Chapter 120 - 119. Delusional

Glen was walking down the path a few steps away from the dominant who had come looking for him. The werewolf walked quietly, not even glancing behind him to check if the alpha was following him. Hands buried in this coat's pockets, Glen soon realized that they weren't heading for the lodge of Green Lake's Alpha. His bad feeling grew stronger and he sent a link to his mate.

When the Green Lake dominant ushered him into a house slightly apart from the others after he had walked almost halfway through the village, he swallowed back the sigh that wanted to cross his lips. He followed the werewolf inside to a doorway where the latter paused to invite Glen in alone. The alpha then thought back to the words Silver Bloodhood had said to him before he left the pack with Eden.

With the official announcement of their marking, from now on it was no longer just in his name that he acted but as the future alpha of Bloodhood. Each of his missteps would be shouldered by the pack.

Silver let them free to do things as they wanted for the trip to Green Lake territory because the two traditional packs had an excellent relationship.

Unfortunately, though Glen meant it to stay that way, the spoiler behind the door he had no desire to open looked like it was going to ruin his plans. He took a deep breath and a faint ringing caught his attention. He frowned. The alpha sent another link to his mate and opened the door.

He had barely stepped inside when the door slammed shut behind him and a metallic clang let him know that it had just been locked.

"Ahhh, so fucking annoying." muttered the dominant.

He didn't even bother to be on his guard despite the message displayed on the system's dashboard before he opened the door. He recognized the pheromones as being too sweet and sickening to the point of making him nauseous. The dominant knew that more than a threat, he was risking a good headache if he stayed in this room too long. After a short moment, a voice rose.

"I can turn this annoying moment into something more fun if you want me to."

Winnie Blackbones' seductive voice echoed through the room and Glen rolled his eyes before dragging his gaze to the window opposite the door.

The man chuckled like he was proud of his pickup line and Glen had to stop himself from rolling his eyes again because he knew they would probably get lost on the other side of his head and he needed to pay attention to whatever would happen.

Winnie slowly got up from the seat he was sitting in and started walking towards Glen.

"We were interrupted earlier." He continued with a pout that he probably thought was adorable. "So I hope you're not too mad at me for calling you."

"Calling me? I thought the Alpha, Cyrus Blackbones, had asked to see me."

Winnie chuckled again at Glen's words. His eyes scrutinized and detailed the alpha. He didn't look the least bit embarrassed that he, an omega, had just lied while impersonating the Alpha of his pack.

Glen didn't even have to fuel the conversation. The omega continued to talk, and the dominant hoped he would quickly reveal his intentions.

"I had to talk to you. I wanted to tell you how impressive I found you on the field, seeing you subjugate these dominants, I knew you were what I was looking for. I knew you were an alpha worthy of the very best." The male omega intensified his seduction pheromones and Glen's nose twitched as he held back from wincing in disgust.

Every corner of the room was filled with the omega's pheromones, and the system alarm kept ringing in Glen's head. Still, nothing to worry about. The werewolf decided to wait and follow his plan. If he stuck to it, everything would go smoothly and Bloodhood and Green Lake's relationship wouldn't suffer.

Glen stared ahead. Everything about the man waddling in front of him seemed forced.

"What do you want from me?" the alpha said, squinting.

Winnie's smile widened. The omega thought he was finally reaching his goal. He took the last steps that separated him from Glen.

"I want you to become my alpha. Bite my neck and bond with me."

"I already have a mate," Glen stated coldly and Winnie's smile faded slightly.

He intensified his pheromones and moved even closer to shrink the distance between their faces.

"It's ok, you can forget him. You know you deserve much more than a feral who spends his time fighting. An alpha like you deserves the finest omega of all. And I'm exactly that kind of omega."

His mouth was inches from Glen's and the dominant, who until a few seconds ago had kept his cool, began to lose control when he heard the omega speak like this about Eden.

Eyes locked on Glen's mouth, which he intended to kiss to show his victory, Winnie hadn't noticed the coldness that the dominant suddenly exuded.

"Aren't you too much delusional?"

"Huh?" That's all Winnie had time to say just before an explosion of pheromones made his body tremble so much that he staggered and collapsed to the ground.

He couldn't even gasp to open his mouth and allow air to reach his lungs again. Standing a few feet away, Glen barely bothered to glance at the shaking body on the ground and suppressed his pheromones before speaking in a loud, clear voice.

"Did you hear all of it, Alpha Cyrus?"

A click was heard and the door swung open revealing not only Eden and the pack leader, but also Night who averted his eyes and stepped behind his alpha.

"Winnie, how dare you? Why?" Cyrus Blackbones asked his nephew, who came to his senses and understood the situation in which he was.

"No! It's not... Uncle! Alpha! It's not what you think. It's him!" The omega pointed his finger at Glen. "He attacked me and tried to abuse me. You see, I'm still weak because of his pheromones…"

"So why does this room reek of your seduction pheromones and why Night who is here with me and Eden Bloodhood told me that you were trying to seduce his mate. He even told me that you sent a message on my behalf requesting a meeting with Glen Red Creek!"

"It's a misunderstanding, Alpha! I swear! Eden Bloodhood is so jealous and possessive. He must have sensed the way his mate looked at me when we spoke briefly. I didn't know he was looking at me that way, nor that he intended to pounce on me at the first opportunity. I know it's wrong but I just wanted to talk to him because I was impressed with his fight."

"Enough, Winnie! I heard everything!" said Cyrus, turning his head away from the pathetic vision of his nephew. He didn't want to hear any more of what was a lie.

"Please, Alpha! They set me up!"

"Why would I want to put my hand on a low-end omega when I have such perfection as my mate? Do not insult me."

The shock Winnie received when he heard those words come out of Glen's mouth caused him to lose what little control he had over his role-playing. The omega felt anger and humiliation making his blood boil.

He got up from the ground where he was still lying and shot dead glares to everyone looking at him. After clenching his fists, he released his pheromones to their fullest, a smirk contorting his mouth, and waited for the high to kick in.

Winnie Blackbones was standing, his icy blue eyes staring disdainfully at his leader who hadn't flinched an inch just like Eden, Glen, and Night.

Nobody had changed their attitude or position, despite the almost unbreathable dose of magically modified pheromones he had just released. Winnie's smile sagged slightly and his confident eyes glazed over.

Again he released his pheromones and again no one moved. Not a single dominant rushed to offer him help, support, comfort. His uncle continued to glower at him, Glen had joined his mate on the doorstep and Night looked away so as not to meet his gaze.

What was going on exactly? He had taken a sip of the potion less than an hour ago. The effects usually last for several days, why now that he needed it the most, he didn't see any effect?

Eden smiled when she saw the omega start to panic when he saw that his secret weapon no longer had an effect and decided to end his suffering. He wanted to get it over with to go back to see Sora's mother and then continue their journey to the territory of Servants of Talamh.

"If it's your little trick with your pheromones that you're trying to activate, you're wasting your time, it won't work."

Winnie flinched and his heart started pounding until he couldn't hear anything for a few seconds.

How could Eden Bloodhood know about the potion that modified his pheromones? He had never told anyone about it. Winnie knew that potion was his ticket to the greatness he aspired to. He would never have risked mentioning it to anyone. The omega stared at the blond with obvious hatred.

No, it was a bluff. It could only be that. He had to talk about the fact that his seduction pheromones filled the room.

He repeated this to himself like a mantra to convince himself, even if the lack of reaction from the dominants made the anguish grow in his chest. They were supposed to throw themselves at his feet to answer his slightest whim.

This is what this strange witch had promised him. When he entrusted her with this vial filled with a liquid darker than night, the strange witch assured him that all that awaited him was a life of ease. He could bend any dominant to his will with this potion.

Of course, at first, Winnie didn't believe it. It was way too good to be true. Such a potion couldn't exist otherwise he would have heard of it before.

However, curiosity getting the better of him, he ended up taking the potion and trying it. Night, a low-rank dominant who had dared to ask if he could court him had been his first victim. And the effect was even more amazing than what the witch had promised.

From this moment, Winnie had started to act little by little to build his little kingdom. He had gradually increased the number of his pawn to end up having control of almost all the dominants of the pack who could be useful to him. He had done all that, he had come this far for what? To fail a few steps from his dream of becoming a Luna instead of an ordinary omega among others?

Him, the omega with the immaculate white fur, he would have to accept to be an anonymous omega while Eden Bloodhood whose golden fur is an affront to the omega blood rank, was going to become a Luna alongside a mighty Alpha?

Winnie gritted his teeth and glared at the people in front of him. His gaze fell on Eden and the smirk he saw made his anger grow stronger.

"Once I get my hands on my potion, I'll finish it and order your alpha to bond with me right under your nose. We'll see if you keep laughing when his dick ram deep inside me..."

The utterly hysterical omega flinched seeing Eden's eyes squint to stare at him. Everything he could see in these two golden marbles that had just darkened. They frightened him so much that he dared not move even an inch.

"Alpha Cyrus, did you hear? If you want to find the answer to the strange behavior of your dominants as your packmate show you, find the potion that Winnie just mentioned. It should be a black liquid."

The omega's pupils dilated upon hearing the words spoken by Eden. Cyrus motioned for Night to go search in Winnie's room and just after he left, the blond turned to the leader of Green Lake, a smile on his face, his body almost oozing with a murderous aura.

"Alpha Cyrus, can you please give five minutes with your nephew? I would like to settle things down just between us."