I was caught off guard when Aiden was suddenly standing in front of me. His height hovers me and the way he look at my eyes makes me feel little.
Am I… scared?
“Don’t you dare go there, Ashira. I might forget that you are not yourself and you won’t like what I will do to you next.”
I swear I paled from how powerful his voice gripped on me that he almost reached my soul. I can’t utter a word and if only my lips are not formed in a tight flat line, he might see how much I trembles.
“The child is mine. Its ours. I don’t care if you don’t believe me, but don’t deprive me of my right.” his hands reached out and his palms met my cheeks. He caress his thumb on the side of my lip and I couldn’t stand the warmth I felt from his touch.
What is happening to me? I feel like a part of me is submitting to him, softening.
He moved closer and my heart can’t stop beating fast and loud. His golden-brown eyes have drowned me with the way it looked at me now and there’s a familiar pain in my chest. Not pity, but close. I feel as if I need to do something for him and I don’t know what.
His forehead touched mine and everything around me seems like flowers and rainbows. I closed my eyes from the feeling. It’s overwhelming.
I… like it.
“Imagining the thoughts you have right now with another man, the memories of us that faded, your love that I longed for everyday. You have a lot of ways to hurt me and the list goes on. I’m already at my edge, baby.”
I opened my eyes when he moved away and I still feel him close. I saw Aiden looking down to my baby bump. I watched as his hands reached up towards my belly and I noticed that his hands are slightly trembling as if he was scared to touch me.
The moment his hands touched my belly, I swear I felt the child inside me moved!
I never felt it move!
Aiden breathed and smiled when he felt the movement inside my bump. He looked at me and I can’t explain why I wanted to cry from the happiness I saw in his eyes.
Why would I cry? Damn it!
Aiden slowly knelt and softly touched his forehead on my belly. “Hi there, pup.” his voice trembled and I don’t know if he was crying or what.
I feel like I’m complete and incomplete. I don’t know what’s happening to me. I should shove him off, kick him but no. No, its not what my other half is saying. Does my baby wants Aiden? Did my child took a liking with the killer of his father?
Aiden looked up to me, his eyes are sad, pleading.
“Please, even if you don’t remember me, even if you hate me now, please let me hold you like this. I want to end the feeling of dying, Ashira. Please let me love you even if you don’t, let me be a father to our child. And even if its too selfish to ask, let me feel alive again.”
He stood up and face me. His eyes are wet, he is not crying but I am.
My tears are pooling like falls down my cheek and soft rough sobs escaped my throat. I am hurting. I am hurting but I don’t know why. I am clueless of myself.
Its weird.
I’m crying but without any picture of my mate’s face on my mind.
I’m hurting but without the thought of my dead Elon.
I’m crying and hurting for Aiden.
I jumped and placed my arms around his neck and embraced him tight.
“Ahhhh!” I screamed my cry because I can’t take it anymore. I wanted to cry in his arms and I don’t care how my other part says its not right but now, I feel I should. I need to.
I cried hard over and over again.
He slowly encircled his arms around me, burying his face on my neck. His hand were on my waist, hugging tight and the other was holding the back of my head.
“Are you crying because of Elon again?” he asked in a whisper.
I shook my head hard.
“Then why are you crying?”
I cried again, sobs after sobs, I can’t speak clearly. All my throat wanted to utter was screams of cry.
“I-I d-don’t know…”
I really don’t know.
“Alpha of Prime pack of the North.” a voice with a spiky and power tone said from somewhere.
I felt Aiden’s hug loosened and in a blinkhe quickly hide me on his back. I was still crying and unaware of what is happening around me.
“No need to worry, Alpha. I came to help.” said the voice again.
I calmed myself and looked over to Aiden’s side to see the person he was trying to block me on.
There, a tall and muscular man stands as he wears a black suit with a black hat. He looked vintage, like he lived from the past. There’s a different aura around him and I can feel that this guy is danger.
“Alpha King.” Aiden bowed his head to the man and my eyes grew wide upon hearing the identity of the man in front of us.
Ashira’s POV
I never saw the Alpha King in person, no one does. And seeing him now, his aura full of… darkness and power, I feel my knees trembled.
As if I snapped in my own thought, I bowed my head like Aiden did.
“A-Alpha King.” I uttered in a trembling voice. He didn’t even do anything to scare us but I feel this way…
“At ease, my wolves. I’m not here for harm, as I’ve said, I’m here to help.” his voice really makes everyone who heard it shake. I get it that his power is beyond anyone because of the combination of wolves of all continent under his reign but experiencing it right now in flesh is just too surreal.
We lifted our heads and I was welcomed by an oceanic blue eyes. I haven’t seen eyes like that all my life. Never. Some regular wolves do have blue eyes but not like his.
Those eyes seems alive, like it has a mind of its own. It’s shining, its too… bright.
“It’s a pleasure to have your presence in my pack, Alpha King.” Aiden said. I can’t hear any fear in his voice and I was mesmerize with his confidence. But really, why is the Alpha King here?
“Drop the formalities, Aiden.” Alpha King chuckled. “You can address me with my name since I didn’t come here for any business with your pack.”
“I can’t do that, Alpha King. Pardon me.” Aiden replied. I saw his jaw clenched and I don’t know what he was thinking right now.
“Oh well, if you prefer.” he chuckled again. He seems jolly inside but it also looked like he has two different face. “Is this your young wolf your Luna?” he looked at me and smile.
“Yes, Alpha King.” Aiden answered. I felt his hand found my hand and he squeezed my palm. What is he saying? How can he lie to the Alpha King about this? He is still at it even though the Highness is whom he was talking to?
“I-I’m not h-his Luna…” I corrected but my voice is slowly fading that I can’t finish my sentence.
I gulped.