08: Follow Me

No. No. No. No. No. No.

There couldn’t be something wrong with their mate bond. If there was, that meant Irene wouldn’t be able to be with Desmond ever again!

“Are you sure? Maybe it’s–”

“I’m sure,” Adam abruptly cut Irene off, then backed away from her, “Come with me.”

He didn’t give any explanation as he turned around and marched towards the only door in the room.

“Hey! Wait, wait, wait, wait! Where are you going? Let’s try again!” Irene ran up to Adam and stopped behind him.

He craned his neck in her direction and said, “I’m not trying again. There’s something wrong here. It’s best to meet someone who’s knowledgeable about mate bonds so they can tell us more.”

Irene looked at Adam, finding it difficult to grasp the entire situation. She couldn’t believe that the problem they were facing with the rejection was so superficial that they needed external intervention.

“What if there isn’t anything wrong with the bond?” Irene asked with a small voice.

Irritation crept onto Adam’s expression as he said, “If there’s nothing wrong with the bond, then why is the mutual rejection not breaking it?”

Irene didn’t have any answer to his question. Their bond was normal. She couldn’t think of any reason why their bond wasn’t… Irene stopped her line of thinking, mentally facepalming herself.

There was nothing normal about their bond to begin with. First, he was her second mate—which should be absolutely impossible considering she had a mate before him. Secondly, Irene was an omega, and Adam was an alpha.

Irene had never heard of any luna being an omega before.

The more she thought about the conditions of their bond now, the more Irene realized that there was indeed something wrong with it.

“You’re right…” she finally said, agreeing with Adam.

“Follow me,” Adam said to her.

That was how he opened the door of the small room they were inside of and led Irene outside. There were two guards by the door when they came out. The two guards being the same people who had thrown Irene into the room in the first place.

She couldn’t help but glare at them when she recognized their faces.

“Get the car ready. We’re heading to Elder Noel’s place. Send everyone out,” Adam instructed the two guards.

Their lips parted at the orders they were given.

“Alpha, do you mean the guests or the guard unit?” One of the two guards inquired.

Adam frowned at the question asked. 

“Get everyone out of this building.” Adam’s tone was dangerously low as an invisible weight pressed down on the two guards.

Irene was able to sense the shift in the air, though she was not directly influenced by it. It seemed that Adam was using his alpha dominance on the guards. A chill ran down Irene’s spine as she wondered how being on the receiving end of an alpha’s dominance would feel like.

Irene could make out beads of sweat on the guards’ face as they looked like they were experiencing mental torture.

Just when Irene thought Adam would never release the guards, the pressure in the atmosphere vanished as fast as it arrived, and Adam walked out on the guards.

The two men almost collapsed on the floor in front of Irene. Her stomach coiled with discomfort watching them.

“Didn’t I tell you to follow me?” She suddenly heard.

Irene turned around and saw Adam glaring at her from a short distance. Goosebumps crawled on Irene’s skin because of Adam’s hostile gaze on her.

“Y-Yes. I’m coming,” Irene stammered as she forced her legs to move.

Adam descended a flight of stairs different from the one that Irene had used earlier. Irene only realized this after they were halfway through the staircase going down and the floor wasn’t filled with dancing people.

The stairs led to a space that was smaller in comparison to the grand hall on the other side. Irene saw a large set of open double doors ahead. 

Adam walked out of the open doors with hastened steps. He stopped after going through the doors, causing Irene to halt as well. She quickly sneaked a peek out his large frame and saw dozens of cars parked outside under the dark night sky.

There were also dozens of guards, wearing black suits, standing in waiting.

‘Why are there guards everywhere in this place?’ Irene thought. 

Jupiter Pack was the strongest pack in the Werewolf Territory. Was this much security needed when the members of the pack were mostly gammas and betas?

There was no one to answer Irene’s question. And no time for her to ponder on it as Adam’s deep voice echoed in her ears.

“See to it that each guest returns to their destination safely. I don’t want to hear of any casualty after tonight,” Adam’s voice was clear and commanding, “Also, where’s Matt?”

One of the guards stepped forward and answered, “He’s guarding Miss Aria, Alpha.”

A strange look set on Adam’s face at that response.

“Who’s Miss Aria?” Irene poked out her head from Adam’s behind.

Everyone suddenly turned their attention to Irene, noticing her presence for the first time.

“My younger sister,” Adam replied to Irene’s question.

“Oh…” She nodded her head in realization.

Irene had once heard that the alpha of Jupiter Pack had two siblings; a younger brother and sister. Adam was the oldest sibling and naturally became the alpha of Jupiter Pack after his parents passed away years ago. She didn’t have much information on his family other than that.

So Adam’s sister’s name was Aria, huh… Irene thought it was a cute name.

While Irene was busy thinking irrelevant things, the horde of guards stared at her inquisitively, wondering who she was and why she was casually standing so close to their alpha.

“Is the car ready?” Adam interrupted the thoughts of his guards.

The guard who had stepped forward earlier spoke up again, saying, “Yes, Alpha.”

Adam nodded. Then he gestured for Irene to continue following him. Adam walked towards a specific car and someone opened the backseat’s door for him. He stepped into the car comfortably. 

Irene moved to enter as well but a guard blocked her way with an outstretched hand. 

“Not this one,” the guard said. Then he shut the door of the car and turned around.

He pointed to the car beside the one Adam was in and said, “You’re taking that one.”

“Why?” Irene asked curiously.

The guard looked at her like she was asking the most foolish question in the whole world. 

Irene patiently waited for an answer from the guard, wanting to understand why she couldn’t get into a car with Adam.

“The alpha doesn’t share enclosed spaces with others.”