Arranged To The Alpha
Chapter 18

Blake:

“Think it worked?” Ryan asked once the two of us were out of the pack grounds.

“Considering no one followed us, yes. Mason would have stopped Natalia from doing so, that’s would buy us some time” I said looking my beta in the eye “for now you’re going to have to disappear, I know that it would be hard. But it has to be done, you have to pretend that you were kicked out of the pack”

“We already went through this, Blake. Don’t worry, just be sure to stay safe, and congratulations on finding your new mate” he teased. I chuckled and shook my head at him. The man and I have been plotting this for a while now, however, we had to make it as believable as possible. The fact that he was against Natalia was nothing but a game, but the two of us knew that we needed to play it.

Flashback:

“You’ve lost your mind, Blake. You just woke up and are here plotting this? Hell, the woman is asleep on that couch!” Ryan whisper shouted at me, pointing at Natalia.

“We have to put Drake in his place, we can’t let him come over attacking whenever he pleases. Plus, the man just found out about Natalia, and believe me when I say that he wouldn’t just let it slide that easily. He will do everything in his power to both hurt me, and kill her” I said weakly.

“Blake…”

“It’s going to be hard, I know, but believe me, you’re the ONLY person that I can trust with this. Mason’s mate is pregnant, I can’t put him through that”

“What?”

“No one knows yet, I don’t even think she does. But I heard her baby’s heartbeat a few days ago, and it’s only a matter of time till they find out. The two can’t be away from one another in this state” I told Ryan who took a deep breath.

“Okay, what’s the plan?”

End of Flashback.

Having woken up on the same night Drake had attacked me, Mason had just gone to his room, and Natalia had eventually dozed off for a while.

“Stay safe, and keep me posted” Ryan said and I nodded giving him one last hug before I shifted to go back. I knew that it was reckless of me to do so, my wound was yet to heal, and even in my wolf form, I limped. But this had to be as believable as possible, and the less people knew. The better.

I walked into the house and my eyes caught Mason’s who nodded. He was the ONLY one who knew of this plan aside from Ryan. The man was in charge of my mate’s safety when I wasn’t around, while Ryan was in charge of finding out what my twin brother was on about. The man couldn’t be moving on his own, we all knew that. But who was helping him out? And why? Those two questions needed answers, and he was the only way to get them, for now at least.

Natalia’s heart raced when she took sight of me, and knowing the fact that she believed that I killed my beta made me worry as I got worried about her fearing me. The fact that she saw me killing a man in the garden on our first wedding day made this a little harder on me, and I knew that she might end up asking for an explanation, or going back to step one.

I walked up the stairs to my bedroom knowing that I needed to get dressed. My heart swelled when I saw my mate’s things all ready and set in the bedroom only to frown when I realized that she might want to sleep elsewhere for the night after what she believed happened. I put on my black boxers and sweat pants before looking at my reflection. The gash on my neck, shoulder, and chest were yet to heal despite the many attempts to treat them. Yes, sure, they were healing faster than they would on any human, but me shifting didn’t make this any better.

The bedroom’s door was knocked twice, and I couldn’t help but smile when I caught my mate’s scent behind the door. I could hear her racing heart, but she made no attempt of showing her nervous state when I called her in. Her eyes avoided mine as she took a step closer to me, her attention remaining fixed on the now open wounds.

“We need to get these covered again” she said putting her hand on my chest, pushing me to sit on the edge of the bed while she went and rummaged through her things. Her attention was on anything but me, and I could tell that it was mostly out of fear. Fear of my reaction which she couldn’t predict, and fear of what she believed that I did.

I got up and walked toward her “Natalia…”

“Stay away from me, Blake” she said stepping back. Her back hit the closet behind her and I sighed placing my hands either side of her head, caging her as she stood.

“Or else what? Would you burn me? Fling me away using your wind? Freeze me? Or drown me?” I teased.

“How can you be so cold hearted? You just killed your beta! Your bloody best mate!” She snapped, her eyes filled up with tears and I sighed wiping them for her “don’t touch me”

“Ryan is alive, Natalia” I whispered to her knowing that no one would be hearing it. Everyone was in the living room, the kitchen, or the dining room. Plus he bedroom was soundproofed by magic, unless anyone was on the same floor.

“What?”

“He didn’t die, he’s alive. That’s all I’m going to tell you about the topic, as the less you know, the safer you are. But rest assured that I don’t go around killing my friends” I said assuring the woman who was frowning in confusion. Her eyes avoided mine for a second before they widened when she took sight of the bleeding cut on my chest.

“Go and sit on the bed, this needs to be covered”

“You really tend to forget that I’m Alpha here”

“And you tend to forget that I don’t care about your position” I smiled at her words, Natalia raised an eyebrow at the fact that I didn’t come up with a comeback, but she didn’t bother making a comment about it. She sat on the bed beside me and slowly sanitized the cuts making me flinch as the stung. Her movements were slow and gentle, and whenever she could tell that I was in pain, she would stop for a few seconds before repeating the process.

“I take it that no one is to know about your beta being alive?”

“Yes, you and Mason are the only two who know, and you only know because you wouldn’t have been able to look me in the eye otherwise” I said as Natalia covered the cut. She got up from bed and walked to the bathroom, I could hear the water run as she washed her hands before coming out to pick up the bin which she had brought with her to throw the things away.

“Why would you care whether or not I looked at you?”

“I told you, I wanted to make our marriage work. If anything, I believe that you were brought here for a reason despite everything…”

“I was brought here? Love, your mum had me checked to know whether or not I was a virgin” Natalia laughed making me chuckle.

“Yeah, it was a condition that I put up. But they could have found a different woman too, you were brought here by fate”

“Poor other woman, though I do think that the issue you’re having with me is because I’m not another woman” Natalia teased. I raised an amused eyebrow, waiting for her to explain what she was taking about “I’m not falling head over heels for you”

“Indeed, and that fact itself came out as surprising to me. Considering the fact that every girl I’ve ever been around has tried to get in my bed…”

“TMI”

“Tell me more? Gladly” I teased.

“Too much information, idiot” Natalia said before frowning in confusion “how the hell did you abbreviate the word MORE to the letter I?”

I was about to come up with a comeback when the bedroom’s door was knocked, interrupting us. It was Mason who had knocked the door, and judging by his racing heart, I could tell that something was wrong. The smell of b***d filled my nostrils and my eyes widened as I rushed to the door opening it to find Mason’s mate laying limp in his arms. Her wrists had been cut, and her eyes closed as Mason had her heard laying over his chest.

“Mason? What…?”

“I don’t know, my wolf tensed, and I felt her hurting herself…”

“We need b***d, she’s lost too much of it, and still is” Natalia said from beside me. She put her hand on her neck, to feel her pulse which I already knew was weak “Blake, do you have b***d bags in your infirmary? It would be hard reaching a b***d bank without taking her to the hospital, and I don’t know how her body would react…”

“We don’t, Natalia. But I know someone who can get the for us” I said stopping her. She was right, it was hard for us to go to a normal hospital considering that our bodies sometimes acted upon instinct, and danger was one of the instincts we acted against.

“Alright, Mason, please take her to the infirmary, have the nurses stitch up her cuts. We’ll find the b***d bags and bring them over to her. Just be sure to keep her alive, and YOU would need to stay calm.

Mason nodded before he heard his wife’s b***d drops fall on the ground, and they weren’t from her wrists. The woman had just lost her cubs.

“Marissa? No!”

“Mason…”

“She was with child?” Mason asked looking at Natalia who looked away from the sight.

“Mason, you need to get her to the infirmary before you lose her too” I said snapping him out of his daze. The man nodded and rushed out of the room with b***d pouring from his mate who I could already tell that we were losing. The woman’s heart was already stopping, whatever happened, it has happened a while before Mason was able to reach her in the first place.

Mason’s cry of pain could be heard in the house. His wolf howled in pain as he lost his mate, and my wife who stood beside me frowned in confusion, wanting to go out after him. However, I wrapped my arms around her, and hugged her tightly. This wasn’t the news we wanted to hear this evening.

“Blake…”

“She’s gone, Natalia. Marissa is gone…”