Chapter 3

Claire's POV

"What have you done?!" I wailed, dropping to my knees and pulling Jayden to me.

He shrugged nonchalantly, "He had to go. You cared too much about him."

My best friend, almost mate just got killed in front of me, my so-called mate killed him and he was being nonchalant! The fury burned deeply within me.

Something came over me and in the blink of an eye, I was in front of him.

He didn't bat an eye at my angry state. He looked like he expected it as stared at me, waiting for my outburst.

I glared with as much hate as I could muster, not breaking eye contact. "Do you plan on killing everyone I care about."

His callous hand pushed a stray strand away from my face. "If they try to get in the way, yes."

"I'll never love you."

His hand dropped as he laughed, a full belly laugh "You are quite arrogant, aren't you? I don't want your love. I need you by my side."

I was a little embarrassed and slightly hurt but managed to utter, "Why is that?"

"Come with me and you'll find out."

I held my ground. "I'm not going anywhere with you."

He hummed, his eyes turning to my mother. "Your mother looks pretty shaken up, how about I finish her up?" He gave his ugly, evil smirk. I just wished they didn't turn my inside into bubbles.

My eyes narrowed, "You wouldn't dare."

My mother fainted already, not being able to take any more of this and frankly, neither could I.

He looked like he'd had enough as he rolled his eyes, pulling me in a tight grip. "Don't try to test me, Kitten. You won't like me if you do."

"I already don't. You just hurt my best friend." I couldn't look over at Jayden again, the sight had my heart aching.

He frowned. "I'm sorry."

Was he actually apologizing?

"I wish I killed him."

I could not believe my ears. "You are insane!"

He got up in my face, enunciating every word. "He got close to you, touched you in ways I could only dream of."

I spat. "You truly are a beast."

He leaned back, beaming like I offered a compliment and it seemed I did. "And here I thought you didn't know about me. I was wondering how I'd introduce myself."

With a huge grin, he began, "I'm Darien, Alpha of the….

I cut him off, knowing exactly who he was. " I know who you are."

I couldn't possibly be by his side. That would go against everything I planned and believed for the past eighteen years.

"I'll just reject you…

He laughed. He laughed cynically like a maniac. " If it was that easy you wouldn't be here trying to sever the bond. We are mates for a reason, one that I don't care for. I just want pups and you are the only one who can give them to me."

My brows dropped in confusion. "What do you mean?"

He rolled his eyes for the third time already. My cheeks turned hot as I felt stupid and embarrassed. I knew I wasn't the sharpest tool in the box if my grades were anything to go by.

"Seeing as you know so much about the prophecy, you must know what I am."

"An abomination." The words echoed in my head or so I thought.

His eyes darkened even more and it was his turn to glare harshly.

It frightened me. It was a contrast from his arrogant, sinister self. He was getting angry. At me. Fear sat deep in my stomach and I subconsciously took a few steps back.

The whispering began again from the crowd.

"Did she just say that?"

"She called him an abomination."

"She's so dead."

He walked into the crowd. I wasn't sure what happened but a couple of heads dropped. I couldn't scream, no one could. You could just be next. The stench of urine filled the air. Someone had peed themselves. For my sake, I hoped it wasn't me.

"Wrong choice of words, Darling." He smirked, walking up to me.

The tension left my shoulders. He wasn't mad, at least not at me.

He picked up the ancient box, checking for something. "Seeing as I'm a hybrid, I can only get my mate pregnant."

I stared blankly. I wasn't sure where he was going and something told me I wouldn't like it and it was right.

I didn't. Not one bit

"That's where you come in, Kitten. All I need is nine months and then you are free to go. I just need to continue my legacy."

I had to admit, his words hurt a lot. He didn't want me, he just needed me to make his offspring. I was only a breeding machine for him, he'll never see me as more than that.

Not letting him see how much his words affected me, I took a different approach and planned to hurt him instead.

"You are as crazy as they claim."

He shrugged. "I guess so. I've been told that a lot, it doesn't bother me."

Seeing as I wasn't getting to him, I decided to drop it. "Forget it. I'm not doing this. I'm not going to your pack to have your pups."

He walked in front of me, his face all up in mine. "Sweetheart, you don't have a choice." I dropped his hands from my chin instantly like he burned me but it was the opposite. I couldn't handle the spark that came with his touch.

"I will not be coerced into something I don't want to do!"

With my tiny frame, I doubt I did as much damage as I planned. His six-foot-four-inch self gave me a one-over. I never felt more inferior than I did at that moment. I was nothing and he knew it. I knew then that I had no choice. I was going to mate with him even if I didn't want to.