THE ALPHA AND HIS MATES

ALEXANDER’S POV

“Is she dead?” Erin asked, she was pacing around, of course, she wasn’t. That is what happens either when an Alpha rejects you or you get rejected by an Alpha. 

Life has been confusing to me, I lifted her up from the ground and placed her on the couch, It would be so unfair of me to ask her to stay, I am sure she came here filled with so much hope that she had found a mate, I do not understand why the moon goddess chose to play such a cruel trick on me.

“Is she going to stay here?” Erin asked again, I glared at her, I understood her concerns when I told her about Aria coming to the pack, but she was totally not in support of it, She had been my mate for the past year, but way before that, I had dated her since she was sixteen and we got married and I marked her last year, I am her first love.

“Talk to me,” she yelled at me, startling me from my thoughts, “You told me you just wanted her to come here so you can reject her gently, why did you ask her to stay, that was not what we agreed on Alex,”

She was right, the only reason she had agreed for Aria to come here in the first place was for me to reject her, I had told her that would be the outcome.

Not until I saw Aria and everything in me began to yearn for her, it was beyond my comprehension and I knew immediately that she was indeed my mate. There have been rare cases of wolves being mated to more than one individual but this shouldn’t happen to an Alpha, imagine the chaos it would cause when the pack knows that they have two Lunas and one of the Luna is a Witch. My pack is filled with unforgiven wolves and dates back to history when witches cast spells on wolves and wiped out a good number of the wolves. 

“Erin, I am as confused as you are,”

“What the hell are you confused about, you are meant to reject her and she would go back to where she came from, “ 

“She already rejected me, Erin, what more do you want?” I asked, I was getting agitated, pacing back and forth, this wasn’t what I signed up for. I didn’t ask the moon goddess, I paced around the room in utter perplexion.

“It isn’t the same thing,” Erin scoffed at me and collapsed on the chair, she seems to be exhausted too, we have been having a lot of immense conflict since I receive the call from Aria, informing me I am her mate, “ Are you going to accept her rejection when she wakes up?” she asked, I was sweating profusely, I began to rub my hands on cloaks, the light of the glass room fell on her porcelain skin, she looks so beautiful while she sleep, it was so strange feeling this way about someone I barely know.

“Alex, are you going to accept her rejection when she wakes up?” Erin asked me again, and I gazed into her eyes, I could see the fear inside of them, she loves me and there was no disputing that, and her piercing gaze kept meeting mine, I know she was desperately searching for answers from me, I wish I could give her that reassurance she wanted. But I couldn’t.

“I don’t know,” I responded truthfully and I could see the tears welling up in her eyes, “ She is my mate, Erin,” my eyes pleaded for her to understand the difficult situation I was in, it wasn’t that easy to reject a mate, then again, Erin is my mate too.

“What do you want me to do now, Alex? She is your mate,” she paused and let out an exasperated gasp, “For the moon goddess sake Alex, I am also your mate,” I could hear the defeat in her voice, I don’t want her to feel that way, I love Erin, but from the first time I saw Aria, I immediately knew there was a connection between us, I am sure she felt the same way.

“I love you Erin, but this is all new to me too, I just want some time to figure it out Erin, that is all I ask for,” I moved toward her and held her hands, her eyes were still fixated on me, “Please, Erin,” I pleaded, I didn’t want to lose her.

“Alex I don’t want to lose you,” 

“ You won’t Erin,” 

A few hours later, silence engulfed the once-noisy room, we both sat there in silence, watching  Aria sleep, the ray of the sun was slowly disappearing and the sun began to set, then she made let out a sound, it was almost inaudible if I wasn’t sitting next to her, I wouldn’t have heard her.

“Ouch,” she whispered, and I quickly placed my hands to steady her head. Erin glared at me, her expression, slightly unreadable.

“Don’t move too much, you suffered a concussion,” 

“I know, I am fine,” she tried to move, then again but sank back on the couch.

“Let me get you some water,” I offered and she nodded, I scurried away to the kitchen and quickly pour a glass of water for her, that was when it dawned on me, leaving Erin and Aria in the same room isn’t such a smart idea, I hurried back to the glass room and I saw Aria already on her feet and Erin had a smug look on her face.

“ I would be going now Alex, so that I can make it back in due time,” Aria muttered, I could see the sadness in her eyes, I didn’t want her to go, not without even exploring the possibility of having a relationship.

“ Please stay Aria,” I pleaded.

“ Alex,” Erin called out my name in disbelief, but at this point, I didn’t care, all I wanted was for Aria to stay.

“ I can’t stay,” she muttered, “ You already have a mate, and I am sure there was some sort of mistake from the mirror or your moon goddess, a witch is not fated to be with an Alpha, it just doesn’t work out,” 

“Who says we can’t work out?” It was a question but when her eyes trailed off to where Erin was standing, it confirmed my suspicion, Erin had talked to her when I went to the kitchen briefly, “Whatever she said, it doesn’t matter and we wouldn’t know for sure until we try.”

“Alex, this was fated to fail right from the start,” She muttered and I could see it in her eyes, she had made her decision and there was no changing her mind, I wouldn’t blame her, this wasn’t a deal anyone would sign up for. 

“Goodbye Alex,” Her voice barely above a whisper, I could see as the tears droplet slowly made it down her cheeks, my heart began racing, I was about to lose a part of me.

“Aria please,” in a final attempt to get her back, I reached for her hands and she pulled them away almost immediately.

“Please Alex, don’t make this harder than it already is,” She gazed at Erin, “I am out of your way now,” she muttered and picked up her wooden suitcase and began to walk towards the courtyard, I trailed after her, begging her while I heard Erin yelling my name, I kept begging her, till she entered the car that brought her here, which was still waiting for her, she had probably anticipated a hiccup and asked  her chauffeur to wait.

“Aria,” I whispered one last time as the car disappeared from sight, I collapsed on the floor, not minding the multiple spectators there and Erin came close to me and lowered herself to the gravel I sat on.

“It is for the best,” she whispered, placing her hands on my shoulders.

I glared at her, shoved her hands away from my shoulders, and stood up, walking away from her.

****

It has been  two weeks since Aria left and everything in me feels lost, it is almost like everything in me feels lost, it is strange how I went from not knowing her one minute and longing for her every minute.

I had chosen to immerse myself in work and forget about every other around me, including Erin. Whatever it is that Erin had told Arai had instigated her to leave the pack without even thinking of giving us a chance.

I kept staring at the phone, hoping she would call, but she never did. I decided to take a leap of fate and reach out to her this time.

“Hello, I want to speak with Aria, I know that she must not want to talk to me but I need to, I have not been myself ever since she left. I am miserable without her,” I paused, the breath coming from the other side of the phone was heavy and then the person let out an exasperated gasp and a male voice came from the other side of the phone. It must be her father, I recognize the voice from the first time he called me. 

“She left for magic school,” he paused and continued, this time his voice sounding stern “Forget about her, there is no way whatever you are offering her would end well, concentrate on your mate over there,” he didn’t wait for a response before hanging the phone. 

He was right, I had lost Aria for good, maybe it wasn’t meant to be for us, maybe not in this life.

I stood up from my desk and walked towards Erin’s chambers, this was the first time in weeks I had actually gone there, I have been avoiding her, she had tried severally to apologize and get through to me but I was too heartbroken to even listen to her, it all fell on a deaf ear, but right now, I think I was wrong for treating her that way, she is also heartbroken to see the man she loves pursue another woman, I needed to make things right.

When I opened her door, there was something different about the room, it seemed empty, she wasn’t in her room, I was about to leave the room to go look for her elsewhere when something caught my attention. There was a folded paper on top of the bed, I walked towards the bed and picked up the paper, I took a moment to examine it, it seemed like one of those papers Erin loved to write on, I opened it and the first word made my heart skipped a beat.

DEAR ALEX,

(It was a letter addressed to me by Erin, something in me immediately felt a pang in my chest, my leg grew weak and I sank onto the bed. And quietly read the letter.)

I know this would be so hard to write for me, but I know what I must do now,

You have been the love of my life, ever since I was a little girl, and I did whatever I could to be with you, it worked for a while and I was happy. 

But for the first time in years, I questioned that happiness because It seemed to be dependent on whether you are happy. I want to make you happy because it makes me happy, I know how unhealthy it sounds, but I do. I am going to be leaving the pack, so you can have a chance to go after Aria and be happy again, you have been miserable for the last couple of weeks. Please don’t come after me, you won’t find me.

I love you, Alex, you would always be the love of my life.

With Love

Erin.

I got up immediately in auto-pilot mode, got in my car, and searched all over the city looking for her, I am one selfish son of a bitch, I wanted them both, but that was the day I lost them both.

FIVE YEARS LATER

I had spent the last five years searching for her when she finally responded to my message and asked us to meet up for drinks, I leaped for joy, walking into this restaurant and seeing her seated in her red sleeveless V-line gown, her curves hung on all the right places, her porcelain skin shining so bright below the lights, she smiled at me and I walked up to her, with a beaming smile on my face.

“Hey Aria,”

“Hey Alex,”