Freeing Starr✔️

Chapter 25 ~ You'll come to me

His eyes glowed brightly as he suddenly growled and turned away from me, running a hand through his hair in frustration.

I could instantly feel his murderous emotions and fidgeted nervously, shifting my gaze to the tiled floors beneath my feet.

"You can't kill him," I murmured.

I tensed when I felt his gaze shift to me again, "are you defending the bastard?"

I bit my lip nervously.

"Are you?" He asked again.

I sniffled and wiped at my eyes, shaking my head, "it's too late. I'm already tainted. We should hurriedly reject each other and get it over with."

"Why should I reject you?"

I froze, not sure that I heard him right and asked, "what?"

His eyes stared into mine intensely, "why should I reject you?"

I stuttered in disbelief, "I'm mated to another wolf!"

He tilted his head to the side as if he couldn't understand what I was getting at, "you are but you don't want to be, am I right? The fear in your eyes, the hatred and don't tell me you don't hate the bastard because I can feel it. You can't hide from me. So now that I've found you, I have no intention of letting you go. I need you."

My heart trembled at his words and I lowered my eyes to stare at my feet, "but I'm tainted."

"So am I."

A bitter smile tilted my lips, "is it because I'm a dominant alpha female? Is that why you still want me?"

A snort escaped his lips as he crossed his arms, "don't insult me. Right now, you're not giving off the air of an Alpha much less a dominant one. I can find many of your kind to mate with if I so desired. If you're really looking for a reason, I'll be honest. I grew up in a family where soulmates are treasured. We don't believe in choice mates and never have we taken a choice mate so I disdain to do so. You were made for me and so you are mine."

"What if your mate was an omega? Then you won't be able to have a strong heir right? I know most Alphas want to keep their bloodline dominant."

Before I even realized it, he was already in front of me, his hand forcing my chin up to look him in his eyes that swirled with what seemed to be honesty, "that's the funny thing about fate. You never know what comes out of the box once it's open but that doesn't mean you should avoid opening the box either way. What's meant to be yours will be yours. What isn't, shouldn't be. If an Alpha gets an omega as a mate then that means he doesn't amount to much and will never amount to much in life. That's my take on it. Of course, if you were an omega, I'd still mate you. I'm confident that my bloodline will pull through for me. That is my pride as an Alpha male. What's yours?"

What's yours?

My mind reeled at his question and my heart moved at the prospects before me.

What is my pride as an Alpha female? What is my bottom line? Even if I'm weak, I had to have one right? So what was it?

For the first time in my life, I felt the strong desire to search for the person I was beyond all this fear and anxiety and treasure her like no one else could.

I took a deep breath and muttered cautiously, "are you gonna force me to leave with you?"

"I..." His eyes suddenly clouded over, indicating that someone had mind linked him. When his eyes cleared, they were filled with reluctance, "I have somewhere to be but I will be back and by then you should have your things packed and ready to leave... with me."