~Lexa~
I could literally hear my heart tremble. My wolf was unsettling but I had to remain still and calm. I sat there, listening to them converse like they’ve always wanted to. The disgust underneath their own voices. The monsters' very annoying gaze still on me. “You finally attended one of these? Are you going to sign up our trading contracts next?” Alpha Zane asked, laughing slowly. My mind was all over the place, was this the surprise he had for me? I asked beneath my own voice…But there was no way Alpha Zane knew anything about my past. He didn’t know or even understand all of the pain I’ve had to bottle up for years. “There wasn’t a reason to come until now.” Raemon definitely sounded okay. His voice was stern and not a hint of pain or regret. I know it’s been five years but at least he should have had a reaction if at all. “Please excuse me” I stood up, avoiding looking at anyone’s face. ‘He wasn’t supposed to be here, what’s changed?’ Anthrix tried to reason with me, our heart aching. We might look strong on the outside but on the inside we were fragile…too fragile if you ask me… It was enough time for us to get over it i know but it wasn’t as easy as we say it was. The thought of giving your heart and all of you to one person…only for it to get broken, that’s not something I want to go through again… I stupidly saw him as a savior since he practically saved me and that was how we met and the stupid bond clicked. I don’t want to think about it, not how I stupidly gave my heart to someone that changed overnight. I splashed water on my face, a lot of it. “We don’t remember anything, it’s our past.” I keep muttering the words to myself, staring at myself in the mirror. I was a reflection of pain bottled up, of everything wrong…My Reason to not remember anything. “You okay? You almost drank the full cup.” His voice boomed out of nowhere. He was standing right behind me, his aura instantly filling up the small bathroom. I gave myself a small pep talk, reminding myself he wasn’t worth anything. Zane’s mom, Christine and getting to train was what was importing to me right now. “I’m sorry do I know you?” I asked outright while cleaning my hands. He laughs weirdly, his steps coming closer till i could feel his breath on my neck. I don’t move, no reaction. Nothing more annoying than letting the other person know they are not really important. “Sorry, are you fine? You need to find your way back to my alpha?” I asked so gently. Moving like there wasn’t a reason for me to be scared. Acting instead like he was drunk even when we both knew that was no way possible. We were standing in front of each other now. His eyes were dark and a bit cloudy, not that usual vibrant golden ones. Shit shit noooo! We don't want to remember even the tiniest details about him. I didn’t want to stand here anymore and walked out, my face looking like I held real pity in them for him. Like anyone ever gets drunk at these things. His hand held my arms. “I’m holding back enough Alexa, don’t push it.” He spoke calmly, pulling me back to face him almost immediately. “What are you doing? How do you know my name? Who are you?” I started to fake a panic, my voice increasing in tempo. He smiled like that was the only true thing holding him back. “Is this a joke? Cut it off Lexy, trust me that I’m trying my best to act really calm right now.” He spoke into my ear, his face right on my neck. “What joke?” I continued the act, sounding really lost and totally confused. “Wait, where’s my mark?” His hand grabbed my neck at once, anger rolling off his tongue as his eyes scanned my body. At that instant someone came in and walked in on us. Her eyes flew wide open as she gasped out loud. She didn’t even wait long enough for me to ask for help and just ran out. He didn’t flinch, one of his hands still on my neck as he used his eyes to search for a mark I spent all day covering up. “What are you doing, stop!” I screamed at the top of my lungs, hoping to get attention or more specifically to get Alpha Zane here because clearly not just anyone can tell him off. He was about to freaking bring his nose close to me. “Alpha Raemon, what are you doing with my wolf?” Alpha Zane walked in. And somehow to me he didn’t sound much surprised. He’s just very weird, and why we would never like each other. “Can you get me out of here?” I uttered boldly, sounding pretty scared. Literally scared because his eyes twitched when Alpha Zane called me his wolf. It just felt like he was doing it on purpose. His hands loosened, he let me go and I immediately ran to go stand behind Alpha Zane. “Is this all a joke?” He turned to face Alpha Zane, his voice very serious and stern. A clear show of anger on his face. “Absolutely not alpha. The meeting is about to start but clearly I can’t stay longer because she’s scared and not safe here.” His voice hit all the nails on the head. His face on me as he looked for any scratches. I don’t know what he was playing it but it wasn’t looking good. “I’ll get details from you about the meeting later. I trust that you understand the situation since you also protected and kept your mate from us for her safety.”~Zane~ “You can’t really stop him from seeing her, you know?” He was disturbing my thoughts, and giving him a warning look would only make him stop only for a few minutes before he continued right away. I still gave him the look and he looked away. Why else would I be in deep thoughts if I didn’t know I couldn’t stop him from seeing her even if that’s what I wanted. I laid down every possibility on what could happen if I denied him access. And the possibilities of what would happen if he got access. Both sides weighed heavily and I …He intruded again. “We can’t deny him, in fact he has to come so we can move on with our plans. It’ll even be easier to get to know a lot when he’s here and distracted.” “We could easily know all the structuring, find our way in and break down his strongholds. Easy and quick.” He said it in a hurry , looking straight at me as I glared at him. He didn’t stop there. “The sooner the better for everyone.” He muttered. “Lexa?” I didn’t have to ad
~Lexa~ It looked like she was sulking but I didn’t mind, I was putting on the brightest face for both of us. We walked right in, standing in our usual positions, the so-called non harmful Evelyn giving her distance but still smiled at us as we walked in. “I returned her smile back, are you happy?” I asked knowing she was not in her best mood. I didn’t have to ask before knowing why. I mean they could be a thousand possible reasons why but those thousand possible reasons all definitely had to do with Beta Josh. She gave me a little face. “Hmm I guess so.” She replied, going back into her moppiness. In no time he walked in ready for the day. My eyes got stuck at the entrance, smiling as he walked in, it didn't mean anything but just the fact that I could now get what I always wanted. I know it didn’t mean he was going to stop being a jerk to me. For all I know he could be showing me that so I could end his class sooner and that wasn’t in any way an issue to me. My smile
~Lexa~ We both sat still on the bed, like if we moved something tragic would happen. Her hands were tucked neatly on top of her laps. She finally showed up after stalling the best she could but unluckily for her I was too busy watching a hall filled with men training like they were about to face a war. Anyways an apology wouldn’t be so bad even if I wasn’t angry anymore. She faked a cough, moving her body bit by bit as she drew closer to me. “Where did you go with him? I’ve been waiting for a while now.” She asked, her eyes refusing to come up to face me boldly. I laughed internally and I turned to glare at her, refusing to say anything yet. Just allowed my face do the talking as it told her “is this what you are really supposed to ask or say?” She blinked rapidly, understanding me. “Okay okay” her hands moved up freely “I’m so sorry Lex, I’m sorry for letting him take your number wi_” I squinted my eyes at her, waiting for her to fix the correct word there. She sig
“What are you doing here? Are you finally here to free me?” He said in a hurry, his voice rasp as he held the bar gates he was confined in aggressively. “Am I free now? Can I go now?” His eyes flashed with a lot of emotions at once. Fear, fury, frustration, confusion all written boldly on his face. I stood three steps away from the bar gate, the place he had been for five years now. One look at him and the reminder that he was likely going to expose everything that I did, secretly scared me. Every little thing I did to make sure Raemon was only mine! He kept stretching his hands, trying to touch me, a pleading look on his face as if it'll make me change my mind on why I was here today. I smiled like I was sorry for him. “Longest time Marcus.” I stood poised, unmoved by his appearance. But still kept on an act, he never really saw past anything. He was just too blind. “I’ve been waiting, Ann. You promised to come frequently.” His voice shook due to his fragile state. His
~Zane~ “You are taking her, where?” I freaked out through the mindlink. I respected his privacy as my best friend this time around and did not ask him questions about her today but what did he do with that? Just decided to take her to our secret training ground?! “You don’t trust her enough?” I could feel a smug look on his face like he was trying to prove a point to me with what I just said. And he knew too well that wasn’t the issue at all. Having her walk into a den of sweaty warriors with her face and alluring shape she wasn’t even aware of? Oh no! “Don’t play tricks with me Josh. You clearly know why?” I said, my fist tightening with raw fury. He freaking laughs through the mindlink. “You clearly gave them a show already, so they know better than to trespass.” He assured me even though it sounded like he didn’t care but I could always hear it. I might freak out or be right on the edge right now but I knew all too well that he wasn’t going to do anything I wouldn’t lik
~Lexa~ “Try to keep up. We don’t have all day.” He uttered like I wanted to be here with him. I clenched my teeth, forcing myself to hold back every word I wanted to curse out at him. I swallowed it all in, giving him a quick passing smile. We kept walking and I tried this time to walk faster. My mind was filled with lots of angry thoughts. And I sooo have a lot to talk about with Christine when I see her. Luckily she could escape when Josh walked in to start training for the day. She escaped immediately after we were done, giving me pleading eyes like that would change anything. Okay maybe it would but not just immediately. Maybe I understood she couldn’t withhold it from him because he was beta but she didn’t even do it because of that reason. Mtchew. He stopped again very briefly, turning to look at me and then at my legs then shook his head and continued walking. What the hell? “You never know, maybe it’s because of your long legs that’s why you're rude.” I whisper