10: Memories


    Sophia''s POV


    Alexander walked out of the room as if was about to murder someone. It made my blood run cold in


    my veins. It wasn''t like him to be so nice. But for a moment, I had almost fallen for him. What was I


    thinking?


    My feet burned under my weight. I didn''t have to mention Dianne. She was ckmailing an Alpha.


    At least that was what it looked like to me. My feet were running around the room as my brain


    conjured up images of what was currently happening with Dianne.


    It was a fact that I hated Dianne. But not enough to wish her dead. Not wanting to die of curiosity, I


    made my way to the door but was stopped when it opened, revealing a servant in a white uniform.


    She was holding a bag - my bag. I was shocked at seeing it as my legs stopped in their position, my


    eyes searching hers for an exnation.


    "Alpha Alexander instructed me to bring your things to his room," she said and avoided my gaze.


    No, they couldn''t know yet that I''m Alexander''s mate.


    "Why?" I asked her and she took her time to think through my question. Her mouth opened a few


    times to say something but each time she did, she caught herself.


    "He said you would be staying with him here," she said and I looked back at the bags on her hand.


    I didn''t know what to say. If I should give in to the rage that was consuming me or wait for Alexander


    to be back we talk it through. I chose the former as the anger threatened to ovee me.


    "Just go," I was angry at Alexander. How dare I think he changed for the better like he had told me?


    "No, wait. Do you know where he is?" I asked the maid when she was about to close the door.


    "No, but I think I saw him going to Dianne''s…"


    "It''s fine, I''ll just go there and meet him or something," I said to her and she nodded her head,


    leaving me in the quiet room to think through my anger.


    I wanted an exnation from him and I wanted it now. Heck! Why does he always do that? He''s


    controlling and domineering. He doesn''t know if I want to stay in the same room with him. I tried to


    forgive him and let bygones be bygones when he humiliated me in front of Alpha Ryven. But I


    couldn''t let that stand. I''m a person with emotions. Not some puppet.


    I opened the door with as much force as I could muster, not seeing through the anger that burned


    through me. I made it outside of the pack house and beyond. My destination was Dianne''s house. I


    didn''t think about how awkward it would be when I confronted Alexander or how Dianne would take


    it.


    ording to her, Alexander still belonged to her and would be for a very long time.


    "Did someone offend you?" Alpha Ryven''s voice reached my ears and I turned around to see him


    lounging at a tree, his hands in his pockets, highlighting his muscles.


    Trying not to let my eyes roam his body, my eyes stuck to his face like glue. Iposed myself. The


    last thing I wanted was for him to let me see me in my angry state. I looked like a tomato when I


    was pissed. And I''m sure as hell I looked like that at that moment.


    "No, why?" Iughed. Theugh came out dry and strange. He didn''tugh with me and walked


    over to me. The sun red down at us, almost matching the re I nned on giving Alexander.


    "Your mouth says no but your face says otherwise. So you want to talk about it? Over coffee?" He


    asked me and I did a double check to make sure he was talking to me. It wasn''t strange that he was


    asking me for coffee but that he had asked me out when he knew I was Alexander''s mate.


    "I don''t know. I''m fine honestly. I was just hot. That''s all."


    "Stop that bullshit. I know you were mad at something. And I also know it has something to do with


    your Alpha. What better way to let it out than over coffee? Don''t worry, it''ll be at a cafe," he said,


    looking into my eyes. I could not lie to him again with the look on his face. And I heard myself telling


    him how okay I was with it when my mind screamed at me to go back into Alexander''s room and


    wait quietly for him to return.


    I never listen to my mind. And I was scared at how I was bing a pro at it.


    He led me to his car. I had a sudden urge to turn around and bolt. My hands be sweaty and


    my eyes dted. I was shaking visibly when I felt Alpha Ryven''s hand on my shoulders. He turned to


    face me.


    "I can''t do this," I said to him and turned away so that he wouldn''t see the tears that stained my


    cheeks. But he did anyway because he took my face in his hand.


    "What''s wrong? You were fine a moment ago," he said and held my hand. His voice sounded far


    away. And I was back to the night I lost my parents on that bridge.


    "Mom… dad…!" I screamed and cried, thrashing around on the floor with their bodies not healing. I


    didn''t understand why they were not healing and till that moment, I had no idea.


    The sight of them that night gave me sleepless nights. Sometimes I dream of them. I missed them


    so much it hurts to even think about them.


    "Sophia?" Alpha Ryven''s hand on my cheeks made my eyes focus on him. There was a look of


    concern on his face. I didn''t want him to care about me. Everyone who cares about me always


    leaves. And he would leave again. I didn''t want that. No one should care for me only to leave me


    wanting them again.


    "I''m fine. I just don''t want to go in a car," I told him and cleaned my cheeks. He didn''t look


    convinced. And I sighed.


    "Okay, let''s go in the car. I guess I just need a change of scenery. I''ll cope. Driving in a car can''t be


    that bad right?" Iughed and looked at my feet.


    "You know you can talk to me."


    "Well, now that I think about it, I should get going. I need to do something in the pack house," I said


    and made to move but his hands stopped me.


    "Come with me. I won''t let anything happen to you. Just a nice little chat. That''s all."


    "Okay," I said. I thought it was about time I got over it. I haven''t been in a car since my parents died


    and that had been ten years ago when I was eight. I couldn''t continue that way. One way or the


    other I would be requested to get in a car.


    "Are you sure you''ll be okay?" He asked me, regretting his words.


    "I''ll be fine," I said and walked to the car, my heart thumping loudly in my chest. I thought I would


    faint on the way to the cafe. But surprisingly I was able to hold myself all through the drive even


    though the images of my parents'' death almost made me pass out.


    "We made it," Alpha Ryven said, smiling down at me when he walked over to where I stood. I was


    standing by the door of the car, my hands gripping my hoodie tightly and that was when I realized I


    was still in Alexander''s clothes.


    When leaving the room, I hastily put on one of my trousers the maid had brought in, not bothering to


    take off Alexander''s clothes.


    It was no wonder I had been getting looks from people around me when I was on my way to


    Dianne''s house. I reeked of him.


    "Yeah, I guess," I smiled up at him and followed him into a dimly lit cafe that was at the side of the


    road. His presence was making it hard for me to blend into the crowd. His aura was prominent. And


    an Omega in a hoodie that smelled of their Alpha didn''t help either.


    We sessfully walked in with me only getting sweaty palms and armpits. We ordered coffee and I


    chose to sit at the edge of the room where I would not be noticed by a lot of people.


    "So, what do you want to talk about?" I asked him, the coffee burning my hands and my thoughts


    from wandering away from the conversation.


    I was about to have a conversation with someone who would most likely be an enemy of Alexander


    in the future. And it would be because of me. I could not stop it. So I chose to enjoy hispany


    while I was at it. He was a nice person. That I''d noticed. And caring too.


    "About you. Thest time was about me. And the reason you were so mad at something," he said


    while I chewed my lips.


    "Why are you still in this pack? You''re an Alpha. Aren''t you supposed to be in your pack, managing


    it?" I asked him, ignoring his question. He smiled at me, knowing what I did but he didn''t make a


    comment about it and answered my question much to my relief. I didn''t want to tell him about my


    sad life. I came here for a breather and not to tell my sob story.


    "Yes. I will be leaving soon. That''s another reason I wanted us to be friends before I finally left. I will


    miss you. And you are wee toe to my pack any day. In fact, you owe me one," he said


    while my eyes widened at him.


    "How so? I asked him, a smirk ying on my lips. I would miss him too. The other guests who came


    for Alexander''s part were mostly gone. Only a few were around to wrap things up.


    Alpha Ryven seemed like the only friend I had made since my parents died. And since the day I


    was demoted to an Omega for killing Rudolph. Which I didn''t.


    "I don''t know. But you do. I would love to show you around my pack. And to meet my parents also.


    You said Alexander rejected you right? Did you ept the rejection?" He asked me and I turned


    away from him. My eyes were on a couple who were making out on a chair.


    "No, I didn''t ept the rejection," I said to him, not giving out any more information on it.


    "Why?" He asked and I thought for a while I heard the disappointment in his voice. I looked at him


    but found his face neutral. Unlike what I had imagined - disappointment.


    "I don''t know. I guess…” I stopped when I saw Alexander''s father walking towards us, his eyes on


    Alpha Ryven. I stood up to greet him and his eyes lingered on Alexander''s hoodie.


    "It''s so nice to see you, Alpha Ryven," Alexander''s father said and shook Alpha Ryven''s hand.


    There were wide smiles on both men''s faces.


    "I heard about the gifts you offered Alex. It''s so unfortunate he rejected them," Alexander''s father


    said, sitting down on a chair close to me. A waiter came and took his order.


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    "He wille to it eventually. I have an even bigger offer that he can''t refuse," Alpha Ryven said


    and looked my way, a knowing look in his eyes. It was the same look Alexander''s father gave me


    and I felt like I was in a movie where I didn''t even know I was an actress.