I'm the Alpha's Mate

Chapter 26

The drive home was quiet. Not awkward, but relaxing. I rested my head against the window and watched the many endless trees dance by.

I couldn't speak, it's as if my throat has been sealed shut. I wanted to cry, but no tears would stream down my cheeks. I wanted to scream and let out all my anger, but it would benefit no one.

It seemed like hours until we finally pulled up to the pack house driveway. Maybe playing with a bruiser would help me feel better.

Ryujin cut the engine and I popped the car door open. Peacefully I walked to the front door and swung it wide open, letting the homie feelings take over me.

All I want to do is run upstairs and hide under the covers of our bed. Imagining that no one knows I'm there like I'm back in the attic. Where I was invisible.

"I'm going to go and take a nap." Ryujin's mother smiled at us tiredly before heading upstairs to one of the guest rooms. I made my way over to the couch and sat silently until her footsteps disappeared and a bedroom door shut.

"I have to go get some work done-"

"Can I come with you, just nap on the couch in your office?" I ask quietly.

"Come on." I stood up from the couch and grabbed Ryujin's hand, like a child crossing the street.

We walked to her office and I laid down on her comfy black leather couch while she got to work. I made sure to grab the soft gray throw blanket from the living room so I could be super comfortable.

I listened to her tap away on the computer, then scribble things down on paper. She even took a couple phone calls before I drifted off to sleep. It was dark, yet again the light bulb died in my small lamp.

I could hear the yelling from downstairs. They're yelling about what to do with me again. Where to send me, what medication to put me on, or maybe if they should take me to the Alpha.

The Alpha wouldn't like it if she heard about my gift. She would send me to the land of the dead like mommy and daddy say. If I go there I will never see them again, and I don't want that.

"You know what he'll do Seulgi!" My mother cries. "They'll kill her just like they did to my mother!"

Kill.

"If I get killed will I go to the land of the dead? Or with you?" I look up to see her looking out the small circular window.

"Don't worry Yeji, I'll make sure that you won't get killed okay?" She whispers to me, still keeping her gaze set on the window. "As long as you talk to me and see me, I will protect you."

Kill.

They didn't send me away because I was crazy. It was to protect me. If the Alpha found out about my ability she would have killed me.

But how come I remember now? I wanted to open my eyes, I knew that I was awake. But when I open my eyes I'm truly awake.

"Did you have a nice nap?" Ryujin's voice chimes from her desk. "You slept for almost two hours."

Slowly I sat up on the couch and brushed my hair back with my fingers. There was a thin layer of sweat on my neck and I felt warm. My chest felt tight and my lungs were almost gasping for air.

"Yeddeong what happened?" Soon enough she was by my side, sitting next to me and feeling the temperature of my forehead with the back of his hand. "You feel really warm, maybe I should call the doctor."

"No, I'm fine, just a bad dream." I shrug off my symptoms and force myself to stand up. At first, I stumble back, but thankfully Ryujin was there to steady me. "I'm going to go take a shower."

"Like hell you are." She groans. "I'm calling the pack doctor."

"No I'm really fine, it's just a bad dream," I mutter. "It's happened before." Carefully Ryujin eased me back into the couch. I leaned back into the leather cushions and closed my eyes, focusing on taking deep breaths.

"What do you mean? You've been like this before?"

"Only when I'm in the att-" Just like that I swiftly caught myself.

"In what?" Ryujin asks, confused.

"Nothing..." I mumble.

Quickly I bite my lip, pretending that I can't talk anymore.

"Yeji, what the hell were you in?" Ryujin questions me again, but this time more seriously.

I guess this is the time to tell her right? I just can't stop thinking about what she'll do about it.

Maybe nothing, maybe she'll hold me and let me cry, or hunt them down. Hopefully, she won't hunt them down.

"Well, at first it wasn't too bad, but over the years the longer they would keep me up... in the attic. There was a bed and stuff so it wasn't horrible. After I told my parents that I talk and see the moon goddess, they locked me up in our attic for a couple days." The more I continued the shakier my voice gets. "Next it would be a week, then maybe a little more than that. When it got really bad I would stay up in the attic for a month or two."

My gaze stayed glued to my lap, I didn't dare look up at her. "If the Alpha found out about my ability, the Alpha would've killed me. So I had to stay hidden. While I was up there I would have endless nightmares and wake up like this."

Silence. She didn't speak and I didn't look up. I didn't want her to say anything, it wouldn't change what happened in the past.

There was no desire in me for her to freak out and smash things. It was just time for her to know.

Finally, I glanced up at Ryujin, she did not seem angry and full of rage but upset and pained.

"I wish I could have done something." She mutters and runs her fingers through her silky hair.

"You're doing something now, listening and caring." I gratefully smile up at her.

"Ask the moon goddess how I got so lucky for me okay?" Couldn't help but let out a small giggle and lean into her embrace. "I'm going to go take a shower now okay?"

"Okay."

< Ryujin's POV >

Gracefully Yeji stood up and left my office. As soon as the door shut I grabbed the phone off my desk.

"Find Yeji's parents, and as soon as you do bring them straight to me, understood?"

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