Claiming His Resisting Mate

REESE’S POV

“I haven’t seen you after the fight. Where have you been?” Adriana asked as soon as she saw me.

“Azrael took me to meet his parents”

“His parents?” Adriana looked so surprised. “Ay, John is fast” she let out a throaty chuckle.

“Why do you say that?” I frown.

“John is always confidential about his matters. His parents were the loyal members of Silver Shine. During the ruling era of Cassius’s dad Alpha Zachariah, John’s dad had great prestige, he held a certain position. After the tragic war, the elders left the throne for their younger generation”

My curiosity hit at the right moment “what happened? I mean any kind of war or something?”

“You can say that,” Adriana nodded. “When Cassius was 15 the pack was under attack. Alpha Zachariah fought with his people, tried best to defeat the enemies. Even though he managed to save the pack, he couldn’t return back safely. At that war Alpha Zachariah was badly wounded. After a few months he died” she sighed, shaking her head.

“It’s such a tragedy” I whispered, “what about Luna?”

“Luna Cyrene was devastated with the death of her mate. She couldn’t withstand it but died in agony of losing her mate. Such a wonderful couple, just left this world silently. Though I had not witnessed it personally, Cassius told me all this. He had to take the Alpha title. At such a young age, he took all the pack responsibility on himself. John’s dad helped him in every way. After a few years John took over the beta position and has been handling it since. His parents left the pack saying they want a peaceful life. It has been years but no one knows their address excluding Cassius and John themselves”

Every pack has their own story to tell. Alpha Cassius looked so dark, dangerous and threatening. What I was not expecting was this story hiding behind his cold exterior. For a 15 year boy to lose his parents was a tragedy. But Alpha Cassius wasn’t moved by the emotional attachment yet he took care of the situation cleverly.

“Alpha Cassius is hard working. I must say you are really lucky to have him as a mate” I said to Adriana.

“I didn’t know at first, I always thought he was the most arrogant male in the surface of earth,” she laughed. “Our relationship was not flowery with the situation we had. But with time it has improved and I am glad about it” Adriana replied.

“Look like you both started with headstrong demands” I uttered, which she nodded in agreement.

“Can’t deny that. Actually, he belonged to the rival pack. When I found he was my mate, it was like a thunderbolt. My father was against him and wanted to draw his blood” she made a helpless face.

God, their story is more interesting. A rival love story? It was like I was reading a fantasy rival romance book. Looking at them when I first met, I was not expecting to hear such secrets.

“What about you?” I asked.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Cassius was cruel, his pack was stronger than us and threatened dad to destroy it if I didn’t go with him. I guessed he already knew about our bond. To save the whole pack I have to follow in the Silver Shine. The term was to be the hostage yet Cassius on the other hand had another plan” she smiled.

“Interesting” I shook my head.

“But let me tell you, whether it’s Cassius or John they are demanding, manipulative and adamant”

“Right, I can’t agree more,” I nodded. I have already gotten proof with John. At first he looked simple, cute and handsome. Now looking at his features it more felt like he is difficult, iron-willed and obstinate.

“Hmmm… How in the world we ended up-” Adriana’s words stopped in the middle when a childish voice interrupted suddenly.

“Mamma”

I turned to look only to find Alpha Cassius was walking towards us with a toddler in his arms. The cute baby boy has similar features like Alpha Cassius. Starting from the eye color to his skin tone, everything is equal. To be honest, this is a huge blow. I didn’t know Adriana already had a son. She looked young and….

Adriana’s face was full of smiles. She opened her arms and the baby body threw his small arms towards her intending to jump out of his father’s caged arms. Alpha Cassius handed the baby to her with a smile.

“He was missing you”

Adriana rolled her eyes “don’t joke I just left a few minutes ago” she looked at her son “isn’t it Josue?” She kissed her son’s cheek making the little bundle giggle happily.

“Reese, he is Josue, and this little guy is three years old this year,” Adriana said, smiling.

“He is cute” I admired the little baby in her arms. I guess he will be just like his father when he grows up. Seeing him like that, my heart clenched. The familiar pain rushed in washing all the peace I have collected recently. My unborn baby – who died unknowingly without any fault.

“Ah… what are you doing Josue?” Adriana’s surprising yelp had me look at her. Little Josue was patting his small hands over her breasts.

“He must be hungry peaches,” Alpha Cassius said, looking at them.

“I just fed him an hour ago” Adriana whimpered in protest.

“But he is hungry again,” Alpha Cassius shrugged carelessly.

“This is all your fault” Adriana grunted as she got up from her seat. She glared at him before turning towards me, sending an apologetic smile “I am sorry, this little guy needed to handled”

I chuckled “please go ahead”

She turned to her husband and whispered slowly “don’t be too rude” then she walked off.

The atmosphere felt dangerously cold under the presence of Alpha Cassius. His dislike towards me already had me sweating my palm. I shifted in my seat uncomfortably. Before I could get any excuse to leave he took the place where Adriana sat and gave me a cold look.

“Tell me what’s your intention?” His voice rumbled in my ear.

“What intention?” I looked up, meeting his eyes. I couldn’t understand what he was trying to say?

“Are you really dumb or just playing the act?” It was insulting, he knows how to get into the nerves. Adriana was right, he is really…

“I am sorry, I didn’t get the point” I mentally shook my head.

“Looks like you are dumb then” he added, throwing another insult on my face. Does this man enjoy humiliating me whenever he gets the chance?

I didn’t reply yet and pondered over his words. I couldn’t understand what he wanted to say, but I guess he has a plan for showing up here and sending Adriana out of the scene. God, this man is calculative, he even used his son to send Adriana off.

“You are here, do you know why am I allowing it?” He asked not waiting for my reply, he added another one “because John wants it. He is my close buddy and I don’t like to see him hurt” he leaned back to his seat “You have hurt him enough, even if you are an eyesore I wouldn’t kick you out of the pack, why?” He gave an arrogant smile “because John wants to have you here. His wish is something I couldn’t refuse. Yet you need to remember this simple thing” he slapped the table with his hand making me flinch.

“If I see you hurting him again, that day will be the last day of your life. It won’t take time to straggle your little neck after all” he got up “hope you understand my words and mark it on your head. I don’t like repeating myself” throwing his cold aura he walked away.

I released my breath I never knew I was holding. This man is dangerous. I have seen many Alpha but this man is too high in the position. Even Savannah’s mate was not this hard to get along. Every time he appears I feel like I have been pulled into a muddy water, choking me till every sense in my body stops working. I looked at his back and felt cold shivers down my spine.

~ this man is utterly dangerous ~ Eve whispered.

I nodded my head in agreement. Thanks to God he is not my mate. I couldn’t handle such domination, I would embrace death before that. He is aware of the situation and knows the whole fucking history. He threatened me so openly like he was waiting for me to make the mistakes so he could wring my neck out of the body. Thinking of the scenery made me shiver. I shook my head. What the hell, this is the first time I am scared of an Alpha after Hardwick.

I couldn’t help but wonder, how did Adriana get along with him so easily? Even if she is his mate, this man is minacious. Suddenly I want to kiss the Moon Goddess for not offering such a treacherous person as my mate.

Shading happy tears…