Chapter 27: Chapter Twenty Seven

Chables Territory was a deserted place outside the town, filled with a broken building, dried trees, and debris all over the place. Unless someone belonged to a criminal group, no one would like to appear at this place.

This location was exactly the kind of aspect meant for secret meetings. That meant, if Sebastian had asked all of us to appear at that place, that meant he wanted this meeting to be secret.

And I knew what was the meaning behind this. Even if a criminal killed a person here, humans wouldn't find out. Not even police had known about this place.

At this time, I was sitting in the backseat of a car with Aiden and Owen on either side of me. Don't ask me why my husband's cousin insisted on tagging along with me. When he heard about the news of this Alpha Sebastian and how the man called me, Owen wanted to come along.

From what it seemed like, Owen and Sebastian seemed to have a blood feud. The whole time, Owen kept cracking his knuckles and staring outside the window angrily.

If it was before, I would've felt extremely awkward about sitting right between Owen and Aiden. It was because of my husband's jealousy that I couldn't bear to sit near his cousin.

But all of us didn't seem to be in the right mind. Especially me and Aiden. The latter was seriously calm, so calm that I felt it was strange. And I was rather upset, and frightened.

Drive fast! I jumped hearing that voice. It was Owen. He didn't seem to have any outlet for his anger, so he simply focused on Ethan, who seemed to be driving at the fastest speed possible. Still, this wasn't enough for Owen. He kept pestering poor Beta Stride, making the other person rather flustered.

Finally, Aiden seemed to be at his limits. He snapped. Can't you shut your mouth!

So, Mr. Pig, you want to teach me now This sentence successfully distracted me from my thoughts about what would happen after seeing Alpha Sebastian. All the scenes that had appeared in my head were rather similar to a horror movie. But right now, I couldn't be more glad after hearing the word 'Mr. Pig' from Owen's mouth.

I'm not Mr. Pig! Aiden's veins popped on his forehead, but since I kept snuggling against him, he didn't really go berserk like before.

Bella, do you want to know the secret behind this stupid name

If I said I wasn't curious, I will be lying. I really was curious, and wanted to know more about this badly. So I kept staring at the man with big shiny eyes as if wanting to urge the other person to pity on me and tell me everything!

Owen laughed seeing my expression and ignored Aiden's protests. He said, I have a weird quirk. He shifted his eyes awkwardly. I like baby pigs.

I tilted my head at that. What was so weird about it I liked cats, but that didn't mean I was weird. But the thing that made me confused was why my husband was the one who was called Mr. Pig.

Those days, when the feud between me and Aiden had ended, and we reconciled, everything was weird. We both were so awkward with each other that we couldn't stay beneath a roof for more than a minute.

Why I asked.

Owen shrugged. We had been fighting for years. And now that we had reconciled, we didn't know how to face each other. Then he thought of something and laughed. That was when your husband thought of a miraculous trick to settle things between us. He paused unnaturally and glanced at Aiden. He bought several baby pigs, and personally carried them in my pack.

I tried to imagine this situation, and couldn't help but laugh. Even imagining Aiden's expression while carrying a bunch of pig babies in his hands was amusing. I covered my mouth and coughed to hide my laughter.

And the reason why Aiden doesn't dare to step his foot inside my pack is what happened after he carried the baby pigs. Owen laughed as he imagined the scene. Those little animals had pooped all over him by the time I saw him at my house. And that wasn't the worst part. Me and my people also saw him like that. And after that, he stopped coming to my pack.

I turned to see a dark expression on my husband's face, and I didn't dare to laugh. But it was hard to find this scene funny.

We'll reach there in twenty minutes. Ethan's cold voice suddenly reminded me of the purpose of today's travel, and my shoulders dropped. I pursed my lips, and couldn't find the pig event funny anymore.

My heart sank at the reminder of Sebastian. He had always been a control freak back when we were in a relationship. It wouldn't have been bad if he hadn't decided to control even the times I would blink my eyes. It was rather suffocating. And when I left him, he couldn't deal with it, and simply wanted me back just to soothe his ego.

Was that why he had chosen to kill me Even though I had already let go of him, I still couldn't help but feel upset. It seemed like he didn't really care about our relationship at all. To him, it was perhaps easy to kill me for the sake of his ego and taking revenge against Aiden for hitting him badly. The light in my eyes couldn't help but dim at that.

The note clearly said that the murder of those ladies would choose me as his next victim. I shivered at that. But compared to the time we started traveling toward the destination, I was a little calmer. I didn't feel that frightened anymore, and it was all thanks to that weird story.

I knew Owen had told me that story to calm me down, and I appreciated it. Thus, I gave him a glance, silently thanking him for calming him down and leaned toward Aiden.

I'm sorry for laughing. I whispered to Aiden, who just shook his head and sighed.

I can't be angry at you no matter what you do. I really love you. He whispered back. Thankfully, everyone in the car was too busy thinking about Alpha Sebastian to take a look at us.

My heart skipped a beat hearing that. I looked at him only to see him staring down at me with emotions swirling in his eyes.

And I won't let anything happen to you, no matter what. He paused and declared with a serious expression on his face. I promise.

My heart continued to beat against my chest after hearing that confession. All the negative emotions that had been inside my heart vanished instantly, but I couldn't utter a word. My lips parted and closed as tears formed in my eyes. He didn't know what this promise meant to me. I was clearly Sebastian's next target, so I would die anyway. Saying that Aiden would save me at all cost made me feel safer. I couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth in my heart.

Thank you. I whispered and lowered my head hiding my expression.

There's something I haven't told you before, and I'm afraid it'll be too late if I don't say anything now.

I tilted my head in confusion. What was it that he still hadn't told me about Before saying anything, he lowered his head and caught my lips, nibbling and kissing them. Soon, the backseat of the car transformed into a live kissing scene.

At first, only our lips were busy snuggling against each other. So everyone ignored us. But soon, Aiden traced my lips with his tongue, and licked it continuously until I parted them. As soon as I opened my mouth, he inserted his tongue that reached every single corner of my mouth.

Ahem… Owen finally couldn't take it anymore. Did you two forget I'm still here

Me and Aiden parted, panting softly as a thin silver thread appeared between us. I wiped my mouth and lowered my head, blushing.

But my husband ignored his cousin and circled his arms around me pulling me closer. Now I was practically sitting on his lap. When I noticed this, a hint of blush traced on my cheeks. My ears turned so red that it seemed blood was dripping from it.

I leaned against my husband, hiding my face in the crook of his neck.

That's when I remembered what Aiden was saying a while ago. I raised my head and whispered, Weren't you going to tell me something

He signed and opened his mouth. There's a reason why I had chosen you for the first time.

I thought the reason why he chose me as his mate was because of my ability to control his anger. So there was another reason behind his decision

You look exactly like a girl I knew before.