2. His father is my mate?

OCTAVIA ADLER

The pain was unbearable, my heart hurt so much as I rushed into the only club open by that time and made my way directly to the bar.

“Tequila shots please!” I ordered, blinking back tears and biting my lips until it throbbed like a pulse. It would be embarrassing to shed my precious tears for a man like Eren.

I tried so hard to keep the pain at bay but I couldn’t, the more I tried to ignore the pain, the more painful it got.

“More!” I ordered the bar attendant and from my blurred vision, I could tell that he was genuinely concerned.

“Ma’am, you’ve had 21 shots already, we can’t give you anymore.” He said politely and I growled internally, seeing nothing but red as I looked up at him.

“MORE.” I growled, hoping that would make him pour my drink faster but he didn’t budge as he kept cleaning his glasses.

I felt tears well up in my eyes, not even the bar attendant will attend to me. I hated being drunk because of how teary it makes me but I needed to drink.

I needed to drink to forget about the betrayal from my boyfriend, now ex and my ex-best friend. I felt the nauseating sinking of despair as I tried to hold my tears back but the salty taste I felt on my lips told me that they were already pouring down.

“What are you doing, Octavia! You promised not to wallow!” I said to myself but the tears just wouldn’t stop pouring down.

Ahh. I’m a fucking mess.

Whipping my phone out of my pocket, I scrolled through social media and the algorithm just seemed to know how to rub more salt on my pain.

All over my timeline were people going on romantic dates and they were either getting proposed too or getting married.

I hate the world!

Or so I thought until I came across an article that was attached with a picture, the stern face staring right at sent cold chills running down my spine.

‘Aidan Nightingale, the strongest Alpha wolf ever known and feared mafia king, has conquered two other packs in the space of three days.’

Aidan Nightingale isn’t just a formidable wolf, he’s also a mafia king as stated in the article. His unmatched cruelty, brutality and the unbelievable length he would go to protect his pack and power are infamous in Oceans Howl Pack.

He’s also Eren’s father.

The uncanny resemblance left little to the rest, I felt my heart skip a beat just as I stared at his picture. My body reacted in a way it had never reacted before.

Now that I think about it, my body only ever reacts like this whenever I see photos of him. I’ve only ever seen him once and I felt like I was going to get swallowed up by his pheromones.

I hate to admit it but I’ve always had impure thoughts about Aidan Nightingale but the fact that I was in a serious relationship with his son had always held me back.

“Fuck it!” I muttered as I scrolled through my contract list, Eren had contacted me with his father’s phone once before and I had no idea why but I saved his number.

My fingers trembled, the alcohol gave me an unbelievable level of boldness as I clicked on his number and hurriedly typed out the message.

Instead of wallowing in the pain Eren had caused me, I should make him feel an even greater pain. Yes, this is just revenge and nothing else.

‘Come get me. Drunk. Can’t get home alone. Hurt.’

Attaching a pin, I hit send and tossed the phone back in my bag. My heart was pounding like crazy now, the feeling of regret was starting to assail me as I waited.

Will he come? There’s no way he’ll come. He gets busy.

He’ll probably just send one of his men, there’s no way that the Aidan Nightingale will take time out of his busy schedule to come and pick his son’s drunk girlfriend up.

That’s it, he’s my ex-boyfriend’s father, a very powerful alpha that commands fear in more than thirty six packs and he cares so much about his reputation that he wouldn’t even think to put it at stake for someone like me.

Everything his son isn’t, Alpha King Aidan Nightingale was. He was older, powerful, and ruthless.

I was always drawn to him in the strangest of ways but I’d always fought against that pull and did everything I could to pretend like I wasn’t.

Trying to distract myself from the thoughts that kept filling my head, I made my way to the dance floor and it didn’t take long for men to start flocking around me.

Swaying my hips, I moved gracefully from man to man but that happiness I felt was short lived when I heard a really loud bang that caused the music to stop.

My eyes widened as I watched him hit every one of the men that had been dancing with me until they were all lying on the dance floor like dead bodies.

Is he— Did he—

I was taken by surprise. I don’t really know what I was expecting but I wasn’t expecting this at all. He looked nothing like the pictures of him I see scattered all over the internet and also nothing like the man I saw years ago.

This man was muscular and tall, moving with a kind of dangerous grace. He emitted an aura that depicted how much of an untouchable force he was.

He exuded a sense of raw, unbridled power. His presence alone was marked by an aura of unyielding strength and his demeanor was intimidating with a ruthless grace.

His existence accompanied a palpable sense of danger and I felt my heart stop as my eyes followed the way his shoulders moved beneath the fabric of the white shirt he had on.

This is one powerful Alpha wolf. It makes sense now that everyone fears him.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing here, getting yourself groped by these men?!” He scolded as he took off his suit jacket and wrapped it around me.

Shrugging, I was still too stunned to speak because I couldn’t believe that he actually came by himself to get me.

Aidan Nightingale is here in flesh and blood.

“I— was having fun.” I tried to act smug but I couldn’t keep up with the act when his eyes landed on me, weighing me down with his insane power.

Somehow, maybe I’m just imagining it but he looks really angry. The air around us electrified as he clamped his palm around my wrist.

“Your idea of fun does not sit right with me.” He growled and now that I stare at him very well, I can see how much his son looks like him.

His presence alone ignited something in me, something I’ve only ever felt once in my life, when I was standing face to face with him that day.

But now, that feeling had intensified, it had so much more force than ever that I had to squeeze my thighs together to put an end to the rush of desire between my legs.

Lifting up my gaze, I stifled a gasp as my eyes fell on Aidan’s face, taking his facial features in and the sight alone made my mouth go dry as my throat felt parched.

His profile spoke of power and ageless strength, his dark hair was slightly long, falling over his forehead, his ruggedly handsome face, his square jaw that tensed visibly and the deep frown lines etched over compelling dark grey eyes—

What is this feeling?

I felt hot from within, really hot that no amount of air could have made me feel better. Something strong kept pulling me to him like a moth to a flame, my wolf was going berserk and my body wouldn’t listen to me at all.

Is this really what it feels like? Is this what a she-wolf’s heat feels like?

Is Aidan Nightingale my mate?

When I first met him, I was too naive to understand the concept of a fated mate, the feeling but now, it’s makes sense!

“What are you going to do about it then?” I dared, the alcohol giving me a level of boldness that I never thought I could attain as I maintained eye contact.

I could feel the bond I was trying so hard to ignore get even stronger, his presence made me so weak in the knees that my entire body reacted to him even more intently.

I reminded myself that he was Eren’s father but still, even though I knew how wrong this would be. It’s basically a taboo! I wanted him now more than ever.

More than I’ve ever wanted anyone.

“I’m taking you home to Eren!” He said firmly, his grip around my wrist tightening as he pulled me but I managed to get out of his grip.

“I’m not going home!” I yelled at him, my eyes holding his, “especially not to the lying, cheating son of a bitch that you birthed!” I added quickly before hiccuping.

Aidan seemed to be taken by surprise by my words but he recovered just as quickly as he got closer to me, so close that not only could I smell him but when he leaned over I could feel his breath on my face.

“Eren, my son, cheated on you?” He asked, his voice heavy with surprise and disbelief and I couldn’t understand why he was even bothered but I nodded as anger crept within me.

I could barely hold back, my throat itched with the insane urge to scream and hurl things at him for giving birth to Eren but it wasn’t his fault.

I couldn’t blame him for having a son.

“YES, HE DID AND AS HIS FATHER, SHOULDN’T YOU DO SOMETHING?!” I eventually yelled at him.

What could he possibly do?