Ice Princess and the Alpha

Chapter 7-Family Discovery

Chapter 7

POV - (Valerio)

I left her on the balcony and walked away. I had to clear my head after my encounter with my beautiful mate. I felt destroyed inside. I was having a hard time wrapping my mind around her reaction. What am I supposed to do now? Have I lost her forever; would she reject me? What would my pack think of their Alpha, if his mate did not want him? What was wrong with me? Why did I not wrap her in my arms and kiss her tears away? What is wrong with me? What the f**k am I going to do now? So many thoughts running through my mind. So, loss in my own mind, I did not realize I was walking towards the Lake. There was a stone bench sitting in front of the lake. I took a seat on the bench and stared out at the lake; I looked across the lake and noticed the moon shining down on the lake, causing a glorious glow in the center of the lake.

I whispered softly, "Moon goddess, if you can hear me; I really do need your help." "What am I going to do to win Aluma Kianna Griffin over?" Sadly, I dropped my head in my hands.

Aero was whimpering, "Markus, you are a good man; we will have our mate. Do not disparate."

"Aero, I sure hope you are right. I have a lot of love and desire for her already. It is killing me to be away from her right now. I want to storm into the castle and take her home. But we need to be careful, we need to find out what is going on with her. We need to protect our mate with our life. She comes first above all things. What we want does not matter any longer; we need to be understanding to her feelings."

"Yes, I agree. This is the reason I know you are a good man and we will make our mate happy, Markus. You will put our mate above all things; so will I. She will love us, you will see."

"I sure hope so, Aero!"

To be honest, this was not how I imagined it would be like when we meant our beautiful mate. Damn, this is Gabriel’s sister. Aluma Kianna Griffin was my mate and she was a princess. What had happened to cause my mate to react to me the way she did? Was I an ass to her when I walked away? Should I have stayed there to see if she would talk to me? Why was I so angry when I saw her cry? What is wrong with me? Damn, I have maded a mess of everything?

Mind-linking Regin and Frank.

"Reign, I need you to find out everything you can about Princess Kianna? Setup a meeting with Gabriel" I need to talk to Gabriel and find out what is going on with my princess. "Reign, do not tell Gabriel we are mates yet. I will tell him."

"Frank, see what you can find out about Princess Kia." "Find out who her friends are, what she likes to do." " Keep us being mate quiet for now."

" What's going on, Markus?" asked Reign. "Are you not with the princess?"

"Reign, no questions and do what I asked." I said growling.

"Sure thing!" replied Reign.

"It will be my pleasure, Markus, to find out as much as I can about our Luna," said Frank, with a chuckle.

I groaned. Will I get help from Gabriel to win my mate or am I screwed?

POV-(Kia)

(In Kia's bedroom)

"Doctor Monroe, what is wrong with my daughter? Why did she faint?'" asked Val.

"Let me take a look, Val?" said Dr. Monroe

"Gabriel and Ry, what exactly what happened when Kia mind-linked you? "Tell us everything," asked Leo.

"Dad, Kia mind-linked me and asked for help. Kia sounded panicked and scared. I had never heard her sound this way in her entire life. I knew something was major wrong and we needed to get to her" said Ry.

"Same here, Kia mind-linked, I could tell she was really upset. Kia did not say why she was upset or what was wrong. She just asked us for help. There was no time," said Gabriel.

"This does not make any sense to me. Kia was dancing and smiling, appeared to be having a good time. What could have happened to her to cause her to faint in such a short time?" I do not understand, thought Val.

Shit! Should I tell them what I said to Baxter? Could this be what happen to my sister? Surely, I was not the reason my sister fainted, not over Baxter. Did Kia find out? I did threatened Baxter, told him to stay the f**k away from my sister? I was only trying to protect my sister. f*****g Baxter loves to prey on beautiful women and he is the biggest playboy. His attention is not pure, I would not let him take my innocent sister's heart and break it into a thousand pieces. I would not allow him to use my sister. I am her brother and it is my job to protect her from men like him. The asshole tried to tell me his attention was pure; he would not damage her reputation. He respected her a lot and she was my sister. He also respected me and would never damage our friendship. What was I supposed to do with this information? thought Gabriel. Should I tell Mom and Dad or should I wait until Kia wakes up to tell us why she was upset? I think I am going to wait until she wakes up, then I will go from there; thought Gabriel.

"Leo and Val, I would like to do some tests? If it is OK, I need to take a couple of blood samples? However, I think Kia was really distraught and the stress caused her to faint. But I want to be safe and make sure this is the case." Said Dr. Monroe.

"Yes, of course. Do what you need to do, Dr. Monroe." said Leo

I was coming too and I realized I was lying on my bed in my bedroom. Dad, Mom, Gabriel, Ry and Dr. Monroe is in my bedroom having conversations back and forth. I couldn't tell what they were really saying. Oh goddess, what am I going to say to them? What will be their reactions when they find out I have found my mate? What will they expect from me? What am I going to do? I want to keep this information to myself for right now. I needed to process all that had happened. I felt so ashamed at this very moment.

I heard Dr. Monroe said, "Kia is coming too." Everyone came around my bed when I opened my eyes.

"Kia, are you okay?" asked Mom.

"Sweetheart, what happened?'' asked Dad

Dr. Monroe, Gabriel and Ry were waiting for me to say something. What do I say to them? The disgrace and embarrassment of crying and fainting. I felt so awkward and humiliated.

"Hey, I am sorry. I am fine." I whispered out. It was the only thing I could think of saying. I tried to sit up and felt a little dizzy.

"Honey, you do not look fine; you are really pale. Can you tell us what happened? asked Dad.

I could not look them in the eyes. I was mortified and ashamed. I looked down at my hands with my head down.

"I am so sorry; I have caused such a big commotion." "I am sorry for worrying everyone. "Gabriel and Ry, I should not have mind-linked you."" I really do not want to talk about it right now and I am fine."

"What do you mean you do not want to talk about it right now?' Dad and Mom said. Gabriel and Ry are looking at me in shock with scolding looks on their faces.

My bottom lip started to quiver. I felt like I was going to cry again. What is wrong with me? I am not some feeble, fragile, pathetic person. Get a grip Kia! Stop acting like an inadequate i***t. I raised my head up and looked at my family and said,

"Dad, Mom, Gabriel and Ry, thank you and I love you very much. I would not be who I am today without you." I raised my chin a little higher, my stubborn side came out and I was determined to get through this embarrassment. "However, I am not ready to talk about what happened. I need to have some time before I can discuss what happened. I am asking you to understand for now and give me space."

"Kia, now is not the time to be pig-headed!" said Gabriel.

"No, Kia, I cannot not believe you are going to try to sit there and not tell us what happened. I want the reason why you fainted, young lady," said Dad. He raised his voice.

"This is NOT acceptable, Kianna!"' You are my daughter and fainted on the balcony crying your eyes out." "We need to know what happened to cause you to be so upset and faint. We are NOT leaving this bedroom until you tell us, young lady, what happened." "This is NOT open to discussion." " I would suggest you start explaining to us right now!" Mom was furious. I had never seen her lose control of her temper. I knew I had lost the battle. My family would not leave me alone or let this go.

"Sis, you have scared us to death!" "Do not expect us to let this go." said Ry.

My lip started quivering; I looked at my family. I took a deep breath.

I said in a low whisper. "I found my mate?"

The whole room gasps. I lowered my head and kept staring at my hands. Here we go.

"Who? said everyone together.

"Leo and Val, I believe I will take my leave and let your family talk to Kia in private." said Dr. Monroe

"Yes, thank you Dr. Monroe." said Leo

"Kia, when you get to feeling better, I would like you to come by my offices. We need to do a full check?" Dr. Monroe said.

"OK, thank you Dr. Monroe." I said, still looking at my hands. Dr. Monroe went to the door and left. As soon as the door shut, everyone turned their eyes on me.

"Kia, we are waiting." said Dad.

"I do not know who he is. I did not ask."

"What are you taking about Kia?" my mom could not believe it.

How did I explain to them I freaked out? I did not speak a word to him. I just stood there, no, not one single word came out of my mouth. I did not ask him his name. He had a black mask on. I did not even know what his name was. Oh, I remember every detail about him but I did not know his name.

"I did not ask him his name," I whispered.

"I cannot believe you, Kianna! You found your fated mate and you did not even ask him his name. What happen? Where is he? What did you do, Kia?" Mom said. She was outraged and angry.

I know mom was recalling our earlier conversations about the chosen mate verse the fated mate bond. Of course, she thought I wanted to reject him. Do I really want to reject him?

I could not hold my emotions any longer. I was appalled and horrified at my behavior. I started sobbing. I grappled at my pillow and buried my head in it. I could not take the disappointed looks of my family any longer. My heart was breaking, my whole life had just changed. I do not know what to do. I cannot believe I did not know his name. What did my mate think of me? Did he still want me or would he reject me for behaving the way I did? Did I care if he rejected me? Was this my way out of the fated mate bond?

"Kia, honey, what can we do to help you?" asked Mom.

I raised my head up and said, "Please let me rest; I need time to process?"

"Sure, we will speak in the morning," said Dad.

Everyone started walking out of my bedroom. When the door shut behind them, I lay in my bed for what felt like hours and cried my eyes out. I did not feel like I had one single tear left in my body. Aura had been quiet this whole time. I am at least thankful for that. I finally pushed myself off my bed and went to my closet to get my pajamas and change out of my beautiful dress. I rushed to the bathroom and washed my face. My eyes were red and swollen. I looked awful. I was exhausted and I wanted to crawl back to bed and forget about today like it never happened. I walked out the bathroom, raised the covers, crawled into my bed and started crying again. Exhaustion finally took over and I fell asleep.