Her Chosen Mate

Chapter Five

" Don't you dare hit her, when did you turn into a heartless person who maltreats a child,"

" Finley, she accused me of lying, and you are defending a child that is not even our child," I screamed, and Finley shook his head.

" Hazel is my child and will remain my child. Don't you ever say that she is not our daughter; she is our daughter and will continue to be our daughter" " he snares while pointing his fingers at me.

" This little girl has nothing to do with me and my children; she is w***d", I spat back at him, my eyes narrowed to a slit. " She is just a pain to this family, we don't need her in this family because she is trouble,"

" Don't you say another word again, you won't like it if someone spoke of your child that way," Finley warns me, his voice low and menacing. " Not another word, Eva. Hazel has no one, get it? She has no one, absolutely no one but you and I in this world; we are the ones she grew up to know as her parents; she was the motivation that kept you going when you were passing through the stress of the loss of your children. She gave you a reason to live every day, she was your lifeline when you lost all hope of ever having a child. I made a promise to the moon goddess that I was going to love and protect her and I am not going back on my promise, not even for you."

" You are just so blinded by your affection for her and refuse to see the reason why I am opposed to her staying with us, I hope she will not end up being your downfall," I said eerily, and Finley scoffed at me in disbelief.

" I'm done with this conversation," He sighed tiredly, he just got back from patrolling the pack to ensure it was safe. " I don't have enough energy to do this today, your kids are crying, so be a good mother and attend to them,"

"Do you see the problem here? You do not care about your children but you are willing to defend a child that is not yours," I accused him before storming angrily into the room to attend to my children.

Finley did not respond to me but went to get Hazel from where she was clawed up in fear as she watched us arguing because of her.

" Shhh! It is going to be fine, don't cry, daddy is here for you,"

I heard Finley say to Hazel, who continued to whimper while Finley gently patted her back to stop her from crying.

" I promise this is not going to happen again, I will make her stop hitting you," I heard him say.

" Mummy hates me and does not want me to play with my brothers," Hazel said while still choking from the tears running down her eyes.

" No, she doesn't hate you, she just had a lot going on in her head and trying to get over it," He explains to her.

I know Finley would want to erase such a thought from Hazel's head. At the same time, I also knew he was worried and would want to find a way to stop me, he wouldn't want the pack members to know that Hazel was not his child and I knew this might cause problems with the alpha, so the next thing he would do was to take Hazel away from the house which was my aim from the start anyway.

The next day, Finley took Hazel and registered her in a creche and told them at the creche that he would be the only one responsible for her and he would let them know if the arrangement changed. He was determined to keep Hazel safe and prevent his mate from maltreating her.

When he left the creche he decided to go to his sister before resuming his pack duties.

" Hello, sis," Finley greeted when he got to his sister's house.

Zoe, who was in the kitchen, came out with a bowl of steaming tomato soup.

" Fin, how are you and the kids? I hope you are getting well with the twins and Hazel, how is Eva taking things with Hazel?" She questioned him.

" The kids are okay, the only one I am having a problem with is Eva, I don't know my mate anymore," He said sadly to her

He could see that Zoe did not show any form of surprise to hear him say what he said because she had suggested that he should look for Hazel's parents but he had refused to give in to the suggestion because he had grown fond of Hazel and also promised the moon goddess that he would take care of her.

" I told you to look for her parents, I saw this coming but you allowed your love for Hazel to make the decision instead of considering my subjection, you are the cause of all the problems you are facing now," She says to him, but Finley felt she should know better

" I don't understand why she will suddenly go against Hazel being in the house with us, she has always shown love to Hazel and was always protective of her, why would she suddenly withdraw her love without considering that Hazel is only a child who needs love, I mean she was there for her when she had not a child of her own,"

Zoe looked at him; her twin brother was sad, which was not something she loved to see, so she tried to make him get out of the sour mood. " You know with the mate bond, Eva will have the feelings that Hazel is getting part of the love you are supposed to give her, she feels that all the attention should be for her, she doesn't see Hazel as her kid but a rival, so you need to speak to her so she understands that no one can take that love you have for her away," She advised him.

" Are you telling me that Eva is jealous of Hazel? Isn't that ridiculous? How can she even think of such a thing when she is the one I love the most in this world," He huffed and found it hard to believe that it was jealousy that was making her treat Hazel the way she did.

" She doesn't see it the way you do; Hazel is not her daughter, so she is a rival to her who is stealing her mate's love," Zoe explains to him, but Finley does not seem to understand why Eva would have such feelings towards a mere child.

" What do I do to make her know that she is my world," Finley finds it strange that Eva could think that he doesn't love her as much as he did before Hazel came into their life. He said in frustration because he didn't understand how he was going to handle the problem he was having with his mate.