Chapter 13

Mia stumbled back at Alex's sudden change in demeanor. Then, she noticed the arrow pierced deeply in a tree, and she gasped. Alex looked around the woods but could no longer sense the strange presence, nor could he see who had shot the arrow. He walked away in annoyance, blaming her in his head for being too loquacious to allow him to concentrate.

"Where are you going?" She asked him, watching him walk away. He ignored her completely as he got on his horse and rode away, much to the shock of Mia.

"How can he just leave me here?" "The audacity," she raved as she marched over to her horse. Does he know if there will be another attack? We came here together, and he left me all alone—who in the bloody hell does that? Such impertinence!" she kept ranting as she mounted her horse and galloped in the direction of the pack house.

At this moment, she was not too worried about the poisonous arrow, which was something every normal girl would have been afraid of, but she was not bothered about it at the moment. The questions in her mind should have been, "Who shot the arrow?" Why were they attacked? Who wanted them dead? She had no idea she was the target.

But these were not the questions that lingered in Mia Jayden's mind. Rather, as she rode home, the question in her heart was: Why had Alex pushed her off like that, as if she had been a flea on his skin? Why did he leave her at the borderline of their packs and leave for home without saying a word to her?

She thought in her head: "He's so mysterious."

And yet, so handsome! Her wolf, Aly, shrieked in her head.

Mia rolled her eyes. "Of course you had to bring up his handsomeness," she replied sarcastically.

A man with such a face and body should be worshipped. You and I both know this! Aly exclaimed in her head again.

"Well then, go worship him, Aly, and let's see if he would not just sit there and stare at you with those eyes of his and the coldness radiating from his face, and you'll wish you had just kept your appraisals to yourself," Mia replied.

I'm not listening to you, Mia. I can't wait to see his wolf! She shrieked again.

We're not mates with him, remember? This is an arranged marriage. Mia sighed, already tired of the conversation she was having with her wolf.

By the time the mating season comes, we will be ready, I assure you, "Aly said in confidence.

Alright, sure, Mia replied in an uninterested manner. She made the horse go faster, hoping to catch up with Alex, but she did not see any sign of him on the road.

•

Alex got to the pack house and handed his horse over to a gamma. He walked into the house just as Hendrix was coming from the other wing of the stairs. "Alex, how did it go today?" He asked him as soon as he sighted him.

"Not now, Hendrix. "We'll talk later tonight," he replied, hurrying over the stairs and literally stomping with each step he took.

Hendrix raised a brow as he watched him climb the stairs. He wondered what must have happened at the borderline to get Alex upset.

Alex got into his room and slammed the door shut. He took in deep breaths as he placed his hands on the back of the upholstered chair with gold and red embroidery. He had left Mia at the altar, not because he really wanted to. He did not feel a single emotion for the loquacious woman; this does not mean he would intentionally leave her behind, despite the fact that he was not sure if she was prone to more attacks. He was not that cruel.

The reason he had left her without saying a word to her was because of the touch and the spark he had felt when her body was only an inch away from melting with his. He exhaled deeply. How could he possibly explain that to anyone? He could hardly even believe it himself.

He walked over to the stony mirror imbedded in the walls and stared at his reflection. He was Alex Heartman... Alpha of the Crystal Moon pack, and in all his years of existence, he had never felt a spark with any woman before, not even once.

His coldness to the outside world had also played a major role in his personal life, especially after he had almost ripped open the chest of a woman he had a few sexual escapades with.

The memory flashed in his head. She had gotten him riled up that day as she complained bitterly of his only use of her, which she was not satisfied with. She had raved and cursed, bringing out the demon in him, and before he knew it, he had her by the...

He shook his head, refusing to sink down that memory lane. It had a way of hurting him more than he expected. He could not forgive himself for almost taking the life of an innocent woman, whose only crime was to please him in bed and demand a more befitting place in his life, which he could never give.

Not only was he cold-hearted toward women because of this, but he also did not believe in the ideology that there was anything called love, and he assured himself that he would never believe in it.

•

Mia returned to the pack house and moved over to the stables to hand over the horse to the stable men as she alighted. She got to the stables and met one of the men packing some hay for the horses.

He sighted her and hurriedly dropped the rake he was holding. "Greetings, Luna," he said to her.

"Greetings," she replied, smiling cheerfully.

"Let me take that from you," he offered, as she willingly handed the reins of the horse to him.

"Why, thank you, kind sir," she said, still smiling as he took the horse's reins from her.

"You're welcome, Luna," he responded with a pleasant smile, just like hers.

"What's your name?" She asked him.

"David," he responded quickly.

She grinned. "You have a lovely name, David," she replied.

"Thank you, Luna," he appreciated with a smile.

"You're welcome, David." I'll leave you now to your task. "See you around," she said with a smile and a little wave, and he smiled back, pleased to see someone with a charming personality in the pack house.

Mia walked away from the stables and walked towards the pack house. She got into the pack house and wondered which room Alex was staying in.

She saw Mera, the omega who had shown her to her room last night. "Hi, Mera. How do you do?" She asked with a smile as she saw her walking out of the kitchen area.

Mera's face lit up at the sight of Mia. "Greetings, Luna. "I'm very well, and you?" She asked, returning Mia's smile, as Mia walked up to her.

"I'm feeling blessed by the moon goddess," Mia responded sweetly as the memory of her and Alex in the woods flashed through her mind. "Do you know where the alpha's room is?" She asked, and Mera nodded. "Could you point me in the right direction?" Mia asked sweetly.

"Of course," Mera replied, and she walked over to the stairs with Mia. She showed Mia where Alex's room was located, and Mia thanked her immensely as she walked up the stairs.