OVERTHROW ME

KRUEL's P.O.V

No.

This was not happening to me.

'Our mate's here, Kruel.' Eren bounced with excitement. Goddess, please tell me you're joking.

I DON'T WANT A MATE!!

I scanned the entire room, searching for my mate but all I could see were a bunch of alphas.

If the Moon Goddess was implying that my mate was one of these guys, then she could take my life right now.

'You have to find our mate, Kruel. They're too close to let slip away.' Eren was really frustrating the shït out of me.

'I know that, Eren. Now shut the fuck up!' I snapped.

'JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT A MATE, IT DOESN'T MEAN I WON'T BE TAKING WHAT'S MINE!!" He growled.

Eren fucking growled.... at me? He never did that before so what's different now? Oh, the fact that I don't want a mate and he does.

Fucking wolf.

For once in so many years had I found it rather difficult to control Eren. I could feel my canines elongate and sink into my lower lip. I, then, tasted the metallic liquid on my tongue but it would heal eventually. My claws were out now and I had to shut my eyes to try to control Eren.

"Are you just going to stand there or are you going to take a seat like everyone else?" A feminine voice spoke and my eyes shot open immediately. It was the same small human from before that fought the large guy and threw him over her shoulders like it was nothing.

Her brown hair bounced on her shoulders as she leaned forward with her head resting on her gloved entwined hands. I couldn't make out her entire outfit but from what I could see, she wore a black T-shirt with a black leather jacket over it. A pendant hang around her neck from a silver chain but she didn't look like the silver was burning her.

Which should've been impossible.

She was seated at the head of the table and when I took a whiff of the air, a sweet scent filled my nostrils....

Her scent.

It encrypted all my senses and I didn't have a damn clue as to what to do in this situation.

I opted for the most obvious choice and acted as though I wasn't going insane on the inside.

"Who are you?" My question seemed to amuse her because immediately I asked it, she cocked her head to the side.

"There are two answers to that question. Which one do you prefer?" Even in the darkness of the room, I could make out the smirk etched on her face.

"Where's the alpha?" I asked instead. I wasn't going to feed into her childish game, "I have much better things to take care of so if he wants to waste my fucking time with this meeting, the least he could do is show up early." My patience was thinning out and Eren wasn't making shit any easier, going on about our mate.

"You must be Alpha Kruel. Correct?" She raised a brow..

"What gave it away?" I asked sarcastically.

"Second most feared alpha?"

"Where are you going with this?" I crossed my arms over my chest.

"You said you want to see the alpha?" She asked, leaning back into her seat with her arms crossing over her chest.

Was she mocking me?

"Yes, I've been saying that since I got here. Who the hell are you anyway? No, wait. If you're present in this room, then you must be the alpha's bitch." Immediately I finished my statement, the guy from before who hadn't been fazed by me earlier stood up and made a motion in my direction but 'my mate' held his arm back in an attempt to stop him. That simple action of her hand on another male made my blood boil.

"I can't let him speak to you like that, Azazel." The guy growled angrily.

"It's fine, Trenen. Leave it be." My mate, whose name I just found out, said. A weird name for a strange woman.

It fit her well.

Anyway....

"Okay, I've had enough of this comedy that you so graciously set up." I said in a bored tone, "So, why don't you just tell the alpha to get his ass over here so that we can wrap this up, hm?" I took a seat opposite Azazel as I looked into her hazel eyes.

"You're looking at her, you jackass." Trenen muttered. Thinking I heard wrong, I looked over to him and he had the most serious face you could possibly imagine.

This was a joke, right?

"You're screwing with me, aren't you? You must be if you're going to tell me that the alpha I traveled so many miles to meet was actually a woman. We can't have a female alpha. That's.... that's just nonsensical." Not in a million years would I bow down to a woman.

"Well, she is your alpha and you have violated more than a couple thousand rules in The Alpha's Book." Trenen countered.

"Fuck the Alpha's Book. You can't tell me that I was summoned by this.... girl." She raised a brow at this.

Sure, she was my mate and all, but I had zero tolerance when it came to inferiority to women.

"Alpha Azazel, let me take him down right where he sits." Trenen glared at me, waiting for his orders like the good little bitch I'm sure he was. He was definitely an idiot for thinking he could take me on.

"Listen Tracy or whatever your name is... You don't have a chance against me so I suggest you keep playing the Alpha's pet for the time being." He growled at me lowly. "Now back to the matter at hand. Didn't the ex-alpha have a son?" I asked knowing damn well that the old alpha did, in fact, have a son. I heard many stories about him.

Azazel stood from her seat and walked in my direction, and I automatically stood to my feet. Of course not in fear, but to challenge her because I wasn't going to let her make me feel less powerful. I immediately regretted our close proximity as her scent and presence did things to me that made Eren wag his tail in excitement.

She looked into my eyes for a brief moment, searching for something I didn't even know was there, before she stood on the very tips of her toes. Her breath against my neck made an involuntary shiver run down my spine before she whispered into my ear, her lips brushing against it.

"I am the Alpha's Son." Smirking, she pulled away. I watched her walk back to her seat and I just stood there, frozen in my position. Eren whimpered at the loss of our mate's presence and I couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in my chest when she pulled away too.

"I'm an alpha with rules, Kruel, and you've broken a whole lot of them." She walked around the table slowly, "I'm only going to let it slide this once because you're my mate." Then everyone looked at her surprised but their stares didn't seem to affect her because she went on. "In as much as you may hate the idea, I'm your alpha and you do as I say. If you have a problem with it, I suggest you tell me now or forever hold your peace." She looked at me with a raised brow. None of the playfulness present. Was she serious? Even after disclosing we were mates, she wanted to act all super-woman? Alright Azazel.... two could play that game.

"Actually, I do have a problem with it and I won't be inferior to you. It has always been women below men so why should the tradition change now?" I had more than enough of all of this. "And you..." I pointed to the other alphas, "You're just going to let yourselves be treated like dirt by some woman?" They didn't respond.

Azazel stared at me, studying me. She then smirked at me and her eyes twinkled mischievously.

I swear I didn't understand this woman at all.

"Well, since you hate being ruled by a woman so much, I'll give you the once in a lifetime opportunity to overthrow me."

"But Alpha—" Trenen tried to interrupt her but she cut him off.

"Quiet." She silenced him, raising a single finger in the air to show him she didn't want to hear another word out of him. She then turned her attention back to me. "If you can fight my best warrior and actually win, I will hand over the Alpha title to you willingly."

A number of coughs and gasps erupted in the room. Was she really serious?

Well, she did pique my interest and I needed to see where she was going with this.

"And if I don't win?" I raised a brow at her.

"Well..." she smirked, "If you don't win, I reject you and you accept it."

I was expecting her to ask for anything else.

Anything at all but this really wasn't one of them.

I really hadn't seen this coming.