Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 216

“What the heck is happening?” Madeline wondered as she saw a crowd of people surrounding Xavier’s office. They weren’t usually all crowded together; they were usually busy training, practising archery or hunting for prey themselves.

Briar gasped, once she heard what people were whispering about.

One beta used their mind link to communicate with their friend.

‘Madeline’s here, you think Alpha Xavier will tell her what happened?’

‘You serious? You think he doesn’t want to get all the answers first before he goes telling her what happened? Wasn’t Madeline close to Omega Indiana? And you know how much he cares for her, they’re in love or something!’

‘I guess, he’s been way happier since she came here. Does he not remember she’s the ex-alpha’s daughter or has he lost his mind?’

‘True love persists, even if she’s the daughter of the man he despises,’ the other replied with.

Madeline squeezed through the crowd, Briar following close behind her, curious as to what had happened. Everyone was completely silent – she figured they were chattering amongst themselves using their mind links.

She stared at them all, watching as Xavier’s door opened.

“Scatter, all of you. Away from my office, now,” Xavier ordered sternly, his face as stoic as ever.

He realised she was amongst the crowd and his gaze softened. Madeline took it as a hint to enter his office.

Briar whispered to her, “I’ll go find Quince. Go.”

[Author’s Note: And yes, Quince is Adrian’s last name. Briar used it to hide the fact she was going to find Beta Adrian and to prevent stirring up a ruckus.]

The others followed Xavier’s orders, scattering and returning to whence they came. They knew better than to disobey their alpha’s orders, even if they wanted to know what happened. Rest assured Xavier would inform them if there was anything important he needed to know.

Madeline walked over to Xavier’s office, “What is going on?”

Xavier ushered her in his office.

“Someone was found roaming Eudora’s vicinity,” he calmly replied.

“And what’s this someone doing?”

“I’m not so sure about that till I get proper answers, although he hasn’t managed to get past Eudora’s barriers,” he answered, before he snorted.

“Is it something to laugh about?”

“No, it’s not. I just remember who managed to get past Eudora’s barriers and show up during a Eudorian ceremony, and the other day I went on my third date with her.”

She rolled her eyes, “Shouldn’t you be interrogating whoever this person is?”

“He’s with Adrian at the current moment.”

Madeline stiffened.

‘Crap, wasn’t Briar going to search for Adrian?’

“What is it?”

A knock came from the door.

Xavier opened the door, only to find Lawrence staring at him.

“You heard,” Xavier reckoned, a frown returning to his face now that Lawrence was standing right in front of him.

“Of course I did, I was interrupted from my morning exercise,” Lawrence said, straightening his shirt.

“I’m not letting you in my office,” Xavier said, adding, “I have important business to attend to.”

“So you’re going to leave me alone with Madeline?” Lawrence asked, waving at Madeline who was standing right behind Xavier at that given moment. He greeted, “Hey there.”

Xavier took a deep breath, “You touch her, lose a hand. I’ll be on my way now. Lawrence, step away from my office. Darling, you should leave now.”

“The difference is astounding,” Lawrence commented, bitter about how Xavier treated Madeline better than how he treated his own brother.

Madeline walked past the threshold, patting Xavier on the shoulder before he shut the door behind him and zipped off.

Lawrence sniffed her, a strange look on his face.

“Why do you smell like cake and soil?”

She answered, “I visited my dead friend.”

He eyed her warily, “Dead friend, you said that so casually.”

Madeline denied it, “I’m not saying it casually.”

“You’re far more twisted than I ever realised,” Lawrence replied, staring at her with his eyes narrowed.

“Also, you up for drinks? Get to know each other.”

Madeline shook her head almost instantly, “I don’t do well with drinks, and there’s no way I’m drinking with you.”

“Why? Scared you’ll do something you probably won’t regret doing?” Lawrence questioned, feigning ignorance.

Madeline acted like Lawrence had never said that.

“Don’t you have somewhere to be?”

Lawrence shrugged, “Nope, I have a free schedule. Meaning, I can do whatever I want, with whoever I want.”

“Blegh.”

It was then Lawrence decided to gather some intel.

“That Briar girl, I’m assuming you’re friends with her.”

“I am, why?”

“Is there something going on between her and that beta?”

Madeline raised her brow.

“If I answer that question, will you stop trying to get in my pants?”

He grinned, “Never.”

“What if Xavier punches you again?”

“I can take another punch.”

“You say that until you get punched another time.”

“The sex would probably be worth it,” Lawrence said, before he saw the expression on Madeline’s face. He pressed his lips into a line, “I’m kidding.”

“If I drink with you, would you shut up?” Madeline asked hopefully.

“That would depend.”

She grumbled, “Unlike you, I can get drunk. I don’t have some super fast metabolism that allows me to drink as much as I want and not get drunk.”

He said as a matter-of-factly, “I don’t know if someone’s told you this yet but we werewolves can get drunk. All you’ve got to do is add some wolfsbane to alcohol and boom! Drunk. Also, aren’t you a werewolf yourself?”

Madeline kept quiet.

“I shouldn’t have asked that, huh.”

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Briar searched nearly the entirety of Eudora for Adrian. And yet, she was unable to find him.

If only she knew what Adrian was doing, interrogating the person whilst she was desperately trying to find him to talk to him.

She figured he was busy doing beta things, so she decided to wait it out until he returned or paid her a visit.

“Adrian, where in the hell are you?” She wondered to herself.