7. Two Mate

Killian's POV.

Mikel kept yelling at me, so loudly that I could hardly register what he was saying but I did know he was raining all sorts of insults on me, I think he was wishing me death as well but I could hardly focus on him.

My focus was on Esmeralda who was sitting there wide eyed staring at Mikel as he kept talking. I immediately stood to my feet and walked towards where Mikel was standing, I desperately wanted to bring this argument some place else away from Esmeralda, away from prying eyes so that Mikel and we would be able to further embarrass ourselves.

"Mikel, let's take this somewhere else, this isn't the right place to do this".

"Oh please" he pushed me away "you can't tell me what and what not to do, you don't own me you bastard" he roared as loud as he could and I had to turn my head away from his booming voice.

I looked over my shoulder and Esmeralda was still sitted there, as if there was any other place for her to go. 

"Can you not see I have a guest over, can we just take this somewhere else?" I was tired of being rational so I yelled back. This had been a sickening day and instead of it come to to an end, Mikel decided to bring his own drama over here and ruin things further for me.

Mikel looked over my shoulder and I could tell his eyes landed on Esmeralda as his expression slightly softened. But what I was not expecting was it to soften more than normal, this time, his eyes held a look as if he was staring at something important, at someone who was important to him.

I turned around to be sure if it really was Esmeralda he saw and no doubt there was no body else in the place other than the three of us.

What I further noticed was he wasn't the only one who was staring. Esmeralda had a faint smile on her face and a slight blush on her cheeks, I almost rolled my eyes at her attempt to look cute despite the questions pumping in my head about how they could've known each other.

I turned back to Mikel, his eyes no longer held the affection it did before, it hardened and it appeared like he was looking at a pile of shit. It was as if that affection I had seen was my brain playing tricks on me, because it was rare, next to impossible to one time be staring at something like it was the most important thing on earth and in the next minute like it was coated in shit.

Mikel swallowed and removed his eyes from her. "I do not wish to continue this here, not because you asked for it, but because I don't want to" 

Without waiting for me to say anything, he headed upstairs to a bedroom and I followed him, leaving Esmeralda behind and the questioning expression that had taken over her features. 

I peeled my eyes away from her round beautiful eyes and focused on climbing the staircase that led upstairs.

"Why the fuck do you want to take everything away from me, why do you want to steak the company, I thought yours was okay for you, Killian are you that greedy for wealth that you cannot leave me with what I'm suppose to inherit from out father, why are you so stingy and cruel you god forsaken piece of shit!?"

Mikel ranted the second I walked into the room, be didn't even wait for me to lock the door before he started with what he was here for. 

Calmly, I replied him "i don't know what you're saying and I have no idea about who's stingy and who's not"

"Oh really?" Mikel asked unbelievably "then tell me, what did you go see father for and who's that girl that's sitting there like a statue?"

Hearing him bring up Esmeralda into the conversation piqued my interest, I snapped my head to focus on him, fixing my eyes on him. The question bubbling in my chest was ravaging and I could feel that Kai was already getting jealous over it, but I could not allow our emotions get in the way of our rationality.

"Do you know her?" I asked ignoring all that he had said before.

I could see he was taken aback by my question, his shoulders lowered and his angry demeanor faltered, he took a step back and looked away from me then he shook his head "I don't know her" he said, "why would I know her?"

I did not believe him.

The way he had denied knowing her was suspicious. Coming here was fueled by anger towards me and the curiosity of what happened between our father and I, however, he suddenly brought her up in the conversation. And the way he was staring at her, it couldn't be true that he didn't know her, it just did not make sense that way.

Before I could prod, he attacked me with his unreasonable words once again, ranting rubbish over and over again "I am the one that's supposed to inherit father's company and i will unite all the wolves in San Francisco, I will be the alpha I was meant to be and with father's approval, I will find the last pure blood wolf and mate with her"

My hands was folded in front of my chest as I stared at him, he was so sure of what he was saying, it was as if he had fallen into a dimension where everything was supposed to go his way.

"How are you sure the last pure blood wolf is a woman?" I mocked him. I couldn't imagine how he would feel like if the wolf he desperately wanted to mate with sprang up as a man. I stifled a laugh at how embarrassing it would be for him. But I couldn't help but think, would he still want to mate or not.

I laughed.

"You're crazy" Mikel spat out and I apologized for laughing but still couldn't hold it in. "I have started the search for her and I've found out that it is indeed a woman and what ever fantasies you have going on in your head you can stop it, I'm not losing to you you fucking faggot"

A quizzical look took over my appearance, I wonder why he would refer to me as a faggot.

He did not wait for me to say anything, he sauntered straight to the door and opened it. However, as he opened the door, what was standing on the other side caught both of us by surprise. 

It was Esmeralda.

Mikel pushed her out of the way and he walked down the staircase.

I was shocked at his attitude towards her, but before i could help her up, she was already on her feet and on her way running after him. It was shocking for me to experience and when I made my way out of the room, she was already by the front door talking to him.

My heart fell and my eyes went dark. I felt a stab on my heart and I could hardly think, the only thing in my peripheral were the two of them talking to each other.

The feeling was drowning and my senses were already spilling everywhere and I could no longer try to keep them back, the only good thing was I did not slip on it. I still held my stance, I could still control some things. Except the banging of my heart.

My heart pounded against my chest aa I watched the both of them. I couldn't take it anymore, I couldn't allow jealousy to swallow me whole, I couldn't allow myself to suffer through such ordeal for a woman I did not want. I turned around trying hard to ignore the two of them as I walked back into my room.

I still could not think, there was nothing I could do that was able to take my mind off the two of them. I did not want to imagine what they were doing together standing by the door.

Were they kissing?

Were they hugging? Snuggling?

How did they meet? 

Had they ever kissed or made love?

All these questions I was asking myself, and it was because of the stupid wolf inside of me that was fascinated by her. For some reason,he wanted her.

I turned around and saw her standing by the door, her eyes were glossy and tears were streaming down her face. It was the second time just tonight that she was crying and the second time that I was angry, and the second time her voice was soothing my raging heart.

"What does a mate mean and why did he say he rejected me as his mate?" 

My heart fell.