Chapter 12

SEBASTIAN 

Athena strolled up the stairs, not even sparing me a glance as she spoke those words, even though I had frozen and turned to stare at her. 

Why did Sienna see her today? 

The thought was stuck in my head and I strolled over to my car and got in. 

I drove out of Athena's home and I couldn't help the pang of hurt that plagued my heart as my car took me farther and farther away from her with every second that passed. 

I didn't want to leave her. 

I had lost her once. 

I wouldn't lose her again. 

At least, I wish so. 

It doesn't take a seer to realise hat Athena was done with me, and I honestly can't blame her. I deserved every bit of the hatred she showed me. Even worse, I deserved more than she did. 

I stopped at a restaurant just a little distance out of the woods that shrouded her home, where Nathan was standing outside, waiting for me. I had asked him to wait here and not accompany me when I saw her. 

He gave a small bow and walked over to the passenger's side and entered the car. 

"How did it go?" He asked once I started moving again. 

I shrugged in response.

"About as well as I would have expected. She threw me out of her house , but she seemed to be doing fine. She must have recovered quite a bit."

Nathan nodded along as I spoke. 

"That is good then. Now, you can focus on other things."

"Nathan, what do you think of Athena?" 

"I don't think we were close enough for me to have an impression of her," he shrugged. "You never said much to her or dealt much with her except orders so I never exactly got an opportunity to get to know her before she left."

He paused and I thought that was al but he spoke again just as I was about to speak. 

"But, if you ask me what I think about her, I would say five years ago, she was trapped. She was a caged beast. Now, she has been unleashed. She has tastes freedom and now, she was forging herself into an authority."

I stared at him for a few seconds. 

"That does sound like her. She has indeed changed."

"Not changed," Nathan shook his head. "I think she has simply grown. She has grown so much that it looked like change even though it's far from it."

I couldn't think of a reply to that so I chose not to. 

Nathan adjusted uncomfortably and I stared at him for a long second before turning away with a tired sigh. 

"You would be more comfortable if you wore a suit your freaking size."

"This is my size, Alpha."

I scoffed at that. 

"A little bigger then. That thing looks like it would rip and tear any second now."

He scoffed in response but said nothing as I kept driving. 

We drove straight to the office where I was met with a panicked secretary.

I gave her a puzzled look as she hurried over to me. Her grey suit billowed behind her as she hurried to me and her eyes widened in relief at my arrival. 

"What's the problem, Dawn?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. 

"Madam Sienna is here, Alpha," she said with a panicked voice. "And she doesn't look happy. She's been demanding to see you or know where you went to."

I nodded in acknowledgement as I frowned.

What was Sienna doing here?

I got into the elevator, Nathan on one side and Dawn on the other.

We arrived on the hallway leading to my office and I opened the door to Dawn's office which stood just in front of mine. 

I could already feel Sienna on the other end in my office and I could already tell why Dawn was so scared.

Sienna was seething.

I strolled over to the door and she immediately jumped from her seat to glare at me. 

"Where the fuck have you been, Sebastian?"

I gave her a cold stare and then turned to the two behind me. 

"Wait outside, both of you."

They both nodded and immediately made themselves scarce, Nathan gently shutting the door behind him.

I turned my attention to Sienna. 

"What's the meaning of this?" 

"I asked you a fucking question," she scowled. "Answer my question, Sebastian!"

I ignored her tantrum and strolled past her over to my table. 

"This is a place of work, Sienna. Stop making a scene."

"I will do what I want if you won't answer a simple damn question!" She yelled. "You were supposed to be at your place of work! Where the fuck were you?!"

I frowned at that. This was beginning to get annoying. 

"Sine when did I owe you an explanation for my affairs?" I hissed. My voice was cold. My eyes were not glowing but she could feel the power in them. I could see her visibly shudder under the pressure I exerted and she took an involuntary step back.

But, her glare remained. 

"Since, that bitch came back to Dradesvow," she replied, a lot calmer than she was a second ago. 

I lifted an eyebrow in mock surprise. 

"All of this was about Athena? You're scared of Athena?" 

"I am not scared of the wench," she said through gritted teeth. "I am convinced that you are forgetting that she left you. You re forgetting that we are about to have our mating ceremony. You are forgetting the five fucking years of our lives together."

Her glare softened and her eyes were almost pleading. Her voice also softened. 

"Convince me otherwise, Sebastian. Please." 

For just a second I pitied her. 

Her suspicions weren't wrong. I had in fact been with Athena before coming here.

"I have forgotten nothing," I replied calmly as I sat down on my seat. "I have reasons I intend to not disclose. Our mating ceremony will occur as planned and Athena's presence will not change that."

She visibly relaxed at those words. 

"One warning, Sienna," I said as I leaned forward. "The next time you pull this shit again, I'll make sure you pay for it.”