Chapter 25

Adriana pov

The look on his face wasn't encouraging at all. He looked so broken, different from the confident man I knew before. Which made me wonder what was going on in his head? Maybe it had something to do with what I said about his mate.

"Are you okay?" I asked as I placed my hand on his and squeezed softly

"Sorry, that's a sore subject for me," Alpha Abel said as he looked up at me, I saw the pain in his eyes, and it made my heart hurt

"What's wrong? Does it have to do with your mate?" I asked, and he nodded, "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want too"

"You need to know so that you will know I'm serious about you," Alpha Abel said as he looked up at me

"Okay, I'm all ears," I said as I turned a seat beside him

"It happened ten years ago, I found my mate and I thought we were happy together but it turns out she was cheating on me and one night she ran away with her lover but they were both killed by a group of bandits, it was after they died I found out they were se