CHAPTER FOUR

James

“Miss Marina’s recovery is so impressive. It was a really slim chance she was going to make it…” the doctor rambled as we stepped out of the room and I struggled with focusing on what he was talking about when I was excited out of my mind.

I already lost hope about Marina. For three years all I wanted was for her to wake up, and she finally did. My mate and my partner was awake and I felt more alive than I’ve felt for the past years. 

It has been really hard these few years. Everyone knew I was the heir of Wood company, a multimillion dollar company, but no one, except Marina and my Grandfather knew I am the Alpha of the Wood pack that was almost completely destroyed three years ago when our enemies ambushed us and slaughtered everyone of our members. I would have died, but Marina saved me just in time.

But I lost my wolf and she landed in a coma.

The thing I craved the most was revenge against my enemies. I needed them to feel the pain they put my members through. My only way of doing that was waiting for Marina to wake up because my grandfather refused to help with resources. He wanted children.

“You need to have babies, James! You are my only grand child. I can’t die without having grandchildren!” He always shouts and I always promise him I was going to give him a grandchild.

But now that Marina was awake, I could get the thing most important to me.

And that was revenge.

“So Marina would need to rest and be taken care of at all times, and she would need to be in a wheelchair…” the doctor droned on but my mind reminded me of my lost wolf.

Ever since the battle, I lost connection to my wolf, maybe now Marina was up, I’ll be able to get it back-

“Mate!”

My wolf growled in my head, my lost wolf growled in my head!

A shocked gasp left my lips, and I shot up in my chair, causing the doctor to go silent in shock.

“What’s the problem, Mr James? Is something wrong?” He called but his voice faded from the background as I tuned into my mind.

It was empty just like earlier, but my wolf just spoke. 

‘Hey! Are you there? Did you say something?’ I screamed into the abyss of my mind, but it echoed back just like the last three years.

A frustrated sigh left my lips. He spoke. He said something.

“Mr James.” The doctor touched my arm, looking at me strangely. “Are you okay?”

I blinked, getting back consciousness. “Yes I’m-“

A strong scent hit me out of nowhere, stealing my attention from the doctor.

What is that smell? A groan left my lips as the most delicious smell infiltrated my nostrils and I began sniffing the air, trying to trace it.

“Mr James?” The doctor called again but I ignored him as my feet followed the scent.

The scent landed me in front of Marina’s ward and I stared at it, confused.

What could be giving out such scent?

My legs carried me until I entered the room and my feet froze as I discovered where or who the scent was coming from.

Rosa?

My docile wife and Marina’s doctor Rosa?

“She almost hurt me!” Marina screamed from the floor and I rushed to help her, but I couldn’t pay attention to anything else as my eyes kept drawing to Rosa.

Why did she smell that way? It was so delicious and sweet.

For the past few years, I haven’t seen her in this light and now that her intoxicating scent was hypnotising me, I couldn’t function and think straight.

“I don’t need her anymore!” Marina yelled into Rosa’s face as she complained about Rosa, and I tried my best to focus on Marina, but I couldn’t. 

I had to send Rosa to cover her wounds so I could focus, but her scent was everywhere.

“James. Divorce that woman.” Marina said immediately after Rosa left.

A sigh left my lips as she said those words. Now that I was smelling such a powerful scent from Rosa, I can’t divorce her.

It was so strange, and my wolf spoke. She was connected to something and I needed to find out what it was. 

Could she be my mate? But that would mean I had two mates.

That was impossible… This is crazy. 

Her teary eyes met mine as she sniffled. “You replaced me,James. I was barely unconscious and you replaced me as fast as you could.” she whispered, but i was having trouble concentrating when it was only Rosa’s scent i could smell around the room.

I cleared my throat, berating myself. That wasn't being fair to Marina. I placed a hand softly on Marina’s shoulder as I held her close and looked straight into her eyes. “I could never replace you, Marina. She was just the help, nothing more.”

Marina’s gaze met mine again. “But now we do not need her anymore. Why don’t you want to let her go so we can continue with our motive?”

A sigh left my lips as I placed a hand softly on Marina’s chin and staring into her blood shot eyes. “I cannot divorce Rosalind, Marina.”

Anger flashed in her eyes. “Why James? I don’t want her here! Why aren’t you listening to me?”

Taking a deep breath to think things through, I knew the only way she could allow Rosalind to stay was if she felt it was necessary , so lied through my teeth.

“Because, Rosa is a very useful maid, Marina. She’s the only one who knows your situation and if I got divorced from her, I wouldn’t be able to find a maid who can handle you as well as she does. You matter so much to me Marina, and as soon as you are fine, Rosalind would be out of our lives as soon as possible, and you would never lay eyes on her again.”

The acceptance in her eyes as I uttered those words I didn’t believe and certainly didn’t mean had me letting out a breath of relief, but that was gone as soon as the door burst wide open and a livid Rosa stepped into the room.

My already heavy heart sank the minute  I took her expression and I heard the word divorce slip from her mouth.

No, please don’t, Rosa.

“I want a divorce.” Rosa cried and a part of me felt angry at myself for making her cry. I jumped up from my chair and walked up to her without thinking twice.

“No Rosalind, all those things…” I started, reaching out to touch her arm but she slapped it away angrily, shocking me even more.

“Don’t touch me! I never want to hear whatever you have to say!”

Frustration built within me. This wasn’t what I planned. Rosa cannot divorce me. I have to find out why she caused a reaction in my wolf and divorcing me would make that hard.

“Rosa please, this is a bad idea, rethink this decision.” I urged, and she scoffed.

“Why should I rethink my decision? You don’t want to lose your nice little maid, right?” She eyed me in disgust.

“No Rosa, that’s not it-“

“Then if it’s not it, send Marina away.”

My eyes widened at her request and from behind me, Marina screamed, “that’s impossible!”

Rosa ignored Marina, her eyes stayed on me as she expected my reply but I shook my head in a negative way.

“I can’t, Rosa.”

I couldn’t send Marina away, she’s the key to getting the revenge we deserve.

Rosa shook her head, and the look of disappointment she gave me broke my heart. “That’s what I thought. Expect my divorce contract soon.” She spat, and after shooting Marina a dirty look, she walked away.

But I couldn’t let her go. I have to stop her.

“Rosa!” I called as I rushed out after her, but a scream from Marina froze me in my steps.

“James! I see a vision!”

A vision? my heart raced at the sound of that. She having a vision makes us a step closer to our revenge. My gaze flickered to the door.

Do I follow Rosa? Or wait to hear the vision?

My decision made itself as I rushed to Marina.

My main goal was revenge. I would chase after Rosa and convince her to stay but I need to know about the vision.

“What do you see, Marina?” 

Her eyes glazed over. “I see a man!”

I nodded, hopeful about this. “Okay and?”

Her eyes glazed more and a gasp left her lips. “He’s as a party, but I can’t see his face. Someone is helping him hide his face, maybe a witch or a helper like me.”

Disappointment filled me with her statement, but I’ve waited three years. I could wait a little more if it meant I could finally get my revenge.

“That’s okay, Can you see any clues or maybe what he’s wearing?”

She nodded and a second passed before a gasp left her lips.

I moved closer to her as her eyes refocused and she looked at me with shock in her eyes.

“Well what else did you see?” I asked impatiently and she swallowed hard.

“Rosa was with our enemy, James.”

My throat constricted at the sound of that and I gripped the edge of my chair to stabilise myself.

Rosa has a relationship with the man that slaughtered my pack?