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TWENTY-ONE | A Feast Not Worth Going
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A Mate Not For Sale TWENTY-TWO | A Thought Worth Thinking
"You haven't answered me. Where is Arden?""Work calls" I answered."Are you both always busy?""Well, sometimes we get so busy we do not have time for anything else, and sometimes there are not many things to do""Do you know I have missed staying in the Ice Pack? I missed spending time with you and Arden" she said and I rolled my eyes slightly.But I do not miss spending time with her. I thought. I still prefer to listen to Arden's unnecessary talks."Do you remember when we visited your father's garden without his permission to plug some fruit and Arden's trousers caught some thorn?" she asked and I nodded.I had forgotten most of the things that happened during my childhood and had to pretend that I remembered every bit of what she was talking about. I wondered why she suddenly brought this up."We ended up being chased by your dad's dogs. And we couldn't get a single fruit at the end" she said laughing so hard.I groaned slightly. This happened a long time ago, why does she feel
A Mate Not For Sale TWENTY-THREE | Finally A Good Idea
I went in search of Arden, to see if he might have some ideas to share with me about Xavia but when I got to his room, it was locked."Where is the Beta?" I asked the guards at the door "He has not returned after he left for the feast yesterday" one of them answered.I knew immediately that was the reason he hasn't shown up to ask me how my day went with his sister. I thought about waiting around for him but the guards do not look comfortable with me around. I also knew Arden might not be returning anytime soon. "When he gets back. Tell him to see me, ok" I told them. "Yes, Alpha" they muttered in unison.I left his place and did not return to my room, knowing Kate would be looking for me. I had left the garden without her knowledge and I knew how furious she would be, she might threaten to scream the building down. That had always been her threat, which of course, has always been carried out by her so many times.Surprisingly, she hasn't changed much despite being gone for so many
A Mate Not For Sale TWENTY-FOUR | The Strange News
XAVIAI adjusted to the life of being a slave with the help of Katherine, pretty well than I had imagined. I got used to waking up early and sleeping late. Eating once or twice a day if need be was not a problem anymore. Sleeping in a crowded place was now easy and comfortable. I also loved every bit of work I was given and gave in my best to carry it out properly and without complaint. Not only do I love working in the garden now, I even looked forward to working in it.I had adjusted in such a short time and also made a few new friends. They helped me out in the garden when they have the chance. When we all had nothing to do and were expected to retire to bed, we crawled out of our dorm and either went to the kitchen to raid the store and have something nice to eat or visit a few places we had wanted to visit during the day. Surprisingly, we were never caught.I had asked Katherine so many times how we were able to carry out such acts without being caught and she insisted that it wa
A Mate Not For Sale TWENTY-FIVE | The News That Flies So Fast
"That can't be" I muttered."You said what?" Katherine asked"Nothing. I did not say anything""Mary, where did you hear the news from?" I asked, still finding it difficult to believe it."That's right. Where did you get the news from?" Katherine asked."Come closer," Mary said, urging us with her hand. I wondered why she suddenly wants us to come closer when she had told us the news openly.I looked at Katherine who shrugged. "Well. We should go closer"We moved closer to her. "So what do you have to say?" I asked, my arms folded."Where did you hear the news from?" Katherine asked."From the maids in the Luna's chamber," Mary answered.This must be a piece of real news since it comes from the Luna's chamber. I thought."Are you sure about this, Mary?" Katherine asked and Mary nodded."Then we should get ready to prepare for a wedding right?" Katherine asked, giving a beaming smile."I think we should," Mary said, also smiling."What does the Alpha's wedding have to do with us?" I a
A Mate Not For Sale TWENTY-SIX | A New Place Of Work
Katherine ran after me and soon caught up with me."Is there something you are hiding from me?" she asked."No," I muttered."I don't think so. You seem worked up when I asked you why you left the Lycan Pack""I wasn't worked up. I was not just interested in the conversation""Really?"I ignored her and hurried up. We were close to the meeting ground already. The meeting was to take place in the dining hall and most of the girls were in the hall already.Katherine held my hand. "You...""Hurry up," Helen told us. She was standing by the door. "Bella is becoming impatient"We hurried into the hall and joined the rest quietly. There was silence as we waited for Bella to speak. She stared at us, saying nothing. My heart suddenly began to pant hard. Bella's lips curved into a smile. "Good news" she muttered and there was a loud clapping across the hall. I couldn't clap like the rest, but could only tap my feet impatiently. All I wanted was a quick word from Bella so we can all return to
A Mate Not For Sale TWENTY-SEVEN | A Bit Of Secret
GILBERTI have been hearing rumors about my wedding with Kate and I knew the rumors did not start without my mother and Kate being involved. A few elders congratulated me during meetings while others gave me approving smiles. At first, I was worried about the rumor becoming real but decided to ignore it, since my mom had not said anything to me yet. "It's a good thing the Alpha is finally settling down" I heard one of the elders whisper to another at one of our meetings."I think so too. We will be getting the heir to the pack soon and we can put our minds at rest""I do not know our meetings are now for cheap gossip" I answered."We are sorry, Alpha. We are just very happy you are finally getting married" one of the elders said.I groaned slightly."I am not getting married" I muttered quietly.If this is what I will keep hearing, I think I should better end the meeting. I thought, standing up."This meeting has been adjourned," I said walking out of the hall.Arden followed me behin
A Mate Not For Sale TWENTY-EIGHT | A Time To Think
I sighed. Arden seems to be making sense. If I can't show my mate to my mother, I can as well please her by pretending to accept the wedding proposal with Kate. But how can I pretend and for how long? I wondered."Do you have any suggestions?" I asked Arden who seemed focused on a magazine on the table. I waited for his reply which never came. After a few seconds, I tap him slightly."What?" he muttered."I can't believe you haven't been listening to me""I was listening""But you were staring at that magazine while I was talking to you?""I wasn't staring at the magazine. I was just quiet because you weren't saying anything""But I have been talking to you for a while now. Was I still not saying anything?""Fine. I was distracted a bit. I am sorry"I sighed. "Do you have an idea on how to pretend to accept the wedding proposal, because I do not know how"He shrugged. "I do not have any idea," he said and I blinked.He doesn't know how and he suggested that I pretend."You mean you h
A Mate Not For Sale TWENTY-NINE | The Encounter
XAVIATalking with the Alpha was surprisingly nice and interesting, unlike what I had expected. I had known him to be cold-hearted and not friendly. A few of my encounters with him were not friendly. I could still remember our last conversation and how he had treated me. Not to talk about my first encounter with him after we were taken captives.He had asked that they lock me up in a room without food and water when I had done nothing wrong, but with the help of Alaila, we both ended up in a room and we were not locked up. We were also given food and water until the Lycan King came to rescue us.Our chat got interesting, though I did most of the talking, the look on his face made me know that he is interested in whatever I had to say and that got me talking. At some point, his lips curved into a smile. It was quick but genuine. That was my first time seeing him smile.Kate, his supposed wife-to-be, showed up and that ended our conversation. I groaned sadly, wishing she had not shown u
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A Mate Not For Sale SEVENTY-ONE | A Wedding To Remember
XAVIAIt had been months since everything had returned to normal and I had been living a peaceful life. I heard that Gilbert has left for a faraway land to work on himself, after he apologized sincerely to his Pack members, his mom, Arden, and Kate. I was told he wanted to apologize to me too but he knew I was not going to give him an audience. I had refused to see him not because I had not forgiven him but because I did not want him to feel bad when he saw me and though I hadn't seen him since he left, he sent a letter through Kate. When I read the letter, I was very happy. I was happy that he had finally accepted his fault and was willing to change. Kate told me he has been calling her frequently these days and is showing interest in her. She told me she might be giving him a second chance once he comes back.She doesn't know when he will come back but she is willing to wait. Her words touched me. I feel happy that they will be getting back together. She deserves to be happy. He does
A Mate Not For Sale SEVENTY | A New Love Interest
I was not expecting anyone to come for me. I know that what I did to them was hurtful and I do not deserve their sympathy. Neither was I expecting Arden to come for me.How am I going to face Arden? I wondered. How am I going to face him after everything?I stood rooted to my spot and the guards did not hasten me up to leave. For some reason, they treated me with respect."Why are you treating me well? Why are you not treating me as a criminal?" I asked."Our Alpha asked that we treat you well because you are an Alpha of a Pack" one of them said.I was surprised. I did not expect the Lycan King to tell them such.Could Xavia be the reason he is treating me well? I wondered.I walked out of the cell and headed outside. I was surprised to see not only Arden but also Kate. I blinked. She was the last person I was expecting to see.Why is she here? I wondered. "K-Kate?" I mumbled and she smiled at me but said nothing.I could not move closer to them. I stood rooted to my spot not knowing
A Mate Not For Sale SIXTY-NINE | Time To Make A Change
The GILBERTWhen Xavia told me she did not hold any grudges against me I was ashamed of myself. I had not expected that from her despite everything I did to her. What I expected was a fierce, angry, and revengeful Xavia. The one who will treat me as badly as I have treated her or even more. But the one who stood before me was the kind-hearted Xavia who stared at me with pity. I stared at her right from the cell in which I was locked and my heart bleed.How did I come to be like this? How was I cruel enough to treat someone like Xavia very badly? She was a good person. She has always been.I looked away quickly. I could not keep looking at her. I had not thought there would be a time when I would feel humiliated. A time that I would feel ashamed and remorseful for everything I have done."I-I am sorry" I muttered. "I should not have lusted after you. I felt guilty that I treated you so badly, yet you did so well. I thought getting you back was the only way I would stop feeling guilty
A Mate Not For Sale SIXTY-EIGHT | Can't Hold Grudges
I turned to face her. "I do not understand why he spoke to Jason about the contract. He never spoke to me about wanting me back""I knew he had always had an ulterior motive. It was obvious. I told you he is cunning""You did but I still do not get it. We spoke yesterday, right before I came to meet you and he said nothing to me about wanting me back as his mate. He never spoke about me being his mate. It was strictly about the gold business""His motive would have been obvious if he had spoken about it. He needed you to trust him and you did""But why would he ask Jason for a contract that is about six years old?""To take you back, I guess""Why would he want to take me back? Even if he wants to, why would he talk about the contract""He couldn't wait anymore for you to come back to him, I guess"I scoffed. "Does he think I am going to return to him if he goes about it this way?""That might be his easiest way""Are there not other ways he can use to try to woo me back? What gives h
A Mate Not For Sale SIXTY-SEVEN | A Mate Not For Sale
XAVIAI noticed that Axel had been acting strange recently. Aside from him being worried that I would choose Gilbert instead of him, I could tell there was something else causing him to worry. I became worried too. I spoke to Alaila about it and she told me it might be work and the Pack affairs."I do not think it's any of these two," I said."How are you sure about it?"I shrugged. "I am not sure but I do not feel those are the reasons"She sighed. "Do you have anything in mind? I mean anything you considered may be the reason?""I can't think of any" I answered. "If you cannot think of anything then I will suggest you stop getting worried too""I wish I could but I can't. Seeing him worry makes me worry too""Have you tried speaking to him about it?""I spoke to him and he said he is worried that I will choose Gilbert over you""Why would you do that? You have no reason to""I told him that. I told him I did not have any reason to go back to Gilbert. He is worried that if I keep ta
A Mate Not For Sale SIXTY-SIX | The Stronger Mate Bond
She stared at me. "I am not asking you not to worry now". She placed her hand on my face and smiled. "But I want to know why you are worried". I stared at her but said nothing. "Come on, tell me why you are worried," she said and I sighed."I am worried that you will choose him over me"She stared at me. "Yo-you are joking right?""I am not" I replied. "I have tried not to think about it but I can't help it""Why would you think of such? Do you think I am going to leave you for Gilbert?" she asked and I sighed. "Do you not trust me?""I trust you" I muttered. "But I do not trust the mate bond""What do you mean?""He is your mate...""Was my mate" she corrected. "He rejected me, remember?"I sighed. "I know he rejected you but what...""Axel, can you stop worrying about nothing?"I held her hand. "I have every reason to be worried. He is your mate and you belong to him too""I do not belong to him. I already told you that he rejected me""I know he did. But what if he changes his mind
A Mate Not For Sale SIXTY-FIVE | The Jealous Axel
AXELJason told me that the Ice Pack Alpha would be coming later with his Beta to the company and I asked Xavia to stay back in the Packhouse after she closed from school. I do not want her to meet with him and remember her experience with him, which is why I do not want her to come to the company. I can still remember how she stared at him in fear when she saw him."Why do you not want me to come to the company?" she asked."I want you to get some rest" I replied."But I have a lot of work to do at the company""I will ask Jason to help you do them""I do not want Jason to help me. I want to..."I held her hand. "Xavia, I know how school has been these days. You are also preparing for your exams. Adding the company's work will only make you become stressed out. You need as much rest as you can get now ""Can I at least go today? I can stop going to the company tomorrow""Hey, babe. I want you to rest until you are done with exams""That's too far. I...""How about you take this week
A Mate Not For Sale SIXTY-FOUR | Desiring His Mate
I never thought that I was going to like Xavia, after all the things we experienced together but ever since I came back from the meeting in the Lycan Pack and set my eyes on Xavia, I could not stop thinking about her. At first, I thought it was because she was now the Spirit Princess but I soon realized that I liked her. It was never supposed to happen. I was never supposed to like someone I rejected some months ago, but right now that is what is happening.I was to meet up with the spy today. To avoid anyone being suspicious, I asked that he meet me in the garden. I sat in the garden waiting for him and when he finally showed up, I stood up."Hope you have enough information for me," I said and he nodded.I have been curious to know how she got to the Lycan Pack. I could remember that Arden had told me she said she was never going to return to the Lycan Pack and for some reason, I suspected that she had a bad experience there, which I presumed to be worse than the one she experienced
A Mate Not For Sale SIXTY-THREE | She Looks Different
GILBERTThere was a general meeting in the Lycan Pack and I was to attend it with Arden. This was going to be the first meeting I would be attending in a long while and I wasn't looking forward to it. I had not expected my mother to send Arden to me to prepare to attend the meeting. When she found out about me rejecting Xavia, she was furious and she asked me to apologize to the Pack members and step down for a while but I refused. There was no way I would apologize to the Pack members for rejecting my mate. Was she, not the one who asked for the rejection? I insisted that I had no reason to apologize and that got her angry. I did not expect that she would apologize to the Pack members on my behalf and tell them I agreed to step down until I felt remorseful.Would I ever be remorseful? That was my first thought. I had done nothing to be remorseful for.My mom commanded the guards not to allow me to leave my room but she knew that they would not be able to hold me back so she visited h
