Chapter-2-"Well, I am making a deal with the Devil"

Juliana's POV

"I really just stumbled here. I didn't mean to cross the boundaries. I don't even know that it's a pack ground!" I try to defend myself. Why would I want to walk into death? I know what happens to rogues that cross pack boundaries. The Beta of the pack, that's how he introduced himself, James, is looking at me, gauging my expressions trying to figure whether I am telling him the truth or not.

I sigh and my shoulders slump. I lean back on the corner and curse Hayley. I would not have been here if it wasn't for her. Okay, maybe it was my fault too. We had this stupid bet to see who hunts best and here I am here. Well, this proves who is the better hunter. Better, not best.

"I just wanted a rabbit." I whisper and look down. I hear a chuckle and look up to find the guy beside James smiling and shaking his head. James is trying to hide his smile. "It's not funny when it happens to you." My heart is beating rapidly and I don't know what will happen to me. The light in the cell, that's been blinking, suddenly goes off.

"Sorry." The person smiling stops and they are both now staring at me. "Alpha is here." He announces and my heart beat speeds up for a minute.

I hate Alphas. They are just controlling, power abusing werewolves who just use the pack as an excuse to have power over other werewolves.

Mama never liked them. They took away my whole family. My father, my brother died fighting for the Alpha. It devastated Mama. She took me away from everything and raised me away from pack life. She raised me as a rogue.

I hear footsteps and James looks at me. I push my thoughts away.

"Just answer him and you should be fine." He tells me and I try to calm myself. I don't need to panic. He will only see me as a scared rogue. If I am going to die, I am not going to die as a scared cat.

The Alpha comes down. He nears us and I smell peaches. I suddenly can't get enough of it.

"Alpha." I hear James greet him and I see a tall man standing outside the cell. Since the light went out, I can't see his face clearly. He nears the cell and tries to spot me, but it's too dark. Suddenly, I am thankful for it.

"Did she speak?" The Alpha asks. His voice sends shivers down my spine. It has a nice base to it.

"Yes. She accidentally came into our pack grounds." James informs him and I feel thankful to him for putting it that way. I know Betas or Gammas who would just put the innocent rogues in danger just to make a good name near their Alphas. It happened to the people I knew and they are no more. My life is on line here and I now know what they felt like. Once you get into a pack your life is no more yours.

"The south border?" Well, yeah! You should put a fence up or some sign for others to know that it's your territory. Fuck you, Big Alpha!

"Yes." James responds and the Alpha is trying to look at me, but still can't find me. I need to come up with a plan here.

"What the fuck is wrong with the lights here?!" The Alpha shouts irritated. I see someone bring a lamp and see that it's the guy that was standing beside James before the Alpha came.

"Sorry, Alpha. The light here has just stopped working a few minutes ago. We will get it fixed." He explains. He clearly fears his Alpha. See? This is what I hate! Your pack is supposed to respect you, not be frightened by you. What is even the point of having a pack then?

"Hold it up." He commands and the guy follows. The light reaches me and I look up to meet the Alpha's eyes. My breath gets caught in my throat.

He is the most handsome man I have ever seen. My heart does a flip as I see him. He is tall and built well. His sharp nose and chiseled jaw look like they have been sculpted by someone. Oh my God! He is so handsome! He is staring at me. I try to see what he is thinking, but there is no expression on his face, just... blank. Suddenly I want him near me.

Why am I feeling like this? It's like he is my mate! But I don't know whether he is one! I have to turn into my wolf to know that.

Why do I feel like I want to pull him closer and breathe his scent.

"Alpha." James calls. Even he knew that he is creeping me out. Why is he staring at me like that?

"Fuck!" He curses under his breath and turns away for a few seconds. I try to stay strong. "Why did she stumble here? Is it really an accident?" He asks James.

"Yes, Alpha. It sounded like that. I think she is telling the truth. We don't have fences up and she thought it was free land." He explains and I smile. He is really not someone who is looking for praises near his Alpha. I feel better knowing at least I am not being accused of doing something I didn't. The Alpha turns to look at me and my eyes avert from the Beta to him. My smile quickly drops.

He surely noticed it, cause his brows creased and he raises his eye brow. "You seem to support this rogue a lot." He comments and James doesn't respond to that. That would only put us both in trouble. "Open it." He commands to open the cell lock and James does. I tell myself to not cower back into the wall. You did nothing wrong. Mama's words ring in my head. Never show your fear to anyone.

He comes in and leans down to my level. I look up and meet his eyes. He is not my Alpha! He smiles at me and shakes his head.

"You are one courageous rogue, aren't you?" He asks.

"Why? Just because I looked into your eyes? Well I can do it all day." I can't believe I said that! Now I must sound like a child! Or a creep! All day? Seriously, Juliana? He shakes his head at my answer, clearly amused. My God! He is one sexy guy! Stop it, Juliana! He meets my eyes and I just stare at him.

His eyes are so green, like the sea. It's like one can get lose in them. I feel my heart skipping a beat as he looks into mine with such intensity. What is this? He lifts his hand and is about to touch my cheek. No, no, no, no, no! Wake up, Jules! I block his hand with mine and stop him. He looks at my hand that's touching him.

"No touching!" I want to be as clear as possible. If they want to kill me, they can go ahead and do that, but no touching! He is looking at his hand though. Why is he being like this? Does he feel the same way I do?

"Alpha." James calls again. He looks at his Alpha in confusion. Good! I am not the only one feeling tensed here! He can feel the awkwardness too! The Alpha here, stays silent though. His gaze meets mine again and I just look at him. He sighs and looks away before meeting my eyes again.

"What's your name?"

"Juliana." He pauses and looks at me as I tell him that.

"Aren't you scared that you might not go out of these pack grounds alive?" I tilt my head to aside and scoff.

"I did nothing wrong. If I have to die here though, I would die happily knowing that I am right." My snarky reply doesn't sit well with the Alpha here.

"What do you mean?" He frowns.

"Well, you pack members hate rogues and you kill them when they cross you boarders. How is that right?"

"You filthy rogues just give these stupid excuses to come into the packs, know their secrets and attack us." He sounds so confident. He looks like he is speaking from experience.

"Not all of them are like that. You can't just take a wolf's like for a silly reason that they stumbled into your pack." I defend the wolves that died of such cause.

"So, what silly reason has you stumbling on my ground?" He asks and I look down. What I am about to say would sound stupid to anyone's ears. I look up and find the guy holding the lamp smiling and James just gives me a reassuring nod. I smile. He is a good guy. The Alpha's voice has me back. "Look at me." His jaw is clenched and he is looking at me with serious eyes. He is waiting for my answer.

"Well, I..." I trail off. All the word I spit in anger, are going to look stupid when I say this. "I just wanted to catch that rabbit." My voice comes out less confident that I wanted to. Well, that definitely shocked him. He is looking at me in confusion like did-she-really-say-that. Yes, I did! Deal with it!

"What?" He looks at James who just looks at me.

"Me and my friend were hunting to see who is the best hunter at night. I could have won you know." I tell him looking down as I toy with the hem of my shirt. "I was this close, you know." I make a gesture with my fingers to show him how close I was. He eyes shift between me and my fingers.

"So... you wanted a rabbit?" He asks again. My God! It's not that hard of a story! Why is everyone asking me that again and again? I should keep my sass to myself.

"Yes." That's the goal. He sighs at my response and gets up.

"I am going to give you one chance, so answer me honestly." He tells me and I already know what it is.

"Sure."

"What's the whole story?" He folds his arms near his chest and I know he means business with the look on his face. I sigh.

"I have moved to the town nearby for work and have been living with my friend, Hayley with whom I had the bet." It has been so hard to convince Mama to let me come here and work. Hayley is my roommate. Mama thinks I am just five hours away from here. I didn't tell her it's this city. She never liked this place.

"Is she a wolf?"

"Yes."

"Aren't you under eighteen since you didn't turn into your wolf? Shouldn't you be in school?" He asks.

"No. I am not interested. I dropped out." That shit ain't for me!

"Where do you work?"

"Brianne's Cupcakes." I love baking and I want to open my open shop one day. She is teaching me everything about cupcakes and how to run a business. The Alpha and James frown.

"You are a baker then?"

"Yes."

"What about your parents?" James and the guy holding the lamp behind him look at me curiously.

"I only have my mother now. She lives eight hours from here."

They don't speak and just look at me trying to analyse me. They know I am not lying. My heart is beating normal since I am not lying. I am innocent here and they have to let me go. I smile internally.

"Can I go?" I really want to get out of here. It's getting difficult every minute to calm myself down. Now that they know that I really accidentally came into their territory, I hope they let me go soon. But some part of me doesn't want to leave him. Urgh!

The Alpha just stares at me. I don't know why, but I feel like I know him. What the fuck is wrong with me?

"How many months for your birthday?" He asks and I am surprised with that question. He waits for my answer.

"Um... Three months." I will turn eighteen and I can finally be a wolf. I have been waiting eagerly to turn. As the time nears, I get excited every day. I want to meet my wolf. Every werewolf feels the same way. It's what we have been trained for our whole lives. The Alpha speaks again.

"You are innocent, Juliana. I believe you." He says and I smile. Yay! I can get out of here! But, I was too soon to think that. "But, it is not okay to run into my pack grounds." No!

"It's your fault. You should have put a sign-"

"Tell you what. Let's make a deal." I am in shock again. Deal? With the Alpha? Well, it's better than getting killed! Bring it on Devil! "You stay here, join our pack till you turn into your wolf." I just stare him. Join his pack! For three months! What the hell?!

"No." Like I would join a pack and live a pack life! Pfft! No, thanks, Alpha!

"Take it." The guy holding the lamp speaks and all of us look at him. "Sorry, Alpha." He apologizes as the Devil here looks at him.

"It's a fair deal. I am not going to kill you. Like you said, we shouldn't kill rogues without knowing completely and that will give us time to know you." Well, I did say that! He is making me eat my words! I think hard about it. If I don't accept, my body will be leaving here, not me. Mama would be all alone.

What to do?

Okay. Let's analyse my options here. Either decline his offer and die or... take the offer, join his pack for what... three months. Live the pack life... Ehhh! I will maybe get to see what these pack members do. I always only heard what it's like to be in a pack and maybe I will get the chance to live it and get out of here alive! That doesn't sound bad! I will even get to see the sexy Alpha every now and then!

Wait! Where did that come from?! Stop it, Jules!

"Done thinking." The Alpha asks sarcastically.

"Okay. I will, but... Please just don't tell my mother." I don't want her to find out. If she knows what happened, she will come here and they will threaten her to take her in too and who knows what might happen. She will definitely get mad at me and we don't want that.

"What?" The Devil here looks amused.

"I will stay here for three months, but let's leave her out of the picture. Also, can we have an agreement on paper that I am only joining for three months and I can leave whenever I want after that?" I am not trusting no one here! I am not stupid! James looks at me in shock and the Alpha chuckles.

"You really think you are the one calling the shots?"

"Well, I am making a deal with the Devil and I just want to keep a written proof of it." I shrug. It's only fair! Right? I can't believe, I just went from baking cookies to joining a pack in a week.

He looks at James and nods his head. James nods back and gives me a look before leaving the cell. The guy holding the lamp, puts it down and leaves the cell too. I suddenly feel nervous being here, alone with the Alpha. He kneels down to my level and reaches out. His hand touches my cheek and I flinch. That doesn't stop him.

I just stare at him. My heart beat is rising and I wet my lips. His eyes fall on them and his thumb brushes the lower lip lightly. This feels so right.

"Devil, huh?" He asks and I feel like I am in a trance as I am lost in his eyes and touch. "Oh, you are going to pay for that." He whispers and looks at my lips. "Fuck!" He curses. "I need to know." He whispers more to himself and before I know it, his lips are on mine.

Oh,these three months are going to be one hell of a ride!

A/N:

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