The unwanted day had arrived, I was supposed to apologize to him before everyone and swallow my pride. But if he’d be in a dungeon, that would drive me insane.And I wanted him to get hurt.I was pacing around with a scowl lingering on my face as everyone was gathering in the royal hall. “Are you sure, Athena?” Jax asked compassionately. Stopping in my tracks, I nodded, “Yes.”He narrowed his eyes on me and came closer, whispering so no one could hear it. “Why are you bothering to lie and creating an ordeal out of it, Athena? Why bear such humiliation?” He asked, which brought a hollow look on my face.I was not sure whether I should tell him about the tribulation I confronted or not. I opened my mouth to reply but the King who held serious interest in my life came to increase the dread I was experiencing. “Exactly, Jax.” We both turned and King Hadrain was there. Since everyone was coming, he wore a black shirt and a fancy waistcoat with two buttons open and arresting features.
“I, The Red Huntress, Athena Becker, reject your rejection, Alpha Darius Alfonso.” With a stern tone, I rejected his proposal which could solve our affliction but I didn’t allow him. I won’t allow him to end the chance fate had given me this easily. “What the- You can’t do this, Athena.” He growled, narrowing his eyes in fury. We both had a glaring competition and with the ache in my body by the ruckus we created, I rose from the ground. “Why not? I believe that the rejection of mates is a mutual consent and you don’t have my permission to break this bond.” Holding my head high, I folded my arms at my chest, curling my lips upward from one side while he was frowning deeply at me. “If you think you can make a decision of this cursed bond yourself then you are wrong. I won’t let you.” Shrugging my shoulders, I acted to discard his rage and enhance the upheaval he was hoping to bury. “What the hell is happening here?! Such blasphemy in our land?!” An Alpha from the community y
DARIUS ALFONSO. ‘She wanted my heart to break and how could I tell her that my heart was already broken the day I found out she was not my mate?’ Rejection was our only option. Else, what could manifest in desolation? Our destruction- that is the only thing which could occur and that was what she wanted. “You will regret it. You were already heartbroken once, do you want to go through the same pain again?” I muttered. This won’t only hurt me but her too but she was determined to shatter herself once again in order to break me apart. “I don’t care. At least seeing you hurt too will be satisfying.” She scoffed. “I see…” After reaching no specific point, having a pointless discussion, we returned where everyone was waiting for us. If it had ended, that would be better but to no avail. Everything was ruined! “What did you talk about?” Jax asked, rushing to her side. Distress formed over his face, scanning her with worry, knowing things had turned terrible. “Nothing much.
ATHENA BECKER. ‘Why was I so desperate to make him feel what I did?’ My mind questioned me. “I don’t know.” ‘Was it because… I wanted him to realize what he did and… return to me in the end?’ After he left, I was sitting on the balustrade, looking out at the courtyard with a scowl lingering over my face, suppressing the tears glistening in my eyes. “No, no, no,” I whispered, shaking my head in denial, covering my mouth with my hand. The constant feeling of him being hurt was pissing me off. I didn’t want to feel how he felt or thought. I resented what I was feeling, what I was going through. “Tsk, dammit.” I muttered under my breath with rage emitting from me. And to enhance my state, My Lord came to me in a mocking tone with his demeanor was dire. He was not amused this time. “So that was the way you were talking about?” His stern tone came, standing next to me. I was sitting on the balustrade, looking out and humming in response. “Yes.” He chuckled dryly, shaking his h
Breathless, shaking from misery, my lips, my hands, my whole body felt vulnerable before this painful imagination. “Do you think my emotions are a fucking joke?!” I yelled and burst into a few tears. “Mind your language, Athena. You are before The Elders.” My Lord warned me with a frown, pointing his finger at me to stop the disrespect. But have they thought about my misery? My feelings? “Can you feel the extent of how much I ‘don’t’ want you?” I asked breathlessly, voice cracking, turning to Darius who was looking with a dead look. “Now you are realizing that?” He scoffed, returning a dead smile. Turning back to My Lord, I held my heart, tears gleaming on my face which staggered him to find tears on my face after a devilishly long time. …He tried to make me cry many times and a single thought of loving Darius made me cry…. “My Lord, my feelings are my own. No one holds right over them. Not even your mate bonds. Only I can control what I should feel. I don’t need a fucking pat
‘Who am I to you?’ I thought sorrowfully, drowning in the depth of inebriation. I had countless questions but I couldn’t speak, my heart was pounding rapidly, my voice tightened around my throat. He held a fiery passion. “I swear, Athena, I will.” He breathlessly continued his declaration but this was the extent everyone could hear. This conversation and argument had gone beyond control. “Darius!” Emitting a maddeningly strong aura which hitched both our breaths, we both froze when King Hadrian rose from his seat, pointing his finger at him to stop him from threatening ‘His’ huntress. “And then you say you guys have nothing.” Darius whispered in disappointment, in a feeble voice so only I could hear and it pricked me. He refused to believe we were not on an intimate level. “We are not.” I whispered back quickly. “Don’t lie.” He growled, pulling away roughly from me but it rushed a sudden depression into me. It hurt. How could he mistrust my purity? “Control your wo
After everyone left, I was standing where Darius left, staring at the ground devoid of emotions but a sting traveling to my core.I didn’t want to feel the pain of distance, I didn’t want to feel this attraction of mates.I didn’t want any of that but to no avail.‘Why was this happening to me? Too much hatred? And what about what he did to me? Wasn’t that cruel?’ I thought sorrowfully.As I was lost in my miserable thoughts, My Lord came and grabbed my arm forcefully, sending a glare in my direction, fuming with rage.“What the fuck was that, Athena?!” I flinched when he yelled at me but I didn’t dare to lift my eyes from the ground. I was utterly exhausted and depressed from acting cold.“I didn’t save you so that you sob and become pathetic before him!”I couldn’t keep up my facade. Shivering slightly when his one hand grabbed my arm painfully and pointed his finger at me.“Do you think you could be vulnerable and act however you want just because I have granted you exceptions tha
DARIUS ALFONSO.After returning from there, I could feel I still stood where I did before. Near her. But it was only a delusion to find myself there.I didn’t want to feel the pain of distance, I didn’t want to feel this attraction of mates.I didn’t want any of that but to no avail.‘And I bet she must be thinking the same.’ I thought sadly, looking into nothingness until Julius came and sat beside me. “So that was why you ordered us to let her escape…” He sighed after a brief silence.I leaned back on the couch, resting my one leg over the other, closing my eyes to feel the darkness surrounding me.I was trying my best to ignore his needless talks that would only enhance my anguish. I had already seen and heard enough.“Why, Brother? If that was the case then you should have captured her here and not let her escape. She would pay for what she did-”“We were not mates when I ordered you. It happened in the spur of emotions and moment.” I ordered him in a hurried tone.Curling my han