Arranged To The Alpha
Chapter 65

Natalia:

Now, if I have ever felt shaken before, then this was a whole different sensation that I was feeling.

The woman, my one challenge in my relationship and love, stood right before my eyes, alive.

Her picture on the wall which haunted me for days and nights was enough to make me feel insecure. But this, this was beyond explanation to how I was feeling, and I knew for fact that Blake understood and read my pain very well.

Her eyes were fixed on Blake, her arms crossed over her chest as a look of betrayal masked her expression. An expression that I didn’t know whether to feel sorry for, blame her for, or hold a grudge against her for. All I knew was that my heart raced in fear as I saw the way she looked at the two of us as if we had committed a crime towards her.

“When Drake first told me about this, I honestly believed that he was lying. I said that it was Blake, my mate, and he wouldn’t do anything like this. But it turns out that your ‘traitor’ twin brother was telling the truth. My mate, the man who was supposed to love me with everything that he has, remarried one year after his mate died in front of him a year ago.” Myla said, glaring at me. She shook her head before pointing at him. “I am curious to know how you managed to trust a man who was able to get over his ‘love’ in a year. But then again, I am sure that it is the last thing that you might care about, right?”

“Myla, how is it possible that you are alive? I saw you die right before my eyes. F***s sake, I buried you myself.” Blake asked, shaking his head in disbelief, trying to process what he was seeing. In a way, despite the jealousy that I felt, I couldn’t blame him for how he was feeling. The man mourned for the woman for over a year, to find her alive right before his eyes was not something that he expected.

“Is that all you care about? F*****g hell, I thought that you would be happy to see me, but then again, judging by the pictures that Drake showed me, you even had my portrait removed, so much for love…”

“I had it removed a year into my marriage with Natalia. If anything, she deserves to live without feeling threatened by it.” He said, taking me off guard. “My love for you was as pure as crystal water, but that doesn’t mean at all that I can’t find another person to love and cherish when I know that she is out here fighting for her life to satisfy me. Now, you can either choose to speak on how you are alive or…”

“Resurrection, Blake.” She said, stopping me. “As long as you chose to ‘love’ your new mate, might as well let you know that to prove to me that you never loved me, Drake resurrected me. I am not part of these games, but, I can be if I want to, and I don’t think that a woman who has lost everything to ensure being with you once upon a time before dying for you, is a good opponent for you to have in a game of death”

“You are choosing to side with the man who killed you, is that what I am understanding?” Blake asked, and Myla smiled.

“Our bond has been broken, but up until this moment, I held on to the hope that he might be lying. That it might be one of Drake’s games, but it turns out, he is neither lying nor is it one of his games. Regardless, it turns out that he was telling the truth after all.” She said, taking a step back toward the door.

“Myla, what you are doing is a f*****g mistake. Drake is going to drag you down, and he will be using YOU against me.” Blake said, and I looked down at my feet, avoiding looking at him as he spoke to her. The way he pleaded with her, and the way he acted was something that I couldn’t ignore. His wolf let out a low growl of annoyance, wanting her to submit, but the woman didn’t seem to be under his effect, if anything, his growl didn’t phase her at all.

“Whatever he chooses to do, he can. At least I would know that someone had the guts to admit that he loved me regardless of the circumstance, and maybe he was right, maybe the two of us were never meant to be after all.” She said, making me frown in confusion. She looked at me, opening the door as she gave me a sarcastic smile. “Natalia, enjoy him while he lasts. You might think that the two of you are meant to be, but when you die and he chooses to move on, marrying a different woman next year, you would know that his love is just momentary. He has no feelings or remorse to spare for us, and I don’t think that we should have any for him.”

“You are making a mistake, Myla. Regardless of being his wife, I have to point out that his love for you has been and will always be infinite.” I said, choosing to ignore my feelings as I spoke. Blake looked at me, his eyes widening in surprise, and I could feel his wolf whimpering in fear and pain as he listened to me. My mate, who was standing in front of me, was in more pain than he let out, but that didn’t matter right now. What was important was that the woman didn’t end up hurting anyone, and by anyone, I meant him.

If she did join the games out of revenge, she will not rest until she’s broken my husband, and that would either be by killing him or me. Either way, she would be unstoppable at this point, and I knew that the main reason would be Drake’s words, which I still wasn’t sure of, playing in her head.

“You don’t need to defend your husband, Natalia. Believe me he won’t defend you when the time comes, and if anything, he might choose to get married again. The Alpha has to move on whether or not he had his mate and Luna, right? He needed an heir…”

“I am his mate, and thankfully, the two of us know that we will be having a baby when we are ready. As for your anger, I can understand that you might…”

“You understand nothing, Natalia.” She said, stopping me. “The second you die to wake up finding the love of your life being with another woman is the second you would realize that all that you have lived through was a lie. His love was never true or pure for me, and I believe that it is the same case for you.”

“Myla, you are getting this all wrong, and that will end up harming you more than it would benefit you. Please understand that what you are doing is wrong to yourself.” I said, looking at the woman as if she’s grown a second head. She smiled, her smile not reaching her eyes as she walked out of the room.

“I will see you at the games, that is of course, if my love allows me to join them.” She said, walking out, leaving us and the other contestants in the room, fumbled as we tried to find the right words for this. The woman was not only mad, but it was obvious that she was acting based on anger and rage, and those were two things that would end up not only harming her, but the packs as well.

“Blake…”

“We are going to need to find a way to work together on this.” Blake said, stopping me.

“Excuse me?” A demon asked, frowning in confusion. She looked at the two of us with complete black eyes despite her human form, and it wasn’t until her eyes turned back to normal white ones with brown pupils that I was able to look her in the eye without feeling like my heart was being pulled out of my chest. “I am Valarie, by the way.”

“A demon in these games?” Blake asked, looking at me. She smiled, and nodded.

“We are all f*****g screwed.” Elijah said, crossing his arms over his chest as he looked at Blake who pinched the bridge of his nose.

“You think?” I asked, and he smirked, winking at me. I shook my head and put my hand on my husband’s chest, right over his beating heart, motioning for him to take a deep breath. “how do you plan for us to work together? Because right now, I think that working together is the ONLY way we have out of this…”