Alpha's Little Vampire Mate
Chapter 97

Chloe's POV:

His soft breaths reached my ears, and I knew that he had fallen asleep. I got our of bed, being careful not to make too much of a noise ad not to alert him. I tiptoed into the closet, took off my pink fluffy robe from a hanger, and wore it over my night dress. I had called for Titus and soon, I heard his voice in my head, saying that he was waiting downstairs for me. I pulled on the door gradually and it opened just a crack. I forced myself out of the little space, holding back a hiss as my elbow scratched against the door hinges.

I made my way down the stairs, being bare foot also helped as I made no single sound. Once I reached down6 the last stair, I broke into a run, watching my steps not to make too much of a noise. I heard noise coming from the kitchen and that meant the cook had arrived and was probably making breakfast.

I was just in time to pull the door open, when Titus raised his hand to knock. His eyes widened in confusion and I placed a finger across my lips to silence him. I led him into the house, doing a little spell to hide his scent and I believed he wasn't much aware of the fact.

I know that I had promised to take a break from over using my abilities, but what did there say about desperate times again? They said it required desperate measures, did they not?

"Have a seat," I gestured him into one of the seats at the dining table, also helping myself into one. "What do I offer you? Coffee? Water?"

He groaned, shaking his head in denial. His eyes looked tired and with the way he looked, with black circles and a heavy bag under his eyes; it seemed to me like he had been up all night. "No, thank you. You called me so early in the morning, why?"

I decided to get straight to the point. "Marcus did not come back home last night, where was he?"

His face scrunched up in confusion. "And why are you asking me that? Are you not supposed to ask him, if it troubles you so?"

I bit my tongue, holding back a sarcastic retort. I stared at him pointedly. "Titus?" I called.

"Yes?"

"Do you really think that I do not know that I could ask him that myself, before I called you here?"

He shrugged. "How do I know that? A wolf I'd free to think whatever he wishes after all!"

Gods help me, I do not want be responsible for the murder of a certain Gamma.

"Gamma Titus?"

This time around, he raised a brow in response, a bored look plastered on his face. "What is it Chloe? I feel so Tired, that I could sleep in all day!"

"And that is why I am asking, where went you guys yesterday? Where was Marcus?"

"We went to a meeting for royalties, then we both went to the hospital and he was by Lima all night, until the early hours of this morning." He explained so fastly, I would not have gotten all his words if I did not pay rapt attention. He sighed, rising to his feet. "May I go now?"

I gave him an apologetic look, nodding. "Yes you may go, sorry for the disturbance!"

He grunted in response, staggering away with the sole of his shoes scrubbing against the floor and he did not seem to mind in the least! He was soon out the door and I waited for a few minutes, I heard him also slam the gate shut, and he was gone....

That was when I relaxed back in my seat, trying to make sense from the information I had gathered. If Marcus had just been to a meeting inside of school, then went straight to the hospital to check on Lima, then why was he so hesitant to speak to me about it?

Could there be something that I had been left unaware of? Could it have to do with Lima's health or maybe my aunt-fuck! I had been do occupied, that I had not thought about my father's sister who was laying half dead in the hospital. I ran back up the stairs, flinging the door open with a force that it slammed hard against the wall. Whether that had disturbed Marcus's sleep or not, I did not bother to check as I dashed into the closet and came back out with more decent clothes(a little yellow dress that flared out at the knee). I exchanged my pink fur flip-flops for a pair of black flats and dashed out of the house.

The walk to the hospital was shorter than I had expected, and I immediately walked up to the nurse at the reception, asking for the room where my aunt had been kept in. I was led there and after showing me to the door, I said my thanks and the nurse left. I pushed the door open and stepped in, closing it gently behind me. I turned to where the bed was in the room, and there she laid, as lifeless as the last time I had seen her.

I took reluctant steps towards her, gulping hard as I took in her pale face that resembled that of my father so much. She looked like there was no liquid left on her and I would have thought so too if not for the heart monitor that still showed that she was definitely breathing.

I dropped down into a plastic chair beside the bed, my eyes not leaving her face. "Hey! Do you not think that you have slept for too long? Wake up will you?"

She did not reply.

"I have a few, or maybe many," I paused, nodding my head in confirmation. "I have many questions to ask you, and they can't wait! I need you to get the fuck up and come answer me!"

My aunt has to be a very naughty one, because she did not even try to move from where she laid.

I slammed a palm on my face, realizing my own stupidity. She might be able to hear me, but there was no way she would talk to me. She had to wake up first then she had to be willing enough to talk or else, I would not know what else to do. I lost track of how long I had been sitting there beside her, until the same nurse from earlier, poked her head through the open door, informing me that the doctor had requested my presence. I got up and giving her one last glance, walked out of the room.

The nurse led me down the long corridor I which looked like it had no end, then we finally we stood before a black wooden door. She asked me to go in, that the doctor was waiting for me on the other side of the door. I knocked on the door and got in.

"Luna Chloe," the doctor greeted, rising to his feet. He came around his desk, pulling out the chair for me. I thanked him and plopped down on it. He moved around the desk, going to plop down into his seat. "Thank you so much for coming, I would like to talk to you about your aunt."

I sat up straighter in my seat. "What about her, Doctor? Will she be fine? How back is her condition?"

He chuckled, an amused look on his face. "You ask me so many questions, which do I reply to first?"

My face heat up, getting as red as a tomato. I apologized, urging him to go ahead and not mind my curiosity. I listened attentively as he updated me on her current medical condition and my heart dropped, when he told me that he was not sure if she would be able to make it out of her alive and he Iso said that according to what he had gathered, she might have been the one who was poisoning herself.

I left the hospital by noon with a heavy heart, torn in between feeling dad that she was going to die, or feeling happy that I had finally got my revenge.

I strode slowly towards home, my mind hazy with thoughts and I had not realized when I got to the house. That was not the most significant part, the problem was; I had not been looking and had bumped into someone, and that someone happened to be Cara of all people!

"Luna," she spat in a harsh tone, giving me a little bow or whatever it was she thought a little bending of the head signified. She scoffed when I enquired about what she came to do at my house. "The Alpha called for me, it's personal business!"

I narrowed my eyes threateningly at her, bumping shoulders with her as I walked past her and into the house. The dining table was messy and I noticed that there were two plates of half eaten pasta. I felt a bitter taste in my mouth, when I saw the wine glasses and the half drunk bottle of wine.

Without further ado, I marched up the stairs, barging right into our bedroom. My eyes met with his and he gave me a beaming smile, which I returned with a frown. I raked all over his body, looking for anything funny to hold against him but found nothing.

His smile fell, and he put down the towel he had been using to dry his wet hair, on the vanity table beside.. He started to move towards me but I went around him and walked away, not responding to him, even when he was shouted out my

name.

"Did you not hear me?!"

I scoffed.

"Chloe?!"

Please someone, anyone, help me tell that man the I was not going to be talking to him anytime soon. Like, never!

"Did I do something wrong?"

Oh, you know the answer to that stupid question yourself!

"Are you still mad at me from earlier?"

"Am I supposed to be mad at you?" I asked, whipping around and he collided into my front, since he was following so closely behind me. "Why are you disturbing me?" I asked in a snappy tone. "What is reigning for you now, is to be carry whores to the house you share with your wife, and serve them lunch?"

His eyes widened, as realization started to sink in. "This is about Cara, is it not?"

"To hell with you," I muttered, turning away from him. "Just give me sometime, I will be out of your hair do you can bring them all into this house, and have dates with them!"

He grabbed me from behind when I went to leave again, holding me tightly to himself. "Maybe you should let me explain, should you not?" He paused, hissing sharply when I sank my finger nails into his arm. "Just maybe I would have a good reason for why I do the things I do?"

I scoffed, thinking how he had to lot of guts to tell me that rubbish. "They is no excuse to go about sleeping with everything in skirts! And then now you are married, you can't seem to cut them off. Someone could almost say you are in love with them!"

He tensed against. "I am in love with you and only you, my wife. Do not ever think that I love anyone else, I would not be able to survive if you left me for another." He sighed, his grip around me tightening. "If only you would let me explain, then just maybe you would understand what really happened!"

As much as I did not feel like listening to anything because I barely could stand, my jealousy had eaten deep into me, coming to settle at my core. I turned around in his arms, shifting back a bit so I could look him in the face. "Explain yourself..."