Unbroken Bond

Knight’s POV

 

 

 

Aubrey Greyson had a way of keeping me up at night, either worried or filled with uncontrolled anger. 

 

Being an Alpha who had given up the throne searching for my mate who had gone missing after leaving me with our daughter, lusting after a small girl was way out of the question and dangerous.

 

Ever since I confirmed the dynamics of our relationship, I knew and did my best to the maximum to keep our relationship with little or no interactions at all.

 

Days turned to weeks and months, and the world needed a leader. Because of my mate, I chose to live with humans and gave my throne to my brother.

 

Her little physique aided me in trying to look away from her. As much as she was little, I could sense her feistiness but fate had made a mistake this time around.

There was no way she was mated to me, I doubted the mate bond and tried my best to get distracted by anything around me.

 

The human world didn’t take things the way we do in the where world. She was my daughter's age mate, meaning she was way out of my league.

 

 

Upon moving here, I began suspecting that she was my mate when I focused on her reaction whenever I was around, but I never thought far about the extent of the relationship.

 

 

I saw it as a childish crush and something that would wear off until she turned sixteen and became more daring.

 

 

It didn’t hit me that she was doing all those things for me as I saw Ellie do the same thing, I thought it was this phase in their teenage hood until Amber confirmed my doubts.

 

 

My wolf was also so damn sure that she was the one. When Ellie was to go back to the pack for training, I decided to go through some of the old frames I had taken from the pack. While I was going through some frames, something struck me and I became undoubtedly shocked. 

 

 

My first mate had the same face as Aubrey. 

 

 

Looking at Amber, she had the qualities a man would want, a mature body, a smart tongue, and was indeed beautiful compared to her little sister.

 

 

As much as I had my feelings, I also had control, I wanted Audrey to gauge hers. She’d come over to visit Ellie with body-con clothes and try to get my attention, which I never gave.

 

 

Seeing her with boys her age caused anger to surge through my veins, but who was I to act on those feelings, I knew all this was as a result of the mate bond, so I wanted to break it the moment she turned eighteen, which was tomorrow.

 

Paying little or no attention to her had always proved to be hard, but the girl I had sighted at the mall made it difficult to look away, and far away did she look like the little girl I had once known.

 

It was the hair and nothing else.

 

I wanted this over and done with, so I decided to honor her invitation to the party.

 

“You made it!” I heard Amber say before pulling me into a hug. I dropped my gift to Aubrey at the table and tried my best to focus on Amber, even though I couldn’t stop myself from wondering what Aubrey was doing.

 

“Where is the birthday girl!” I asked, trying my best not to sound one bit happy to see her at all. Her scent was all over the place and my wolf was running mad with excitement.

 

“Upstairs, trying to look as glam”

 

Never have I felt the bond to be as strong as this… This was a confirmation of my thought that indeed she was my mate.

 

“I’d just take a walk around and wait until the party gets into full swing” 

 

“I’ll think alone because you don’t look so good” she added, and I frowned as a stray thought popped up in my mind. I wanted her out, and as I looked into Amber's eyes, I knew what I had to do. 

 

I turned away and walked toward the door, my heart heavy regretfully as she followed suit.

 

My senses could sense her scent walking towards me and at that moment I pulled Amber into my warmth, placing my lips on hers.

 

I heard her footsteps finally come to a stop where we were, and she froze. My wolf growled in anger, but I believed this was for the best.

 

This was the only thing I could do to put an end to her childish fantasy.

 

I could feel her eyes burning into my back, and my hands coiled around his hip. I knew I had just made a difficult choice, but I wasn't certain if it was the right one. 

 

“Mr. Knight!”

 

Amber immediately pushed me away in alarm and turned to face her sister, rushing to meet her sister, but I turned back rather than give any explanation.

 

I didn’t owe her any, it all went too fast. One minute I was entering with her gift and the other I was stepping out wondering if at all I was right.

 

As I got into my car and drove away, I thought about Aubrey and wondered if I had just made the biggest mistake of my life. 

 

The bond wasn’t broken, but I had stopped her from confessing because I wasn’t even sure of what I’d do if she did.

 

But then, a tiny voice at the back of my mind reminded me that I had to be true to myself as there was no way we were going to work as I was far much older than she was, so regardless of the consequences… I was ready.

 

As the days went by, my longing for Aubrey only grew stronger. It was as if I could feel her presence even when she was not there. 

 

With all this realization, I became determined to get her and rushed out of my house and headed to hers.

 

Upon getting to the door to their apartment, I met a moody Amber rather than the usual enthusiastic Aubrey.

 

“Where is she?” Her eyes are puffy with tears, causing fear to fill me up.

 

“She chose a university so far from home, and it’s all your fault!” She announced.

 

“What do you mean?” I asked confused, The plan was to let her let go of her childish infatuation, even though it was hard for me to let go too.

 

I was left with one choice now, I knew I had to find a way to win her back, regardless of what it took. There would be no rest until I had made things right. 

 

My heart and wolf would not allow me to give up on her.

 

Aubrey was mine, and I was going to get her back.