Authors pov
Eira thrashed in the bounds, she couldn’t understand what’s happening to her. she tried to shift but couldn’t, Tried to use her strength to break the chains but failed. Whenever she was making any movements her head was feeling dizzy. Xavion has fed her the considerable amount of the magic herb, he knew that it will be difficult to control her so he was prepared.
“Don’t move… The more you struggle, more it will drain your energy…”
After tying her down he went to washroom and freshen up, changed his clothes which were dirty with Valarie’s blood and came out with wet cloth. He saw Eira lying on the bed silently staring into nothing. Her hands were Bounded to the bedpost and legs were tied by his leather belt.
Xavion walked towards his side of the bed and sat beside her. Eira turned her head to other side not wanting to look at him, she didn’t even wanted to talk to him right now.
Xavion gently wiped her neck with wet cloth which was dirty due to fight.
“You left me no choice, love… I can’t let you misunderstood me like this. You have to listen my side of story…”
Eira blinked her eyes as lone tear escaped her eyes. She couldn’t forget the painting which is proudly standing outside their bedroom.
“What should I listen?… That you chose me because you were in love with the woman who looked like me, who were my aunt…”
She said still not looking at him not wanting to show him how vulnerable she is right now.
“You think I chose you because of her?…”
Xavion sighed placing the wet cloth aside and laid down beside her, crossing his arms over his head and looking at the ceiling.
“This is where you are wrong Eira… I didn’t chose you because you look like her. Trust me if you weren’t my mate then I wouldn’t have glanced at you twice… Because I hate Patricia with my guts…”
That grabbed her attention and she looked at him Confused, thinking why would he hate her.
Xavion looked at her sadly.
“Now will you listen to me?…”
Eira frowned and gave him a stiff nod, internally praying that everything becomes alright like before. She didn’t wanted to separate from him.
“Okay…”
“Marcel and my father were rivals from the beginning. I wasn’t Alpha at that time. Patricia were favorite daughter of Marcel, he was a proud father because she was smart, Beauty with brains. Patricia and I crossed each other’s path in the forest few times. That turned into friendship and friendship slowly turned into love. We both knew that our families won’t accept our relationship because we were rivals and we weren’t mates. But I didn’t wanted it to happen, I was crazily in love with her. She was my first love and I didn’t wanted to loose her and she told me that she wants the same. So we decided to lie to our families. We lied that we are mates so they won’t separate us…”
Xavion told and Eira’s heart panged with jealousy and pain. He were giving her place to someone else.
“Our families accepted that, it was hard to convince my father but he finally agreed as I was the future Alpha. I brought Patricia home, we were living happily but then valarie came and told me that she is in love with me even before I met Patricia. She didn’t confessed it before because of our Rivalry but I was already smitten by the Patricia, she displayed herself as a sweet and loving woman while Valarie was bold and fierce. Valarie always hated Patricia as she was Marcel’s favorite and he never treated them equally. Patricia were getting everything while Valarie was struggling at every step, she didn’t got much support from the pack members because of her bratty behavior while Patricia was expert in alluring people by her sweet words…”
Xavion scooted closer to Eira and placed her hand around her waist as he noticed the pain on her face. He gently caressed her and she asked him to continue.
“Valarie often tried to tell me that Patricia is betraying me but I never paid attention to her thinking she is just jealous and trying to ruin our relationship. And that’s where I was wrong, Patricia wasn’t sweet and innocent. She was a cunning bitch. Everything was fake, her love and sweetness were facades. She wasn’t in love with me, Marcel told her to Do that so he can destroy our family. Patricia was here to kill me and my family. She killed my parents by poisoning them, Aron and I wasn’t there at that time. When I came back I found my parents lying dead at the dinning table. After that when Patricia came in front of me, I couldn’t even recognize her, she wasn’t the girl I fell in love with. That girl was an angel and she was a monster who killed my parents. She even tried to kill Aron and me but couldn’t, our pack chased her away. Even after that she tried to attack us but after few months we got the news that Valarie killed her, may be because she was obsessed with me or because she was fed up of favoritism. Marcel didn’t knew that Valarie killed Patricia, he still thinks that I am the reason. After that Valarie got the place she deserves in her pack and I was drown in grief, because of me We lost our parents. The girl I Loved with my everything wasn’t even my friend. She hated me and that’s why Aron was behaving like that with you. He thinks you are her reincarnation…”
Eira could see how guilty xavion was feeling right now, he was blaming himself for his parents death.
“Then why you accept me as your mate…”
Eira asked.
Xavion took out the key from his back pocket and freed her hands and legs.
“Because when I saw you for the first time, your face was covered. I didn’t knew how you look until I brought you home. When I saw your face all my horrible past flashed in front of me. The girl I hated the most was in the form of my mate, I was going to let you go but then I noticed that you are not like her. You are different. You don’t fake yourself. You are like a open book to me…”
He gently caressed her cheek and she leaned in his touch.
“I want you Eira… Not because you look like her, because you made me fall in love again. You make me feel complete.”
“Why you still have her portrait…”
Eira questioned.
“Just to remind myself that whatever happened is because of me. Her portrait was a reminder not to repeat it. It always managed to create fear in me and that I used that fear to make myself stronger and untouchable… Not because I am still Obsessed over her…”
He explained and wiped her wet cheeks.
“I love you Eira… And I can’t let you go away from me…”
Eira clung to his body desperately, finally relieved that reality was something else. She herself was breaking inside from the heartbreak. She has became attached to Xavion, so attached that even his little thing was affecting her.
“I love you xavion. I don’t want to away go from you either”
Her throat tightened as she started speaking.
“I can’t see you with someone else.”
Her grip tightened on him.
“I won’t let you go anywhere…”
Xavion pulled her in a passionate kiss and respond with the same desperation.
Xavion hugged her tightly like his precious possession and slowly devilish smirk appeared on his face.
He did told her the story but was it really true…