The Alpha’s Human Mate

A week later, Louise was buried.

Ellie kept living in Alex’s house. She became so silent that the only thing she did was to eat and go back to bed. Even the food she ate was monitored by Alex; she had refused to perform her normal activities; it was like she was just living in a dead body.

Alex did not for once leave her sight, thinking that she might hurt herself. He had to work from home just to be by her side.

That afternoon, he was working in his study room. He had just finished eating dinner with Ellie, but he had important work he had to finish. As usual, Ellie went to the room to sleep.

She laid back on the bed, looking up to the ceiling, before closing her eyes to sleep, but it didn’t take long before she heard a loud ring. She sat up immediately and looked around for her phone.

She checked the number calling her. “Who’s this?” She said to herself before receiving the call. Hello.

“Hello, Ellie. It’s Sam.” She heard the person say it over the phone. Sam! She called out, removing the phone from her ear to check the strange number. “What did I tell you the last time? I said, I don’t want to ever have anything to do with you. I’m not interested in any of your games!” She screamed at him. She had made up her mind not to talk to him again because of his obsession with killing Alex. She was about to hang up when she heard. “Please listen to me, Ellie. I know who killed your parents.”

“Is this one of your plans to tell me again that Alex killed my parents? You really have no shame, Sam.”

“No, Ellie. You have to believe me. The one who killed your parents is none other than the head of the rogues.”

“The head of the rogues?”

“You have to believe me.”

“Why?!” Ellie scoffed. She was still having doubts about believing him.

“Because they’re also after my life, Ellie. Listen. I know I’ve wronged you; I’ve been lying to you ever since I met you, but that was because of the revenge I wanted for my parents, and I’m sorry, but more sorry for myself because I lost a wonderful friend.” He said that, but Ellie just sighed. “Just tell me where you are.”

“I’m sorry, but it’s too late. I wish you all the best in life, Ellie.” He said, wincing in pain.

“Just tell me where you are, Sam. I’ll tell Alex to come get you.” She said, but it was as if the guy did not hear her. Instead, he said before hanging up. “Don’t die, Ellie.”

Sam! She screamed, trying the number again, but it wasn’t reachable. She quickly stood up from the bed to go tell Alex, but she stopped when she got to the door. She couldn’t even touch the door handle. Even if she were to tell Alex, he still wouldn’t be able to save him because Sam would have died before Alex could find out where he was.

She sat back down on the bed, tears running out of her eyes. Even though Sam had lied to her, he was still someone she cared about. She couldn’t believe she had lost another person precious to her. “I’m sorry, Sam.”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

She didn’t know when she slept off. It was only when she heard a knock on the door that she realized that it was already night. She quickly ran to the bathroom to clean and dry her face with a towel.

She opened the door only to see Alex with a test of food. “I’m sorry, I’m just coming. I got so busy with work.”

“It’s fine.” She said before looking away from him. She knew that he might start asking her questions because of the way he was staring at her.

“I’d like to sleep alone tonight.” She said, making sure she didn’t show any emotion of sadness, but Alex knew something was wrong. “Are you okay? Did something happen?” Alex asked, noticing that she was holding her phone tightly.

“Alex, please. I just want to be alone tonight. I assure you, I’m fine.” She said with a weak smile, which he knew was not sincere. Alex just looked at her. He knew something was wrong, but he didn’t want to pester her. “OK, fine. But I have to make sure you eat.”

“I’ll eat the food, I promise.” She said, to which Alex also sighed. He kissed her forehead and left the room. He wished he could hear her thoughts, but it had suddenly stopped working since she found out she was a half-wolf.

She sat back on the bed and looked at the tray on the table before moving closer to eat.

****

The next morning, she woke up early, took her bath, and went downstairs to have her breakfast.

She saw Alex already in the dining room, and it looked like he was setting the table with Mr. Arnold. “Good morning.” She greeted them, looking at the men with a smile.

“Good morning, my lady.” Mr. Arnold replied before walking out of the room.

“Good morning. I was just about to come call you for breakfast.” Alex also replied before pulling out a chair for her. He was happy to see that her mood had changed from the way it was last night.

He also sat down and picked up his cutlery after the girl, but he hadn’t started eating when his phone suddenly beeped with a loud sound.

He ignored it at first, but when it rang again, he couldn’t ignore it because of Ellie. “It’s fine. You can pick it.”

“I’m sorry.” Alex said before standing up to go pick up the call, but Ellie knew who it was because Alex growled at the caller before leaving.

“What is it, Callum?”

“I’m sorry for disturbing you, but there’s something important you must know. Sam Maddox was found dead in front of the dark forest this morning.”

“Sam Maddox?!” Alex said this before looking around to check if Ellie was not there. “How is that possible?”

“He was badly injured beyond recognition, and I’m sure a rogue must have done this.” Callum said.

“A rogue? Oh my goodness!” Alex said, rubbing his hands into his hair in frustration. “Take care of this. I’ll come today if I can.” He said before hanging up. “How can this happen now?” He was worried about Ellie, and he knew he must not tell her yet.

He went back to the dining room only to see Ellie, who hadn’t even touched her food yet. “I need to talk to you, Alex.”

“Talk to me?” He asked, scared that he might have heard his conversation with Callum. “What do you want to talk about?”

“It’s more of a favor.”

“Tell me.”

Ellie sighed before saying, “I’m ready to become the Luna.”