The Mated Princess

Chapter 20: The aftermath

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**Aaron**

"I love you ...Amyra" he repeats.

Wh...What the hell just happened?

Did he propose Amyra?

I scratched the back of my neck with my hand, growing impatient.

My heart started racing with rage.

I ran my trembling hands over my hair.

My wolf was urging to come out and rip his throat.

How dare he confesses that he loves my mate?

I glanced at Amyra, but her eyes were fixed on Jeremy.

I will slit his throat, my wolf howled inside.

My paws were emerging instead of my hands.

I was on the verge to shift.

I closed my eyes, I heard my bones cracking and when I opened my eyes I saw my prey and lunged at him and pinned him down immediately.

Alex and Josh were yelling my name, but that didn't bother me, I wanted to rip his heart out.

"Aaron..." Amyra screeched her lungs out.

I scowled at her.

She looked terrified, her eyes wide and tears running down the cheeks.

Suddenly a sting of pain filled my heart.

Did I hurt her?

Fuck! What did I do?

I slowly retracted my paws from his neck.

Feeling guilty, I groaned. I ran away from everybody into the woods.

After running for some time, I stopped at a point. I felt soft grass beneath my paws so sat there looking at the moon.

Moon was almost full, tomorrow is full moon day.

Moon is serene, bestows peace, but my heart and mind were racing.

I heard the sound of leaves rustling, I turn to see Josh's wolf.

He had followed me.

I turned away from him.

We both sat there in silence for some time.

"Girls can be eerie sometimes," he says using mind link, I turn to look at him, his eyes were distant as if watching somewhere, and his thoughts were far.

What was he talking about?

"They want all the answers in the world, but they hardly give one".

Now I was intrigued by his talks.

Was he talking about his experience with his mate?

Was he drunk?

He usually doesn't talk about his mate who ditched him.

"But they want you to know everything that they are thinking before they even think of it?" he says still his eyes distant.

That was complicated.

After some time, he huffed and let out a long-suffering sigh.

Later he shifted and asked me to shift.

He handed my clothes.

"I hurt her," I say cursing myself.

Josh looked at me annoyed.

"You are a wolf, you are supposed to get furious and be possessive towards your mate, that's your nature. It's obvious that your wolf wanted to rip his throat off" he says exhaling sharply.

I sighed and nodded.

"But..." he cuts me off saying, "If she is oblivious to the fact how werewolves behave, then she has to know that. Don't jeopardize your relationship with her, just tell her the truth before time slips off your hands" he says.

He was right, this was becoming difficult for me to keep things from her.

I want to tell her...that I am her mate.

But what if she would have accepted Jeremy's proposal by now.

My heart started racing again.

"Give me your phone," I demanded Josh, he handed me the phone.

I dialed Alex to know what was the situation there.

"Yes Josh" he blurted.

"Alex...It's me, Aaron, what's happening there?" I ask eagerly.

He sighed.

"As usual she is angry on you," he says retaining the information and relishing the moment.

"Get to the point," I say without giving him another moment to relish.

"Bad news for you. She said she needs time to reply to his proposal but she also said that she doesn't want to hurt him" he says.

"s**t!" I said.

"Ya...shit!" he repeats.

"But I have to tell you something, can you both meet me?" he asked.

I remembered that we were supposed to go check on rogues, and all this happened.

I am losing control over myself.

I should solve this thing and concentrate on my pack.

"We will," I said and hung the call.

I dialed Dad's number.

"Hello"

"Dad...it's me"

"How are you son?" he asks which I ignored, not wanting to lie him.

"Dad...what about rogues? sorry I was distracted" I apologized immediately.

"It was a rumor, few said that they spotted rogues, but when we inspected there, we didn't find anything, no scent, no footprints, nothing was available to prove that they had trespassed," he says.

"What if they had masked the scents and removed the footprints?" I asked him in surprise. How can somebody just spread the rumor? No there should be something more to this.

"We are looking into that, but nothing serious nobody is harmed, all pack members are safe and all our resources too. So don't worry. I will take care here" he says.

I feel so embarrassed for making him responsible when I should be the one to take care of the situation and my pack.

I hand over the phone to Josh.

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**Alex**

I know there was something wrong, my instinct can't lie.

I had somehow pacified Amyra about what had happened.

But I don't think it was working.

She was very furious about Aaron.

However I didn't see Jeremy after that incident, I don't know where he disappeared.

I wanted to talk about him with Amyra, but the way things went with Aaron, things may go south. So I just shut my mouth and wait for Aaron to show up.

When they came, I poured them the drinks and we sat on the couch in the balcony facing the moon.

Aaron's eyes were scanning all around.

I tried to ignore it but couldn't "She has slept," I say eyeing at him and handing him a glass of scotch.

He shook his head taking the glass.

"Stay here, it's already late," I say glancing at both of them.

"I can't stay here," says Aaron gulping the contents of the glass.

"She has not replied to him yet, why are you behaving like a teenager who has fallen in love just now?" says Josh with a pitying look.

Aaron glares at Josh annoyingly.

I can't contain laughter, I burst out.

They both glances at me and I rub the bridge of my nose to stop my chuckles.

"You wanted to talk about something?" asks Aaron, his eyebrows knitted together.

I pour one more peg into his glass.

"Ya...regarding Jeremy," I say.

His expression changes and honestly, I can't read it.

"I think Jeremy is dark and cloudy".

"His aura is different, the air around him is dark and dangerous".

"I feel he is not human".

"I am worried about Amyra," I say and look at them to see their surprised faces.

"What do you mean?" asks Aaron, his eyes wide.

"I'm not sure, he just disappeared after what happened between you both. I have a weird feeling, which usually won't be wrong" I say.

"He is not a werewolf for sure," I say eyeing at them and slightly giving them a hint that he is some supernatural being.

They glance at each other first and then they look at me.

"Then we have to apprise Amyra about this," says Josh looking concerned.

I just sway my head from right to left twice.

"She can be impulsive and can go opposite completely and I can't risk that. We need proof" I say glaring at them.

"She doesn't believe your words?" asks Josh stupidly and later his expression softens.

How should I tell him? "She believes me but Jeremy is that person who she knew since childhood", I say feeling awkward.

I glanced at Aaron, he was in deep thought.

"What do we do now?" I ask looking at Aaron.

A scream startles all of us, we all glance at each other.

"Amyra," I call running towards her room.

Aaron and Josh follow me.

I broke the door. Josh stays near the door.

I and Aaron move inside.

"Amyra," I call out her.

She is still asleep but she is panicking, she is sweating and panting heavily.

"Amy...Amy...open your eyes. You are having a nightmare" I say holding her hand sitting beside her on her bed.

But she doesn't open her eyes.

"Leave me..." she screams again and starts sobbing.

I glare at Aaron.

He looks astonished.

I move away from the bed leaving her hand.

I gesture at Aaron to sit beside her.

He sat beside her holding her hand.

she immediately stops sobbing leaving little hiccups.

"Amyra, I'm here right beside you," he says stroking her hair.

She calms down and her breaths become slow and steady.

Realizing, I slowly leave the place and close the door behind me.