DAMIEN'S POV
The door opened revealing a furious Selene and her eyes locked on the proximity between me and Eva. I pushed her away, a little too hard that she was about to fall off.
"Wow, isn't it great Damien Blackwood?"
Her voice echoed through the room, vibrating my ear drum. Gosh, I hate her high pitched voice so much.
If it wasn't for my parents, she wouldn't be here and I would've already marked Eva as my rightful mate and Luna. We would've lived happily and she would've already been pregnant with my child.
Wait. What am I thinking?
"What do you want, Lady Selene?" I asked in my usual monotone voice as she marched forward and grabbed Eva's arm harshly, making her wince.
"Lady Selene!"
"You are the cause! You bitch! I told you not to interfere with my relationship."
Eva tried to free herself from her grip but she didn't let go. I tried to move but my back injury wasn't allowing me to do so.
"I was simply caring for the Alpha. I am the reason the vampires attacked him and I had to pay him back!" Eva yelled as Selene chuckled.
"Yeah, you're the damn reason so you should just leave the hell out of here!" My eyes widened in rage as she dragged Eva to the door. I winced getting off the bed.
Parting her away from Eva, I pinned Selene to the wall with enough force to bump her head.
"You. You're the one interfering, when you know too well I'll never love you, you're just a temporary arrangement!"
My eyes glowed red and my wolf began to surface, her tears fell one after another as she gritted her teeth.
"Why is it so hard to love me back Damien?"
I felt bad for her? Yes. But she needed to know she has a fated mate destined to her by the goddess. And so do I.
"I'll set you free once the alliance is successful, Selene." I let her go and made my way out slowly, Eva stopped me.
"You can rest here, you're still too—"
"Don't overreact. I'm the Alpha and I have duties to attend to. I appreciate your help but I don't want you to meddle with my affairs anymore."
That came out harsher than I thought but now, she'll not get any expectations from me. Limping slowly, Xavier came by my side, supporting my other arm as I walked downstairs.
"Why didn't you take me straight to my room?"
Xavier chuckled, shaking his head as I narrowed my eyes at him.
"The chief took you to Eva's room since I was there and you were in a bad condition and she just happened to agree to attend you. By the way, the morning drama wasn't worth your injuries."
I nudged him in the ribs and he winced.
"Shut up."
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EVA POV
Some people are good here. Well, I said only some.
Luciana, Selene's attendant is actually pretty sweet as I talked to her when she tripped over a bunch of suitcases she carried and I offered to help.
"Thank you so much madam." I smiled but later frowned when I noticed something in her speech.
"Luciana, it's Eva. Not madam."
She seemed confused at first but then she laughed and I smiled watching her laughter, she is so pure and sweet.
"So, you've been working here for a long time?" I asked as we walked to the garden, she picked up the hose to water the plants but I took it from her hand instead, doing it instead.
"You're so nice, Eva. And yes, I've been working here for over a decade." my jaw hinged as I stared at her in disbelief.
"God, you look like you just hatched fresh from an egg." she laughed again and I smiled in response.
"Eva, I feel really bad for you. You are the controversy nowadays. You don't deserve such hate."
I kind of get her and don't get her. I know the pack thinks I'm something special and I still haven't figured out what is special about me. And I don't know what she meant by hate.
"By hate do you mean Selene?" Luciana looked right and left and then leaned in before nodding. She's so cute.
"You know she wasn't like this from the start. She was, uh, similar to you. Me."
I don't give myself a very sweet title but considering Luciana included herself was really surprising.
"Can I know more?" I asked as she slowly nodded as if hesitating.
"When the pack first brought her here, she was very nice, she even gave me most of her new clothes and shoes. She helped the maids too and everyone instantly fell for her nice personality."
Oh, I wanna laugh. This is the same girl who stopped on my feet and I still limp all thanks to her.
"Then, she started to behave strangely. She would cry at nights and her tone got rough and she started to use her authority over us all. She would argue along with the Alpha and she would break everything that was near her and she…"
She gulped and I could tell she was scared of telling further, I patted her back, nodding at her.
"It's okay. Tell me Luciana."
She sighed looking down.
"She fell ill. A cursed disease and only the crimson blood could save her life and so, Alpha Damien went to the vampires and begged them for the Crimson blood—
"Begged!? Him?"
She bobbed her head as I blinked a few times. He really did care for her.
"The Crimson blood saved her but her mentality was damaged and she started to feel insecure of her relationship with Alpha, she lashed out at everyone who got close to him even his own brother Xavier.
What a psycho woman. But still, it's not her fault totally.
Before I could say anything. We heard a loud scream from inside and I knew whose high pitched voice was that.
Selene.