Four

           ~Avery~

 I felt weak in the knees under his stare, he accessed me slowly from my head to toe and made the atmosphere more tensed than ever, from the look on his face, it could tell that he was not impressed by what he saw, my anxiety was eating me badly that I could not take it anymore.

I was scared that I did not meet up to his standard since he was the Lycan’s son but still, I wanted him to prove me wrong, I needed him to tell me that I have been overthinking and he was blessed to have me as his mate.

He opened his mouth to finally speak and I prayed that they would not be hurtful words.

‘’Are you done cleaning?’’ 

Gosh, his voice could make me addicted to hearing him speak all the time.

His question startled me but then, I realized that I had just moved in so of course, I would clean up my space.

I quickly replied him with a nod, unsure of whether he liked slow responses, I did not want to annoy me.

The last thing that I needed was a mate treating me worse than Liam did.

‘’Yes, I have.’’

‘’Alright then, you can leave.’’ He dismissed me.

My feet automatically moved in his command but then, I halted in my steps when I realized what I was doing, maybe, I was so used to following orders around the pack house as a maid.

I turned back and walked to meet him, ‘’Um...’’

‘’I am sorry but I can’t do that.’’ 

He perked his right brow at me, ‘’And why is that?’’

Was he serious right now?

He could not be, he was not going to pretend like he does not know we are mates or even his roommate.

‘’I have been assigned this room.’’ I clarified.

The next response that I got from him broke me into tiny pieces.

He scoffed, ‘’Is this some sort of a joke? It is funny, you know.’’

He did not even refer it to me, it was as if he was hoping for someone to be there then later walk in to dismiss it as a prank.

‘’They seriously did not expect me to share my room with a beggar maid.’’ He said it out loud for me to hear.

My chest began burning and my eyes were stinging with tears when I heard that, it was not how I imagined my first meeting with my mate would turn out.

It was going to be a complete nightmare with the way, things were going and I did not like it.

‘’My name is Avery.’’ I corrected him in a low tone.

‘’And you think I care?!’’ 

The high tone of his voice made me flinch in fear.

He took a step back and started pacing up and down in the room.

‘’You can’t be serious, just when I thought you would bless me with someone better, you decided to send me this thing and you expect me to be happy?!’’ 

I was very sure; he was yelling at the goddess.

This was the worst form of rejection.

‘’I heard that Alpha Grey’s daughter was coming, the weakling and the slave to her own people, how ironic is that? An Alpha’s daughter is an omega. I did not expect to even meet her because her story made me sick and then, I walk into my room and find her here, to make matters worse, she is my bloody mate, is this some sort of a curse because it is a very terrible one!’’ He vented out.

He was hurting me but he did not want to stop because he did not care one bit.

So, this was my destiny, to be hated and rejected by all, just when I thought she would look down on me and choose to ease me of my pain and sorrow, she decides to punish.

How does she expect me to live with a mate that despises me?!

My sniffing irritated him to the extent that he yelled at me again.

‘’Don’t cry, don’t you even dare! I do not want to hear it.’’ He warned.

I instantly covered my mouth and tried to calm myself, my vision was already blinded by tears.

‘’You can’t be in this room with me, I will not allow it.’’ 

Now, he was kicking me out, I was very sure that my brother would be happy if he happens to hear this, he had told me countless times that my mate would detest me because of my helplessness.

‘’Just take a look at yourself, you are horribly dressed, your father is wealthy but you dress like a maid, oh, you are one. I can’t lower my standards for such, it would be a slap to my face, considering my status.’’ He stated.

I hoped for too much.

Every other girl would have been proud to know that she was fated to be the other half of Alexander but right now, he did not want me to be in his life.

He was not wrong either, my entire wardrobe was filled with clothes that others would consider as rags, I grew up like this, my father never bothered to buy me clothes because he felt that I did not deserve it.

He got closer to me and I retreated back in fear, he forcefully gripped my arms and I shut my eyes, not wanting to look into his pitch-black eyes.

 ‘’Now, listen to me, nobody must find out about this, the fact that we are mates, we are not, I would have rejected you but I will take pity on you, I would not want the rejection to drain the last strength in you but I won’t accept you either, if you dare to tell anyone about this, I will make your life a living nightmare, oh, I do not even need to because I am sure, it already is.’’ He threatened me and freed me, making me land hard on the floor.

He bent down to my level and I could see how disgusted he was by my sight.

‘’Do you understand me?’’ He asked me in a calm tone that seemed scary.

I nodded.

‘’You are not mute, answer me with your mouth!’’ He ordered.

‘’Yes, I do.’’ I replied in a low tone.

He stretched his hands towards my hair and tucked a strand behind my ear, ‘’Good girl.’’

Those were his last words before he left the room angrily.

I burst into uncontrollable tears as the door slammed shut behind him.

What did I ever do to deserve this?