The Alpha's princess mate

18-heartbroken once again

-Naysha-

Naysha was once again left alone in the middle of a big crowd. And even more people were joining the party with every passing minute. She wouldn't mind dealing with so many people on any other day-but tonight wasn't such a case. She was too emotionally exhausted to keep up this careless happy face.

She was also getting more and more anxious by the minute. Seth was definitely somewhere among these people, she could feel his gaze on her-as weird as it sounded even to herself- from somewhere in the room, but she couldn't spot him. She could only somewhat sense his presence in the room and that was more than enough to send butterflies to her stomach.

And Anya, her last chance of surviving this night, was gone! She sighed and headed to the open bar that was set up in the middle of the room, serving drinks to the guests. It was a big round one, like the ones you'd expect to see in a posh club, not in the middle of a ballroom, even one as vast as this one. Anya had definitely went overboard with this party, but would it even be her if she didn't build her own club inside her house for her birthday?!

She ordered a cocktail from the barman. Without Anya there to lift her spirits, a drink could be her only source of courage. But as soon as she was handed the colourful glass and lifted her head to take a sip, she spotted Seth.

On the other side of the bar.

With a gorgeous brunette clinging onto his arm.

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-Seth-

Of course he knew the exact moment that Naysha had set her magnificent foot in the room, her intoxicatting sense seemed to be all over the place. And once again he was restless, Hunter crying out in his head, begging to go closer. Of course, even if he had no sense of smell, he could still tell when she arrived at this boring party, because every f***ing men's gaze in the room had turned towards her the minute she stepped in.

And of course,he was furious about that. If he could, he would kill every single one of them for giving such lustfull looks at his mate. He couldn't blame them though, she was breathtaking as always, with her long hair falling long and straight and shinny like the moon at night in her back and her sexy legs being exposed by that chic yet quite revealing party dress she was wearing. All he could think about was touching her, kissing her smouth skin and her juicy lips.

But that was all he was thinking about for the past days, anyway. And he was fumming. His sanity was slowly turning to smoke as he progressively found it harder and harder to stay away from her. And on top of that, he was mad as hell at himself for breaking her heart the other day. He had completely trashed his room and office, not a single item was left unbroken. He could feel her pain, even more intensely due to the mate bond and he would never forgive himself for making her feel this way.

Even now, all this way from across the room he could see the sorrow in her eyes. He could feel the ball of tears in the back of her throat.

He hated lying to her about having another woman in his life. How could he even lay his eyes on anyone but her? Since the first time he had seen her at that party, she was the only woman in his mind. No one could compare. But when she had asked him about it, he had realised that this was the only way to keep her away from him. To get her to stop fighting for something more to occur between them. To stop fighting for them.

He had regreted it the very moment he had said it. That painful look on her face would haunt him for the rest of his life. Hunter hadn't spoken to him since either, and that was the first time that he had ever gone that long without talking to his wolf. It was messing even more with his head, making him weaker. Even during trainning he was failling horribly.

And then on top of everything Anya's birthday had came up. And he had to go to her birthday party. Part of him wanted to avoid it, his presence would only make Naysha feel worse. Plus, he was in no mood to party. But he also couldn't stay away. He needed to see her even from across the room, like she was some kind of drug and he needed his fix. He had swore not to go near her, though, nor talk to her. She had been through enough already and she was too sensitive. He would only allow himself to look at her, he wasn't worthy of anything more than that.

But, as he was stalking her from the other side of the bar, hidden in the crowd, Leiny had shown up out of the blue. He had broken things with her several months ago, before he had even met Naysha. She was too superficial and self-centered to be by his side as a future Luna to the pack or even a mistress for just his pleasure. But she didn't seem to get it, as here she was, once again throwing herself to him as if nothing had changed between them. And then, when he raised his eyes to look at Naysha one more time, right when Leiny had maken a move on him for what seemed to be the millionth time, Naysha saw them.

He immediately pussed Leiny's arm away from him. But it was too late. Naysha had disappeared in the crowd.