Chapter 22

Aziz

Mica and Hera went to their room and I was left in my office alone. What my mate said really hurt me. I know that I acted stupid in the past weeks and being hurt is not a good reason for it. She has a point and I should have been more understanding since I already knew that my kind was the reason she felt miserable.

I don’t know what my sister sees in her mind, but I could see that she was trying to be more patient. There are times when I am curious and want to ask her about it, but I’m sure that she’s not going to tell me. I want to know where her anger came from besides her parent’s death. With that in mind, ‘Come to my office, now!’ I am going to find out everything about her and I will make sure to make her feel safe and protected in my pack.

Even if she was regretful about me and our bond, I will still do my best to make her submit and accept me as hers. “Alpha,” Carter said as he entered my office.

“Look into Mica’s past. I want everything I need to know about her. The sooner, the better.”

“Yes, Alpha.” he replied, “About Luna,”

“I know and I’m sorry.” I told him, “I had acted like a bastard and I should have known better. I just thought she wasn’t affected by the mate bond since she was a human. But even if it was like that, it isn’t reasonable enough to bang another woman.”

“As long as you know. Oh, I promise to find everything I can about Luna,” he said, and I nodded.

“Thank you, man,” I replied and then he left. It wasn’t really easy, after all the things I needed to do in the pack, finding my siblings and making plans on defeating the vampire king while protecting my mate was really toxic and tiring. But I need to go through all these and look forward to a happy future with my pack and mate.

Getting to know Mica should be one of my priorities when I’m in the pack, so I had to be with her as much as possible. ‘Tell the kitchen to bring lunch to my office for 4 people.’ I told Reeves through our link.

‘Copy that.’ he replied, so I started working. Lunch will be intense as I already expect Mica to glare at me all the time. I don’t even know if she will be able to swallow her food seeing me sitting beside her. But I don’t care about that, I will make sure she will get to know me too.

Lunch had finally come and even if I was nervous, I tried not to show it. I didn’t want Mica to think that I was feeling overwhelmed by her presence as it would only make her feel superior to me. I know that she knows how the mate bond works when it comes to our feelings. I had a feeling that she would only take advantage of that. It’s not that I didn’t want to, I’m just not ready yet.

The omegas set the table in my office. It’s rectangular and it was very convenient whenever we had a meeting. It was at the right corner when you entered my office and you needed to pass through a sofa with a center table on it that I use whenever I had a casual conversation with my friends. And now thinking of having a little make-out session with Mica once we’re OK.

“What made you do this?” Hera asked, grinning. I knew that she had already started to read my thoughts, so I glared at her. “Come here, Mica. Let’s eat,” she added and pulled my mate closer to her. I just hope that she will make her sit beside me.

‘So convenient for you to say that in your mind when you know that I will be able to know it.’ she said in our minds. I chuckled because it was exactly what I wanted.

“Why do I need to sit here?” Mica complained, “I’m pretty sure that he will be sitting on that chair.” she added. “Do you want me to get full or bloated?” she continued.

“I’m sure that you will get full. Look at how delicious the foods are,” Hera said and sat next to her. She was about to move to another chair but I stopped her.

“Sit,” she was startled, maybe because of the current like-thing we felt when I touched her. It was always like that and that must be the reason why she tried to keep her distance from me. So she won’t have to succumb to the bond either.

“You don’t need to touch me,” she replied and took her seat. I sighed in relief, even if she looked mad, at least she still sat beside me.

“Am I late?” Reeves said as he got in.

“No, come on and dig in,” I said and started to put some food on Mica’s plate.

“What are you doing?” she asked and when I looked at her she was doing the same.

“I am giving you your food,” I replied casually, trying not to get affected by her coldness. Reeves and Hera were looking at us but started to eat as well.

“Do I look like I can’t do that for myself? And what if I don’t eat those foods that you put in there?”

“You don’t?” I asked, trying to act innocent.

“That’s not the point.”

Then it’s good.” I said, “Now, start eating. Reeves eats a lot and if you are not fast enough, he will take your share as well.” I added and started eating.

During the meal, we were very silent. But I know that Reeves didn’t like it and so, like Hera, they started the conversation and tried to include Mica. I felt relieved when she answered back to my sister and that's progress, judging by the fact that I am around.

“Where’s Carter?” she asked when Reeves told them about him and my gamma’s idea of being my siblings' mates.

I couldn't tell her that I had asked him to do some digging for some information about her, so I said, “On pack’s visit.” Hera looked at me with a creased forehead. I know that she already knew where he was and didn’t like it.

“Why is he there alone?”

“Why not?”

“You really think I’m stupid?”

“Of course not! And why are you even looking for him?”

“Is it wrong to ask? All I know is that he was there to watch me, so I was curious why he was suddenly out.” She's really not stupid.

“Reeves will be looking after you from now on.”

“Why?” she asked again. My sister and Beta didn’t bother to join our arguments and I had a feeling that they were enjoying it too.

“Why do you have so many questions? I was worried that he is not capable of looking after you. Did that answer your question?”

“Whatever,” she replied and continued eating.

‘Alpha, a convoy from the Meadow Pack arrived.’ a mind link from the border. I looked at Reeves and informed him. Why do they need to be here at this time?

Mica was here and they knew that Hera was my mate. I don’t know why they decided to visit us but they should have informed me first. “I am going to talk to them.” Reeves got up and left.

“Where is he going?” Mica asked curiously,

“We have a visitor,” I answered.

“Should I hide now?” she asked again. She’s really not stupid.

“No need,” Hera told her, “We just need to tell them that she’s under our care since she was attacked by a vampire,” she added, looking at me before she turned to Mica.

“I’m sorry if we need to act now. Meadow Pack is my previous pack and, believe it or not, they were different,” she said, trying to explain to her. Mica nodded her head.

“Then, I should go back to our room.” then get up.

“Your scent lingers here so they will know that we have a human living with us. You don’t need to leave.” I said, “Are you done eating?” I asked,

“Yeah.”

“I am going to call the omega and clean this up. You two sit there.” I said and motioned the sofa to the two of them.

The omega cleaned up the table and we waited until the Meadow Pack came with Reeves.