Chapter 4: Love her regardless.

Aria’s POV

“No!”

I groaned as I felt the rope tighten at the back of my hand, but I didn't care about that, I was more concerned about Patrick who was limp on the ground. I knew he wasn’t dead, rather I hoped he wasn’t

“Let me go!” I struggled with them even though it was unrealistic, the men who had me pinned were twice my size so I definitely couldn’t get free.

They took me back to the same car that Patrick drove. I had no idea if they took Patrick too because they blindfolded me the moment they bundled me into the car. Was I being punished for running away by my pack?

When they said Alpha, were they referring to the Alpha of my pack? If it was the alpha of my pack, how did he know I was escaping?

I heard the car door slam and the car drove off. My hands were cold with fear and my heart unsettled. I thought of what I could offer them but I was nothing but a weak omega who they didn’t care about. Was this how my life was going to end.

It was a 20 minutes drive but it was the longest 20 minutes of my life. I couldn’t think of just one thing. I kept thinking about the many possibilities of how this could turn out.

When the car stopped, my heart stopped with it. I waited for my car door to open and it did. I felt someone grab me roughly by my hair and force me out of the vehicle.

“Please please, don’t kill me!” I yelled out.

Someone undid my blindfold, pushing me to my knees. The first thing I glimpsed was someone's foot. I pushed my frightened self to look at who it was.

It wasn’t my Alpha. My heart skipped as I looked at his intense stern grey eyes which peered into mine. I was speechless. The oceanic scent that filled my nose made me swallow hard. I was before Alpha Alexander.

The Alpha of the midnight pack and if my reasoning was correct, he was one of the men I met at the tunnel due to how my wolf reacted and his familiar scent

“‘Mate!” my wolf screamed inside of me

My heart skipped

“Please” my voice came forth as a whisper.

He bent to my level, bringing his hands to my face gently as he caressed it. His eyes scared me but his touch was soft and gentle.

“Did they hurt you?” he asked sternly, his voice crisp. I still remembered how I was held by him at the tunnel. How did I not realize it was him. I couldn't blame myself because the only thing I could see were grey and blue eyes.

My lips parted into a little gasp. I looked at the two men who looked confused as I was at the question that was asked.

I tried to lie “I’m fine…” he grabbed my face roughly.

“Don’t lie to me” he gritted

With that fear in me, I nodded profusely. I watched his eyes darken as he looked at them. He grabbed the first man who stood there not sure what was happening. I watched as Alpha Alexander walked up to him.

“A…. Alpha” he panicked.

“I told you one thing Hendrick, didn’t I?” Alpha Alexander shot out.

“Y… you said don’t hurt her, but I thought you wouldn’t mind since she is just an omega” he shook in fear. “Ple….”

The next thing I heard was a gurgling sound as Alpha Alexander’s claw sank into the man’s throat, ripping it apart. I watched his blood go everywhere and watched the lifeless body of the man fall to the floor.

He turned to the other man who was planted in fear. “Take him away,” he instructed his guard and then he turned to me with a casual smile like he didn’t just murder a man in cold blood.

“Now that is out of the way, we can leave together”

“No” my voice couldn’t go beyond a whisper. I was planted with so much fear

I could see the anger in his eyes when I said that. “You said no once, I’d be damned to let you refuse me again”

“I have someone” I let out slowly. “I can’t leave him for you”

“I don’t care about that. We are mates and that stands. My brother can sulk all he wants because of your rejection but I don’t take no for an answer”

“You’d force me?” Tears gathered in my eyes.

“No, my love, I won’t, you would have to make a choice”

He stood up from where he was and ordered his guard to bring Patrick out of the car. My heart was beating so fast because I didn’t want him to do to Patrick what he did to the man who was already dead.

They carried Patrick’s limp body from the car.

“Please” tears streamed down my face. “Don’t kill him, he is my everything!”

They brought him before me. Alexander kicked his lifeless body. “Is he alive?” He asked and the guard nodded

“He was hit bad I think but he is breathing”

“Good” he looked at me while he spoke.

“Now I should punish you for rejecting me but I can’t stand the thought of you being hurt, but what I can do is punish the person who made you reject me”

“No no no” I cried out. “ he is innocent. It was my choice!”

“Oh yes, I know. That's why I tell you, you have to make the right choice now or this will be the end”

I nodded profusely with tears blurring my vision. “Ok ok ok!”

“Now relax,” he said with a smile. “You either can go back with me to my pack as my mate or I kill Patrick here and you can walk away freely”

My heart stopped as my eyes widened. “No please!”

He was taken aback. “Is that no to me or him?”

“That’s not what I meant,” I cried out amidst tears. “ I love him”

He shook his head in disbelief “You love the idea of him”

I swallowed hard, shaking from fear. “Please let me go with him”

“That wasn’t even part of the options I gave my love”

He brought out a silver knife and placed the tip on Patrick’s neck. “You have 10 seconds to make a choice”

“What?”

“1… 2…3”

“Please!!” I cried out

“4…5…6….7”

“At least give me some goddamn time!” I was unhinged due to anxiety.

“8…9…”

“Yes!” I screamed out. “Yes” I cried out in pain.

He stopped as he looked at me feigning confusion. “Yes to what?”

“I’ll go with you!” I cried out

He brought the knife down as he smiled at me. “You see, it wasn’t so hard”

I was shaking so much due to how hard I cried, but I couldn’t stop crying. He was a monster. He was going to take Patrick from me just to keep me as a mate.

“You see for making such a good decision, we can take him along to midnight pack. Of course, you can’t be with him but you can see him”

I was broken more than ever. I would have to be with a man like him and not Patrick who was ready to give the world to me.

He bent in front of me as he caressed my chin with his bloody hands. He wiped my tears off.

His eyes softened “Listen my darling, I am not always like this. I just make sure I get what I want”

“Why would you want an omega when you are an Alpha who can get someone better than me” I looked him dead in the eyes with pure hatred.

“Even if they can be better, they can never be you and I don’t care what you are. I have searched for so long to care about that. All I know is you are my redemption and I will love you regardless”

My heart softened when he said that. No one had ever looked at me and said those words. Even Patrick had never said it. Patrick only made it known every step of the way that we were meant for each other only because he was an omega like me, but an Alpha was in front of me telling me he didn’t care that I was an omega.

He stood up “Now that is out of the way, we should get ready to go to midnight pack, be prepared to meet my brother Ethan”