Axel was lost in thought. He was seated at the edge of his bed, staring at the cream coloured wall before him. For years, he had been sleeping with numerous women, enjoying all the pleasures they had to offer. But now, he had almost no interest in the women with him. One of them was lying on the bed, her body wrapped around the sheets. She was as beautiful as ever with a pretty face and brown curly hair.
When he first saw her at Black Moon pack, he had sworn he had to have her. Now, he didn’t feel like being intimate with her at all. The thought made him cringe. Ever since he had rejected his mate, he seemed to have lost interest in most of the things he enjoyed, including sex. It was the one thing that had fulfilled him before but now he didn’t want to think about it.
He was pretty sure that it would not help him get rid of the emptiness and sadness he felt inside. Before he rejected Emma, he didn’t think rejecting a mate would hurt as much as it had. The emotional pain and emptiness was worse than the physical pain, something that a strong man like him used to think was ridiculous.
Axel hated it. Sometimes he regretted rejecting her and thought of having her back. This was usually when the heartache become particularly strong and his wolf went crazy in his mind. Axel had resorted to taking some herbs to shut his wolf down, especially at night when he wanted to sleep. It was the only way for him to get some peace.
Axel stood up and got dressed, disappointed that he had not been able to do what he wanted. The woman was probably wondering what was wrong with him but he didn’t care. The life of a mistress was not a good one, but she had chosen it herself.
He walked out of the room while mentally reminding himself that the best thing to do was be patient and wait it out. Eventually, his mate bond with Emma Greenfield would be completely broken and the pain would subside until it was no more. Soon, he would be free again and he could do whatever he wanted with whoever he wanted.
Axel went to his office and sat down to work on some things. However, his mind kept going to Emma and he struggled to concentrate. Axel went out and took a walk to the place the slaves had been tiling. He walked around for a while before going back. However, he was still feeling restless. In the end, he decided to go and look for her. He was told that the slaves were at the back of the house they resided in.
They were all gathered near a table with chairs. He stood a few metres away from them and stared at the beautiful woman who was supposed to be his mate. She was talking to one of the males, smiling occasionally. It made him angry, his fingers balled into fists as he saw the male smiling at her. He was enraged.
She looked up, and their eyes met. Axel felt drawn to her, he felt like going over there and pulling her into his arms. He had rejected her without even touching her so he didn’t know what it would feel like. He had heard that the feelings would be really strong. For a moment, Axel was tempted to go over there and claim his mate. After all, he could still have mistresses even though he had a mate.
Her hair was bright red and it was held in a ponytail, leaving the long wavy strands to fall down her back. Her features were perfect and symmetrical. The cute blue eyes, a small straight nose and pink plump lips matched very well to produce the prettiest face he had ever seen. On the day he had first seen her, her hair had been falling down the sides of her face and she had been wearing a cute black crop top and ripped jeans. She had looked sexy as hell.
Axel wasn’t sure what had possessed him to reject her. Even now in the drab and old clothes slaves had to wear, she looked extremely hot. Axel could feel a certain part of his body straining against his pants. His two mistresses had failed to make that happened since he rejected Emma. Even when they were able to get it up, it would wither after a few minutes. Axel was ready to go and take Emma away from there. He was starting to think that her being a rogue was not such a big problem, he could control her.
Maybe he would have gone for her, or not.
“Alpha, alpha!” one of the guards came running.
Axel turned. “What’s going on?”
“Mrs. White asked me to go and call you. Joanna has been found.”
Axel forgot everything and followed the guard to see his disobedient sister. When she saw him approaching, Joanna white fell to her knees and started crying. Axel rolled his eyes.
“What happened little sister?” he asked. “Did you finally realise that the world is not as easy as you thought? You decided this pack was useless and left. So, why are you here?”
They were outside the pack house. His mother and another older woman were standing there with three guards.
Joanna crawled over to her brother and grabbed his trousers. Axel shook his head.
“I’m so sorry, brother. I didn’t know what I was doing. I thought I was wise but it turns out that I’m just another foolish girl. You were right about everything. I should never have rejected Michael for Tommy. I truly regret my actions. I’m sorry for running away.”
Axel wanted to reprimand her but he was not feeling like his usual self. He glanced at her, feeling sad that she looked so broken.
“Let go of my leg,” he told her and she let go immediately. She now knew better than to disobey her tough brother.
Axel walked away, wondering what was wrong with him. Why was he feeling so sentimental and empathetic. Normally, he would have remanded his sister or even given her a few slaps but that day, he just let everything go.
Was it that stupid mate bond?
Maybe I should give it a second chance, he thought.