Chapter 44 044
Alexander’s POV
“Please, just let me see her, Blake… I promise, I won’t make a scene” the argument and pleas continued for the past five minutes and I was sure Blake was already threading on his thinnest thread of all that hesitation.
But I couldn’t let her come in and see her like this. If they were as close as they seem to be, who knows what she would do if she finds her best friend like this.
Personally, I would never be reasonable while lashing out if something like this happened to Blake. Just like now. I wasn’t lashing out as an Alpha. I was lashing out as a mate in despair. And I didn’t care that I would be putting many others in despair.
I didn't want her to ruin things for me. Especially not the plans I had for everyone related to how she ended up like this.
"Fine! If you're not letting me see my best friend! Tell me this one thing..." She muttered calmly, yet with determination.
"What?"
"Tell me that... That Alpha Alexander won't just let that old wench go scot free." She choked on the last word and I immediately felt Blake's wolf go restless.
She was crying.
Blake barely loses his composure... And even now, he tried hard not to, but he couldn't help it because she was his mate. Any sign that she's hurting would automatically make him lose it too.
"He won't, Bianca..." He trailed off softly. "And trust me I'm scared that he won't ever let it go so easily." He explained, muttering the last sentence in a low tone as if to keep me from hearing that.
Typical Blake.
I expected her to cower in fear and probably ask Blake what he meant by that... But her reaction was the complete opposite.
"Good. If you... his closest ally is scared about what he's going to do to her, then I guess it's my cue to feel ABOVE THE MOON!" she merely said before storming away.
She really is an interesting type. A real contrast to my beautiful little mate. But they virtually had the same kind hearts and fierce protection of their loved ones.
I could remember Danica asking to see her one last time before when she thought I was going to kill her... At first I thought it would be her Father. Or her step sister? They say one usually forms a strong bond with a group of people you spend a lot of time with.
But seeing how close she was with Bianca, I realized I was wrong. Bonds don't form between just anyone because they're family.
Blake's footsteps receded down the hallway and I finally took my time staring at Danica's face, trying to reach out to her wolf but after over thirty minutes, I realized it might just be me filling water into a basket while expecting it to be enough for a pack of warriors.
Her wolf was nowhere in sight. It was completely out of reach but somehow, deep down, I knew she had one. I could feel it.
The distinct strength that lingered while she was completely vulnerable to her environment.
Just then I recalled Bianca's use of the word mate and I mind linked Blake, asking if he told her anything about Danica being my mate.
His answer was short and resolute.
"No, I didn't," he answered. "You have no idea how hard it was to hold back from telling her when I was trying to stop her from going into your room" He finally blurted after a moment of hesitation.
A tiny smile tugged at my lips at his response.
"You'll grow old at this rate... Before you even have the chance to figure out your mate is hiding something from you just the same way you're hiding something from her." I told him plainly.
"What do you mean by that?" He asked and I decided to pull his leg a bit more.
"The fact that grumpy people tend to grow old faster?" I muttered innocently and I could practically smell the usual angry glares he sends my way when he's mad but knows he can do nothing about it.
"You know what I'm asking!" He retorted and shrugged like he could see me.
"I mean, Bianca... That fierce mate of yours called Danica 'my mate' when she came to inform me about her being unconscious" I explained and he went silent for long enough to make me think he dropped dead somewhere.
"Blake?"
"Yeah?"
"You fell asleep?"
"No?"
"You heard what I said, didn't you?" I asked.
"You mean, the fact that she knows that Danica is your mate... And I definitely hadn't told her that?" He muttered.
"She knows, and that could only mean one thing." I said thoughtfully.
"It could only mean that Danica felt the bond too... But for some reason, she decided to keep it a secret from you, her mate." he muttered and I sighed, my gaze lingering on her lifeless face as if to figure out the puzzle from there.
"Perhaps I could find an answer from Bianca?" He muttered, uncertainty lacing his tone.
"I doubt you'd get anything. She wouldn't want to disrespect her friend's reason for keeping something that big a secret" I told him before cutting off the link.
I had mixed feelings about this... Knowing that she really is my mate, that it wasn't a one-sided bond and that she decided to seal her lips like her life depended on it.
First, all I felt was relief. But now, the empty sting lingered.
I wasn't oblivious to the fact that she'd gone through two painful mate's rejection and I wasn't dumb enough to not realize that it was the reason she was hiding so hard from me... Her third chance mate. But it stung.
She was hiding because she doesn't trust me enough to open up to me. She was hiding because she thought she wasn't worthy of being an Alpha's mate just because his gamma once rejected her openly like a worthless omega he painted her to be. She was hiding because she was somehow convinced that I would do the same. Use her... Make her think everything is fine and then reject her again.
And it hurts even more because I didn't know what to do to make her realize how much she means to me.
She was everything my empty calculated life needed.
She filled those hollow parts of me that barely felt anything even at death's doorstep.
With one teary look from her, I'm tempted to tear down the entire world if she asks.
One taste of her was enough to have me burning inside out like I'd found an inevitable addiction.
I had no idea how to make her see my heart... In the way she understood. But it doesn't mean I wouldn't do it in the best way I knew how.