Chapter 20


    *CAHIR*


    ... I – I reject you!


    I mmed my fists against the desk and pushed away from it. Those words – Those unsure words


    spoken with fear and hatred made my heart feel funny I rubbed a fist across my chest in annoyance


    and against my better judgement, I moved to the room where my mate was curled up in bed.


    My mate.


    At twenty-seven, I had already given up the idea of a woman tying me down. She-wolves were a


    hassle I never wanted to take on but this one –


    She had tears staining her face as she slept. Her brows furrowed and her trembling bottom lip stuck


    out. I brushed her hair back and pulled the covers over her.


    “Please, let her go –“ She choked, her eyes tightening as she whimpered. “Rena is innocent –“ She


    turned and a choked sob escaped her lips. Then tears wet hershes as she grew more distressed.


    Fuck.


    What was it about this woman that made me want to shoulder her burdens? Looking at her so small


    in the bed, curled up and crying, I ached to find every and anyone who had ever made her shed a


    tear. A surge of violence overwhelmed me. I saw red for a brief minute and clenched my fists so


    tight my nails drew blood from my palms.


    “I’m sorry –“ She cried in her sleep, a light sheen of sweat dotting her forehead despite the air


    conditioner on full st.


    Silver Moon, you erred for ill. How dare you put your hands on what belongs to me?


    My teeth gnashed as I fought the urge to m my fist into a wall. My hands shook by my side as I


    confronted the sudden violent urge to destroy something.


    This – This was not good.


    Thest time I felt like this was during the battle for Alpha Blood pack. The urge to destroy, toy


    waste to everything that stood in my way, to make sure those that hurt me and mocked me, the men


    that chained me and tortured me while theyughed, were punished.


    It made no sense for me to feel this protective over a woman I just met. A woman who may or may


    not be useful to me.


    “What are you talking about? She is our mate!” Perseus growled.


    Even my wolf was affected by this woman who was still a stranger to us.


    “Perseus, we still don’t know this woman,” I reminded my wolf.


    “The goddess has given us a lifetime to get to know her.” I shut out my wolf before he started his


    long tirade about this woman.


    While she slept, I watched her. Whatever nightmare guing her dream had subsided and she fell


    into a quiet sleep. Her longshes fanned out over the top of her cheeks, her pouty red lips half


    open as she breathed out.


    This woman was beautiful. No man would look at her without looking twice and that realization


    made something tighten inside me. She was mine – no one else had the right to look at her except


    me.


    I wanted to – I wanted to wrap her in a nket and hide her from the world. A part of me demanded


    to be the only one who ever set eyes on her – The only one who ever had ess to her. The


    possessive urge to hold, protect and shield mmed into me and I growled.


    “Fuck this.” The longer I looked at her, the more her beauty enthralled me. I didn’t want a mate. A


    woman had no ce in my life now. There was no need for a Luna so I could not –


    I snarled as I mmed the door shut, walking out of the room.


    Despite knowing I did not need a mate, I knew without a doubt that I would not be able to resist her


    for long. Just breathing in her scent had me semi-hard all the time. Perseus was riding me hard –


    wanting more. Her scent was not enough, looking was not enough. I wanted to touch, to taste and


    to mark.


    “Control yourself!” I hissed as I walked into the elevator going down. The people in the elevator


    went stock still as I entered and I preferred it that way. Goddess only knows what I would have done


    if I had to listen to some mindless chatter.


    I got out of the elevator and found my legs taking me to the clinic. I arrived at the doctor’s office in


    no time and then I walked it, my brain too upied to knock.


    “Are all of you this bad at your job?” I snarled when I caught him flirting with a nurse sitting on him


    with his hand around her waist and his head on her bosom.


    “Alpha Cahir –“


    “Get out,” I said to the nurse who scurried away without a backwards nce at her lover. This


    bastard had to be at least forty years old. He most definitely had a mate or a wife at home but here


    he was using a twenty-year-old’s tits as a pillow.


    “The results for my mate’s tests?” I demanded, settling into a crunchy leather seat opposite him.


    “Oh, the omega!” He pushed his round sses closer to his face as he clicked through his system.


    “I collected all the test results and filed them away for when you want them. The omega has no


    medical report so I assumed you may want to take these –“


    “She has a name.” I drummed my fingers on his desk, my nails scratching the thin coat of paint on


    it.


    “What –“ He raised his head in surprise and pushed his sses further up his face. “Oh, the omega


    –“ He blinked in surprise. “It’s a force of habit.” He gave me a sheepish smile, his expressioncking


    any regret or remorse.


    “Disrespecting my mate is disrespecting me,” I forced my voice to be soft, backing a growling


    Perseus to the corner.


    “Ah – I am sorry.” The doctor flushed beet red. “It''s just – We heard you rejected her so I –“


    “Is gossiping a part of your job description?” He nched at my question before shaking his head


    with pronounced vigour.


    Rejected Sihana Asena? Perseus would throw a fit, go rogue and then try to kill me – us. I did not


    want a mate but I first had to find a way to convince my wolf that we did not need one.


    “The results?” I asked.


    “Oh, yes.” He clicked away at hisputer. “Thedy seems to be in better shape than I expected.


    Although her skin looked tender, there was no physical injury. There were injuries on her ribs from


    –“ He trailed off with a sharp nce at me.


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    Did they make a sport of her in this dratted pack? I knew what sore ribs meant. I had them for eight


    years. Fractured ribs and injuries that got infected and healed in the wrong way. It was the goddess’


    wish for me to survive, else, I would have died from one of the many kicks to my ribs or blows to my


    face in the past.


    “Her ribs may have been broken recently but there is no cause for rm. Surprisingly, they are


    healing quite well.” The doctor continued. He seemed to shrink into himself the longer he spoke as if


    he wanted to disappear into his crisp ck dress shirt.


    “As for the hot water, it did not cause any damage, thankfully. Her recovery is quite phenomenal and


    –“ He continued for a long time, filling me in on the damage done to my mate.


    Despite her healing abilities, there were obvious damages done to her body that she could not


    correct. Either that or the injuries were inflicted before she got her power.


    When did she get the gift of healing? Who were the bastards that put their hands on her? I had a


    thousand questions I needed to ask her but I would not ask them. I had to maintain a safe distance


    from this woman who had the power to render me weak with a look. Weakness had no ce in my


    book.


    I exited the doctor’s office in a worse mood than I entered. He tried to hand me the results of her


    tests but I left them, unable to stand him for much longer.


    Thest pack that hurt me and mine was now under my control, free for me to do with it as I


    pleased. Silver Moon had to pay for her crimes. I would not let them go.


    “Did you have to do that?” Aristo fell in step beside me as I walked back to the pack house. He


    reeked of sex and the smell made me want to throw him into a river. “That was a major assholey


    thing to do to your mate.”


    “Take ten steps back.” He fell behind ten steps but continued to follow me until I stopped. “Being my


    Beta does not give you the right to question me.” I turned to him.


    “Being your Beta means I want the best for you. Selling your mate off in her presence is a major


    douchebag move.” He continued to follow me as I started to leave. “She may hate you now.” Sharp


    pain in my chest made me stop.


    “I did not sell her off,” I reminded my Beta.


    “Does she know that?” He countered.


    “Why does she have to know? All that matters is that I will have her back.” She would thank me for


    saving her from the cruel clutches of this pack.


    “Goddess, Cahir!” Aristo pinched his nostrils. “I know you only pretended to trade her to trick Kade


    into agreeing to our terms, but she doesn’t know that. She must be feeling hurt and betrayed and


    you even n on leaving her behind while she is hurting.”


    “Telling her my ns is a risk not worth taking.” She could tell someone else. “She may be hurt for a


    while but not for long. And she must – If I am to have her, she must understand the kind of man I


    am.”