Alicia’s POV
Memories started flooding my head, the first time I saw Kein, my mate, the most handsome man I've ever seen, he wore a black suit, I remember his perfect hair, the first time we kissed in the president's bathroom, the first time we made love in my shower, the red dress, the ball, the king, the alpha and Alexander
A ringing sound filled my head as the memories started to rush in, invading my mind at an unbearable speed, the bed started spinning, the ringing turned to a relentless searing pain.
“It will be over soon I promise” he whispered as he wrapped his arms around me and held me close “I’m sorry” he whispered; my skin tingled at his touch
The pain stopped and a vision of Alexander standing behind me pulled me in, I watched as it played like a movie in front of me, his arms wrapped around me, his fangs slowly pierced my skin
“What the hell happened to me?” I barked. His eyes wide and almost popping out of his head
“Do you remember, everything?”
“You son of a bitch, you marked me” I breathed not believing the words coming out of my mouth, tears flooded my eyes, and I pushed him away, a new feeling of anger filled me
“Alicia, I can explain”
“Why am I naked?” he looked at me quizzically,
“I thought you remembered everything, what do you remember exactly?” his words triggered the rest of my memories, his wolf marking my wolf, us completing the mating process
“Oh my god” I covered my mouth remembering Kein’s face looking up at me as he knelt down on the beach watching me willingly give myself to another wolf in front of him
“Fight, Alicia…he doesn’t breathe you like I breathe you” Kein’s words echoed in my head
“Oh my god Kein, what…what the hell have I done?”
“You choose the best mate for you, there’s nothing wrong with that” Alexander growled looking away from me and clenching his teeth
“What?" his cold words made the reality of what I've done even more vivid "get out”
“Alicia, please” he begged
“Get out” my strength left, and a feeling of defeat came over me
He grabbed my neck and squeezed smashing me against the headboard “I am prince Alexander Clyborne, and you are my mate” his eyes turned a cloudy grey with his wolf’s voice mixed with his “I will treat you right and keep you at your rightful place at my right side as my mate if you willingly choose me, but if you insist on pushing me away then you leave me no choice but to take you by force" he smashed my head against the headboard again, piercing me with his eyes "and trust me you don’t want that” he squeezed even tighter letting out a low growl
My body gasped for air, my eyes felt like they were going to pop out of my head, I punched his arm trying to loosen his grip, but he only got stronger as I got weaker, squeezing tighter the more I struggled
The lake flashed before my eyes and the warm comforting feeling I felt as I neared death filled me again, reminding me of the painful drowning feeling 'I don't want to die, I can't die like this, not here, not like this'
“Alexander please” I begged forcing the words out
“Choose now, me or him?” he barked, tears filling up in his eyes, his pain filled me and no matter how much I wanted to push it aside I couldn’t, our bond wouldn't let me
“Please, Alexander” he looked down at his lap and shook his head loosening his grip on my neck but still holding me tight against the headboard
“Choose, Alicia” he breathed, I felt the desperation in his words
“You marked me, and your wolf marked mine... I’m yours” he released me, and I fell down on the bed coughing massaging my neck gasping for breath
“Ali, are you there? Please answer me”
“Kein, I’m here”
“Are you alright?”
“Yes” I lied
“Are you sure?”
“Kein, you have to forget about me…work things out with Caroline and...”
“That’s why I’ve been trying to reach you, listen to me, I’ve got great news…” he boomed in my head through our personal mind link
“Kein stop, I’m with my mate now, please leave me alone”
“Ali…” I closed the mind link, sealing the door to our connection, I slid back into the bed pulling the blanket over my head and letting the tears flow freely
“You need to forget about him, not just for my sake, but for yours”
“I just need a minute”
“Alicia, I know this is hard but the sooner…”
“Alexander...please”
“Okay, I’ll leave, I give you thirty minutes to pull yourself together, be ready to leave by then”
“Fine” the bed shifted as his weight lifted from it, and I heard the door open and close as his footsteps faded away in the distance
“Kein, my mate, my love, I just found you, and now I've lost you again, we would have been very happy, I would've made you happy, what a life we would have had” I cried mourning my mate, mourning our love and what could have been until the tears dried out
“I’m ready” I said as I walked out of the bedroom in my black evening dress and black six-inch heels looking at a very casually dressed Alexander sitting on the couch wearing jeans and a t-shirt
“Wow, you look great, overdressed but great” he smiled
“You didn’t tell me where we were going or what to wear, and for some reason I felt like wearing black today”
“Fine” he took a deep breath and nodded “you said to give you time; I’ll give you that, but I will not wait forever” he said looking deep into my eyes and taking my hands in his, he gave them a light kiss and led me to the door
Kein’s POV
“Kein, I’m with my mate, please leave me alone”
“Ali, Ali, goddammit Ali answer me” I tried over and over again but she didn’t answer,
"She cut off our connection" my wolf barked,
"I know that he marked her and by the way she sounded they’ve completed the mating process" my wolf whimpered at the realisation
“I’m not giving up; I will not let him have her that easily” I put the paddle to the metal and raced to the airport
“Hello Mr Keng, I don’t believe we have you on our schedule today” Miss Kook Yeon-su the information desk lady said checking her list when she saw me rushing through the private airport
“I know, I’m traveling with a friend today”
“Oh, forgive me sir, please go ahead” I nodded and rushed to the tarmac, the beauty of a private airport is that there is usually one gate, one tarmac and one plane leaving at a time
“They’re ready for us” I stooped hearing his voice, he held out his hand and she stepped out from behind the pillar, and when I saw her, my wolf came to life and I could see the colour of her scent, a hue of pink filled the air and for some reason I could see flowers falling all around me as her scent mixed in with the air
I watched as she took his hand and started to walk with him to the gate
“Ali” I boomed my roar filling the empty airport
She turned so perfectly with her hair flying in the air filling the airport more with her scent making the illusion of the flowers even more dense
She stood in place as I ran to her “that’s close enough” prince Alexander's hand came between us making me stop just inches from her “I’m doing this for her, not you” he continued with a scrawl on his face
Being this close to my love I could smell it, her scent mixed with his, not just in the flesh but her wolf was matted to him as well, his scent oozed from her mark and from deep within her
My heart pained even though I knew that he'd do whatever it took to keep her, it still hurt having it confirmed
I want to go to her, touch her, feel her in my arms, and somehow undo all of it, but with him standing in my way no matter how much I want to I can’t, his alpha force is too powerful
“Ali, It’s done, look” I showed her the signed divorce papers “I’m finally yours, all yours” I boomed filled with joy “we can finally be together” I looked at her hoping to see the same excitement radiating in her eyes, but she bit her lip and subtly sniffed the air, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at me
“Chanel number five” she chuckled with a faint smile “You’re right, it is done” she took a deep breath “goodbye Kein” she turned, and his hand delicately landed on the small of her back as he lead her away
“Ali come to me”
“That won’t work anymore, Kein…I’m no longer yours, tear those papers apart, and go back to your wife, judging by the scent lingering around you, I know that she’s eagerly waiting for you”
“Ali, please…” I reached out my hand to stop her
“Are you hard of hearing? The lady said goodbye” a big masculine man blocked my way, he kind of looked like a brick wall with broad shoulders
I stood there in the middle of the private airport wanting to pull my hair out, I watched as the plane took off
***
“I take it that you’re ready to do it my way, I mean seeing that you’re here” alpha Sobong said with a serious look on his face, I nodded, unable to speak, yet willing to do anything and everything to get her back
“Good” he poured me a drink “here, looks like you need it”
“Thanks” I took the brown drink from him and swallowed it whole
“I want to kill him” I barked banging the glass on the table
“Good, and I can help you do that”
“How, how can I beat a guy that powerful?”
“Did your father not tell you?”
“Tell me what?”
He groaned and put his hands on his hips and looked at his feet shaking his head “I can’t believe he didn’t tell you”
“What, what is it?”
He looked up at me with no hint of humour on his face “You have Alpha blood running through your veins” he said as a matter of fact
“What?” I barked