Chapter 52

Lysithea's POV

"You looked stressed," I said as I walked towards Jarek. He was looking at the sky aimlessly.

"I shouldn't have come here," he sighed. I can see his blank expression.

"Why? Is it because you have a long lost mate here?" I asked him.

"What are you saying?" He turned to look at me.

"Did I say anything wrong?" I smiled "you and I, we both know it, isn't it? How long are you going to deny Jarek? If you are too careless then why don't you just reject Alessia and free her from this bondage of mate bond? Do you have to drag her down till today if you are not going to claim her as your mate?"

His eyes widened as anger reflected in there "why would I do that?"

"Why not? It has been quite a long time since you found her as your mate. But what did you do? Have you ever thought about this matter? I mean, I have known her since she was a kid. Though we don't have a good connection, it does not mean I don't know her. Are you planning to keep her like this for your whole life?" I shook my head, "you know it well, Andriel is hostile towards you because of her. He loves his sister so if you have the intention of hurting her like this then let me give you a suggestion. The day is not far when your head will be rolling on the ground"

He sighed "I am trying okay?"

"Trying what? Why can't I see anything? You say you are trying but I want to ask you what the hell you are trying?" I frowned.

He glared at me "Lysithea, what's your problem?"

"My problem is you. You are the one who wanted to see her, aren't you? But because of you I had to face the embarrassment. You know Andriel doesn't like you because of what you are doing to Alessia. Luna Maeve must be humble towards her guests but Andriel is cold and hostile towards the person he doesn't like. Now tell me Jarek Castro why should I take the responsibility of yours and let myself down in front of others?" I hissed glaring at him.

He raised his hands up "hey, don't get me wrong. I meant no harm but you are my cousin, how can you be so mean to me. You know I made some mistakes, you need to help me a little don't you? Come on you are helped me in the past"

I rolled my eyes "don't expect any help from me. I am done with you, I am not going to embarrass myself anymore because of you. If you want to fix your things then you need to do it alone"

"Come on Lysithea, you can't be like that. You gotta help me" he groaned.

I frowned "I wasn't the one who told you to cheat on your mate. You can't even save your own bond but expect me to help you? Go and do it yourself" I turned around and left him there.

"Hey" I heard him yell behind me but I didn't give any attention as I walked further from him.

I have already embarrassed myself enough. I am not going to let it happen again. Humph!


Alessia's POV

I walked out of the study with a surprise. I always thought Sandra was special. Actually she is quite different from others. The way she reacted after being known as werewolf was also shocking. I mean, if it were another woman, they would have freaked out or may have fainted on the spot. But she handled and adjusted the situation so well. And even after not knowing a single thing about mate bond she is still with my arrogant brother. I am glad my brother got his piece of peace he missed all these years. Even though there was little problem because she was human before but now, everything is solved. I was in utter shock when I saw how Sandra defeated Kayleigh in the battle. Which was almost impossible. But to my surprise she did it. Everything was in confusion, how come an ordinary human like Sandra could beat a werewolf who is trained for years. But the actual reason was her secret identity.

I couldn't help but smile widely. Sandra is also a werewolf, just like us. We are not different from each other, god, I don't know how to express my happiness. Everything is falling in peace I guess. Even after witnessing it myself I still can't believe it.

"Get a grip Alessia" I muttered to myself taking a turn to go to my room. But on the way I bumped into someone, like a wall. I was about to yell when my voice stuck in my throat when I smelled the familiar scent. I looked up with a glare.

Jarek was looking at me with an intense gaze which made me uncomfortable. I shifted my gaze away and tried to walk past him but he blocked my way, stretching his arm. I stopped on my track and glared hard at his arm before meeting his eyes again.

"What's the meaning of this?" I almost snapped. Talking to him, my voice could never be soft or gentle.

"Can't you be a little gentler with your tone?" What the hell did he say? Gentler? The fuck.

I frowned "what do you expect from me now? Should I jump with joy because you are here or throw myself at you because you are my mate?"

"I would prefer the later one" His reply was instant, which surprised me. I was not expecting him to say this, especially when he himself cleared that he doesn't have any interest in me.

"Don't disgust me with your act, it's awful" I snapped "I don't want to waste my time arguing with you. I don't know why you are here but I suggest you just go back the way you come" I snapped and turned to move but he grabbed my wrist preventing me.

"Let go, what the fuck you are doing?" I yelled trying to free my hand from his grip.

"You have to listen to me first," he said in a rush. I stopped my struggle and looked at him.

"Why should I? Maybe we are mates but let me clear this matter. There's no fucking relationship between us. Are those women in your pack shortened in amount that you suddenly remembered my existence? I am quite surprised with it now"

He closed his eyes for a moment before looking at me "I know you don't have a good impression about me-"

"Thanks to you" I cut him in the middle, making him groan. "You actually made it clear, crystal clear I must add"

"Let me finish first Alessia, will you?" He frowned.

I rolled my eyes "I don't have any other choice. Do I?" If he was not gripping my wrist tightly I would have gotten away from his ridiculous speech.

"Okay, what I want to say is, I know you don't think anything good about me. Fuck I was the reason behind your such mindset. But as you also know we are mates and no matter what we really can't deny this fact. I was young and was more interested in playing around other than finding my own destined one. I know I never gave you the care you needed or the attention you deserved in the first place. I was such a fool to neglect you and continued my playboy ways. I know no amount of sorry could make you forgive me. But I understand now what I really feel and what I really want. You may not believe my words now but I guess I could just try to make you understand my sincerity. I just wanted you to know this and nothing else" his voice pleaded at the end. His eyes looked at me with expectation.

I looked at him with shock. What happened to him so suddenly that his behavior and attitude changed like this. Doubt formed in my chest. Can I really believe this man? Who never gave me the chance to express my own feelings but wanted me to understand his? My face hardened at the thought.

"Are you done with your speech? I must say you are really good at it. But too bad you are years late for such long term speech you formed to attract me. I will never forgive you nor trust you. Whether we are mates or not. Why don't you just reject me so that we can be free from all those bounds and you don't have to keep the burden of having mate at all"

His eyes widened before it turned dark "what the fuck are you saying?" He growled "reject? How did you come up with it?"

I snatched my hand from his grip and glared at him "since the day you were fucking those other woman" I snapped before turning around and running away from him. I didn't glance back at him, simply because I couldn't.

Now his presence is just disgusting to the core.