Chapter 313: Getting Close to Alpha Benjamin
Hayley’s POV:
After school, as soon as I stepped out of the classroom building, Hera eagerly urged me to hurry toward the school gate. Sure enough, the moment I reached the entrance, I spotted Benjamin’s car right away. The car door opened, and Benjamin walked toward me. “School’s over?”
I nodded, and without a word, he took my hand and opened the car door for me. A number of students were watching, whispering among themselves. I stayed calm, pretending I didn’t notice. After all, Lavas is about to become the Luna of the Midnight Pack. It was okay to let them see how close Alpha Benjamin and I were.
After Benjamin got in the car, he started the engine and drove off slowly. “Are we going home?” I asked.
Benjamin cleared his throat, sounding a bit awkward, and said, “How about we go out for dinner tonight, then catch a movie? I’ve already got the tickets. It’s a new romance film that just came out.”
I was a little surprised. Was it just me, or did this seem like a date? “Are you taking me on a date?” I asked, feeling a bit excited.
Benjamin nodded in response, and I couldn’t help but grin, feeling unexpectedly excited. Benjamin drove me to a Michelin three-star French restaurant. We had just sat down and were about to order when a man walked over. “Benjamin, it’s really you! I thought I was seeing things for a moment.”
I was a bit taken aback. How could this guy not address Benjamin as “Alpha”? Then Hera told me that he was also at the Alpha level. I quietly watched how Benjamin reacted to him. Benjamin frowned, clearly irritated, and then introduced him. “This is Damien Westbrook. We were classmates at the Alpha heir training school. He’s now the Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack.”
I suddenly remembered the Alpha heir training school on the Westin Coast. By then, I had already taken on the Alpha role in the Shadow Pack, and my abilities made their training unnecessary. Otherwise, I might have been one of their classmates.
“Benjamin, are you here for dinner too? And this is…” While I was thinking, Damien glanced at me, then, after getting a good look at my face, he seemed disgusted and bluntly asked, “Benjamin, is this Omega-level woman your maid?”
His words enraged Hera, who was seething with anger and almost took control to teach him a lesson, but I held her back. I was about to say something when Benjamin reached out, gripping my hand tightly, his expression cold and stern. He addressed Damien sharply, “This is my fiancée, the future Luna of the Midnight Pack. Show her some respect, or I’ll personally make sure you learn your place.”
With just one sentence, Benjamin left the rude Damien staring in disbelief. “I didn’t hear that right, did I? This ugly Omega woman is your fiancée? And she’s going to be the Luna of the Midnight Pack?” “Heh, Benjamin, after all these years, your taste has certainly become interesting,” Damien mocked.
Benjamin, clearly on the edge of anger, glared at him coldly and replied, “And why should that concern you?” Damien seemed completely indifferent to Benjamin’s anger. He just smirked and said, “Benjamin, who you choose to be with isn’t really my concern. But, as the Alpha of the Midnight Pack, for your Luna to be so ugly and a lowly Omega, I can’t help but feel embarrassed for you.”
My hand tightened into a fist, and I fought to control my temper, suppressing the urge to let Hera take over and rip him to shreds. I felt sorry for Benjamin, knowing that my disguise had caused him, an Alpha, to endure such humiliation.
“You,” I started to speak, but Benjamin interrupted me. He gave me a reassuring smile, poured a glass of water and handed it to me. “It’s just a mad dog barking. Don’t let it bother you.”
Damien, furious at being called a mad dog, snapped, “Who are you calling a mad dog?! We’ve been classmates for years! I still remember how you relentlessly pursued the school beauty! And now you’re with this ugly freak and think she’s something special.”
Benjamin shot him a cold, hard look. “Seems your parents forgot to teach you some basic manners. Because they didn’t, I’ll step in and do it for them.” Without another word, Benjamin shifted into his wolf form and walked toward Damien. Although they were both Alphas, Benjamin, as the leader of the strongest pack, was clearly far more powerful than Damien. His wolf form towered over Damien’s, radiating an imposing presence.
I watched as Damien, clearly intimidated by Benjamin’s presence, took several steps back. “Y–You… What do you want?”