Santiago's Pov

Alpha's Hated Mate

Santiago's POV

The Camilla and Adrian drama is draining for all involved. The moment we walked in here, he could smell her, I spent half the time since we got here restraining him from going anywhere near her but fuck, Terrence did it.

I've been watching them for awhile now, Mirabelle is somewhere meeting Rachel's plaything. Molly is on her phone building her brand as she calls it and I have a front roll seat to Adrian and Camilla.

Everyone is starting to notice what's going on with them, wherever Camilla goes, Adrian follows like a lost puppy. I enjoy the sight of him begging for a conversation with her, it's quite fulfilling but don't get me wrong, Adrian is my brother and my best friend but Camilla is like a sister too. I am not on either side of this fucked up drama, I'm on both sides, I want what's best for both of them.

Camilla and Adrian are by the rooms upstairs, I don't know what he's saying to her but she's crying now. I see Alpha Ryan walking up the stairs on the left.

Shit.

I abandon my drink and cell phone next to Molly and run up the stairs on the right, the exact moment I arrive, Ryan arrives too. He analyzes the scene before us and I do too, not good. It doesn't look good at all.

“What is going on here?” Ryan asks.

Neither of them respond, they simply stare at each other as Camilla cries silently.

“Milla, what did he do to you, did he hurt you?”

Camilla sniffs, her eyes still on Adrian.“Alot.”

Ryan raises his fist to and aims at Adrian, “You little...”

I step in, Holding Ryan's fist mid air. I understand his reaction, even I would assume the same. He has been following her for a while and they're up here all alone close to rooms with tears streaming down her face. “Easy, she doesn’t mean it that way.” I told him.

Camilla looks at me pleadingly and sniffs, “I wanna go home.”

I take Adrian's hand wrapped around her wrist, “Adrian let her go.”

He doesn't let go of her hand, Ryan acts quickly, yanking Adrian's hand off his sister and pulling her behind him.

Adrian's eyes fly over Ryan's shoulder to where Camilla now stands. “Cami don't go.”

Camilla steps up to Adrian, “No, I don't want to do this with you again. Is hurting me your favorite hobby or something?”

“I promise I won't hurt you, just hear me out.”

Ryan looks to be for an explanation but I don't know where to start so I turn back to watching Camilla and Adrian.

“You don’t want me, you just want to appease Hunter. You won’t let anyone know I’m your mate, you're just using me!”

“His what?” Ryan asks, looking at me like I betrayed him. We aren't friends but we're not enemies either, we find common ground on Camilla, we all want what's best for her, Adrian included.

People come swarming like bees, before I can register what's going on, Ryan and Adrian are at each other's throats with Camilla sobbing. I try to separate them with the help of Alpha Kennedy and everyone near us tries to help. I go for Ryan seeing as Adrian is stronger when Hunter takes over and this is one of those moments. Adrian hasn't seen or heard of Hunter since Camilla left but right now, they're teaming to fight for their mate. It's the wrong fight, Hunter is only fighting because Ryan wants to take her away but Adrian is fighting because of the hot head he carries around.

Separating them both is a struggle until Luna Arielle joins the chaos, she stops Ryan but the one person that can stop a blood thirst Adrian is sobbing beside Belle. Adrian is fighting off everyone holding him back. “What the fuck happened here?” Arielle snaps.

Tiana, a friend of Camilla's, slaps Camilla, “Camilla do something.”

Camilla shakes her head and screams, “Everyone just fucking stop it, please.” She cries out falling to the ground.

“Get up, bear.” Tiana warns.

Mirabelle rolls her eyes, “Tee shut up for one second will you?”

Adrian fights off everyone stopping him from slaying Ryan, when I think he's headed for Ryan again, he stops in front of Camilla. He kneels before her and cups her face with a pained look on his face.

“Mia Honey.” He says resting his forehead on hers, “I'm so sorry, please give me a chance to show you that I've changed it's you that I want. Everyone before you was a mistake, you're the right one and I don't want to live another day without you. I don't want to come home to an empty house, I don't want to go to bed with empty arms. So please, please say you forgive me Mia.”

“You had your fucking chance Adrian, I let you take my sister when you weren't man enough to tell me why you needed her. You lied to me and I let you take her, but you almost returned her in a body bag. You don't deserve my sister.” Alpha Ryan hisses.

Adrian peers up at him, “This doesn't concern you.” he warns.

Alpha Ryan tries to step closer but his wife holds him in place with a confused expression. She doesn't understand what's going on here but she'd rather he not spill any blood. “Doesn't concern me? You ruin my sister's life and it doesn't concern me?” He scoffs, “Everything that has to do with my sister and her happiness concerns me you fuckwit! You have no right to her whatsoever.”

“I have every right, she's my mate!” He snaps.

Gasps erupt around us, like really? I thought everyone had it figured out the second they saw him chasing her like a lost puppy, Adrian doesn't chase women, they chase him except for one.

His mate, it's the dynamic for every fuckboy and everyone here should have known. I feel like we've ruined Sienna's birthday party but my heart is swelling with pride, Adrian said it.

He finally confessed in front of what seemed like a thousand people to be her mate. I can't help but feel like a proud father right now, Adrian manned up a a month ago when he kicked Angel to the curve along with every other woman that he associated with sexually. I didn't think he was ready to be with until now.

Adrian rises with Camilla and Arielle steps away from Ryan, reaching for Camilla. “Shh, it's okay baby. Don't cry.” She tells her, brushing her back in an attempt to calm her. Camilla is a crier but this scene here? It's too much to take in. Arielle is handling the situation well, you can tell she's a great mother, with such patience and calmness. When Camilla pulls away from Arielle, she wipes her tears and sighs. “Tell me something, Do you love him?”

Mirabelle, the little traitor snorts, “The right question is does he love her? I doubt it very much.”

Where was Mirabelle when loyalty and allegiance to the pack and Alpha was being pledged. I admire her loyalty to Camilla but butting into this matter isn't making anything better.

Luna Arielle turns to Adrian, her face still calm as she looks at him but underneath it, she wants to tear him into pieces and feed him to her pet German Shepherd. “Well if your sister doesn't believe you love Camilla, how is Ryan supposed to believe that sudden revelation?”

“I understand Moon's doubt because I've made some mistakes concerning my relationship with Camilla but I don't have to prove to anyone that I love her, but I'm ready to show everyone present here and existing anywhere in the world just how serious I am about our relationship.”

Oh God, what is this fool thinking of doing?

He can't possibly be thinking of doing that here could he?

Adrian holds out his hand, “Come here Camilla.” He demands in the most delicate manner but make no mistake, that was his Alpha command tone only softer because with her, everything is delicate and joyful. Camilla answers his command with a frown but walks to him and takes his hand nonetheless.

“You believe me don't you?” He asks her softly.

Camilla shakes her head and nods then shakes it again, “I don't know what to believe with you anymore.”

Oh Camilla, you've always come first. From the day Adrian met her, she's been number one. She's always come first to him, to me, to everyone in the pack under his rule. Adrian holds Camilla's hand to his chest and covers it with his other hand. “Feel how my heart beats for you, you're the one Mia. Marry me.”

Arielle gasps much more audibly than everyone else, “She is seventeen you nitwit!”

Camilla let's out a laugh of panic, looking down. Adrian pulls her chin up and kisses her cheek, Camilla instantly melts into his hands, his mouth travels to her neck.

Oh... no!

In a swift movement, he sinks his teeth on a spot he finds favorable and Camilla gasps, falling into his arms.

Goddamnit Adrian, this is stupid. Adrian is impulsive, he will stop at nothing to get his way. He turned a private affair into the talk of every goddamn pack starting tonight.

When he's done sucking on the blood from his mark, he holds her tightly to him, lifting her into his arms. Taking in the scene before us he looks Arielle in the eyes and says the most stupid thing he ever could have said out loud, “And now? Can I take my Luna with me?”

Molly chokes on a laugh beside me and I understand her. Honestly, Adrian's confidence is too fucking ridiculous.

Someone utters a no, it's Camilla's other brother Michael.

“Mike.” His twin sister warns, I thought she left thirty minutes ago.

“You, shut up.”

“I agree with Micheal, you marked Camilla impulsively and as her guardian, I mean the daughter in law of her guardians and wonderful parents that aren't here today, I'm in charge of Cami. And I say, you can't take her just because you marked her.” Luna Arielle snarls.

Michelle smirks, “Listen Luna-”

Ashanti cuts her off, “A little respect for Luna Michelle or else I'm going to end you and you,” She turns to Adrian. “Give Milla to Micheal, you're not taking her anywhere.”

“I am not leaving without her.” Adrian counters.

I sigh, everyone starts going back and forth with each other. The final decision is to let Camilla decide but neither Ryan nor Adrian are willing to leave without her. Alpha Kennedy suggests we stay here until she wakes up, Arielle disagrees because after marking, there tends to be a slumber and it might be days before Camilla wakes up, seeing how deep Adrian's mark is. Nonetheless, we go with Alpha Kennedy's idea.