Aleena’s POV
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After a while, I left there, and Paige tagged along with me by giving an excuse to her parents that she would make sure that I would feel alone. And Nora, well, even she wanted to join me too, but it seemed like her family knew her reason for coming with me, so they stopped her.
I didn’t say anything about that because it was her fight, and she had to fight on her own if she wanted to stay with her mate.
The more I was reaching near the packhouse, the more I could sense Paige’s wolf getting restless.
What was wrong with her?
In fact, instead of running with me, she started running ahead of me when we finally reached the pack. For a while, I thought it was her excitement, but what could excite a wolf?
I just stayed behind and observed where she was going. She was my responsibility, so I had to keep her safe and protected if required. She ran near my new Beta, Hudson, and purred, looking at him.
Okay! Tell me that this was exactly the same thing that I was thinking.
When her wolf licked Hudson’s face, my doubt was confirmed about Hudson being her mate. But there was no sign of happiness and excitement when Paige’s wolf was looking at him lovingly.
I shifted, and that’s when Hudson’s eyes landed on me. He and the other two warriors bowed their heads before speaking.
“Here!”, He said, forwarding my pendant to me. “I believe it’s yours.”, He added, showing the broken pendant. I took it and thought to get it repaired, but this time without a mic inside it. “Also, I came to know about the attack. So, I thought to check on you as you didn’t inform me anything about it.”, he said, ignoring Paige’s wolf as if she was not there at all.
“That’s because it would have taken a lot of time from reaching from one border to the other. And that fight hardly took that much time.”
“Oh, okay!” he nodded his head. “Let me know if there is any work or order for me.”
“Sure! Hudson. I will let you know about it.”
“Now, I would like to leave.”, Saying he turned around to leave, but Paige’s wolf blocked his way. He tried to leave in another way, but she again blocked it. He tried to do this a couple of times, but he kept blocking his way again and again until he sighed before looking toward her. “See, I don’t need a mate. So, when we meet in human form next time, we will reject each other.” Paige’s wolf whimpered when she heard the word ‘REJECT’ from her mate. “It will be better to stay without mate than to stay with a mate who is a jerk, okay?”, Finishing this, he started leaving again, and this time Paige didn’t stop him.
Glad that she had some self-respect.
“Come on, Paige! Let go inside.”, I said, taking her inside in her wolf form because the door was big enough for any wolf to walk in. I didn’t miss observing how Hudson’s step halted for a while when he learned the name of his mate.
“Wait, let me bring a cloth for you.”, I said, and after a while, I brought one of my knee-length dresses for her with an inbuilt bra in it. “Here.”
Once she wore the dress, I looked at her face to see her expression, and as expected, she was sad.
“Hey, It’s fine.”, I said, giving her a side hug. “Just like he said, ‘It will be better to stay without mate than to stay with a mate who is a jerk.’
“It’s easy to say but hard to think about rejecting the mate.”, She muttered. “I hope he would have a good reason to reject me, OR I swear I will kick your Beta’s ass.”
I chuckled and ruffled her hair. “That’s like a strong girl. Feel yourself home. I’m going to take bathe.”
I tried to mind link Stephen, but I couldn’t.
“Great. Thank you for showing me my place, Stephen.” I talked with myself, talking out the clothes that I had packed in the bags that day.
‘You’re missing him, aren’t you?’
“Yes. I’m. This place. This room. Everything reminds me of my dad. And… And his presence would have made me feel better. But it seems like I’m not that important. That’s why he is ignoring me.”, I complained, walking inside the washroom.
I kept cursing him the entire time when I was busy washing my body and sensed Paige’s smell in my room when I walked out.
What was she doing here?
But the answer to that question was soon answered when I saw denim jeans and an off-shoulder top on the bed with a note. I picked the note of those clothes.
‘Please wear this.
-Stephen.’
‘Aww! Someone is smiling.’ I didn’t know about it until Leia pointed it out.
‘Shut up, Leia.’
‘I’m glad that our mate knows how to lighten our mood.’, Leia still continued. ‘We should also do something for him, don’t you think so?’
‘Well, I do think so. And I will do that on the Alpha Ceremony’s night, in front of the pack members of this pack, Stoon Moon Pack, Fire Cross Pack, and all the Alpha or Beta whoever will present that night.’,
‘Please tell me that you’re planning to propose to him.’
‘No. I’m not sure about that part.’ I cleared about that. ‘But yes, I haven’t forgotten the insult that I did to him. I had done that in front of one pack, but I’m thinking of apologies for that in front of everyone. I owe him an apology, Leia. And I owe this life to him.’
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#TBC.
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