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Chapter four

Chapter Four

Aria's POV

I step outside of the pack house with Susan by my side and the guard leading the way. The guard freezes right in front of a very tall and muscular figure, his head is bent low so I can barely take a glance at his face. His scent is very familiar and so does his short brown hair. Could I be mistaken or is that who I actually think it is.

"Who are you?" Susan yells at the man. He slowly raises his head up and I stagger backwards in shock as my eyes come in contact with a familiar pair of bright hazel eyes. Susan hastily grabs my arm before I can fall to the floor out of the shock at who is actually standing in front of me. Could I be dreaming or is this actually reality?

Lucas Seller stands in front of me with his hands tucked into the pockets of his suit pants. Our eyes lock gaze for a brief moment and i feel a spark of electricity course through my veins. A broad smile spreads on Lucas's face and his smile is enough to melt my heart.

No, do not fall for his charm. I dare not to. Who does he think he is and why is he here after three years of rejecting me and abandoning me to wallow in my own self misery and pain.

"Is he Lucas Seller?" Susan whispers softly into my ears but Lucas is able to hear it because of his werewolf ability to hear things and see things from a farther distance.

"That is correct. I am Lucas Seller. Alpha of the Silverfangs pack." Lucas says with a proud smirk playing on his lips. Did I just hear him say Alpha of the Silverfangs pack? Since when did Lucas become Alpha and what happened to the last Alpha of our pack?

"Did you just come here to list your achievements or what? I have no time to waste." Susan says with a scowl on her face.

"No no, not at all. I believe I stated my reasons to the guard earlier. I am here to see Aria." Lucas says with a straight face. How dare he though? After three long years? He finally wants to see me.

"Who do you think you are to request to see Aria? Who gave you the guts to even utter her name after everything you did to her years ago!" Susan yells at him. I just stand there, my entire body is frozen. I watch Susan fume in anger and i wish I could yell at Lucas too but I can not. I can not find myself even uttering a single word. I just stand frozen like an ice block and watch Susan shoot dagger glares at Lucas.

"I see that Aria has filled you in on everything that happened three years ago." Lucas says. He does not look slightly affected by Susan's outburst. He just keeps a straight face on and maintains total composure. I hate him for that though. I hate how I spent three years of my life crying over one boy, I lived those three years with insecurities and look at him, he looks good and has even acquired the highest position. Alpha Lucas. I shake my head at my pathetic self.

"Well, that is correct and for your information. Aria does not want to see you, now get out of my sight before I release the guards on you!" Susan snaps at him.

Lucas just scoffs and shakes his head. "I am sorry but I can not do that. I do appreciate you for helping me take good care of Aria and i owe you a lot but I can not just take my leave without having to speak with Aria." Lucas says.

Susan scoffs and throws her hands in the air. "You sure do have a loud mouth Alpha Lucas. Well I do not need your appreciation and as you can see, Aria is not willing to have a conversation with you." Susan snaps at him. She turns around to walk away but she freezes in her steps when she realizes that I am not following her lead.

"What are you doing Aria? Why are you not coming along?" Susan snaps at me. I release a heavy sigh and rub Susan's shoulder to calm her down.

"No Aria, no. I am not letting you to speak this guy. I mean look at him, he is still as nonchalant as ever." Susan says through gritted teeth while eyeing Lucas in disgust. I understand her and I know she is doing everything just for me but I need to talk to Lucas, I want to talk to him. I want to hear what he has to say. Does he feel bad for abandoning me? Does he want to apologize and plead that i let him back into my life? I want that honestly but I doubt that is what Lucas is here for.

So many questions swirl in my head and my curious self needs answers. I run a hand through my hair and give Susan pleading eyes.

"Please Susan, just let me hear what he has to say." I say. Susan scoffs and shakes her head at me in disbelief.

"Do whatever you want Aria but do not come crying to me when he hurts you again." Susan snaps at me and walks out of my sight. I release another sigh and make a mental note to apologize to her later.

I gulp a lump down my throat once I realize that Lucas and I are the only ones left. Susan took the guards along with her but I am sure there are some other guards lurking around the premises and watching us incase Lucas makes a funny move since well Susan does not trust him and neither do I.

"Hi Aria. How are you doing? Have you been good?" Lucas asks fiddling with his palms. Why does he suddenly look so nervous when he was clearly rocking the nonchalant attitude some minutes ago.

"Save me the pleasantries Lucas. You and I both know that is not why you are here. What do you want from me?" I snap at him. I chanel all the anger in me as I recall the memory of how Lucas had rejected me in the most hurtful words ever.

"Actually, I care about your well-being and I want to know how you have been doing for those past few years Aria, I want to know if you are still hurting." Lucas says. I scoff and shake my head at him. Care about me?

"If you did care about me and my well-being then why did you wait three long years before coming back to check on me? Answer that Lucas!" I yell at him. I bite my lower lip to hold back the tears that threaten to fall from my eyes. I do not want to appear weak in front of him, no. I do not want him to see me as the old Aria he used to know, weak, timid and childish. I want him to see me as a stronger version of myself.

"It is because I want you back Aria!"