Chapter 113
Chapter 116
Kaia’s POV
“No. Fucking. way!” I thought, my eyes squinting as I looked at the man in front of me. His eyes were like staring at Kieran. He wasn’t as tall, but he was well built. A scar ran on the side of his face…other than that, the resemblance between them
was uncanny.
“What the hell is going on here?” Lylah asked, but heck if I knew as well.
The man smiled…more like smirked at me, “Luna Kaia!” He called and I frowned.
I mean, I was still trying to make sense of the resemblance between him and Kieran and now he knows me by my name.
“It’s a pleasure to finally meet you, I’ve heard a lot about you.” He said, smiling but I didn’t feel the same way as I looked at him suspiciously.
Apart from his weird smile, there was something off about him that didn’t sit well with me. So I offered him a forced smile and made an attempt to move but he blocked my way. I felt my heart racing as I tried mind-linking Kieran but I felt a wall rising.
“Now, that’s just rude.” He said, “I just want to talk…don’t make it hard, beautiful.” He looked calm, but his voice was anything but that. I tried mind-linking Kieran again but it was the same thing.
I moved backwards, my hand unconsciously wrapping itself around my stomach. He ignored me, as he led me away to an area, farther from the restroom before letting go of my hand
“Lylah, can you reach King?” I asked, trying to keep my voice from trembling but I don’t think I was doing a good job.
She shook her head, “I can’t seem to reach him.” She said and I heard the panic in her voice which did nothing to help me. I kept a straight face, so he wouldn’t know how much he was affecting me.
“Look,” I started, “things don’t have to get ugly. Just let me go and I’ll pretend this never happened.” He laughed, but it didn’t reach his eyes.
I’m sure that since he knew my name, there was no doubt he knew who I was and Kieran wasn’t going to take it easy with him if anything happens to me. “Are you an Alpha?” I asked, once he was done laughing.
“You can say that I am, beautiful.” He replied and I cringed at the endearment. “Isn’t this nice? We’re getting to know each other just like it’s supposed to be p>
My head jerked upward, my gaze meeting his. “What p>
“You know,” he started, moving close to me but with each of his steps, I moved backwards until my back touched a wall. I prayed for someone…anyone to come to my aid at this point.
“You should be mine…not his.” He murmured, his hand reaching to caress my face and I felt Lylah come to the surface.
“Don’t you dare touch us p>
He smiled, withdrawing his hand. “There she is!” He exclaimed. “I’ve been waiting to see her p>
I tuned him out as I tried reaching out to Kieran and Ryder but there was nothing which was weird seeing how I spoke to him a few minutes ago. He kept talking about how I was his…going to be and how everything was going to go back to how they were supposed to be soon.
“I’ll let you be now.” He said and a relieved sigh escaped my lips before I could stop it. “you should be able to mindlink your mate in a few minutes.” He said, adding a wink as he left.
“What the fuck just happened?” My hand went straight to my chest, trying to calm my racing heart.
Mind-linking Kieran didn’t work again and no doubt he had something to do with it from his last statement. So I hurried back to get back to him. The meeting just started and it already got weird.
“Just who was he?” I asked myself.
I barely got an answer to my question when a scent I hoped to never smell again filled my nostrils. I totally forgot that he was going to be here…he was an Alpha after all.
My eyes darted around, looking for the best way to avoid him but it was too late as his eyes landed on me.
“I finally found you.” He said, sounding exactly as I remember him to. My feet remained rooted in one spot, and an image of me being thrown in the dungeon flashed through my mind. My hand formed a fist as I looked at him.
“Snap out of it, Kaia.” Lylah’s voice rang in my head. “We’re not the same person we used to be back then.” She told me and I blinked, snapping out of the past.
He moved towards me, but I moved out of the way, making an attempt to leave but his hand reached out and grabbed me.
“Where do you think you’re going?” He asked, his eyes turning dark, like it wasn’t already obvious. “I finally found you after months of searching, do you think I’d easily let you go? You’re my mate p>
I scoffed, “let go of my hand.” I said.
He ignored my request as his grip on my hand tightened. “Do you think you can escape from me?” He scoffed, “you belong to me and the sooner you realize that, the better.” He growled, as he began to pull me away with him.
“Let me go, Aiden.” I commanded, and his expression faltered for a bit.
I tried mind-linking Kieran and this time I was able to reach him which sent a wave
of relief through me. “Fuck, Bella, why can’t I smell you anywhere?” His panicked voice came. “Where are you?” He asked.
Where was I?
“Aiden p>
I was cut short when Aiden suddenly grabbed my neck, slamming my back against the wall and a loud groan escaped my lips.
“We have to fix this attitude of yours…and you’re showing too much skin.” He said, staring down at my body and I couldn’t be anymore disgusted by it. Once upon a time I might have liked it, but right now, I wanted to throw him off me.
“I don’t c-care w-what you t-think,” I told him, my voice trembling. “Once my mate finds me, you’re dead p>
He growled loudly, tightening his hand around my neck, I am your mate!” He said, “you are mine p>
I scoffed, struggling to loosen his grip on me. “You wish p>
I was aware that the last thing I should be doing was making him angry, but Lylah wanted me to keep talking so he wouldn’t do something else while she talked to King. Apart from the fact that he was an Alpha
and
was stronger than I was, keeping our pup safe in this situation was our first priority.
“I’m going to forgive you for letting another man touch you, but you’ll need to get
rid of that mark. You belong to me and no one else.” He said, and I watched as his
teeth extended and he came closer to my neck.
Gathering all my strength and that of Lylah, I closed my eyes and pushed him away. Not expecting it, it sente him a few feets away from me and a surprised look appeared on his face giving me the chance to run but he was fast and caught up with me.
“Where’s Kieran?” I asked Lylah.
“He’s close, I can smell him p>
Aiden chuckled, his nails digging into my skin, “feisty…I’m going to enjoying
breaking you p>
His eyes looked like that of a prey hunting its predator but I wasn’t going to give
up. Kieran was going to find me, one thing I’m certain about.
Aiden continued dragging me away and some of the members of the Pack just moved out of the way.
“Let me out!” Lylah growled, gnawing at me. “Let’s teach him a lesson p>
“Our pup p>
l.ne
She let out a growl, the fact that she couldn’t do anything was hurting her as well. But I didn’t have to worry for long when a loud, angry growl reached my ears and Aiden was thrown off me. I fell to the ground, wrapping my arms around me, relief flooded my veins as Kieran landed several punches to his face.
Could I really not go a few days without trouble or without needing saving?