Chapter 9.

Sorren’s POV

Not so many things have made me freeze in my entire existence. The death of my parents was the only one that came to mind as I made my way out of the house with Mira behind me. I couldn't even breathe when I saw her. I guess I was just appalled by the amount of beauty she got from just a shower and a good night's rest.

Her brown skin was so perfect although there were scars all around it. She packed her hair in such a modest way that made it super attractive.

Immediately we got outside, I stopped walking, and she did too. I almost thought she wasn't even walking behind me with the speed at which she stopped.

Her gaze was pinned to the floor like looking at me would mean her death sentence.

“Look at me.” I muttered, and she looked up at me. I lost my words when the sunlight hit her eyeballs in such a gentle way. She had pretty attractive brown eyeballs that called out to me.

“Alpha?” Khalid interrupted, and I coughed to bring myself back to normalcy.

“You called for me.” Khalid said, standing in between the two of us.

“Yeah. Let's head over to the library.” I said, turning and we left. I hadn't even told her the main thing I wanted to, and now it was bugging me.

The library is my usual safe space, and I can be away from the madness everyone throws in the wolf world, even if it is for a few hours.

On arriving at the library, Khalid made his way to his part of the library since I never liked to be disturbed.

“Sit around and read a book.” Khalid said to Mira like he was the one that ordered her here.

Mira shyly took a book from the shelf, and slowly headed over to a corner of the room where anyone would barely see her, and she started reading.

I took my mind off her, grabbing the book I had been reading for a week, and I went in to my safe spot.

“Fuck!” I snapped after reading the same line over and over again, unable to comprehend what I was reading. Something was clouding my mind, and it was doing a very good job at it.

I decided to take a quick breath to gather my thoughts, and I somehow ended up closing my eyes to listen to Mira’s heartbeats.

Her heart thudded softly against her chest, but it hit at an alarmingly fast rate.

“What?” I muttered, shocked that she was still alive at that rate.

I moved out of the cubicle, and I made my way over to her. As I got closer, I could hear her feet tapping against the marble floors, and I could hear the lead of a pencil brushing against a soft surface.

I got closer, and I could see her nervously drawing something. Her hands moved faster than her legs tapped against the floor. It was very obvious that she was too nervous. I felt bad for putting her in such a position.

“Mira.” I called softly, and she looked up at me. Her eyes widened, and she hurriedly hid the pencil like I hadn't already seen it.

She stood up and lowered her gaze calmly.

“Alpha Sorren.” She muttered.

“If you value your life, you wouldn't tell Selina that you were my mate, even if it was for just a minute.” I said, and she nodded. “Don't ever make the mistake of mentioning it to anyone else, not even yourself.”

“I won't.” She muttered, raising her head up a little.

I felt irritated by how I felt so much pity for her.

“Why are you like this?” I growled, and she raised her head, looking very puzzled. The already dimmed light in her eyes dimmed even further.

“Sir?” She muttered, taking her eyes off me.

“Why are you so weak? What happened to you? Who hurt you? Who broke you?” I asked, annoyed that she was this scared. Not even an omega in my pack fears this much.

“Erm…” She muttered, and I could hear her breathing get faster. It annoyed me further that she was so scared even with me. She clung to the book she was holding, and I was beginning to feel bad for the book.

I took a step closer to her, and her feet shuffled as she wanted to push back.

“Calm down, Mira.” I muttered, taking one more step closer to her. There was not just about three feet separating us.

She glanced at me, and then pinned her gaze to the ground again.

“You don't have to be scared, Mira.” I muttered, and she sighed, still not raising her head. “You can talk back at anyone when you want to. You can argue. You are free to live your life by the rules.”

“Don't spend it being a scared little girl.” I said, and she slimed back into her shell. She cowered like she was entering a bigger shell.

I sighed as there seems to be no hope with her any longer.

“Go back to whatever you were doing.” I sighed, and she looked up at me again.

Those brown eyes, man. Those beautiful brown eyes. They were filled with pains beyond anything I could imagine.

I retreated and Khalid came downstairs just as I was about to walk back into the cubicle.

“Alpha, there's trouble.” He said, and my eyes widened.

“What's the problem?” I asked, and Khalid shook his head to signify that it was worse than I could imagine.

“There were sightings of hunters. Werewolf hunters. And they're getting closer to us.” He said, and I swallowed hard.

“What do they want?” I asked, looking sternly at him. “We've not had troubles with them in a while.” I asked like all werewolf hunters don't want the same thing.

“They have just one goal according to my source, and they're even more than they were in previous times.” Khalid said, and I sighed.

“Gather everyone.” I growled. “It's time to make tough decisions.”