Because you are my mate

Because you are my mate
SERENA’S POV

It was a very hot afternoon so sitting in the penthouse wasn’t as conducive as it used to be but we remained there regardless.

Time for lunch was here already but it was the last thing on my mind, I had lost my appetite for days now and I wasn’t bothered about it.

After an unsuccessful search in the pack for a rogue, Alpha Basil and I were back to strategizing another way of making sure that Dean is proven innocent before the execution,

All we did was perceive their scent and we never got to see any of them, perhaps they perceived our scent also and decided to elope out of fear.

I remained seated opposite him, his back was bent and his hands were in one another, our eyes locked and yeah, my heart was beating so loud, 

From the look on his face, I couldn’t tell if the feeling was mutual or if it was just me, but that was by the way, what was important at the moment was proving Dean’s innocence.

“I’ll say this again, we should torture Willow and she’ll confess” I broke the ongoing silence, that was all I could come up with.

“Then you don’t know Willow” he didn’t hesitate to let me know,

“I’m talking of real torture” I tried to convince him.

It feels like there was nothing else that we could do and if he gives this a try, I would be so glad because I believe it would work perfectly.

“Alpha Bernard won’t allow us to do that,” he said,

I forgot about him and Alpha Basil was right, he would never let a fly touch Willow even when he knows she’s guilty of committing treason.

My fingers were in my mouth, now I have to think of something else and I have to be fast about it because time is no longer on our side.

“You both should go to the woods again, I’m pretty sure you’ll find a rouge this time” Aria growled,

“You said that for your selfish interest” I put it to her,

She enjoyed spending so much time with Alpha Basil’s wolf and because she wanted a repeat of it, she said those words of hers.

They both had a swell time under the moonlight and they did things Alpha Basil and I wouldn’t do, not pretty bad things though.

Going again to the woods wasn’t an option and would never be, before we stepped out of the mansion yesterday, I knew we wouldn’t find any but Alpha Basil kept convincing me.

We got back to the mansion at dusk and I only got a few hours of sleep before reporting here to think of what else to do, I didn’t even think Alpha Basil would come to join me because of the weather.

“I should talk to Willow” Alpha Basil muttered,

“About?” I asked, still refusing to take my big eyeballs off his face that I had begun to find cute.

“What do you mean by ‘about?’ “ He inquired,

“Please don’t tell me you’re planning to have a word with her and get her to confess that Dean wasn’t a…

“Yes, that’s exactly what I’m planning too” he interrupted me, 

I couldn’t help but laugh, he mentioned to me earlier that Willow wouldn’t confess if she got tortured but now he thinks that speaking to her would make her confess!

“Does this mean that he actually believes Dean didn’t commit the crime he was accused of?” Aria said something,

“Isn’t that obvious?” I had to ask her.

If his forehead wasn’t squeezed at the moment, I might have assumed he joked about it to reduce the tension in here.

“It’s you who doesn’t know her” I confidently told him,

“Really?” He raised an eyebrow.

“Oh yes,” I mentioned.

Allowing him to do that would be a sheer waste of time and I didn’t have that time, the execution is less than thirty hours from now.

My words might have made him give up on helping me and I hope that won’t happen for all, how was I supposed to figure out a way alone?

The thought of Shaun crossed my mind and I heaved a deep sigh, he still hadn’t sent me another letter telling me that he was only playing pranks with me.

“What if I told you I’m helping you out because you’re my mate?” Alpha Basil inquired out of nowhere, that was totally out of context.

Vividly, I could recall that I asked him that question while we were in the woods the previous night and he had something else to say.

I wasn’t in the mood to discuss that at the moment so I would pretend like my ears didn’t catch that even though I looked him in the eye after he asked.

The moon goddess made something I wasn’t happy about happen between me and him and now he thinks he can refer to me as his mate whenever it pleases him,

Dean would help me break the bond between us, I trust that when I tell it to him, he would take it upon himself to break it because he wasn’t a fan of Alpha Basil or Alpha Bernard.

“We’ll discuss after we get Dean out of there” he added, I was actually in support of us having a discussion about us!

Our wolves need to be stopped and to do that, we would have to work hand in hand and somehow, we might just figure out a way to break the bond without involving Dean.

It felt good to know that he was still with me on this, I knew from his last statement to me, the best way to thank him, I don’t have an idea.

“What do you think we can do now?” I asked, we had both run out of ideas.

“Go our separate ways” he muttered.

“What is that supposed to mean?” Curiosity made me ask,

“Do your thing while I do mine” he explained.

I thought he meant it when he indirectly said to me that we were in this together, if he knew we weren’t, why then did he waste so much of my time?

“Let’s see who got this” he added, I wasn’t so sure I understood that statement of his.

His lips kept on moving which meant he had words to say or I would be out of here already to go think of what else to do from here.

“If you’re able to get him out, fine, and if I’m able to get him out, that’ll be fine also,” he remarked, he had successfully confused me with his choice of words.
“I’m lost” I brought it to his attention, perhaps he would do something about it.

“In my head, I have ways of approaching the things but you think it can’t work out, you also brought up suggestions earlier which I talked down on” he began with, how generous of him to be willing to give me a detailed explanation.

“Instead of discouraging each other from doing the things we want to do, I think it’s best we go our separate ways and we have one goal after all” he resumed speaking.
Now I understand what he meant when he asked that we go our separate ways but I don’t think it’s a good idea, two heads they say it’s better than on.

He was actually right, we’ve been rubbing minds together and all we got from that was friction and not ideas like we wanted.

“If you don’t want to help me out any longer, just let me know and I won’t be pissed I promise” I cooed, I needed to know if he meant his words.

“Let’s do this” he cooed.

“I mean go our separate ways of course” he went on shortly after.

He rose to his feet and walked out of the penthouse, I won’t be so surprised to find out that he’s on his way to Willow to speak to her.

It felt like I was on my own again and the minute he walked out of the penthouse, I started getting ideas on what to do, maybe because I already assumed I was alone in this.

“Have lunch first and continue pondering from where…”

“I’m fine” I didn’t shun her like she thinks I did and I was only trying to let her know that I don’t need food at the moment.

So far so good, I had gotten two ideas and I was willing to put both to work, I had plans to go on my knees and pray to the moon goddess to let one of them work out.

There was a probability that Alpha Basil would do the needful which is to break the curse between us, it has to be why he said that we need to talk after all of this is over,

I might be leaving here sooner than I expected.