Mate by Fate, Bound by Love

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Claire’s POV

I pretended to cough as I tried raising my head to sit upright to look at my dad, Adrian and the physician

Adrian came running to assist me to sit up. I was happy at the way he looked caring.

“Thank you,” I said to Adrian

“I am sorry for causing a reason for you guys to worry” I apologised

“Oh no, Claire, this isn’t your fault,” Adrian said, gently placing his hands on my shoulders.

“Claire, are you alright? Do you need to rest for a bit? There’s no need to rush,” my dad said, his voice filled with concern.

“Yes, Claire,” Adrian added, “it can wait until you’ve fully recovered. We’re not in any hurry.”

“Where’s Lena?” I asked pretending not to know about what happened.

“Humm, Claire you don’t need to worry about that now” Adrian said

“What do you mean I don’t need to be worried?” I said, feigning annoyance.

“What’s most important is that you get better, don’t worry yourself about her,” Adrian said

“She escaped,” came Dad’s voice from where he was sitting.

“Escaped! How?” I asked

“You don’t have to worry about that Claire just worry about getting better, focus your energy on healing faster,” Adrian said

“How do you expect me to do that when she’s the reason why I am like this?” I said in an annoying tone.

“What do you mean by that Claire?” Adrian asked

“Are you trying to say she abducted you? ” asked my father

“Technically, she wasn’t the one who did it, but it was because of her that I was abducted.” I paused, searching Adrian’s face for any sign of emotion, but he gave nothing away. With no choice but to continue, I pressed on.

“I was attacked by wolves from her pack”

“What did you just say?” Adrian asked

I repeated what I said earlier, I could see traces of anger appearing on his face.

I continued

“After I left the execution room where decided to take a stroll to the gardens and then to the street just so I could Claire my head because Adrian had raised his voice on me and I wasn’t happy about that ”

I paused for some minutes looking at Adrian, but I could see his sorry face looking away.

Yes, I felt like I was finally getting him completely. I had never seen Adrian give such a face before; well, he had given such an expression to Lena earlier when she came here, and he was all lovey-dovey because they were mates.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

But right now I was happy seeing that face for me.

“I was out strolling down the street when I felt hijacked by someone from into an hidden corner my face was covered, I couldn’t struggle because they had something like a drug inside the hood so immediately I inhaled the gas I dozed off”

“I was taken deep inside the forest where I was tied down and beaten repeatedly asking me to tell them where lena was, but I couldn’t as I didn’t want to betray my pack, I told them that I would rather die than to give out the location of where Lena is as it would make Me be nothing different from lena A SPY”

“You should have just told them where she was, so they could come here and then we would defeat them here”

“And risk being defeated my the enemy? No I wouldn’t do that I would rather die”

“Are you trying to say we are weak?” Adrian said in a slightly aggressive tone.

“No but don’t forget they would be coming to meet you all unprepared, I couldn’t risk that”

Adrian was about to say something but I interrupted.

“They were contemplating coming in by midnight to slay every single one in the pack, I heard it after day where tired of beaten me and putting so many injuries on my bodies”

“How did you escape from there?” ADRIAN ASKED

‘SHIT’ I didn’t think about how I was gonna narrate this part to make it so convincing. I began to rack my brain to check of ideas or things to say, I couldn’t say I awakened my wolf and killed them all.

It was gonna look so suspicious, I knew Adrian was vulnerable but he wasn’t stupid he’s going to catch on quick that I was lying so I had to be careful.

I began to act like I was feeling pains all over my body

“That’s not really important now we need to allow her rest the most important is that she’s back safe and sound” my dad said.

“Oh that’s very true I am sorry I am stressing you, asking too much questions, I am glad you are back here”

He hugs me so tight. Oh, how I missed his warm embrace.

“Now have a good rest and then you will be fine after that I promised to find Lena and those people who did this to you and bring them to justice” Adrian assured me

“One more thing,” I said

I needed to erase every shred of doubt Adrian had about Lena being a spy. I decided to tell him everything-starting from the very first night they met at the club, where they had their one-night stand. It was all part of their plan.

“They’ve been plotting to destroy you and this pack long before you even met Lena. That night at the club wasn’t fate-it was arranged.”

Adrian’s face darkened as he asked, “What about the mate bond?”

“The mate bond was a coincidence,” I replied, keeping my tone steady. “They saw it as an opportunity and used it to their advantage. I even heard a rumour… someone said the child Lena is carrying might belong to the alpha of their pack.”

I was hoping Adrian would take the bait, but disappointment hit hard when he didn’t.

“That’s impossible. I’m a wolf. I’d know if the child wasn’t mine.”

“It was just a rumour,” I quickly added, trying to soften the blow.

“Don’t say such things. That child is mine, and mine alone,” Adrian snapped, his voice full of conviction.

He left the room, clearly angry, but not with Lena as I had intended. Instead, his frustration was directed at me. I had hoped to turn his anger toward her, but all I managed to do was make him furious with me once again.