Chapter 10~Defending His Mate

~JADEN~

Everyone's eyes were fixated gently on Ariella as she made her way towards the house.

I could tell from the way she was holding onto me that she was definitely very nervous.

I could feel her heart beating loudly against her chest while she held onto my hands like her life depended on it.

I knew I needed to be there for her, to make her feel wanted and among the people, so I practically made sure the pack was placed in order before her arrival.

I had earlier put a call through to the pack when she decided to follow me. I had always known the Shadow Pack to be one of the most supportive packs.

I knew they would give her the full support she needed as the Luna.

When she stepped fully into the house, they all bowed to me and her. "Welcome, Queen Ariella and King Jaden," everyone chorused, setting the tone.

She smiled at them.

I could still feel her nervousness. She wasn't used to my world yet.

When they bowed, I noticed she actually wanted to join them, but I was quick to make her regain herself.

I guessed standing beside her and holding onto her calmed the nerves in her. The elders had their eyes glued to her, I could tell they were very excited to meet her.

This was what they had always wanted, a mate, a queen, and an heir.

And judging by the fact that I suddenly called in to tell them about my mate, they seemed very pleased.

I believed they might have watched it in the news since I ended up beating Dante to a stupor when he hurt her.

I made sure to wrap my hard hands around her soft one and slowly played with it to calm her nerves.

If someone could possibly die from nervousness, I believed she would have been dead by now, considering how nervous she was.

Soon, the crowd subsided since I noticed how nervous and uncomfortable she had been feeling since she got in.

I decided to mindlink Beta Richford, and he somehow passed out the information to everyone through the mindlink, and they all exited the pack hall one after the other.

She suddenly relaxed a little when she noticed everyone was gone, and she took in a deep breath that she didn't know she was holding all along.

Just after that, the door to the pack hall was swung open, and Linda walked in majestically.

She first embraced me very tightly to herself, and I noticed the jealousy coursing through Ariella. She didn't know Linda was my sister.

"Bro, I missed you. Not even once did you put a call through to your little sister," Linda complained while she was still holding onto me, and I smirked.

Ariella suddenly relaxed after she heard her call me "bro" and refer to herself as my little sister.

"You could have called too," I said sarcastically to her, and she scoffed.

She disengaged from the hug before turning to look at Ariella. With the way she glared at her, I could tell from her perspective that she didn't like her.

Not even for a single bit.

"And she is?" she asked, pointing her hand towards Ariella sarcastically.

"Your queen and Luna. She's my mate, Linda, and that makes her your sister-in-law," I announced, and she only scoffed.

"I'll quickly show her to her room, maybe you'll get to bond with her later," I told her, dismissing whatever she had to say immediately.

With the way she made her funny face, I knew she didn't like Ariella, and allowing her to talk Ariella down was what I wasn't ready for.

Not when Ariella had already gone through a lot from her previous pack.

"C'mon, we should head to my room," I said, taking Ariella's hand and walking off, leaving Linda in bewilderment as she stared at us leaving.

We got to our room quietly, and Ariella couldn't help but be fascinated by the size of the room and the decor.

"Our room," I whispered calmly to her. She nodded while still in a state of awe.

"I've got you a separate room inside here," I told her immediately, and her face twisted into a shocked expression.

Guess she wasn't expecting that.

"A separate room?" she asked, and I nodded.

"Wow," that was the only word she emitted from her lips before I held her hands and walked out to another room through the other door.

"You'll be staying here. I didn't want to inconvenience you, and also, I wouldn't want anyone to suspect our foul play," I explained to her, and she nodded.

A knock on the door disturbed and interrupted our conversation. I knew who was knocking, only Linda did that.

"I'm heading out, make yourself comfortable, and everything is perfectly put in place for you already," I said.

"Thank you," she muttered as I headed out of the room.

Gosh!

I could have devoured her.

I wondered how I managed to resist her for that long.

"Jaden, I know you are in there. You'd better come out, we need to have a quick talk," Linda ranted at the door while still knocking on it.

Pissed, I opened the door, and she crossed her arms with her eyes entwined dramatically with mine.

"Out, now," she commanded.

I might be ruthless, mean, and cold, like everyone knows, but so long as my little sister is concerned, I am more of a weakling, who's ready to do whatever pleases her, so long as she would be happy.

She dragged me out of the house and agitatedly walked down towards my library.

She slowly pushed the door open and let me in before crossing her arms around her chest once again, with her gaze partly fixed on me.

"Don't tell me you are considering a slut as your mate," she yelled.

"She's not a slut," I corrected her, and she scoffed.

"Isn't that what she is? The news said so," she stated.

"That's not it," I replied.

"Of course, it is. She's a low-life Omega whose parents abandoned. How can you consider her as your mate?" she said angrily.

Linda is my sister, but what I wouldn't allow is how she speaks about my mate.

I have always given her whatever she wanted, but this I won't give in.

"I can't believe you are considering a low-life slut as your mate after what that freaking bitch did to you," she berated.

"She's more or less a prostitute, and she would even be..."

"Do not call her that. She's neither a slave nor a prostitute, and I won't have you call her names," I warned sternly.

"She's my mate, your Luna, and you should accept that," I added authoritatively, and she ended up glaring at me.

"You're willing to take her side over mine?" Linda asked.

"We're done, you should go to your chambers," I said dismissively.

Angrily, she walked out and banged the door aggressively.

I sighed deeply and slowly ruffled my hair in frustration.

A moment later, I heard a comforting voice in my head.

"It's okay, she's right. You don't have to be mad. She'll come around."

At first, I had thought it was the voice of my wolf, but when I realized it sounded so feminine, I couldn't help but wonder who it was.

Ariella, she just mind-linked us , and my wolf connected with hers.

How?