Arranged To The Alpha
Chapter 38

Blake:

“You are only kicking me out because of her” Sasha snapped, glaring at me. The woman hasn’t dared approach my mate since the two of us have made things official, but it seems like she had that audacity last night and that wasn’t something that I was going to let slide so easily. Especially since it only ended up angering my mate.

“I am not kicking you out, Sasha. If I was, you would have been rogued, and that is not something that I want for you. I know that you wanted to be with me for the power that I would have provided. It was the reason why you rejected your mate, and despite that, I am choosing to ignore that you wanted to take advantage of me, and I am sending you as a bride, to a man that would follow your certain taste. If I were you, I would be grateful” I said, glaring at her. Sasha let out a low growl of displeasure, and returning the growl, the woman looked down at her feet.

“Is there a way for me to…”

“No, you are going to marry him, Sasha, and that is final. I believe that you have been seeing Natalia as a challenge to you. Someone who you could cross or try to get past; but you are wrong. Natalia is my wife and mate, and since you failed to respect her position, and failed to actually look at her as so; I think that it is more suitable to send you away” I said, stopping her. I went to walk past her only to stop when she spoke, her words angering me more with her, if that were even possible.

“You seem to have forgotten the one person who was there for you when no one, not even your excuse of a mate and wife was” Sasha said, walking to stand in front of me “if anyone saw you in your weakest state, accepted you, and was more willing to mend your wounds, it was me, and not her. If you believe that she would be there for you as much as I was, then you are very wrong, Alpha…”

“Sasha, I suggest that you get out of my sight before I make you regret being part of my pack” I said, glaring at the woman. Remembering the dark times when I did resolve to her to help me out of the hardest times of my life. I didn’t do it because I had no one, if anything, I did it because I needed to distress, and just like she was enjoying what we were doing, trying to take advantage by giving herself a position that wasn’t hers; I was trying to relieve myself.

“Why? Is it because I am reminding you of her?” Sasha asked, referring to Myla. She looked at the picture of her, and let out a silent laugh that I could have only referred to as mockery “if you were really in love and happy with Natalia, why is the woman’s picture still on that wall? Don’t you think that it pisses off your wife?”

Her sarcasm angered both me and my wolf, and despite the clench that I felt in my chest, I forced myself to stay calm so as not to kill the woman. She put her finger on my chest, tapping it twice, as she shook her head at me “you don’t love her, Blake. You may like the spark that you have between the two of you, but the man that I know is not one who can easily get over his mate. It took you years to come back to me, but the second Myla died, I was your first resolve, why? Because you know that I am the ONE person you love. You are choosing them because they are your fated ones, but let them leave, let one of them die, and you would be coming back to me”

“You are only sending me away because you are tired of looking at your love without being able to touch her. You are…”

I growled, my growl rumbling through the house’s walls, catching everyone’s attention. My sister Jordan who was just walking down the stairs froze, looking at the two of us as she tried processing what she just saw happening.

“One more word, and I will be sure that you are dead” I said, glaring at Sasha, taking an intimidating step toward her. Her eyes widened in surprise, and gulping, Sasha took a step back to try to escape me. Jordan wrapped her hand around my arm, stopping me from getting closer to the woman, knowing that I would be more than willing to kill her at this point.

“Blake, stop” Jordan whispered, pulling me back.

“Send her away from this house until she’s leaving as a bride. Should I see her in front of me, I would be sure that her heart is out of her chest before she could take a second to blink, do you understand me?” I asked, glaring at my sister before walking past her. My eyes caught sight of Myla’s picture on the wall, and despite knowing that it did indeed hurt Natalia when she saw me looking at the picture for a second too long, I could never bring myself to remove it.

That picture was one that I had promised her not to remove, and as selfish as I was being, I didn’t intend to change that for anyone, and not even my mate.

Walking up to the bedroom, I saw Natalia standing by the bedroom’s door, her hand shaking on the knob as she fiddled to open it, and knowing that she heard us, I didn’t bother asking her what was bothering her; I already knew anyway.

“Natalia, you and I have talked about this, and I don’t intend to have the conversation again. Please, if you are going to ask…”

“I did not even open my mouth to speak, and here you are, making assumptions” she stated, removing her hand from the knob. I frowned when I saw that the knob had ice on it and seeing Natalia’s blue hands, I took a deep breath.

“Can you melt the ice for me to be able to open the door?” I asked, looking down at my feet. Natalia wrapped her arm around herself, clearly stuck by my cold behavior; but now as not the time to talk about this, and seeing as Sasha’s words kept playing in my head, I KNEW that I had to be alone.

Doing as told, I watched as Natalia melted the ice before she turned to walk down the stairs without saying a word, clearly understanding that I wanted to be alone. I knew that it killed something in her to know that I still had a weak spot for Myla, but it was one that I couldn’t help no matter how hard I tried, and despite knowing that she respected that, it sometimes killed her to know that her mate was still in love with a different woman.

“If you two keep this up, you really are going to end up losing one another. Whether or not you are mates” Crystal said, entering the room through the window. I hadn’t seen the dragon since last night, but I knew that she had been lurking around the area, keeping a lookout while hunting and searching for a sign of the witch that hexed Ryan. I still had him to worry about and here I was, thinking of Sasha’s drama.

“What am I going to do, Crystal? She seems to be drifting away from me by the second, and…”

“Have you tried talking about things? You know, rather than leaving her to go this way, actually speak to her?” Crystal asked “she’s just feeling out, put on the side, or left out. I know that it’s not in your intentions to make her feel like that, but your actions say otherwise”

“I am having a thousand things to deal with Crystal, and literally, the last thing I do need is for me to actually worry about such matters. Yes, I understand that as my mate and Luna, she would at least expect me to respect and want her by my side, but at times, I just need to clear my mind and I cannot do that with her constantly being on my tail” I said, pinching the bridge of my nose. My green eyes met the dragon’s blue ones before I shook my head and took a deep breath “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to take my anger out on you. It’s not your or Natalia’s fault, I know that, and I know that she just wants to help, at least be there for me, but I need to be alone for a while, yeah?”

I extended my hand to the dragon’s muzzle, gently scratching on her scales as she purred. I smiled at her and watched as she took a step back, heading toward the window to take off again. Her eyes met mine for a second before she nodded at the door which opened, revealing Natalia whose eyes were fixed on the ground.

“Natalia…”

“I just came to get my laptop before work, don’t worry, I won’t bother you” Natalia said, stopping me. My chest ached and getting into her mind, I knew that she heard half the conversation, breaking her own confidence in herself and our relationship “have a nice day, Alpha”