His Estranged Mate

Chapter 49: Recollection!

CATRINA

Fenris's voice is quiet and firm yet it feels like a bomb in the too silent room.

"What?" I ask, astonished at this news. I smile at the girl, Mila, looking at her, when she steals a glance at me. "That's great news. Congratulations Cayden!"

Cayden smiles cynically, his face looking so enraged that I immediately notice that he's not happy at this situation, at all.

"Yes, Congratulations to me. I found a mate who's a minor?" Cayden's frustrated growl echoes into the room making me gasp in shock and I turn to look at Mila. She's looking down at the floor but I do catch a sheen of tears in her eyes.

"She's sixteen!" Another growl from Cayden causes Fenris to let out a stream of curses that I don't even understand, they are so low.

"Cayden. You are 24 and she's 16. I know she's young but there are a lot of human couples that I have seen with a bigger age difference," I say, hoping to explain to my brother that his erratic behaviour is troubling Mila.

"Yes? Do you know that wolves have to recognise each other as mates? She can't recognise me as her mate. I'll have to wait for 5 more years for her to acknowledge me as her mate."

Fenris shakes his head, sighing in resignation before pulling at his hair. The tears that Mila was holding are now flowing steadily however, she hasn't even once looked at Cayden in the eyes.

"Shut the fuck up, will you?"

The growl that echoes in the room when Sierra enters the room has me turning towards her in a whirl of surprise. The action causes Selene to giggle and Connor to growl.

"Sierra..."

"No, Fenris. Our Beta needs to realise that Mila is not in any state to acknowledge him as a friend, acknowledging him as a mate is out of the equation." The last word is a growl as she walks past us and straight to Cayden, pointing her forefinger nearly in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" asks Cayden with a frown on his face. His expression is so confused that I feel bad for my brother, suddenly. He deserves to have a mate, who'll devote her life to care for him. He deserves someone of his own to love and care for.

"Do you know what happened to her in that dungeon? She's been kidnapped since the age of 10. Six years..."

"No, please. Luna Queen Sierra, I request you to please not argue with your brother-by-mating for me. I understand Beta Prince Cayden's dilemma and I will agree to whatever decision he takes."

Mila's voice is a whisper as she speaks to Sierra, her voice trembling a bit. Speaking out those words, Mila looks up at Cayden once, as if conveying her thoughts to him through her eyes and then greets all of us a "good day" before walking out of the room.

"You are one big idiot," muses Connor, speaking now, and I jab him in the stomach with my elbow. Selene watches me and imitates the action, causing Connor to chuckle at the smartest baby I've ever seen.

Cayden growls back at Connor, "you are an even bigger one then." Fenris shakes his head once again and then glares both at my mate and brother before lifting his hands to ask for Selene as if he needs relief from the problem and his daughter is the only option.

I silently push the baby into Fenris's arms and wince when his fingers brush my arm. "I am sorry, sestra."

"That's fine. I just came here to meet Cayden. To see if he's fine," I say, hoping to distract them when Connor pulls me back in the curve of his arm, the wave of arousal once again rearing its head.