Chase’s POV
My eyes went straight to Angus. He is already white in the face. He had to do something now, or it could go from bad to worse. Kelsi wasn’t going to take this lightly.
I began “Angus you have-”
“Angus!” Kelsi marched forward ready to lunge at the twin. “You asshole! I’ll kill you” Kelsi shoved the girl aside and smacked Andrew right in the face.
“Kelsi stop” Arya yelled as she tried to hold her but was no match for an angry werewolf.
Andrew stared at her with wide eyes. He was too shocked to speak. She began to run with the girl he was kissing. We rushed to them before it got worse.
“What did you do that for?” Andrew cried out.
“Kelsi! Wait,” Angus screamed. She turned around, and her eyes went wide. It was then that I realized she was with Arya.
Kelsi looked at the twins. Her lips gently curled into a smile. “There are two of you?” she turned to Andrew, smiling apologetically.
“Yes,” Angus frowned. “Hello brother” he glared at Andre “What happened to your phone Andrew? You should have called”
Andrew rubbed his cheek. ‘Maybe I should have” he scowled.
“That’s what you get for not calling “Angus sniggered.
“Yeah yeah” he frowned.
Kelsi turned to Angus. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
Andre’s eyes lit up as he smiled naughtily. “At least I am not the only one in trouble. Sorry brother. “He bowed to me and so did Kelsi. ” I thought you would be expecting me since the alpha called us for a feast”
I nodded.
“Feast? Nobody said anything about a feast” Kelsi said.
“I’m sorry nobody told you about it,” Angus said. Kelsi shot him a look that spelled trouble.
“I’m glad you agree.” Arya faced me. “nobody told us.” her words dripped of passive aggression Your Highness, may I have a word with you.” Arya immediately walked into the palace without looking back.
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“Look, Chase-” “Please, don’t. You can’t talk me out of it this time.” She glared at me. “You have had your guars harass me and my son-”
“Our son,” I said quietly. Arya stopped. She glared at me.
“Okay. OUR SON” she said in gritted teeth. “For the past few days, you have had your guards harass me and OUR SON” She made sure to emphasize that. “Constantly. They were watching us. They ruined the poor guy’s picnic time. They made him scared. We became the butt of the joke he wanted to leave here”
I snapped my eyes at her.
“Yes,” she said. “Chamberlin has been treated less for days. All he does is stay in his room all day. Gloomy. Tomorrow is his birthday but he is gloomy. “She ranted on. “I have never seen him like that all my life, it was painful seeing my son that way and do you know how helpless I was as a mother who could do anything to make him-”
“I’m sorry.”
She paused immediately. She was out of breath as she gaped at me. “What?” came her breathless reply.
I sighed, taking a step closer to her. “I said I’m sorry Arya”
Her lips parted and she swallowed. I am also surprised by the way I am with her. It’s like I can be all stone and all but once I was with Arya, she pulled out a soft cushy part of me.
I took one more step towards her and I watched her eyes. She was contemplating running away. And if she did, it would break me entirely.
Shutting my eyes briefly, I sighed again. “I know how I felt when you went missing. I remember Chamberlin’s maid saying he sometimes cried himself to sleep when you were away. “I swallowed. ” I couldn’t console him because he didn’t know who I was. The anguish and pain.”
“I don’t want to feel like that again” I muttered and looked her in the eye. “I am like an unwanted wolf. I have enemies like the sands on earth. I don’t want you guys getting kidnapped, so I asked the guards, to do anything possible, but to let you go far”
Arya’s eyes softened a bit. She sighed. “Well you should have told me”
I nodded. “I know I should have and I’m sorry”
She nodded solely. “Okay,” she played around with her hair.” What do you…? I mean what does that feast mean? I mean can I and My son have a little celebration for his birthday tomorrow
I snorted. “little?” nah. I have everything all [planned for his birthday celebration tomorrow”
Arya’s eyes widened.
“Come I’ll show you” I muttered. And so we left my chambers. But as a guard opened the door for us, my hands made slight contact with hers and Arya hissed. I felt that too. It was a sizzling pull. Like chemistry. It was like we were connected on all levels. I watched her walk towards the hall slowly. I watched her long hair swing down her tiny waist wiggle as she moved. I could hear her sharp intake of breath. She was aware of what was happening between us.
A guard opened the door and she gasped. Flowers and chairs and clothes and glass. All that celebratory stuff
“It’s beautiful,” she said, her voice dreamy and quiet.
“It is?” I asked. She nodded immediately. “Will Chamberlin like it?”
“Yes of course,” she said smiling.
As I watched her marvel at all those, I couldn’t help but smile. It was weird, she was behaving like this for a decorated hall. What if I get her more stuff?
Arya turned to me abruptly. “I think it’s time”
“Time for what?” I asked.
She smiled. “It’s time you meet your son” I slowly nodded.
For a weird reason, my heart raced. What if Chamberlin doesn’t like me? What if he told his mother he wanted to leave?
And even though I had the power to keep Arya in my pack, I just couldn’t because the rule for the curse to be broken, Arya needed to really love me. That’s why she is not yet the Luna of the pack or my actual mate.
We haven’t even activated the mate bond. That’s why I had no idea where she was when she went missing.