I didn't know what to say to that, too stunned to speak.
My father actually wanted me to die on that mission? Is that it?
"Just go. You've brought the family shame once again, even though we tried avoiding that by sending you on that mission." My mother spoke this time, a pained expression on her face. When I glanced at my sister, she had on a twisted glare.
Chris looked disgusted when our eyes locked and I couldn't believe i once believed we were destined to be together forever.
"Just get lost, because I'd never accept you back no matter what." Chris spat out and I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time.
"You're a freak and I think it's high time you start understanding how your presence unnerves the people of this pack." Mia, my younger sister said this time while turning towards the crowd who murmured in agreement with her.
As I turned around to leave, I had to use all my strength to keep my head high and hold my tears back.
~~~
I was currently making my way to the cell where the monster alpha was kept at per my command. I stood outside the cell, holding the metal bars while staring at his lounging form. For someone captured, he still seemed very unbothered.
That was starting to irk me.
After exiting the wedding venue, instead of going off to my bedroom to break down, I decided against doing that because that was only gonna make me seem more pathetic and that was something I wasn't.
I was strong, I was a warrior in this pack. I was good with a sword and a bow, I was the furthest thing from being a pathetic person.
I cleared my throat in order to catch the alpha's attention and when he turned around and our eyes locked, I couldn't suppress the shiver that rolled down my spine despite trying.
His eyes were an ocean blue, and paired with his shoulder length blond hair, he looked like a Greek god.
"Hello, my gorgeous mate. Are you here to keep me company?" He rasped in that deep voice that made my inside jump around again.
I was glad that no one else was in this section else I'd be extremely embarrassed.
I cleared my throat again and forced myself to put on a stern expression.
"I'm actually here so that you can reject me." I said flatly, watching as the alpha's head tilted sideways.
This alpha was my mate. I had met my mate in the last person I expected in this world. Although a part of me was impressed that I had quickly found another mate after Chris rejected me three days ago, I was still extremely sad on the inside, because I just knew this alpha was going to reject me like everyone else had.
Not only was I a freak, he was also a sworn enemy of my father's pack and certainly won't want to accept the wolfless, unwanted daughter of his enemy as his mate.
However, I was shocked by his next words.
"Why would I do that?"
I blinked slowly in confusion before noticing the glint in his eyes, and I realize that he was definitely playing some kind of game right now. Like he probably wanted to drag this out instead of doing this fast and getting this over with as fast as possible.
A scowl settled on my face and I shook the iron bars for emphasis.
"What do you mean by 'why?' Just freaking reject me right now because we both know you want to." I snapped, eyes narrowed at him.
I watched as he easily rose to his feet and sauntered forward. Even though the bars separated us, I still felt the urge to inch away from him at once.
But I didn't. I stood my ground and held his eyes till he finally stood at the other side of the bar. His scent hit me in the face this way and instantly flooded my nose, making me feel almost lightheaded.
"I don't want to." He finally drawled out with his eyes boring into mine and I gaped at him, cheeks slowly heating up.
"Huh?" I breathed out, trying to ignore the way his eyes slowly dragged over every inch of my body before settling on my face again.
"I don't want to reject you. I have no intention of doing that." He clarified, but that didn't help my confusion, it only worsened it.
He doesn't want to reject me…?
I barked out a laugh, because that sounded like a joke to me.
"Please reject me and get this over with. I don't have time for silly jokes." I breathed out while staring up at him. I was still gripping the bar handles and when he reached for them as well, my heart climbed into my throat but I refused to pull my hands away because that would only mean that I was weak.
"Stop yapping about that so much. I'm not gonna reject you. As a matter of fact, I'm gonna accept you as my mate. What do you think about that?" He appeared as serious as I believed he could get but I still found myself gaping at him.
"You- you can't be serious! And how do you intend to do that? Form behind this cell?" I demanded, feeling very perplexed and lost.
I watched as his gaze wandered around the cell for a moment, an amused expression across his face before returning to my face.
"Oh, this? This isn't holding me back right now." He casually said, like he was talking about the weather and I gaped at him.
"It's not?" I whispered and he hummed right before his finger grazed mine around the bar, sending a zapping feeling through my finger and making me wrench my hands off the bars at once.
"Of course it's not. You think a stupid cell like this can hold me captive? Really? Give me some credits at least, gorgeous." He drawled and I felt my heartbeat start to fasten as I suddenly began to feel sweaty.
"Uh… what do you mean? I captured you, and brought you here…"
He tsked with a shake of his head.
"None of that is important right now anyway. What's important is that I'd like to know why you're sad right now." He questioned and I felt so taken aback by the question.
"What?"
"You smelt very sad when you came down here, almost like you were holding back tears, when you were supposed to be celebrating your successful capture of me, no? So why's that?"
I suddenly felt bared by his eyes, making me tense up.
"I don't know what you're talking about and my emotions are none of your concern." I snapped, wanting to take control of the situation, but he had other thoughts in mind.
"Oh, but it is. Since you're going to become my mate, it's of my concern." He stated like he genuinely believed those words and I found myself scoffing again.
"Alright, I'll prove it. What do you badly want me to do for you right now? I'll do it." He questioned and I stared at him for a few moments before rolling my eyes and resisting the urge to laugh. He was literally behind bars right now, what could he possibly do from there?
"Hm. Well, if you can kill my parents and my fiance who's currently getting married to my sister, that would certainly make me less sad." I said with an eye roll and while telling myself that my life would certainly be less complicated if my parents weren't in it.
I wasn't sure of what I expected, but this monster alpha telling me 'okay' was the last thing I expected.
"What do you mean by 'okay' when you're literally locked up…" I began to speak but ended up trailing off when right before my eyes, this monster alpha closed his eyes, and then he materialized out of the other side of the cell in the twinkle of an eye, standing beside me in the next moment.
"So, you were saying?" He drawled in that raspy voice of his and I almost fainted from shock.
~~~
"No, please no." I cried out but it was pointless because this alpha who was clearly way more powerful than my father and everyone else was aware of, kept walking towards the wedding venue, dragging me along.
I refused to show him the venue after he asked me, but he easily forced one of the palace guards to do that if he wanted to keep his head.
At the venue, a hush settled across the crowd as soon as our presence got noticed and I wanted to disappear into the earth. I was so stupid, I should have known it was too easy when I successfully captured this alpha and brought him back here.
My father almost had a panic attack on noticing the monster alpha, while my mother fainted.
"I didn't mean it when I said I wanted you to kill them, please." I tried again but the alpha glanced at me and rolled his blue eyes.
"Relax, gorgeous, I'm doing this because I also want to do this for myself." He said before dropping my hand, and he stalked forward, through the crowd of screaming people till he was cornering Chris who tried attacking him, but it was pointless because the monster alpha easily disabled him.
My father finally found his voice and ordered his guards to attack the monster alpha, but those ones were too scared to move. My father then stalked towards me and shoved me towards the monster alpha, ordering me to put it down at once.
My sister was screaming in the background and the whole wedding was a mess at this point. I rushed forward to where Chris was being strangled, but I ended up stumbling to a stop when the monster alpha almost tore Chris's hand from his shoulder while Chris screamed bloody murder.
My mouth hung open but no sound came out.
It was pure chaos around me. My father tried running but ended up tripping from fright. I stood in place, watching as the monster alpha stalked towards my father, his hands and bare chest bloodied.
I hurriedly interspersed his line, even though I was scared shitless.
"Please don't kill him." I cried out but he ignored me and didn't stop walking till I grasped his wrist and pleaded with him again.
He let out a loud sigh before staring down at my hands around his wrist.
"Fine, but you'll be coming back with me then." He declared and my mouth fell open just as I wrenched his hand away.
"What? The fuck I will!" I said vehemently, but before I could whirl away, he was grabbing my wrist and tugging me hard against his chest.
I screamed and tried fighting him off. I put the skills I spent years learning against him, but it was pointless because he easily rendered me powerless and draped me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, and then he marched out of the pack and while everyone watched.
~~~
At one point, I ended up passing out.
And when I woke up, imagine my shock when I came face to face with not one alpha, but three identical looking ones.
That wasn't the most shocking part.
The shocking part was that within my mind, I was instantly able to tell that they were also my mates.
Which means I didn't have one mate, but three.
What. The. Fuck.