Arranged To The Alpha
Chapter 50

Blake:

My heart raced against my ribcage as I saw Natalia’s father walking in front of us, facing Alexander who was furious.

“Jaiden” he said coldly. Natalia and I frowned at the name; however, neither one of us commented as we listened to what was going on.

“That is a name that I chose to give up a long time ago. Now, I am here to take my daughter and son-in-law back to their pack, and I give you my word that if you try to stop me, I will be sure to kill you” he said, glaring at Alexander who laughed. My eyes widened in surprise at the sight of the black tail of a small creature on his shoulder, and nudging Natalia, her own eyes widened when she caught sight of it. The dragon was on his shoulder, however, his tail was long enough to come out of his shirt.

“Need I ask how you would do that? Last I checked, you were nothing but a human, and I don’t think that a human like yourself can actually afford to fight me. That is, of course, unless you wish to lose your life here and now” Alexander said, glaring at his son whose dragon crawled out of his shirt to stand on his shoulder. Alexander’s eyes widened and he cursed under his breath before Jaiden, Natalia’s father, turned to face me. He nodded at me and Natalia before blocking a fireball that nearly hit him from the back.

Alexander’s eyes widened in surprise, and rolling his eyes, Jaiden didn’t bother turning around to face him; however, that didn’t mean that his dragon didn’t get down from his shoulder.

The dragon got on his feet, and stood, facing Alexander before growing in size. Crystal, who was on Natalia’s back, shied back as she looked at the two of them. A low purr escaped the black dragon’s chest and looking at Crystal, Jaiden extended his finger for her to sniff, assuring her that he would not hurt her. His eyes were fixed on Natalia as he did, and despite her racing heart and the thousands of questions that ran through both our heads; she chose to stay quiet.

“Your schemes will no longer work, Alexander” Jaiden said coldly “I understood a bit late that there was no escaping one’s fate; however, if you are planning on killing something in my daughter to stay in YOUR seat of power, fearing that she would take it; you will find me standing in your face, and believe me, you may be older and ‘more experienced’ as you used to claim. But imagine blocking your powers in for far too long, being younger, and more capable of handling that amount of power, I believe that you need to start fearing the consequences that will follow your actions”

“You have lost your mind…”

“And so have you, Alexander” Jaiden said, turning to face his father. The man’s eyes were wide in rage, and looking at Natalia, I shook my head, not wanting her to interfere “this is a fate that you tried stopping; however, you failed to realize that YOU were the one who started it. There is no changing things now, but we are going to NEED to end them, because believe me, there is no escaping a certain prophecy. If not today, it will be tomorrow. The witches reign has to end, and if it is through OUR bloodline, then you should be more proud than frightened”

“You have lost your mind, and by ending the witches reign, you will be shaking the laws of nature” Alexander said, shaking his head “you do not understand the power that they have and that they are concealing. Now, imagine them dying, their power will simply shift from one thing to another…”

“Good, then we can use that to our advantage. Rather than ruining those that are around us, we can work on fixing them; however, with what YOU are doing, you’re simply hiding yourself in some cocoon. Yes, it did save you some time and energy, and you did live that ‘long life’ that you have been trying to have, but now it is time for you to either stand or I will force you, as the ‘grand element manipulator’ to stand” Jaiden said, mocking Alexander who stayed frozen in his spot. The dragon let out a low growl, and nodding, Jaiden turned to face Natalia and I.

“Dad…?”

“Move, now, we will be talking about this later”

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“What the f**k were you two thinking going back to that man?” He asked, glaring at us.

“For starters, you have been hiding not only your name from your own daughter, but who you were. How the bloody hell was I supposed to know not to go to him?” Natalia asked, snapping back at the man. He rolled his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. I wrapped my arm around my mate, stopping her from saying something that I knew she would eventually regret.

“I hid my name from everyone to ensure that YOU stayed safe, but what did you do? You went ahead to the f*****g devil that I hid you from, and not only that, you and your little Crystal here, were irresponsible enough to open up the element manipulator’s call, bringing them to your place. And not only them, it was them and every f*****g witch that is on the loop, lurking for where element manipulators exist. Your brother, started this stupid game, and now, the two of you are under the threat of joining it” Jaiden said, looking at me “I sent my daughter as a bride to you to keep her safe, and yet…”

“How the f**k was I to know that YOU and whoever you were hiding from were twisted enough to start a whole scenario? The woman didn’t even know that YOU were a manipulator” I snapped, glaring back at the man.

“How did you expect her to be one? Those are not f*****g blessings that would come down from the sky”

“ENOUGH!” Natalia yelled, stopping the two of us “things would have been a whole lot different if I knew or at least, if the man that I married knew what he was getting into. Now, it was done, and we NEED to find out how to stop things before it gets too dirty, or how to at least fight back. As you may know, I was ‘self-trained’ because no one offered to ever teach me, and considering that YOU were a manipulator yourself, I am surprised that you chose to let my powers eat me alive rather than teaching me how to at least control them”

“I did that to keep you safe, Natalia, and if you are failing to see that, then it is your problem. As for how to control this, there is no controlling anything anymore. We are going to have to fight back, and the two of you are going to have to know the tactics of these fights. You’re in for one hell of a challenge, and there is no getting out of it” Jaiden said, looking at his daughter who ran her fingers through her hair. The man’s eyes softened and looking at his dragon, the man smiled before sitting on the couch beside the two of us “I know that this was not the way that you would have wanted things to turn out and I know that the last thing you wanted was to end up harming yourself or those around you…”

“I wouldn’t have harmed them if I was taught about who I was, where I came from, or why I was hidden” Natalia said, stopping the man, looking at him as her voice cracked “rather than hiding me, treating me as some sin or disgrace, or hating me, I would have rather that you spoke to me. But no, instead, as usual, I am to blame for everything that happened. Whether it was the hex that happened on this pack or the stupid games…”

“Nat…”

“Don’t, Jaiden, I cannot even call you father anymore. At least, my father, if you were one, wouldn’t have hid his name from me to say the least. You didn’t even trust me with that, how the hell would you expect me to trust sitting with you rather than listen to a word you say?” Natalia asked, making my chest ache. I could tell that the man broke her heart, and looking at the wall ahead of me, I knew that this was one of the hardest things my beauty had to deal with. Hell, I would have crumbled if I were in her shoes, I didn’t know how she was able to hold on or how to stay strong.

“I don’t need to explain anything to you as I know that you wouldn’t understand…”

“I am not a child for you to treat me in this way” Natalia said, stopping him “if something needs explaining, then I need to know about it; otherwise, how are you and that man you called father any different?”

Jaiden froze, and shaking her head, Natalia looked at me, wanting to go to the room. She didn’t need to ask me out loud, I was already in her head, listening to her, and nodding, I watched as she turned around and walked out of the living room, leaving Jaiden and I alone.

I stayed quiet for a few seconds, and it wasn’t until my chest ached at the fact that my mate was sobbing in our bedroom that I got up from my seat.

“I will go and check on my wife, and for now, I will not ask questions, but you need to keep in mind that this conversation is nowhere near being over” I said, turning to the door “and this time, you won’t answer to the poor woman who you broke just now. I will be the one speaking to you, and if you don’t have the balls for it, you can choose to get up and get the f**k out. The woman has suffered enough living under your roof, at our marriage’s beginning, and now was just another shock to her; therefore, this is your LAST warning, should you THINK of breaking her soul again, I will be sure to break your neck before you could”