Claimed by the Vengeful Alpha Chapter 47: Alpha Claude

Alpha Claude stood in the middle of the guest room naked as the day he was born. There was a frown on his face, and his nose was slightly scrunched up as he took a deep breath.

There was a sweet scent in the air; he could sll it as soon as he walked in. He could also sll the vile blonde, but it was fleeting, while the other scent seed to be a part of the room, like the cleaning materials but distinct. Almost like it touched everything in the room.

He wiggled his nose and walked toward the bed. He could sll the sweet scent on the sheets, but the sll of fresh linen overpowered it. He was certain it wasn’t just perfu he could sll.

"Alpha Claude," his personal servant called with worried eyes as he followed Claude to every corner of the room. "W-won’t you put on so clothes, Alpha?"

Claude stopped walking. He was standing in front of the shelves because he thought the scent was stronger here, but alas, it was still stronger by the bed.

He turned around and walked toward the bed again, ignoring the worried look of his servant. He sat on the bed, and the sll rose to his nostrils again. He smiled and lay back with his bare feet placed firmly on the carpet.

"Alpha Claude," the young man pressed. His expression was filled with worry. "Your clothes."

Claude narrowed his eyes at him; he was ruining his concentration. He was about to speak when Hilbert walked back into the room with a snarl.

"Such insolence!" Hilbert muttered.

Hilbert was his secondary beta, but truthfully, he was more his bodyguard than anything. Not that he needed protecting, but protocol. He was an Alpha; he was required to travel with companions.

He was also required to travel in a carriage, but he would rather lose his limbs than have his movents restricted in such a manner. Being confined in a box felt like torture. Besides, it took way less ti to travel in his wolf form.

"It’s not that big of a deal, Hilbert."

"Alpha," he called in a horrified tone when he noticed Claude lying on the bed naked. "You can’t! You don’t know what inferior fabrics they used. You could get a rash."

"Don’t be ridiculous, Hilbert. We’ve spent nights in forests surrounded by blood-sucking creatures. I doubt cleaning products are going to irritate my skin."

Claude still found it odd that one of his best warriors was a neat freak. He couldn’t bla Hilbert; considering he tended to be naked in the strangest of places, he could see why it bothered his beta.

"You can never be too careful, Alpha," Hilbert cried and rushed closer.

"Never mind that. Sll the sheets. There is a faint sweet sll that’s driving crazy."

"Sweet sll?" Hilbert asked with a frown as he sniffed. Then his gaze darkened. "Is there a sll that irritates you, Alpha? I will have them change your room in an instant."

Claude narrowed his eyes. The huge man was too intense. "Just because I say it’s driving crazy doesn’t an it’s bad, Hilbert." He sighed and sat up. "I guess you can’t sll it."

Hilbert’s shoulders fell. "I am sorry, Alpha, but I cannot pick up any other scent."

"Don’t worry about it," he smirked. He was sure he would sll it again.

He wasn’t too worried about why he was hung up on the scent; he couldn’t rember if it was familiar or not. It didn’t matter. Things tended to reveal themselves with ti, and if there was anything Claude had now, it was ti.

"Alpha, my apologies, I forgot to deliver the ssage. The riffraff who attended to us said he is busy, but I have sent for him. Not to welco us himself is disrespectful. I don’t know why you have to make the trip here, Alpha. You could have sent for him; he wouldn’t dare decline."

Claude smiled. "You know exactly why I am here."

"Still, I am sure you didn’t have to—"

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"I think your response is here," Claude said and looked toward the door.

"Yes, Alpha," Hilbert said and walked toward the door. He seed taller as he walked away, his shoulders spreading as wide as possible.

"You!" Hilbert said with an accusatory tone as the open door revealed Theo. He stood in the doorfra, his broad shoulders blocking his undressed Alpha from Theo’s view.

"I bring word from my Alpha. He apologizes for not being able to welco you himself, but he will be able to see your Alpha in the drawing room in half an hour."

"See? Does he think this is so kind of—"

"Hilbert," Claude drawled from the bedroom. "Half an hour is fine."

Hilbert didn’t look pleased, but he didn’t argue with his Alpha. "He’d best be on ti!"

"Yes, he will and I will be here to lead the way." Theo was halfway through his bow when the door slamd in his face.

"You shouldn’t be treated like this, Alpha Claude. Making you wait—has he no manners?"

"You worry about the most trivial of things," Claude chuckled as he lay on his back. "I am here now; delaying can’t prevent the inevitable. Besides, he is likely punishing by making wait. He must really hate that I ca here."

"How dare he? He should be grateful that you would grace Verlassen with your presence. No one wants anything to do with an abandoned territory. It’s no wonder High Alpha Vilhelm let him have it easily."

"Hmm," Claude said and pulled himself upward so his entire body lay on the bed. "You may leave , both of you. Co get in half an hour. I believe you both have your rooms."

"But Alpha, separating under these circumstances—"

Claude waved his hand. "Go away, Hilbert. You know no one will dare attack ."

"Yes, Alpha," he replied with a sigh and dejectedly walked out.