

In fact, it was Meonil who ordered him not to attend the pack meeting first and to finish what he was asking Alaric to do for the time that the young man has completed all his orders so that he can gain the trust of the Alpha Council before he becomes Alpha Leader. Meonil knows that many people are against Alaric taking his place because of the sin he committed. "Has Lior found his mate yet?" Ramon asked Eden's stepmother's brother. Meonil shook his head and answered. "He has reached the right age, but he is still not looking for anything." Meonil and Alwina, his mate and wife, tried to ask the pack shaman about Lior's situation, but they found out that an omega would not be the young man's mate because they thought he was a human, so they accepted.

"Why don't you introduce to the omegas that there are no mates in the pack yet?" suggested Callus. Everyone looked at him and then continued to speak. "You know someone likes him; then Lior is handsome; even my daughter likes him." Meonil just shook his head and answered. "We don't force him first; then I give my son the freedom to choose a marriage partner." Although he will never force Lior, the young man already knows what is right and wrong, and he has made his own decision. "Maybe your son will grow old." They laughed at Callus' comment. On the other hand, Eden was done with her work at the pack clinic, so she thought of going around before going home. When he got to the side of the garden, someone grabbed his hand and pulled him. Eden groaned in pain as his back hit the wall.

Lior quickly pinned the other alpha's hands above his head with only one hand, while his vacant hand held Eden's chin to lift up to look at him. Eden hissed, trying to remove himself from the other male, causing the other to grin. "Let me go, bastard," he whispered under his breath. Lior shook his head. "Why would I? We're not done yet, Eden, and I didn't like your words to me earlier." Lior leaned down closer to the other male, making them almost kiss because of their one-inch distance. "What do you need?" Eden said angrily, still trying to remove the young man's hold on him. Lior raised an eyebrow before speaking. "What do I want? Hmmm.”

"A kiss might be good." Eden glared at him. "That's not a good joke, Lior," he said, but Lior shook his head. "Do you think I'm joking, Eden? Do you want everyone to know what happened to us?” Eden was stunned to hear from the young man, "Just try it," he muttered then Lior added. "Then give me what I need every time I ask it so that I keep quiet and I want this time to have a kiss from you." Eden looks at him for a second waiting for the other male to take back what he said but there are no traces of joking from Lior, he had no choice but to give what Lior wants so he can leave. He closes his eyes imagine that he was going to kiss the girl he likes, Lior got surprised by what the young man in front of him would do because he didn't expect Eden to easily give up that's why without any hesitation he captures the soft lips of the other male

Lior tries to lick Eden's lips to make them open, but he didn't expect the next thing that happened: Eden bit his tongue. He immediately let go of the young man. "You already got what you wanted; don't bother me again," Eden said, watching Lior cover his mouth. Fortunately, he will quickly think of a way to get a better chance to escape. Lior can't talk; instead, he glares at Eden. "I'm leaving, Alpha," he added. He immediately left the place without minding Lior; the other male was just watching him disappear, but next time he wouldn't let him leave. After Eden returned to their house, he saw his father sitting on the sofa. He approached him to greet him. "Da-" Before he could continue, a cold hand landed on his cheeks, causing his head to tilt. Eden never expected that his father would suddenly become violent towards him; Valentine would only verbally abuse him, not like this.

"You lied; you had told me that you slept at Nico's house; if Victor hadn't told me that his daughter invited you to attend the party, I wouldn't have known everything that happened," Valentine muttered while looking at his own son with disgust. "You were Victoria's last companion before everything happened, so when I find out that you were the one who raped her, I won't hesitate to marry you just to not shame our family." The older male threatened, then immediately left to go to his office. He had to calm down himself, or he might hurt his son even more. Eden tried not to react or defend himself based on what his father had said so that the situation wouldn't get worse. He also walked to his room, and unbeknownst to him, his stepmother was listening to the conversation between the two of them.