All Chapters of The Dark Side Of Mates: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Dahlia’s POV:I held my breath when he leaned in and sniffed me. Please don’t recognize his scent, I pray over and over in my head as my heart thumped.But to my surprise, he pulled away as if it was nothing. He revved the engine before punching on the gas.I secretly let out a sigh of relief. Thank goddess he didn’t pick up his scent. I have no idea why I was so scared of him finding out, when I should be upfront and just tell him already. My wolf howled in my head, preparing for what was to come. I told her my plans. I was going to reject him. I was going to reject my mate.I couldn’t find the perfect time to do it because he was sort of in a beast mode since this morning, making me wonder what has gotten into him that got him so riled up.Looking over at him driving, his eyes straight and focused on the road, I felt the urge to ask. Then I looked away, deciding against it. However, each second that passed my conscious was surely eating me up.There’s clearly something going on wi

Hades’ POV:I keep looking at the clock as I sat on this stool in the island, waiting for her to return. It has been over five hours, yet still, no sign of her. Swigging my beer, I bring it to my mouth before chugging it all in one go. The bottle clinks on the island’s surface when the door crashes open. The sound had me whipping my eyes to it, already feeling my excitement rush through me, only for it to quickly die down at the sight of Atlas’ drama queen for a luna. She’s never around, and when she is, she sees to it that she picks a fight with me, my brother, or Atlas before she makes her usual, dramatic exit, storming off towards the door.Lisa swayed her hips as she walked inside, mumbling words in slurs before she stumbles forward. I wait for her to fall flat on her face, desperate for cheap entertainment after hours of chilling around by myself. My hopes had vanished when her hands flailed around before grabbing onto the couch, preventing what could have been my spontaneous c

Dahlia’s POV:I get up the next day, limping to the kitchen. Valerian had been weirdly rougher than normal, and Hades hadn’t stopped him from getting his way. My brother eyes me from the staircase, making me straighten up. I would rather endure the pain than give him any clues on what I had been doing behind his back. “Rough night?” He raises a brow.With a gulp, I nod. He squints his eyes but remains silent, which I was grateful for. “Heard you went on a date,” he says, wiggling his brows.I roll my eyes at him.“So, did you and Tatum make it official yet?” he asks, taking my mug from the cupboard. “He thought we should be first be friends,” I shrug, taking it from him, watching his reaction from the mirror situated on the kitchen wall.My brother’s brows crease, and he appears to think. “That’s odd.”In my circumstances, I’d say it’s great. Perfect, actually. I won’t have to deal with the burden of having to reject him before I tell him the truth.“Sooner or later, you’d have t

Valerian’s POV:“Good morning,” The sound of her voice soothes my ears. She hums a tune, the more she hums it the more I want to fall asleep.I move my head around something soft and squishy, and so so big. Hmm. So soft. So squishy. I say again and again in my head before a small giggle sounds in my ear, and I smile. “Hades, wake up,” I jolt myself awake. That name.Shit, I curse myself as I groan, sitting up and forcing my eyes open. I feel movement behind me, before two hands curl around my chest.Her sweet, caramel scent milks the air, before I glance over at her smiling with her chin propped on my shoulder.“Catherine,” Her name rolls off my tongue in a rasp.She smiles. “Have a good sleep?”I swallow and nod. What am I doing here?I groan, my brows furrowing as I try to remember where the hell I was last night.As far as I remember, I was in a bar, drowning myself in alcohol to forget about this feeling bubbling in my chest. I drank myself to oblivion, wanting to forget how t

Dahlia’s POV:My mind went blank, my lips parting slightly. Pregnant… The word plays over and over in my head while Catherine blabbers on about her upcoming check-up and shopping spree for her and Hades’ new baby before they marry and become their own happy little family. My wolf bristles, probably her way of telling me ‘I told you so,’ as my heart breaks and shatters into a million pieces. “Dahlia, are you with me?” Cathy’s voice snaps me out of my thoughts.Looking up, it took me a moment to regain my composure before I plaster on a fake smile.“Congratulations.”Her eyes lit up, leaning forward as she hugs me across her seat. I stiffen for a moment, tapping her back but my face showed no sign of happiness.Catherine treated me at the café, and we talked about some of the interesting things happening her life while I smiled. I didn’t know how I managed to pull it off the whole hour but I did, and I was thankful she didn’t notice me.Suddenly, a thought entered my mind.“Does Hades