Alpha's Little Vampire Mate
CHAPTER 146

Marcus's POV

I paced the halls of my pack, my mind a cauldron of emotions. I've never been so confused my entire life and I hate being cut unawares.

Lizzie's threats had me seeing red, and I could feel my wolf scratching at the surface, clawing its way to the forefront.

Without my mate, my Chloe, to ground me, I feared I was losing control and it was bad for me. This was the major reason I attacked Lily. My wolf was gradually possessing me and if I do not replace Chloe soon, I might eventually lose control of my senses.

Titus did his best to calm my rage, but his words only seemed to fuel the fire.

And then there was Mark, warning me away from his wife, Lily. It was all becoming too much, the pressure mounting with each passing day. My mind churned like a turbulent sea, always returning to the one thing I knew had to be done.

I had to confront Lizzie, to make her understand that I wanted nothing more to do with her.

But how?

Would she listen or would she use this opportunity to hurt me even more?

Lizzie was so hard headed and anything she set her mind to, she always achieved it irrespective of how difficult it might seem.

Though her powers don't match mine, her sense of greed and power was something I just couldn't handle but I knew I had to make her see reason.

I had to replace a way to get through to her, even if it meant swallowing my pride and admitting that I had made mistakes in the past.

I just want her out of my life.

"Look who finally decided to grace me with his presence after waiting here for hours, how unfair."

Lizzie's voice slithered through the air like a venomous serpent and my heart hammered in my chest, my body trembling with a mixture of fury and fear. "Lizzie, I." I growled, my voice low and dangerous. "What are you doing here?"

Lizzie smirked, her eyes gleaming like shards of obsidian.

"Oh, I think you know why I'm here, Marcus." she purred, swirling the liquor in her glass.

"You can't continue barging into my pack unannounced. You did it the first time and I pardoned you and you're doing it again, who even granted you access?"

She chucked as she stared at me.

"You really do underestimate me Marcus, I know this pack like the back of my hand. You remember when we use to sneak in here, and you fuck life out of me right on this table?" She said, taking her lips in between her teeth.

I hated to admit it but she still had that effect on me. I am afraid if she stays here longer, I might actually end up doing what I would regret.

"If you have nothing important to say Lizzie, I suggest you get yourself off that chair. I've work to do and you're wasting my time."

"You don't have to push me out, when I am going to sit on your throne eventually. It'd be nice to be the first female Alpha of this pack, don't you think so baby?"

The audacity of her words ignited a flame within me, and I took a step forward, my hands balling into fists. "You will never sit on my throne," I snarled, my voice dripping with venom. "Not as long as I am alive, how dare you Lizzie, you're doing too much, don't make me put you in your place. What makes you think I'll watch you sit on my throne and I'll allow it?"

Lizzie's smile widened, a sickly sweet gesture that made my blood run cold. "Oh, Marcus" she cooed, her voice like silk.

"You underestimate me. I always get what I want. And what I want is you. All you have to do is agree to my terms, it's that simple. Why are you being so stubborn? You and I know you still have feelings for me, I see the way you look at me baby, I am not blind."

My heart pounded against my ribs, the weight of her words crushing me like a vice. Lizzie had always been ambitious, ruthless even, but this was a new level of depravity.

She wanted me, she wanted my throne, and she was willing to do anything to get it.

I swallowed hard, trying to keep my composure, but my wolf was snarling, begging to be let loose.

"Your terms?" I asked, the words heavy and thick in my throat. "What exactly are your terms, Lizzie?"

I cannot believe I was agreeing to her demands already, but I could feel it in my guts that she was up to no good and it was best I agreed to her demands now that things had not escalated. I didn't have to start elongating things till it finally got complicated.

I couldn't even agree to her demands, it sounded so out of place.

Why would she even want me when she was still mated to Jason?

What is it with these women, what was it about me that made them open their legs in my face without me asking.

Rage was swelling up inside me just watching her and I fought the urge not to snap her neck in half.

She was doing too much and it was irritating me. She was the reason all this chaos was happening. If she had just stayed in her lane and forgot about me, just the way I did her, we wouldn't be having these issues.

"My terms are simple, Alpha." Lizzie purred, her eyes glowing with determination.

"First, you will make me Luna. You will give me the title, the status, and the respect that I deserve. Second, you will unmate Chloe. You will free yourself from that weakling, that nothing, and give yourself to me, body and soul." She took a sip of her drink, her eyes never leaving mine.

"And finally, you will love our child. You will embrace our daughter as your heir, as the future of Blackwood Pack."