I clenched my eyes shut, waiting for my cheek to be struck by the palm of her hand but it never came.
After a while, I opened my eyes only to find Alex standing in-between us, his hand holding the woman wrist mid strike, an annoyed look on his face as he glared coldly at her.
My heart couldn’t help but swelled up on seeing Alex standing up for me but my relief was caught short seeing the murderous gaze in the woman's grey colored eyes as she glared at me as though I was nothing before her.
"What is this I hear Alexander? That you've declared a common slave as your mate?" She said with a sneer, and I felt my chest tighten a fraction.
"And the first thing you try to do is hit her?" Alex asked, irritation etched in his voice.
The woman I have now recognized to be his chosen Lizzy took a step back, her gaze falling in total disbelief.
"Oh? Was I supposed to bow down to her?. Oh come on Alex. This lowly slave here can't possibly be your mate. I mean, just look at her”
I was forced to glanced back at myself in shame. Truly, I was nothing in comparison to the beauty standing before me. Lizzy was flawless. Dressed in an off shoulder black blouse and tight pant with her hair drape neatly in a bun and sitting pretty on her head.
No man would pick someone like me over her but it’s crazy that Alpha Alex seem to be having a different thought.
"She is my mate now and not a lowly servant as you so put it and I'd very much appreciate it if you see her as your soon to be Luna because... "
"_Wait! Are you replacing me with this…thing?” lizzy had interrupted him mid sentence, “I mean, are you're aware that my Luna ceremony is in three days? and you're already replacing me with as lowly as her?"
"Elizabeth!" Alex growled with his Alpha tone, the air turned suffocating as he glared at her with a hardened expression, his hands balled into fist by his side.
“I will not have you disrespect my mate in such a manner"
I felt my heart skip another beat, warm sensation spreading over my cheek just listening to Alex refer to me as his mate. Truly, he was serious when he had called me mate earlier.
"What about me huh?" Lizzy suddenly looked pitiful as she said those words, her eyes suddenly glistening with unshed tears.
"I thought we have walked passed this stage already. You promised me that we will be together. You chose me to be yours forever, Don't you love me anymore?."
Alex just stared at her like she was a stranger he was just seeing her for the first time.
"You are my best friend, Lizzy and that’s not going to change."
She suddenly reached out and wrapped her arm around him, closing the little distance between them.
"We are more than best friends, Alex, we are meant to be together forever."
"That's what I thought," Alex suddenly said before untangling himself from her embrace and backed away, leaving Lizzy arms to slump back by her sides.
"But I'm sorry... I have a mate now, and the only thing I can say is I hope you find yours too. Someone who would love you the way you want and deserve because that person isn’t me."
"No." She suddenly screamed like a hysterical woman. "It is only you I love Alex and will forever love and no one else” she took hold of his hand and quickly interlocked it with hers, “please Alex, let's be together like we promised."
A flicker of hope flash through her eyes as Alex simply stared down at their joined hands.
“Alex please, don’t let her come between us”
"Lizzy, leave." He ordered, his voice cold and distance as he untangled himself from her.
Another minute passed and nothing happened as they just stood there, glaring into each other's eyes before the enraged woman stalked out of the room in tears.
There was silence as Alex turned to me with a sympathetic look in his eyes.
"I'm sorry about Lizzy, She... "
“_It's okay... I know how she feels" I said with a small smile.
Even though Alex and I are mates, I still couldn't blame Lizzy for wanting him for herself. She looked like she really loved him and was willing to have a future with him, but I just came from no where and spoil her plans.
"I pray she doesn’t hate me more than she already do."
Alex shook his head as he settled down beside me once more, "Lizzy is a nice person. Though she's heart broken at the turn of event, I know she will come around when she is calm”
I tried to see the optimistic side of his sentence, but the dark angry gaze of my father, reminding me I wasn’t there to be loved but on a mission, causing my smile to fall a bit.
"Are you hungry?" He asked, and i was sure he knew what my answer would be because he seemed to be communicating with some maids, using the mind-link, to prepare dinner for me before I even said yes.
When he was done, he stroked my chin again and I trembled with something unfamiliar yet pleasurable especially when his thumb ran across the skin on my cheek affectionately.
"I'll get you a change of clothes after you eat and shower okay? And then you can rest"
“okay” I answered with a nod.
**
I was wry of how the servant gave me strange looks when they brought in array of mouth watering dishes into the room some minutes later.
Thankfully, Alex was still in the room watching, so they dared not stare for long before they scurry away and out the door.
"Are you going to eat or should I feed you?" He asked when i just kept staring at the food instead of eating.
Slowly i reached for the fork and stabbed down a steak before pushing it into my mouth. I chewed on it and closed my eyes as i relished the taste of good food for the first time in so many years.
I can’t even remember the last time i had something this good to eat. My father had literally turned me to a maid and made me eat the same ratio as a typical Omega without care or a bit of remorse.
I still wondered if my father and I are truly related, but it says it all in the documents. He was my father and aside that, i have my father's undeniable features that were impossible to deny the man.
Alex wanted to head Into the shower and leave me to eat, but he noticed I had stopped eating at this point, my thought completely lost.
Sighing, he climbed into the bed and noticed how I immediately tensed up when our body made contact.
"Shhhhh, it’s okay. I'm not going to hurt you." He heartily chuckled as he cautiously took the fork from my hand with a smirk. "You could have just asked me to feed you. You're still hurting from your back, aren't you?"
"Just a bit." It was a white lie, because i don't intend to make him question me some more, like the death weight in my chest.
I wanted to tell Alex about my life back home but wonder if i could trust him not to see me as an enemy. Maybe if i stayed a week here, i'd grow enough to know more about him and how he ran his pack and see if I can trust him.
I also thought about asking him about the red gem of vitality, but I knew I’d be pushing my damn luck too far. He already looked like he trusted me and all I could do was to be patient at least.
"How's the food?" His voice snapped me back to reality and i shyly accepted another spoon of food before swallowing it appreciatively.
"It's delicious... " i said and lowered my head when i noticed he was staring intently at my face.
A part of me wondered why he didn't recognize me as Alpha Dalton daughter of blue moon pack. But a greater part knew that most people didn't even know Alpha Dalton had a daughter because of the way he treated me.
I was practically a slave in my own father’s pack all these years to be noticed.
I noticed how Alex kept staring at my face the entire time as I sat there eating. Sometimes his gaze would move to my hair before lingering on my lips some more.
I wish I could hear his thought and know exactly what he thinks of me. Does he like me? Or…
"What about your parents? Which pack are you from?"
I almost choked at his question as I was suddenly unable to look him in the eyes. I tried to steady my racing heart so he wouldn't grow suspicious of me.I should have known that he was bound to ask questions about my family background and pack, but what I didn’t realized was that it'd be this soon. "Uhm... Ruby Gem's pack." I mumbled under my breath, feeling so guilty for lying yet I couldn't tell him where i originated from in order not to cause more question or even worst suspicion.Ruby Gem's pack was a neighboring pack to ours and has a history of their Alpha selling them off as slaves. It would only make more sense if I was from there and thankfully, seem Alex had bought my lies as he simply gave a curt nod, his eyes now staring down at my hands."And your parents?""I'm an orphan..." And I truly wished i was even though i wasn’t.My mother suffered a stroke which made her lay on the bed all day without moving, speaking or doing anything other than just lying there.The one job
When I struggled to catch my breath in his grip some minutes later, he reluctantly released me as we stood panting in each other's faces, still trying to catch our breath.Alex seemed just as flushed as I was if not more as he reached out a hand to brush softly across my trembling lips. "Are you scared of me?" Alex asked, worry and guilt in his eyes. "N- No. I'm not." I kept my gaze lowered to the floor a i said this, feeling the warmness around my cheeks grow even hotter when I felt his gaze still on my body. Suddenly I noticed him taking a step back, away from me and i glanced up, now hugging my chest, my nipples covered with both hands, a flushed look still grazing my cheek still.I couldn’t help but wonder what he was up to, but seeing him slowly strip In front of me, caused my jaw to drop to the floor, my toes curling up with embarrassment from the throbbing sensation between my legs just looking at him.I couldn’t look away from his body, not while his eyes were locked in min
I let out a sigh as i groggily blink my eyes before staring into space. There was an unfamiliar ceiling hanging above my head, and the bed i lay on felt too comforting and soft to be real. Where was i? Was I still dreaming? Because i can swear that i met a man last night that treated me like a human being for the first time in years.I yawned and rolled on my side and froze on seeing pure green eyes staring intensely into my surprised one, making me stunned for a few seconds, leaving the words I planned on saying to get stuck in my throat. "Hey..." His voice was calm and playful despite how rough he looked and when he smiled at me, two dimples appeared which caused my eyes to widened a little fraction.He was charming and there is no doubt he was real too and everything that happened last night wasn’t a dream or a mirage. It was real.The more i stared at the beauty before her, the more memories of what happened between us last night start to flood back into my head like i was walki
"I'm sorry I made you wait... Come on.. let's go downstairs." He apologized before taking my hand in his like I was a gentle dove he doesn’t want to flying away and leaving him stranded."Aren't you having your bath as well?" I asked, trying to pull my hand away yet the spark of the connection between us was too much to pull away so I kept holding on."I will after you've had breakfast.""No .. I'll wait..." I said with a tone of finality, beckoning him to go to the bathroom. Alex smiled. "Yes ma'am."I blushed as he turned around and obediently left to take a bath. Few minutes later he was done and all dressed up and he took my hand before leading me downstairs to the dinning room. As they got closer, I heard the chatter of people down and my heart dropped to the pit of my stomach in nervousness and the stares I got from the Omegas didn't help one bit. "You okay?" He calmly asked me, squeezing my hand a bit to bring me back to reality because it looked like I was fading off into
Alex POV.Anna blushed, feeling as though she had just been given the highest compliment coming from an even more beautiful woman who is none other than my mate. Isla showed up even more beautiful than I thought, those sapphire blue eyes does things to my inside. They make me want to loose myself each time she smiles shyly at me. She is so fucking naïve and innocent.My mate is perfect.Forcing my eyes to move away from her, I noticed Lizzy rolled her eyes and was about to make a snarky comment when Nate pushed a spoonful of bacon into her mouth and her eyes widened as she glared at him but he smiled at her and she swallowed hard."And this is Kevin... he's my most trustworthy Gamma." I continued in my introduction. It’s important that Isla meet everyone as she would be staying here forever now. The sooner she get acquainted with everyone, the better."Are you a witch?" Isla asked out of curiosity, having stared at Kelvin silvery hair for far too long without blinking."I'm a half wi
Alex POVI felt the sting of her palm for another minute as i slowly raised my hand to caress my cheek, to the spot where she had slapped me without hesitation.It was only Lizzy's ragged breaths that echoed in the room while Nathaniel just stood there with horror in his eyes, his expression mirroring my own disbelief. "Do you want to slap me again? Or Was that enough for you to vent out your anger?" I asked as calmly I could still staring into her eyes and noting the emotions that burned within. "I'm not satisfied... I want to kill that woman and you too, for choosing her over me!.""Listen here Lizzy..." I said stepping closer with my hands clenched into fist, anger seething through me at her words, "The day you even make a move to hurt my mate, I will fucking kill you."A shocked gasp escape her mouth at my fair warning with unshed tears in her eyes, "I thought you loved me!"I was about to lash out at her without a second thought when i caught Nathaniel's eyes in the room. He l
Alex POV."Lizzy wouldn't dare lay a hand on my mate."Pushing himself off the wall, he came to stand at the same eye level as me, "I think you're missing the point here. If you perhaps have forgotten who Lizzy is, I'll tell you who you are dealing with in five words. She. Gets. Anything. She. Wants. Every. Fucking time. However and whenever Alex, and if she says she will kill Isla, she most definitely will.""She won't." I said walking away, dragging the dreaded feeling i felt to the darkest part of my mind so he would forget it before he is forced to do what he might regret him self."In her words she said 'If she can't have you, then no one will' It's either she kills Isla or she kills you. Do NOT underestimate her Alex. She told me she wanted you years ago, and she was this close to being your Luna. She doesn't make empty threat."His word struck me like a cord, bringing my feet to a stop and i turned to face Nathaniel squarely. "So what do you suggest I do? Kill her? Banish her
Alex POV.I was contemplating on taking her with me but I knew she would not consent to wearing any cloth i'd offer since they weren't hers, and Anna had a pretty large frame so i knew her clothes wouldn't fit her.As I got downstairs, i saw Kevin still in his seat, reading. "Don't let Isla leave her room, and don't let anyone in as well." I told him, and Kevin nodded, noting the knowing look in my eyes before he vanished from the dinning room.I totally hate when he does it but I trust him not to betray his Alpha with his hybrid abilities."You wanted to see me, Alpha?" Nathaniel voice called at me and I turned to see him approaching. He looks ready to go out with me."That's new .."I tried a humor chuckle, but it died down on seeing that Nathaniel's expression hasn't faltered or broke for even a second. "You're calling me Alpha now? What the fuck Nate, the elders aren't even around.""Aren't you the Alpha, after all? ""You always call me Alex... Stick with it, it’s more like it’s