Alpha Kian And His Captive Mate novel Chapter 17

~Kian~

I heard Nyla shut the door and secure the deadbolt as I walked back to my room.

She has been locking her room pretty secure ever since the night I sneaked in after 2 AM to lie down next to her. I expected her to be tired and passed out completely, but she seemed to know about my intrusion that night. So glad she never confronted me about it.

I'm doing a lot of stupid things these days and hoping no one notices the change in me. My wolf is completely out of control since the day I met her. I forgot how to fucking think when I first saw her. It has been a while that my heart beats so fast for someone.

Seeing her cry twisted my stomach. I'm very well aware of the pain that comes when the mate bond breaks and the fact that I was the one to cause all that pain made me loathe my existence.

When she asked me to spare her friend, I obeyed her without thinking. She is trouble for sure.

My beta won't stop asking why I let her friend go while we were heading home. I was struggling to not look at Nyla, and Ryder was giving me shit about a lost chance to fuck Nyla's friend. It's not like he has a dearth of women. My beta and gamma have changed half the packhouse into a brothel.

"She's a human and clearly outnumbered. Why do you want to kill someone so weak and helpless?"

"That bitch ain't weak. She almost got my throat, and I would have been dead if I wasn't fast enough. She was too distracted about keeping that damsel friend of hers safe. Can you imagine how fucking awesome taming someone like that in bed would be? You got that damsel for yourself but asked me to let the hotter one go."

He won't stop complaining until the chopper touched the ground. I made sure I gave clear instructions to Ren while Ryder was around. I told her Nyla would be a kitchen maid but only mine to fuck.

Rex is going nuts. He yearns for his mate all day and seems to be in pain when he sees her red, swollen eyes. He knows giving the baby back to her will look suspicious to anyone who pays attention, but he was so agitated until I gave in. Keeping her alive already looks suspicious enough to my dad even when he doesn't know she was Wyatt's Luna.

Wyatt was a friend once upon a time when I did not care about taking over pack responsibilities and making my own rules. Both my brother and I avoided brute force and slaughtering packs back then, and I didn't care about who ruled what. Both my dad and Leah's dad believed I should be the alpha to take over the pack after my dad.

Leah was pregnant, and I wanted to be by her side even after my brother died and when it was my job to take charge of things that my dad was too old to tackle. My dad hated Leah for the effect she had on me. He told me many times that a woman should make a man soft-hearted but not weak.

Leah never made me feel weak. I just lacked the ambition to dominate others. My mate's safety was a bigger priority, and I believed all these petty conquests and power struggles came at a cost, jeopardizing Leah's life.

There's a rumor that it was my dad who got Leah killed by sending me away. I still don't know if he really is the culprit because mom also died that day. My dad is power hungry but not cruel enough to sacrifice his own mate to get rid of Leah.