The Beast's Virgin Claim

"After you forsook my mother and me how else am I to say my farewell to you?"

"You know the reason behind it. As an Alpha, I cannot allow my emotions to rule me." Argus shifts his attention towards Tadeas and then turns back to blankly stare at Phobos. He wants to say something to him but he keeps his lips sealed. "Say it. Whatever you wish to say I will hear it."

"I believed I shared a close bond with you one I could not get with my father. But I was mistaken." Phobos's blues soften and he attempts to embrace and console the upset pup who only takes a brusque step rearward creating distance between the both of them and this hurts my male.

"You were not mistaken for we do still share that bond, Argus."

"No, we do not. We never did for if we truly did as you declare you would not have mercilessly hurled mother and me out. Perhaps we have survived purely because of Ragon but if he was not there we would not be alive by now for you deliver 'rightful' punishments."

"Argus," Phobos snarls cautioning him to watch his words and my heart aches for the misbehaving adorable pup I knew has suddenly matured in a matter of weeks.

"Thank you for taking care of my mother and me on behalf of father though we were a burden to you and I thank you for giving my mother that scar on her hand." My male freezes to his taunting words uttered so casually and he closes his eyes with a pained expression.

Argus is too young to understand anything he does not know what he is saying, I hope Phobos sees this and does not take the pup's harsh words to his heart.

"You were never a burden of mine. No matter what I raised and cherished you like you were my own. Between the both of us, you will always have a seat at my table Argus."

"I do not wish to be at your table Alpha Phobos. My loyalties do not lie with you anymore. I wish you both well and the future Alpha of course for I will never return to these lands again." With those unforgiving words that stab brutally into my male's heart, he spins on his heels and strolls back to the waiting vehicle.

"I will wait for your visit Argus!" Phobos bellows with a loudness that reverberates all around us but his words go unanswered for the pup coldly climbs into the truck and slams the door shut behind him. As the vehicle exits our gates I study Phobos who harbours so much despair in those luminous eyes that are now dimming to the results of his decision made as the Alpha.

"He will come around, I am sure of it. He is still a pup he will only understand your decision when he becomes a juvenile."

"I shall miss him terribly but I am sure I will be proud of the male he will become. My brother will look after him well."

"You trained him, you raised him. He will become a fine young warrior or even Kal's beta." I beam gaining a faint smile from him in return. He wants to be a part of Argus's growth he wants to be there to congratulate him on his victories, to scold him for his mistakes, to tease him with playfulness as a father would. That pup has a special place in his heart and the little one was not able to see it.

"Do you think he will come to visit me?"

"Eventually. I know he loves you he will surely return to show you the male he has become. At the end of the day, you were like his father he would want you to be proud of him."

"I hope so too. That male has always been stubborn just like you when you were his age." Phobos sways on the heels of his feet rubbing the back of a fussing Tadeas who is changing position in his sleep. I am pleased my mate can carry the little beast for a long period for I cannot do so without getting aches all over my body.

Though Tadeas does not have a big belly he is heavier and chubbier than most males his age which is quite adorable but at the same time, his weight makes it difficult for me to handle him.

"Will you be showing me the home you have built for us now?"

"It looks like my female is eager." He chortles with a glint of a tease in the base of his voice as he winds his arm around my slender shoulder and guides me into the serene wilderness.

"Of course I am. It is an immense surprise for me, I did not expect it rather I had forgotten all about it."

"I promised that I would build you a house after you finished your training. Tadeas will need privacy as he matures I do not want the eyes of our wolves to be constantly on him and I can train him in private more easily that way."

"Will he be safe there? Would he not be much safer here?"

"I will protect you both with my life, Theia. You have nothing to fear and Tadeas will be freer there. When he connects with his beast for the first time he would be drowning in chaos and anxiety our wolves will be in danger with him close to them. Nature will allow him to go in search of a place where he can find peace in uniting with his beast as she did for me.

She consoles and welcomes beasts like us, Theia. We are different indeed we have a certain power that is above all, we are feared and respected just because of who we are but all this comes with a package which is too heavy for us to carry."