Chapter 19

Chapter Nineteen

"Uhm, I'm sorry. It did not occure to me that you would be coming out the same time I was about coming in," Mia apologized, as she took a step back from Alex.

Nobody asked her that, who asked her to speak? Alex asked himself.

"Move aside," he said, and Mia moved away as she tucked wayward strands of her hair behind her ear.

Alex walked past her and so did Hendrix. "Where are you heading to?" Mia asked him, but he ignored her.

She stood by the door. "You should be telling me things, you know? We're a team," she said after him, but Alex did not flinch a bit. He did not even give her a second glance, as he and Hendrix walked towards the direction of the river.

Mia huffed. "Why does he have to be so quiet?" She wondered out loud.

Just then, David the stable man walked by. "Good evening, Luna," he greeted.

"Good evening, David," she greeted back with an enthusiastic smile. "How do you do?" She asked him.

"Very fine, Luna," he replied with a smile as he kept walking away.

"David," Mia called, stopping him, and he turned back to look at her.

"Yes, Luna. Do you need anything?" David asked her.

Mia walked up to him. "In fact I do. Where does the alpha always go?" She asked with a smile.

"Oh, he's always at the river, Luna," he replied.

"Thank you, David," she said enthusiastically, and leaped away in happiness.

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Alex was standing in front of the river, feeling the cool breeze of the night flowing through his hair. "It's a cool evening right?" Hendrix asked behind him.

"Yeah. It's very relaxing," Alex replied, closing his eyes as he exhaled.

Just then, Mia walked towards him. "Alex," she said, her face full of smiles.

Alex was stunned when he heard her voice. He turned around and saw her smiling so broadly. "What in God's name is she doing here?" He muttered underneath his breath.

She walked up to him, still smiling. "I'm here to keep you company," she said to him.

"I did not ask for company," he replied looking away from her as he turned his gaze back to the water. "Please leave," he added politely.

"Come on, Alex. I just want us to talk. Talk about our plans in unraveling this mystery. We are a team, Alex," she reminded him as she stood beside him. "You should learn to communicate with me. That's the only way we can push through with this mission that was given to us, okay?" She said sweetly to him.

He took a step away from her, still not looking at her. "I do not need you at the moment. We have nothing to discuss about. Please, leave," he said again, trying to be polite as possible, hoping she would leave and he would not lose his temper.

"Why should I? Why are you getting all worked up? I just want to talk to you," she said.

"But, I don't want to talk!" Alex yelled, getting angry. Mia had finally gotten on his nerves.

She shuddered at his outburst, and Alex looked away, feeling his demon awakened. He noticed Hendrix was no longer at his spot, and he thought he was mistaken. He tried so hard to suppress his demonic eyes and expected Mia to leave, but she lingered near. He walked away from her, and dived into the river.

"Alex!" She yelled in shock, and looked around for anyone to help, but, Hendrix was no longer there.

She dived into the water too, wondering why he had decided to run into the water than talk to her. Down in the wayery, she saw him covered in dark smoke and his eyes were a flaming darkish red. She was shocked.

She was terrified as she turned around swimming back to the surface. She gasped for air as she got out of the water, but Alex grabbed her by the leg, and pulled her back.

"Alex!" She screamed, and he grabbed her immediately by the neck, trying to strangle her. He was no longer in control of his body, and had no idea what he was doing.

Mia struggled to free herself from Alex tight grip on her neck, but her effort was futile. He was too powerful for her to handle alone.

All of a sudden, a symbol appeared on her forehead. A mundara symbol shined brightly, and the river splashed, and they both fell down deep into it.

The mundara symbol rid Alex of the demon control over his body and he returned back to his normal self. As soon as he gained control of his body, the mundara symbol on Mia's forehead disappeared. The mundara symbol meant the power of love, and this was the symbol Mia had no idea she possessed.

Alex gasped in shock as he saw Mia sinking down to the bottom of the river. He went after her, and holding her in his arms, he pulled her to the surface.

They got out of the water, and Mia inhaled deeply due to the effect of the water in her lungs. She spluttered out some of it just as Hendrix returned with the sagyu rope. He was shocked to see Alex was his normal self before he could come back.

He had left immediately he noticed Alex was getting angry, and seeing him normal within a short time with Mia shocked him.

"Are you alright?" Alex asked her, but before she could reply, she slipped into an unconscious state.

"Mia?" He shook her but she was not responding.

Worriedly, he carried her in his arms, and hastened back to the pack house, forgetting the presence of Hendrix.

He returned to the pack house, and took Mia into her room. Placing her on the bed, he summoned for the pack healer.

A few minutes later after his order, the pack healer came and took a look at Mia.

"Will she be okay?" Alex asked him.

He nodded. "She'll awake soon," he replied.

"What's wrong with her?" Alex asked.

The healer sighed. He had no idea what was wrong with her. According to what he had heard from Hendrix downstairs, she had fell in the water. It was not enough to slip into an unconscious state. "Believe me, alpha. She'll be awake by tomorrow morning," he replied, and Alex nodded, not pushing the matter any further.

The healer left, and Alex walked out of Mia's room. He got to his room, changed his clothes, and went back to Mia's room. Sitting on the embroidered blue and rouge chair, he watched her, ensuring that she was still breathing.

He sighed as he leaned towards the bed, unable to take his eyes off her, and unable to close his eyes in slumber. With his hands folded, for the first time, he was worried about someone other than himself, and at that moment, he was not thinking about it or his problem, and he was not alarmed.

If he was aware of how he tried to strangle her, he knew he would not be able to bear it, not for one bit.