Chapter 6

[Alexander]

I was too stunned to follow her, my feet feeling like lead held them shackled to the carpet. Valerie had been so close - so close to scenting me that I wasn’t sure why she chose not to do it. She knew I was her mate - she had acknowledged that much - but she still decided to leave in a hurry, as if the thought of me being her mate disgusted her.

I was far from disgusting. I was Alpha. I was also the CEO of my father’s mining company - a title I had worked very hard to attain. Amelia was the brains in the family, and growing up I always thought that she would be the one to take that place. So I worked harder and strived to get that position, even though her healing abilities made her look towards a career in medicine. She had no desire to work in the company, but still, I had to prove that I was fit to be CEO.

Becoming Alpha wasn’t something I needed to prove. My lineage belonged to a long line of Alpha males, and I only had to grow up and become of age to become Alpha of th