Page 21 of Alpha’s Possession

“Good. In that case, you can help me get her to quit or find a good reason to fire her,” he announces and brings the glass back to his lips.

“Wait, you want to fire her?” I ask, a little too shocked for my own good. The office really needed an assistant, and none of us are good at keeping up with the place the way she had on her first day.

I know Thane can be cruel to the employees. Shit, I’ve lost track of the number of times we had to cover up their deaths when Thane let his temper get the best of him. But I worry he might go too far this time, simply because she is an Omega.

He wants me to make her quit, or find a reason to fire her, but what if I can’t do that? What if Zara turns out to be more challenging than Thane thinks? What if she can take any humiliation Thane dishes out and still keep working with a straight face, like a true professional?

Or what if she’s so good at what she does that there won’t be any actual reason to fire her? It’s not like I can pull a reason out of my ass. I’m not a magician.

Thane chuckles and shakes his head as if I amuse him. “They always break. She will be no different.”

Chapter Fifteen

~Raidon~

Thane lets out a breath and places his glass back on the table. “Rhen is on board; I already spoke to him. Leon, though, I don’t trust him with this job. You know how he gets whenever he’s around Omegas,” he explains.

I nod at his observation, fully aware of the truth behind his words. We all know why Leon went back to that strip club—he was looking for that Omega.

The door to the dining room opens, and I sigh in relief the moment I get a whiff of Leon’s and Rhen’s scents. However, I can’t say I missed the smell of Leon’s fear mixed with his arousal.

Leon knows precisely what is coming his way. The moment we catch his scent, Thane is already getting out of his seat.

Rhen walks in first and Leon is right behind him, nervously glancing around Rhen as if he can use him as a shield. As soon as Leon spots me, a cheeky grin spreads across his lips. I do my best to stifle a chuckle when I hear Thane slide his chair across the floor and tuck it back in place at the table.

The sound of his movements don’t go unnoticed by Leon. His eyes widen in horror. Just as I thought. Yep, he knows exactly what is coming his way now. He shouldn’t have lied to Thane’s face. Maybe then, we wouldn’t end up in this mess together. But what did I expect? We always end up pulled into Leon’s dramas, even when we have nothing to do with it.

Leon is our youngest mate and a cheeky little shit who loves pressing Thane’s buttons and testing his patience. I swear, sometimes it seems like Leon enjoys Thane’s punishments more than he fears them.

My eyes follow Rhen as he quickly abandons Leon, stepping to the side right as Leon shrieks. He darts back through the living room and heads toward the stairs.

“That’s right, Leon, now you want to fucking run from me, huh?” Thane yells after Leon while he casually stalks after his prey. He forces his hands into his pockets and meanders up the stairs, looking like the most relaxed guy I’ve ever seen.

Thane could easily be mistaken as someone who’s just mindlessly striding around the place, not an Alpha leader who’s about to discipline the fuck out of someone.

Rhen lets out a heavy breath and shakes his head as we listen to Thane hunt down Leon. The commotion going on upstairs is loud, but as usual, we ignore the sounds. It’s not like this is our first time witnessing something like this happen under the roof of this madhouse.

“I suppose I should reheat dinner; it has to be cold by now,” Rhen groans, and I get up from my seat to help him when we hear Leon squeal from what I suppose is Thane finding him wherever he was hiding.

“Where did you find him?” I ask Rhen as I follow him out to the kitchen with a baking tray in my hands. Rhen opens the oven door and pulls out the first rung as I slide the tray inside.

“Where do you think I found him?” Rhen answers as if it is obvious, and it is. I just kind of hoped I was wrong.

I sigh and lean against the counter. I cringe the moment I hear the thunderous smack of Thane disciplining Leon. Rhen stands aside and grits his teeth.

“That sounded painful. However, knowing Leon as well as we do, he’s probably wriggling his ass and begging for more,” Rhen says right as we hear another sound of a slap echoing off the walls. Damn, that one had to be painful. Thane’s getting down with hardcore discipline tonight. Leon pressed his buttons today.

“But Thane is pretty pissed, so we shouldn’t be surprised,” I say while we listen to Thane go to town on Leon’s ass.

“I think I will try to speak to Thane later. Maybe he will allow it if one of us goes with him,” Rhen says, looking everywhere but at me.

Either way, we need to figure something out, or this will become a daily thing. I have no idea how long any of us could roll with it, or how much Leon’s ass could take, if this became an everyday thing.

There is a reason we refuse to allow Leon to feed on Omegas. Their blood is intoxicating to vampires, even the most powerful ones. It’s sweet and addictive. I don’t want to see Leon in rehab again for his addiction.

Leon wouldn’t struggle like this if our Omega hadn’t escaped. Leon would have a constant source of blood, yet, without her, we can’t monitor him. Above that, it’s nearly impossible to stop Leon from killing Omegas—he has done it in the past and will do it again. Not because Leon is heartless or a psycho; it’s his addiction. He does not know when to stop, and it is too late by the time he realizes he should.

After about twenty minutes, Leon falls quiet upstairs and Rhen grabs the tray from the oven, knowing they will be down soon. I take the rest of the plates and set them on the dinner table.