The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

“Let closing arguments finish up. After you and the jury leave, Leo collapses, holding his chest. Rush Leo to the clinic with medics, gurney, mask, the whole bit. Spread rumors that he’s had a heart attack, and it doesn’t look good. When you finally return to the trial, announce that Leo Volkov died of a massive heart attack. Suspend the trial until the morning. Then you have the Captain here wire up Mark for sound as he goes to collect.”

Chairman Sanders looked down at Mark. “You have ten seconds to agree to this plan, or you go to the cells.”

“I’ll do it,” he said. “I’m not dying for that bitch’s problems.”Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

The Chairman looked at the guard captain. “Make it happen. We’re going back to the Pack House before we attract suspicion. And NO ONE says a thing about this, do it all over the link.” The Chairman grabbed me and pulled me out of the room with him. “That was good work,” he said. “You’ve become a fine Alpha.”

“Thank you, sir.”

“The doctors know what to do now, they’ve given him the anti-toxin. He’s heading back to the courtroom now.” I breathed a sigh of relief.

I’d saved his life.

I waited until he had left and returned to the Pack House before I exited the home. “Where are you, my love?”

“At the clinic,” she said.

“Meet me by the fountain,” I said. I moved over to the formal garden, sitting on a bench. A minute later, Pamela sat in my lap. “Things are going to happen soon. We need to react as people would expect, but know that everything is all right,” I told her.

“What’s going on?”

“Trust me, love. I can’t say.” I set her on her feet. “We need to get back inside.”

We got in just before the bailiff called everyone to their feet. Chairman Sanders called the hearing to order, and Counselor Albertson walked to the jury. “This is a simple matter for us,” he said. “Banishment is permanent and total. Once banished, no Pack can take them in. They are permanently outside our society, doomed to die alone. The defense would have you believe that this isn’t the case. Why, all you have to do is gather five people, declare yourself Alpha, and we have to welcome you back with open arms! Does this make ANY sense at all? Can you imagine the problems it will create if Rogue Alphas hear about this?” He paused for effect. “Put an end to this madness. Leo and Adrienne are rogues on Pack land. Uphold the decision.”

He sat down, and Lawrence practically jumped to his feet. “This is a simple decision,” he said. “Leo Volkov committed no crimes. Alpha Leo voluntarily accepted banishment as part of a peaceful power transfer, for the good of his Pack. He isolated himself for five years before he found a reason to be an Alpha again. He gathered members, declared himself and his intentions to the surrounding Alphas, and rescued the jobs and the Pack of the same ones who had to ignore him.” He turned and pointed at Leo. “The Council Chairman himself recognized his Alpha position when he showed at his home with a Mediator. The Council invited him here, with him arranging for his bonding ceremony with Luna Adrienne to happen in front of you all. If these are the acts of a rogue, I pray to Luna that ALL our Alphas be rogues like him,” he said.

Turning back to the jury, he finished up. “It is the Council that has wronged Alpha Leo, welcoming him here as Alpha before arresting him for trespassing. Overturn the order, and welcome Leo and Adrienne as the Alpha and Luna of the Miesville Pack.”

He sat down, and the Chairman finished up with jury instructions. “The trial is in recess until the jury returns with its verdict,” he said as he banged his gavel.

“All RISE,” the bailiff said. We waited until both the jury and the Council filed out before we were allowed to move.

“Nice job, Counselor,” I said as I went over to thank him. “Leo?” Leo was grabbing his left shoulder. “Leo, are you all right?”

His eyes rolled back, and he fell to the floor. His guards rolled him onto his back, one of them checking him out. “He’s not breathing,” he said.

Adrienne was freaking out as her guards hauled her out of the way. One of the guards tore off Leo’s shirt, while another guard knelt next to him and began CPR.

“MEDIC!! MEDIC!!” One of the guards ran outside, heading for the Clinic.

“MAKE A HOLE,” a man yelled. He ran up and handed a guard the portable defibrillator kept in the Pack offices.

The Clinic wasn’t far away, and the EMT’s arrived in minutes. The AED was not connected yet, and they quickly transferred him from the floor to the gurney and strapped him in while the pads were connected. The guard straddled him to continue CPR while they moved out. They pushed Leo out the door as the rest of us watched in shock.

“Oh, Luna! MOM,” I said. She was off to the side, the guards holding her up as she was crying and begging Leo to wake up. “MOM, STAY STRONG, HE’LL SURVIVE THIS,” I yelled to her.

Chairman Sanders came back into the room. “Release her, she needs to be with her mate,” he said. “Guard her and leave the collar.”

“Yes, sir,” the guards said.

A minute later, I had an arm around Mom as I helped her over to the clinic. Pamela ran ahead and got the door for us. The nurse led the three of us to a conference room, where Leo was sitting in a chair. He was laughing and drinking a Coke with the doctors and the guards. “You’re all right,” Pamela said in shock.

“You can’t say anything,” I told her. “Someone paid to get Leo killed, and we’re going to let them think it worked.

“I’m good,” she said as she hugged Adrienne tight. “You knew about it too?”

“We had to make it public and convincing,” Mom said.

Pamela laughed as they both sat down. “You had me convinced. I’d have lost my shit out there if Anthony hadn’t told me everything would be all right.”

We talked for about ten minutes before the guard got a mental message. “Time for Phase two,” he said. “Luna Adrienne, you’ll have to scream loud enough for them to hear you in the Pack House. We’ll simulate sedating you. Alpha Anthony, Luna Pamela, you’ll return to the Alphas and pass on the news. Massive heart attack, doctors did everything they could, you know.”

“I do,” I said. “Mom and Leo will stay here tonight?”

“Yes, we’ll guard them in a room. Everyone involved in this is under Alpha orders not to say anything.” He opened the door. “Whenever you’re ready, Luna.”

The scream Mom let out nearly broke my eardrums. “NO!! LEO!” She broke out in sobs, then stopped when the door closed.

We waited a few more minutes before we put on our sad panda faces and walked out. Most of the people present at the Summit had gathered outside the clinic, waiting for word. I gripped Pamela’s hand as I stopped at looked at them. “At nine twenty-nine, Alpha Leo Volkov was pronounced dead. The doctors did all they could, but the heart damage was too extensive. We would ask that you keep his family in your prayers.”

I led Pamela through the group, many expressing their sympathies as we went by. I took my mate to our room and locked the door.