The Second Deal.

Ciara stared at him and then glanced at Mrs Cletus who had been standing beside the door.

"What you're trying to say is that the werewolves are not safe from what the demons and witches are facing right now."

"No one is safe, Ciara. Not even the humans."

Ciara breathed out and looked away,

"I don't even know you." She said, finally telling him her thoughts. 

"No one trusts demons." She added.

"You've had the chance to, but I guess your secretary couldn't find anything suspicious."

"She couldn't find anything at all. You're hiding under a facade." She turned her seat to face him.

"That's a lot more than suspicious if you ask me. You're suspicious, Roshan."

He arched his straight brow.

"Am I?" 

Strangely, she noticed he was too beautiful than he acted.

More reasons why he was suspicious.

How could someone be so deliciously handsome and yet have this attitude and manners of an arrogant king?

Don't forget his strange aura.

"We don't have time to play words. I know you're smarter than this, Ciara. Forget your fear for the demons and think about your packs."

Ciara threw Mrs Cletus a look,

She knew her options very well.

"What do you think?"

Mrs Cletus bowed slightly, giving a slow glance at the demon who still had eyes on her Alpha. Her lips thinned as she looked back at Ciara.

"He has a very sensitive point. Alpha."

Ciara looked at Roshan, he smirked and she arched a brow at him.

"You're asking advice from a human."

Ciara scoffed, 

"She's valuable." She looked away and sighed.

"Can I give my reply tomorrow? I need to discuss with my executives."

"I don't think your Elders would understand the situation." Roshan frowned. 

He knew werewolf Elders were old arrogant bastards and they will for sure make it hard for Ciara, since she's a woman.

"Not those men," Ciara scowled. 

"My executives are different." She stood.

"When I'm done having a meeting with them then we can all talk together."

Roshan stood.

"I hope they make the right decision."

"Don't worry, Roshan. They are not old or idiots."

Roshan nodded and gave a slight bow to her before leaving.

Mrs Cletus walked closer to Ciara table, lips drawn into a frown.

"Alpha.."

"I know." Ciara cut in and sighed. "Quietly call Alex and Zayn." She ordered.

"And Alpha Leo?" Mrs Cletus asked.

Ciara's busy mind seemed to halt abruptly at the mention of his name. She turned to Mrs Cletus, a very visible flare on her face.

She knew her secretary might have thought Leo was useful but that didn't make her anger reduce.

"Is there need for him or.. did I mistakenly stutter when I mentioned two names?"

Mrs Cletus slowly gulped, it was hard before Ciara got mad and when she was mad she easily controlled everything near her.

Her eyes too changed colors, Mrs Cletus wondered if she was aware what her eyes could do when she was angry.

"No, Alpha. I only thought since your father was always involving the Dryarth pack, you would do the same." Mrs Cletus stammered her way to the last word.

Ciara's eyes reduced their fury. 

Calm down, Ciara.

"We shouldn't bother overthinking. Should we, Lucy?"

Ciara asked and added Mrs Cletus first name.

"No, Alpha."

"Good. So get me Alex and Zayn."

Mrs Cletus bowed deeply and left. Leaving Ciara gazing through her window, her mind on real hanging thoughts on the only thing she didn't want to think of.

    How could she hate the thought of him and yet still think about him? It was annoying and most definitely making her upset.

Her eyes seemed to have caught something in the courtyard below her office. Her eyes narrowed as she stepped closer to the rails.

It was him-

He stood in the center, receiving all kinds of attacks from the soldiers present in the courtyard, defending himself as though he had other hands fighting with him. He was fast, very fast. He moved sharply without hesitation and made sure to hit his targets on time.

His fighting skills were off, weird, strange, new to her eyes.

Well, she had heard that Leonardo travelled a lot so maybe that's where all the new moves came from.

But he was good. Too good.

He even knew the what the next attack was going to be.

Ciara stood and watched, trying to understand the man's deal. She wasn't too surprised though, rumor had it that Leonardo was his father's biggest pride. And he was one of the toughest warriors she had seen…

"You called." 

A very familiar baritone came through and stopped Ciara's thoughts. She turned and noticed that her two friends were already comfortable in her office. Well, only Alex of course, Zayn just stood. 

When did they come in?

She starred at them for a short time before clearing her throat. She faced them properly.

"Are you alright?" Alex asked as she crossed her long legs. She could see that Ciara had alot in her head.

Ciara smiled softly,  "I just didn't hear you guys come in."

"Strange." Alex murmured. "You've been acting quite off since last night."

Zayn and Ciara's eyes met that instant.

A knowing smirk came on his lips and disappeared the moment she saw it.

Ciara's cheeks heated.

"Last night?" Zayn spoke, eyes on his woman who was trying hard and failing not to turn red.

Alex looked at the both of them…

Oh-Kay.

A big smile came on her lips.

"Is there something you guys want to tell me?" She asked already knowing the two would ignore her.

She knew something was up, Ciara cleared her throat and looked away while Zayn remained static but she could see the glint of naughtiness in his eyes.

Did they think they could anything from her? She grew up with their asses!

"Lucy, I think we should give them some privacy." Alex threw her head to the door where Mrs Cletus stood.

The latter only bowed politely at Alex.

"Mrs Cletus?" Ciara called.

Lucy stepped out of the shadows, "Alpha."

"Summarize what we have decided with Mr Williams."

Alex immediately adjusted in her seat, she'll find out what happened later, for now she was super interested to know what the lookalike of Zekeiel said.

"Mr Williams, he is the demon staying at the western wing of the castle right? The third room to the right."

Too much information, Alex.

All eyes in the room slowly reached Alex.

It wasn't really a surprise, of course she knew his room.

When it came to Alex, nothing was a surprise.

Ciara sat down and stared at her best friend with questioning eyes.

Seriously, Alex?

Don't tell me you've already slept with him?

Alex heard Ciara's mindlink message, she laughed breaking the strange silence in the room. Her gaze meeting Zayn's, her laugh paused.

Oh, fuck!

"I really wanted fresh air, Zayn." She answered before he asked the question. Zayn only rolled his eyes the way he did at her everyday.

She turned to her best friend with a smile.

"Goodness, Ciara. Chill! Many visitors are in the castle  I only noticed he was taken away from the visitors quarters."

"He isn't a visitor." Ciara replied plainly.

"Mmn, yeah. So.." She turned to Lucy, "Why is Ciara's expression grave as if we are about to go war."

Lucy cleared her throat and stepped closer to the three.

"Mr Williams has informed us the reason why we've been having strange attacks at the human boundaries. The witches have been taken in with so many demons and they have been converted into minions to do their bidding." She paused and accessed their faces, as usual Zayn looked stotic and attentive while Alex looked interested as she lived most of her life in danger.

"Mr Williams has formed an alliance with the Alpha, we are to pick a set of people that will escort Mr Williams to the boundaries and find out if we have an upper hand in this…."

"Wait a second-" Alex cut in and turned to Ciara.

"So… the reason the nightwalkers couldn't find a thing on the boundaries was because it was witchcraft?"

Ciara nodded, "They have the demons and witches under their control…. It's going to be messy."

"Who's…. They??" Alex asked again.

Ciara nibbled her lower lip..

"We don't know." Ciara answered and looked at their faces. 

It wasn't a good idea. 

She knew.

But they had no choice.

Her eyes met with Zayn..and in this moment she wished she knew what he was thinking.

"I only want to protect the packs before we get fully involved."

"Well, it's definitely not our problem yet. Let's think about this, slowly."

"That's the problem, Alex. There is no time."

"No one trusts demons, Ciara. This particular one is surely full of lies if Lucy couldn't find a thing on his head. He's suspicious."

Ciara was about to ask how she knew that but stopped when she noticed the empty file on her desk with Roshan's name on it.

Her best friend and her great eyesight.

Ciara released a sigh.

"He's suspicious but he has a lot of information and we know that the information isn't fake. I've asked Lucy to do some research and we found out that people have been taken for the past six months..slowly advancing to this part of the world. We need him. That's why a set of people will follow him, not our army or anything."

Zayn and Alex exchanged glances before looking back at Ciara.