Scarlett's Second Chance Mate

Chapter 4: Tailing my mate (2)

KAEL’S POV

I sat still all through the night, reminiscing on the pain, guilt, and anger that had enveloped me after my face-off with the Alpha of the Deadly Howler’s Pack.

I dug my fingers into my palms as I imagined all the things I could have been if only my path to success was not obstructed.

As the day broke, I stood up and opened the door, only to see the one who had vowed to give me a tough time. Weirdly, I felt nothing but relief the moment our eyes met.

I was the first to speak up, “Isn’t it too early? Or has Master Zephyr suddenly sacked you?”

She gazed into my eyes as though searching for something hidden, “I wasn’t able to get your name, do you mind telling me?”

I left the door ajar and walked back inside, “I’m Kael. Kael Anders, a wolf like you”

At that point, I suddenly wished she’d say something else but she stood up to leave. I looked in surprise and wondered why she would come this far, only to head back after hearing my name.

“Will you just leave like that? Is that how it’s done in your pack?”

I batted my eyes and hoped that she’d sit, but no--- I got the latter. Seeing how reluctant she was to sit or leave, I decided to find out a little about her.

“What’s your name?”

She gazed innocently and replied, “I’m Scarlett Flynn from the Bloody Keepers Pack.” She eventually sat down, thereby causing me to heave a sigh of relief.

Scarlett gazed around the room and suddenly asked with a hint of suspicion in her voice, “Why do you have weapons hanging on different corners of your room? Apart from being a werewolf, what else are you?”

I glared at the weapons and felt my mood switch up immediately, “You shouldn’t have asked about that”

She looked surprised and twitched her eyes in shock. As we basked in the silence that followed, I suddenly looked at her and was surprised to see her eyes fixated on me.

Subconsciously, we muttered the word ‘MATE’ in unison. I felt a throbbing pain in my chest and my head. I held my head with both hands and buried it inside my pillow.

I clenched my fists and immediately regretted my actions. “No! Not again. I do not want to!”

I suddenly regained myself and looked at Scarlett. The latter had tears dripping down her eyes.

Unexpectedly, she stood up and cried, “I always wondered why I was intensely drawn to you, why you had a scent that was special to me, why I always wanted to be around you, and why I felt this pain in my chest whenever I set my eyes on you”

“I finally found the reason, but just like the rest, you already showed your dislike for me. I understand that you might have your reservations, but I didn’t force myself to do any of the things I’ve done”

As tears slid down her eyes, I felt my heart throbbing in pain. I spoke while feeling nothing but regret, “It’s not you Scarlett, it’s me. I’m sorry for causing you so much pain, the same way you least expected it, that’s the same way I did too. I never imagined that I’d be in a situation like this, at least not now”

Scarlett wiped her flowing tears and ran out of the house without saying a word. I lay down on the bed and placed my hand on my chest, in a bid to suppress the pain I felt.

It was obvious that the Moon Goddess was out to punish me for things I knew and things I didn’t know. My past mates had rejected me all because I was just not worth it. I was just not smart, good-looking, and rich enough as many would say.

Scarlett’s tears raised a different emotion in me, causing me to feel worse than when I was mocked, rejected, and kicked out of different mating ceremonies. The first time I got hurt was when my supposed mate, Stephanie, outrightly rejected me and jumped into the arms of the Alpha.

I tried fighting for the one my heart yearned for, the one I had assumed to be good for me, the one I never wanted to do without. I ended up getting stabbed countlessly and eventually got my name, dragged in the mud.

The same scenario repeated itself after I had accepted Stephanie’s rejection. I finally got mated to a teacher in the Deadly Howler’s Pack.

We were what the humans would call ‘compatible’. It looked like all was going smoothly until the night we were supposed to mate and be glued to each other with the bond. Rosa had my superior, the Gamma, walk in on us in the middle of the night, and ran off with him after rejecting me in his presence.

Due to the torture, I got from the Gamma’s men, my colleagues, I forcefully accepted the rejection and was compelled to send her off with rare artifacts I was able to gather after winning different battles.

As if all these were not enough, Stephanie made my life in the pack, a living hell. I eventually got stripped of my position, dignity, authority, and all that I had in me.

The Alpha and the Beta worked tirelessly until they got reasons to send me out of the pack. I rubbed my eyes with my hands and wished that Scarlett would understand that she wasn’t the problem but me.

Soon after I had done this, I stood up and looked through the window with renewed zeal, “I don’t care what you do or say, Moon Goddess. I’m never going to be guilt-tripped by another woman. I’ll never let another supposed mate make me miserable and strip me of the remaining dignity that I managed to maintain”

I suddenly punched the mirror and ended up shattering it with my wrist.

“I Kael Anders would never be vulnerable to you, Scarlett….