Chapter seven

Chapter seven

Mondrian’s POV

It doesn’t have to mean anything…right?! The drive home is more annoying than it seems with Alex on the drivers side chirping away with unhinged excitement at my plight. After filling him in on what had happened in the Violet pack.

“So you’re saying that you think her own mother probably tried to kill her daughter??” Alex’s hands raise high to the roof of the car as he shuts the top windows as the slow drizzle of the rain revolves around us.

My hands find their way into the gentle strands of hair that've been pulled back with the rubber band I’ve become accustomed to carrying around. Releasing my hair from their bonded terror, I don’t give a verbal response but Alex doesn’t even wait for a response before coming to an answer of his own.

“That doesn’t make any sense man.”

“I didn’t say she did it. I said..there’s a probability that she’s the one who sent those assassins. There’s something fishy going on and that’s not even the most of my problems at the moment.” My voice carried more temper than I was currently feeling.

What was going on?? The entire meeting with Valerie and Celene’s excuse of a father, who just sat there watching as another woman tormented and threatened to kill his own child. I gripped the edge of my knee in anger, my eyes thinning out of their black irises I’m sure turning more grayish than normal as the wind kicked up in larger degrees whirling dangerously, causing the trees to sway much harder and the raindrops hit much faster.

As an Elemental lycanthrope my emotions get the best grip on the abilities gifted to me by the moon goddess. The car comes to a halt with Alex honking as hard as he can, the noise cutting my attention from the anger brewing within me to the rather loud annoying shrill of the car's horn.

“Would you kindly try to not get us killed in a raging storm crash??” Alex all but yells in my face, his eyes widened as he stares at me.

I take in the surrounding area noticing that he’d parked us in a more desolate area far away from the actual hustling road. The rain had stopped but the night still flourished with its own gleam and shine. My hands leave my knees and I wipe the fog on the window opening the car door as I step out to take a deep breath.

The other door slams shut, hinting to me that Alex had gotten out of the car too. I run my hand through my hair, a nasty habit I’d picked up along the years after Dad passed on leaving me with the responsibility of Lycan Alpha.

“I’m more pissed off by the fact that she can’t even tell that I’m her mate,” I turn to look Alex in the eyes leaning against the car as he rounds to my side plopping against the hood. “She didn’t feel that sweet but sickening tension that crept through my body as I stood there yearning for her, she wasn’t acting or pretending.” I explain with my hands out of my hair again and by my sides.

“She didn’t feel me.” My voice croaked as the subtle hint of rejection rose inside of me turning a deep shade of ugly as it clawed its way past my guts and heading for my heart.

I’d spent years in utter agony, longing for the one destined to rule by my side, hold my hand and stand by me and love me for as long as we live. I’d be subjected to death in two months from now and even after finding the least interesting sexual partner, my wolf had been more than excited to have finally found his better half.

Being my beta made Alex even more aware of my emotions than other Lycans, my heart yearned for the comfort of the one who was causing the turmoil within me.

“I understand what you mean..” Alex’s voice is a bit gruff-almost as if it pained him both physically and mentally to speak-and low as he pulls a face and groans. “I remember the first time I’d met Astra. I couldn’t even breathe while looking at her or even think of keeping her, but…when I lost her it felt like my entire world ended.”

I turned to face my beta, realizing that he’d never ever shared anything about a woman to me, the fact that he’d possibly grieved the loss of a lover without me picking up on it made my heart clench all the more as I waited for him to finish his words.

“I know it feels like a lot now and you probably feel rejected and dejected and you wonder if you’re ever going to have a chance to experience all the wonders of mating that we’d been taught but..you will.” Alex says and my eyes meet his, he lets out a grin.

“Because if there’s one thing I know about you..it’s that you’re a stubborn prick who’ll do anything to get what he wants.” His grin widens further as he subtly shifts the mood from gloomy to playful.

“Fuck you..” A playful hint on my lips as I push off the car and take another deep breath enjoying the musk of the fresh rain feeling the bites of energy in my skin.

Some things were better left untouched so I didn’t bother breaching for more information on what Alex had shared knowing that just like today when the time comes he would find his way to share with me if he wanted to.

“Me?!” He quirks a brow another sinister smile forming on his lips.

“You know what I meant!!” I groan and run my hand across my face before letting out a smile as he shrugs his shoulders and pushes of the car too.

“I mean..I didn’t realize you were into that kind of meat,” Alex grins with his words striding slowly towards me. “But..if that’s what gets you hit and bother—”

“Shut up.” I growl pushing him further away from me before he even gets close to me. Alex let’s out a loud laugh before walking towards the drivers seat.

Entering into the car again, my head is filled with less thoughts but more insight on what needs to be done.

I’m not going to let my mate slip away just that easily.