Jovan’S POV.
“Another failed plan!” I scream at the top of my voice as I throw the glass in my hand against the wall. It shatters into pieces that spread all over the place, making a dangerous mess.
I was sure this plan was going to work.
I was positive that by the end of today, Alora would be dead and gone, but she survived.
She fucking survived!
I angrily ram my right fist into the wall over and over again and I only stop when my knuckles start to bleed.
I’m so angry that I can’t feel any pain.
The part of the wall I’ve been punching is worn out and bloody and my knuckles have got particles of cement stuck in it and it’s bleeding profusely. Cold air whips the bruises caused by the collision and that’s when pain courses through my heart. I actually take a moment to appreciate the fact that I can’t feel that pain because the manner in which my body has gone numb from anger scares me.
“Jovan! How many times have I begged you not to injure yourself when you are upset?” Mother’s worried voice comes dancing into the room.
She rushes over to me, grabs me by my arm and drags me over to the sitting area of my office where she forces me to sit on one of the couches.
“Sit still while I get the first aid kit.” She instructs and I nod my head and stay still like she had instructed.
As she goes over to find the first aid kit in one of the drawers of my office table, a knock sounds on my office door. I turn my face away.
I’m not in the mood to see or speak to anyone right now.
“Who’s there?” Mum asks on my behalf.
“It’s Skye and Tania.” Skye’s voice comes through and my head snaps in the direction of the door.
“Come inside.” I instruct aloud. The door opens up and they both walk in, while mum, who has found the first aid kit, comes over to attend to my wounded knuckles.
The two girls start gasping and giving shocking exclamations when they come over and see the condition of my hand.
“What happened to your hand?” Asks, Skye. I ignore her question.
“He has a bad habit of hurting himself when he is upset about something.” Mum answers on my behalf. I’m not even looking at what she’s doing, but I flinch when she starts picking out the pebbles of cement from my knuckles with the forceps from the kit.
“I heard Alora is still alive.” I dive straight into the reason why I summoned them here.
“I hope you girls were vigilant enough to make sure no one was on your tail as you came here.” Mum cautions and both girls nod their heads.
“We made sure no one saw or followed us.” Mum rides on with picking the pebbles.
“One thing has been bugging me ever since I got the news. How did Jayce know Alora was in danger? The training centre is miles away from the castle where his office is located. He couldn’t have heard her scream. She couldn’t have called with her cellphone. How did he know?”
“May I answer that question?” Tania asks calmly and I shoot her an irritated look.
Now’s not the time to be polite.
I need answers.
“If you have something to say just go ahead and say it, will you?”
“I’m sorry!”
Goodness Gracious Me!
The look I cast in her direction makes her clear her throat.
“A few days ago, she told me she has been marked by Alpha Jayce. That’s why she was able to mindlink him while she was in danger. And also, it’s possible for him to feel her pain and distress. So that’s why he was able to…”
“Arghhhhh!!!” I cry in agony and try to pull my hand away when mum starts cleaning the wound with an alcohol saturated cotton. It feels like my flesh is being torn piece by piece from my bones.
Mum is making me cry in the presence of these girls and that’s something I can never take back.
“Next time, you’ll know better than to punch a wall!” She keeps dapping the cotton all over my bruises and I’m dancing on my seat like I’m being tickled, except what I’m feeling is excruciating pain, not euphoria.
To my greatest surprise, Tania leans forward and starts blowing the hand that’s being molested by my mum. Mum pauses for a brief second and looks at Tania in awe before shaking her head and riding on.
Tania keeps blowing my wounds and even though it doesn’t make the wound stop hurting completely, it greatly reduces the pain.
Mum rounds off with cleaning the wounds and plasters them with bandaids.
The other day it was my face and now it’s my hand.
Reed is going to die of laughter if he sees me again.
“You said Alora has been marked by Alpha Jayce?” I ask to be sure that I heard right.
“Yes she has.”
Anger makes my blood boil.
The next thing they’ll do is consummate their union and soon, she’ll get pregnant and they’ll keep doing things I don’t want them to do.
Fuck them!
“I hope you properly disposed of the phone.”
“Yes I did. Omega Reed took Halle’s phone. He’s going to try to track down the number or the phone.”
“It’s a burner phone. He won’t get anything. Forget about him. Since this plan has failed, we have to think of another plan immediately!”
“Can I say something…” Tania starts asking a question but the look I give her brings her back to her senses. “I’m sorry. What I want to say is, earlier today, Omega Reed called me to his office after Alpha Jayce did and the look he kept giving me made me feel like he suspected something.”
“He’s trying to manipulate you. That’s his speciality. Forget about him. Just try to feign innocence on the subject as much as you can. He has no evidence, so he can’t point accusing fingers at you.” She calmly nods her head and I look at my hand.
The image of her blowing my hand a while ago flashes in my brain and something snaps within me.
She’s beautiful!
But now’s not the time for that.
I clear my throat and look at them all.
“Tonight, in our individual bedrooms, we are all going to think of what our next move can be and the next time we have a meeting, we’ll brainstorm on the various ideas that will be available m. We failed this time doesn’t mean we will fail next time. This incident won’t be linked to any of us, so let’s prepare to strike again and make sure to succeed.”
“Yes Alpha.”
“You girls can leave now.”
“Have a nice day, Alpha Jovan.” They both say that sentence in unison, but the only voice my mind registers is Tania’.
My eyes are glued to her butt as they both walk out of my office.
I’m going to have her in my bed sooner or later.