Chapter 74 Big Bang

Big Bang

Max

"Looks perfect, doesn't it?" I asked as I stared at her ass and thighs through the mirror.

Talia had her front pressed to me and she turned her head around to look at her backside in the mirror. Her hand raised to touch the beautiful marks on her ass. Her finger touched it and she flinched a little before a smile formed on her face. "Perfect. Thanks," she raised on her toes to kiss my jaw.

A smirk formed on my face as I gripped her ass, feeling the hot welts and bruises and wounds under the palm of my hand. She raised on her toes and her head rolled back and a moan left her mouth, "fuck."

"Aphrodisiac," I lowered my head and buried my face in her neck, taking her scent in and trying hard to control myself.

The entirety of her ass and thighs were marked, not a single spot remained where smooth skin could be seen. Normally, after hurting her, we had sex for the next couple of hours. We were insatiable.

But we couldn't right now because this is a 'punishment'. And I couldn't have my smell all over her.

"After they leave, you're going to fuck me." She ground her hips into my groin. "I'm horny as fuck, Max."

Before I met Talia, I was a dominant and a sadist. But she isn't a submissive. Just a masochist. It was always an issue of conflict between us in the starting- it was always a competition of who would be on top. This entire mission was a blessing in disguise for both of us, it helped us understand each other on a deeper level. She understood my need to dominate and I understood her to need to be independent and not be a mindless woman who did nothing but does as she was told. She wasn't a human, she was a strong she-wolf.

My respect and love for her grew after I understood her. She's a strong, fierce woman who doesn't bend to the will of a man. She's her own woman. And fuck me if that doesn't turn me on more.

And we had an understanding now. There were times when I needed to dominate and she would submit and give in, especially in the bedroom. The rest of the day, she would do her own thing— make fun of me, prank me or annoy the fuck out of me. But she knew just how much to push me before I would have her over my knee. And most times, she crossed the limit because she wanted to be punished. It kept both of us on our toes. No one knew when the other one wanted to control and no one knew who will submit. It was always a guessing game and it was fun. It kept life interesting and it was so much better than having a full-time sub.

"As you wish, Kitten." I slapped her ass and grinned when she winced. "Let's get you dressed now."

We walked into her closet and went to her slutty clothes section. She took out two outfits and showed them to me, "Sexy french maid or tortured slave?"

One was an expensive sexy french maid outfit made out of silk. It wrapped around the small of her waist and covered a small part of her breasts but a little adjustment and she would be exposed. And then it had a small skirt that ended at the top of her ass and she would flash her cunt when she walked. The tortured slave outfit was a torn black dress that, as the name suggests, puts her on display from the torn areas.

"French maid," I replied. "You'll be 'serving us', it's more apt."

Nodding, she put on the dress and I did her zip from behind. I took out her collar and put it around her neck. And leather cuffs on both her wrists but left them detached. She then did a little makeup before putting on her killer heels.

"How do I look?" She flipped her hair behind her shoulder and walked towards me like she was walking down the runway.

I licked my thumb and then dragged it down her eyelashes to her cheek, smearing her mascara so it looked like she had cried. "Hot as fuck," I rasped.

She smirked, put her hand around my waist, and grabbed my ass before squeezing it. "Let's get the show going." And then she turned around and walked out. My eyes fell on her perky little ass as I followed her to the living room, barely managing to not trip on the carpet or the stairs.

Exactly then, the doorbell rang.

Talia took a deep breath and got in character by losing her usual confident expression and then nodded at me. She went and opened the door.

Emilio, with three of his men, walked inside my house. I gave him a wide smile, "good evening, gentlemen." He had worn a shirt and a suit jacket so I couldn't see much but I knew he was all stitched up by now. Our tracker was working swimmingly.

He gave Talia a narrowed look before looking at me and smiling, "good evening, Maximilian. This is my Beta-Bruce, my Head of Arms- Miguel, and my Army General— Luis.

I shook hands with each of them, thinking that if I kill all of them right here, right now, the entire Montana Pack will be handicapped and them taking over the pack would be so much easier. But Kol had asked me not to and I believed in him and his plan. And I know he was doing this for the greater good. And for the first time in my life, I wanted to do the right thing. I wanted to be the man Talia would be proud of. And I wasn't proud of who I used to be. But now, I wanted to be. And following Nikolai's lead would help me with that.

"This is my mate, Talia," I said.

Talia got to her knees and bowed till her forehead touched the ground, "welcome to Master's humble abode." I made a pleasing sound from the back of my throat and she got up to her feet again.

"Isn't she the one who attacked you?" Bruce asked Emilio.

"Yes," I answered for him. "And has paid for it. Show them, slut." Talia turned around, showing them her marked ass and thighs.

Emilio simply grunted at her, "I need an apology."

"I'm sorry, Sir. Please forgive me." Talia turned around and bowed to him.

"This won't do for me." He grunted. "I want to punish her myself."

No way in hell, asshole. "No one other than me is allowed to touch her in any way. And she is forbidden to touch anyone else too." I narrowed my eyes at him and I could feel his wolf cover away. What a pussy. "I have already punished her. And she has helped me tremendously in planning the attack strategy and she will join the fight too. You may consider that as an apology."

His pupils contracted in fear and he nodded. "Okay."

I smiled again and then at his friends too. I caught Bruce looking at me distrustfully but I ignored him. "Let's take a seat, shall we?" I walked in and they followed. Talia came after them to make sure they didn't do anything like bug our house or something.

"I think it will be best if we get down to business first," Bruce said, "and then continue with the small talk and dinner." Emilio nodded at his Beta's suggestion.

"Okay." I shrugged. "Let's go to my office then." I led them upstairs to my office. Once everyone had entered, Talia closed the door and came to stand near me.

I opened the map of the Rogue Pack on the desk and began telling them the attack plan, especially what Nikolai and I had discussed. As the plan went on, everyone's faces start getting cleared of doubts and suspicion. They started gaining confidence in the plan and me.

"We cannot bring half our army for this, Alpha," Bruce complained.

"If we do not follow this plan to the T, if there is a single mistake, one wolf will mind-link the rest of the pack. We cannot have that. We have to ambush them in the middle of the night when everyone is asleep! We need to catch them off guard." I asserted. "And for that, the more numbers we have, the better."

"He's right," Emilio agreed with me but Bruce remained unconvinced.

"I have exhausted every possible plan, this one is the best. We attack from all four sides to kill everyone. Even if one wolf is wandering outside and sees us, he will alert the pack."

"Half of our army...it's risky, Alpha," Luis muttered.

"Half of your army... that's why it's not risky," I said. "They are only a hundred and fifty, wolves, more fifty or so if you add Mozog's vampires. That's still only two hundred. If we take an army bigger than them, we can easily kill them all."

"He has a point," Miguel said. "If we fight when they attack, we will need arms and ammunitions. And that costs a lot of money and Mystic Lupus doesn't sell those. We will be at Adrik's wrath if we make a deal with humans or any other pack." He told Emilio. I didn't know why Adrik would care but I didn't interfere. "We won't even need guns if we go according to Maximilian's plan. We should go with it."

Emilio nodded, pleased about the response, and then turned to look at Luis.

"How do you know so much about the Rogue Pack?" Luis asked. "Yes, your mate was a pack member but how does she know so much about the minute details?"

"She did some of the paperwork for them." I easily lied. "We have an advantage here. She knows the entire pack better than all of us. Or else how would we know Volkov has sniper guns at the roof of his house? Or what is the strength of their army? Or that Volkov's house is a little away from the rest of the pack? We wouldn't have known this information without her. But now we do, and it would be stupid not to take advantage of it."

"True," he nodded. "I'm with it." He agreed too.

"Bruce?" Emilio asked. He still looked very skeptical.

"I'm not sure, something doesn't seem right." He crossed his arms. "It seems too..." He trailed off.

I need to take a different approach with him. He was pissing me off now. I placed my palms on the top of the desk and looked at him unflinchingly, showing my dominion over him. "Do you have a better plan? He is attacking in eight days. We need to make a move quickly."

He pressed his lips together.

I looked over at Emilio. "I thought you were the Alpha, Emilio." I gritted. It's time to rile him up enough to make the final decision.

'What are you doing?' Talia hissed through the mind-link. 'You need to convince him, not aggravate him.' I shut the mind-link tight. I needed to do this my way now. The right way doesn't always work.

And I had gotten to know him pretty well in our second meeting itself. He was a Beta by blood so he did everything in his power to appear like an Alpha, which he never will be. Just like any other normal wolf, he is hard-wired to submit to anybody stronger than him and to show dominance on those weaker than him. He tries to overcompensate to prove to everyone that he is the Alpha. And to do that, he can go to any length. Including blindly trusting some he has met twice to lead him into enemy territories. I've never met a bigger dumbass than him in my entire life. Even Bruce had a better sense of judgment than him.

"Volkov came into my club and insulted me and ordered my mate to harm my friend. I don't care he removed Talia from his pack. Good for me, she doesn't ask me to go there and leave me alone for a week again," I snorted. "But he did just this much and I'm going to take his entire pack down."

"No, I—"

"I thought you were serious when you said you wanted Nikolai dead. Did you lie to me?" I snarled and his eyes widened in fear for a second. "He insulted you and had you attacked. What kind of Alpha are you that you don't care about your respect, your reputation, and just sit on your ass? And then what? Will you just belly-up when he comes to kill you?" I goaded him into feeling an inferior complex.

"I just—" I could see the need in his eyes to prove himself to me and his pack-mates.

I turned to scoff at Bruce. "What kind of Beta are you, huh? Are you going to let your Alpha get disrespected like this? People talk, Bruce. Soon, the entire Supernatural world will know what happened!"

Then I turned to look at Emilio in fury. "They will know that a pussy Alpha you are that you can't even defend your honor! And then all of them will come for you and your title!" I slammed my palm on the table and he jumped into action.

"You're right!" Emilio nodded. "We will go ahead with your plan," he agreed, playing right in my hand. Now, he will do everything in his power to look like an Alpha, like he was in control.

"But Alp—" Emilio raised his hand, silencing Bruce's protests. "We will attack the Rogue Pack. Nikolai said he is coming for me in eight days. That's second January. We will attack him on thirty-first December and start the new year with a bang."

Yes, bang, indeed. I nodded.

"Very well." I nodded satisfactorily. "Let's go have dinner. I'll take out the celebratory wine."

Emilio smiled, nodding and they walked out, followed by Luis and Miguel. Bruce stayed behind, "I don't know what you're planning but I'm watching, Maximilian," he hissed, "I'm not going to let Emilio go ahead with this." And then he walked out.

I placed my hand forward and Talia took it and stood up from her kneeling position. "What do we do now?" She whispered low enough so only I could hear her.

We had to do something or he can easily sabotage us. Emilio was easily manipulatable. And he was a pussy. Given the option, he would back out of the war and send his army to do his dirty work and eat all the fruits. But hopefully, we have insulted him enough and made it personal enough for him to grace us with his presence. And I know for a fact that he is scared of me. He won't break a deal with me. I'll know for sure because of the chip. If he even so much as even utters a word about backing out, I'll drag him out of his pack to the Rogue Pack myself.

But I'm not going to let Bruce sabotage this. We've worked too hard to let this happen.

"We kill him." I gritted my teeth. I hate people messing with my plans.

"How do we do that?" A grin spread across her lips at the promise of blood.

A smirk formed on my face, "seduce him."

Emilio

We sat at the dining take and Max's perfect little slut was serving us dinner. I hadn't noticed it earlier because I was fucking pissed at her. But now I saw that the dress she had on right now was sexy. I wanted to put my hands up her dress and then show her just how much more I could hurt her than him.

But Max is a psycho. Especially when it comes to her. I had seen the way he killed Lionel Preston and then his sister. I had never seen anything like it. And I liked my heart in my body than in someone else's stomach so I knew it was better to stay away. For now.

My eyes trailed to her. She bent down to serve Bruce some rice and I could see her nice, tanned tits. I shifted my pants to adjust my boner and looked away.

I'll have her soon. I have my plan. Once he helps me annihilate the Rogue Pack, I'll order my army to kill him too. Yes, he has a decent brain and is a damn good fighter but he was of no use to me after the war is won. His mate on the other hand...hot damn. I would have her. I was in search of another slave after Avalyn anyways. I'll have my fill of Talia too. Or I could have both of them. She made me particularly attracted to her again after I got to know she was Nikolai's mate. Yes. I'll not kill her either. Two is better than one, always.

Max raised his glass, "I'd like to make a toast."

I raised my glass too. I just needed to play the loyal friend right now. He has no idea I'm going to stab him in the back. I'm a genius! I barely controlled my laugh.

And then suddenly, I heard the sound of a glass shattering. "What the fuck?" Bruce had wine spilled all over his shirt and Max's mate was looking at him in horror.

"I'm so sorry!" She cried out.

If she was mine and she would have done this to me...I licked my lips at that thought. I would have beat her to the brink of death. It would have been so much fun.

But she was Max's right now. Watching what he would do to her will have to do for now.

Max's gaze turned furious and he gritted, "one punishment in a day isn't enough for you, is it?"

Talia shrank back and beautiful, large tears erupted in her eyes, "I'm very sorry, Master, it was a mistake!"

"Of course it was." Max hissed and her tears streamed down her cheeks. The tears suited her so well. In my opinion, women shouldn't smile, they were made to cry. They looked so much better screaming and crying rather than smiling and laughing. I shuffled in my seat to adjust my boner again. "I will punish you later. Now show him to the bathroom and give him one of my spare shirts."

"Yes, Master, as you wish Master." She bowed down multiple times.

Bruce, the lucky fucker, threw his napkin on the table and followed Talia upstairs. He could do so much, he had such a good opportunity. But if he had a decent head on his shoulders, he wouldn't do anything, just like I had ordered.

"I suggest you punish her in front of us. She will be embarrassed and we will get some entertainment too." I suggested. "A small bang before the final bang?" It would be a little something I'll remember her by before I take her all for myself.

"I only do public shows in the club," Max said and I caught an undertone of anger. It was best to let it go. "And the punishment is not for the public."

"Okay," I nodded. What an ass! His arrogance was pissing me off. Who did he even think he was? But it will be so much better to see him get killed.

And then I heard an ear-splitting scream and with the way Max's eyes turned red and the veins appeared under his eyes before he stood up and zipped upstairs, I immediately knew it was something related to his mate Talia.

I went upstairs to see what had happened too.

I followed their smell and reached a guest bedroom. Talia was flying on the floor, sobbing with her clothes torn, exposing her entire body. And Max had Bruce pinned to the wall by his throat.

Bruce's eyes landed on me, "h-help," he barely croaked.

Max's face had turned red in anger. He looked angrier than the day at Lionel's mansion. He had his back to me as he raised Bruce off his feet and squeezed his throat tighter, "how fucking dare you come in my home and try to rape my mate?" He snarled.

He's a goner. I had specifically told all three of them to lay off his mate, whatever happens. And when he didn't say much even after Talia spilled the wine on him, I was relieved. But he is a dumb prick. I would have given him his turn once I had taken her but now...

I'll have to handle Max carefully or else he will kill Bruce and then all of us.

"Max..." His snarl cut me off.

"I'm going to give you two choices, Emilio. I will either kill your Beta and then we will go forward as nothing happen, or, I will kill him and then all of you if you try to save him."

"Alpha." Luis and Miguel were looking at me, waiting for my next move.

I gritted my teeth. Bruce is my Beta...but I knew that Max could kill all of us if he wanted to. I had seen him kill more than a hundred people. And I valued my life dearly.

And this was Bruce's fault... And it wasn't like I had a choice. And Alpha's life is much more important than a measly pack member.

"I-I didn't..." Bruce coughed through Max's hold, "...please..."

"Kill him," I said, making a politically sane decision. A pack can go on without its Beta but without a true Alpha...the pack will suffer badly. And it was Bruce's life for the entire land of the Rogue Pack, Talia, and Avalyn. It was a calculated decision.

In the next second, Max had his hand in Bruce's chest and he ripped his heart out.

I will avenge Bruce by finishing the task he started. I'm going to have Talia under me once this is all done.

Max

"How did it go?" Avalon's dread-filled voice floated through the speakers.

I remained silent, wanting to create a theatrical tension-filled silence before I announced the good news.

"Stop worrying about them," Talia slapped my chest and I chuckled. "It all went well, Avalyn, don't worry."

"Yes," I added. "Start preparing for the big bang."