Fated to the Alpha

Chapter 9

Athena's pov

I had no idea why both of them had invaded my room in the middle of the night like this, but I was soon about to find out. Isabella stepped forward with a smug satisfaction written all over her face that metamorphosed into a fake pity.

"Sister, I can understand that you must have been lonely all this time, but I didn't think that you would go too far as to sleeping with the guards,"

I allowed her words to swim into my mind, and as the wheels turned, the horror on my face appeared instantly. I had been so eager to gather information, I did not think about how all of this would end up turning against me.

But all this time, Raphael had been given his attention to Isabella, so I didn't think that they would care what I was doing at night, but it seemed I was dead wrong. Raphael looked like many things right now, but unbothered was not one of them, he was enraged and his entire face was covered with anger. There was not much I could do to change his mind or push away his fury.

He wasn't even listening much; it seemed like he had already come here with the intent to punish me.

Ironic how both of them were already sleeping together, and yet he wasted no time to come over here once he had the fake sniff of infidelity; perhaps it was his own subconscious stabbing him for what he knew he was doing.

"Athena, are you at least going to have the shame to admit to what you have been doing all these nights? You even called in my beta, asking meaningless questions, probably hoping for something else to come out of it. I'm sure you must have been disappointed when he didn't show the kind of interest you were hoping for,"

In that moment, something bitter slipped into my mouth, but I didn't speak immediately because I knew what I would say would enrage Raphael in a way I could not handle.

Even with what the Beta had told him, he had not been able to put two and two together to find out that I wanted to leave. I guess he was used to me being his loyal lap dog, who came quickly and eagerly to take his crumbs of affection without hesitation.

It did not even remotely cross his mind that one day I would get fed up of being treated like trash, that one day I would finally decide to run away, and pick me instead of always treating him as best as I could only to be maltreated in return . It did not even cross his mind just for a single second that I could feel that way, and as much as it was saddening, it was also liberating because I knew by the time he found out I was gone, the shock of it would really hit him hard, and he would understand then that I was no longer the same woman who took everything he did to me with a blind and foolish smile.

"I wasn't sleeping with any of them. I was just curious about the things I asked him for, and the other guards too-"

I was hardly even finished before he pushed me so hard that I hit the floor with a thud. My eyes went wide and panic struck my face. I almost admitted in that moment that I was pregnant but quickly clamped my lips shut.

Useless I was looking forward to being his prisoner for the rest of my life, there was no way I could let him find out that I was pregnant right now. I had to keep that secret until I was out of this place and if he found out, one way or another, at least I would have a chance of keeping my freedom. Even as panic filled my mind, I had to endure the pain while my heart raced so fast. But something told me that my baby was strong, strong enough that the fall wouldn’t have hurt them.

He came towards me, the rage spilling off his body and melting into his aura.

If anyone had all the audacity in the world, it was definitely split between him and my sister, Isabella. Both of them were having an affair, and it's not like they made much of an effort to even hide it anyway. They were already acting like lovers, even though he would become enraged whenever I implied anything remotely close concerning both of them, even if it was the truth.

And now, even when there wasn’t an actual affair on my end and he had not really been able to confirm anything, he was quick to accuse me, quick to call me names.

The trust he had in me was just so little that it infuriated me. After all the time I had been loyal, you'd think that the least he owed was the benefit of doubt. But he was so quick to swoop in and imagine the worst about me. It made me realize there had really been no points in loving him at all. All the years I had wasted on him had truly been for nothing.

"No meals for you for the next 3 days..." He said, his voice unchanging and stiff, "that is only because I did not catch you in bed with them. For now, I will just take it that you were inviting them at inappropriate hours to your bedroom. You even told me that you had a fever tonight, and it was only to invite another guard. I will overlook this only once, but if you make this mistake again, I will not forgive you one more time,"

He said it like he was being so generous. But he wouldn't have to worry because I wouldn't make such a mistake again.

It was time for me to leave.