Iya's Blind Alpha

CHAPTER TWELVE

Pietro's POV

My life before Iya was a life without fear.  I was blind then and yet I know nothing can bring me down.

But then I found my mate.  In the few days I have been with her, I started feeling both calmness and fear.  Whenever she is near, I feel relaxed and at peace.  However, those moment when she is bursting into flame, falling, bruising, and bleeding, fear eats me up.  I see her as a fragile human girl and yet time and again she has proven how wrong I was.  My wolf already knows but I find it hard to admit that my biggest fear is losing Iya.  She had brushed with death not once and every time, I shutter to a thousand pieces. 

She hates me.  The way she looked at me and told me to let her go, I know I pushed her too far now.  Who would blame her?  I do not even know what I want or who I can to be as a mate.  

"Pietro, we cannot find your mate!"  My mother broke my deep thinking.  When what she said registered in my mind, there it is again, that fear!  I ran to her room and saw it was empty.  I followed her scent and it led me to her bathroom.  The open window in her bathroom already speaks of what she did.  Now comes, anger!  My wolf growled to call for her.

"Call the guards, search the entire place!  I want my mate back!"  I commanded.

"Alpha, I think she used her magic to escape because a human could not make that jump without breaking a leg or a neck,"  Rene said and it angered me for him to even put that image in my mind, of Iya dying.   

I growled at him, "do not further anger me, Rene, I am hanging by a thread here!"

"I apologize, Alpha.  If you had already marked her, there's nowhere she can go that you can't follow her scent."  He added.

Mark her, mark her!  I do not want to mark her back then.  He was absolutely right.  If only I had claimed her, it would have been easier to locate her scent.  

"Where are you, Iya!"  I screamed.  I will go crazy.  I want to see her safe.  I need to know she is fine.  Then it hit me, what if the witch king found her and got her?   What if the witch king claimed her by forcing himself on her?

No!  No, dear moon goddess, do not let it be.  My heart aches and my mind is tormenting me for my folly and arrogance!  

"Snap out of it!  This is not helping, alpha.  We need you to focused.  Do not give up on her."  Rene castigated.  "If you were a human and you hate your boyfriend so much, where would you run to?"  Was it so obvious that Iya hates me?  It saddened me.

I thought of his question.  "The human territory!  Thank you, Rene, for giving me hope!"

We did not waste time.  Five SUVs travelled to the nearest human territory.  

Iya, I am coming to get you my beautiful mate.  Please be fine.

It did not take long for my warriors to locate Iya because our first spots to look for are hospitals, hotels, motels, restaurants, and bars.  General Agog did an excellent job.  From the strip of inns and motels he pointed, I could already trace my mate's sweet scent.

My heart was beating doubly fast.  What if I was too late.  What if she is hurt?  Goddess, she infuriates me, I will make sure she will not repeat this foolishness again!  Anger, excitement, fear, anticipation, concern, madness.  I was ready to burst!

BAM!  I sent the motel room's door flying without much effort.  I scanned the room.  

There she is.  Thank moon goddess!

I grabbed her arms to sit her up.  She still looked dazed and confused.  I check if she is hurt.  

"You are hurting my arms."  She complained.  Oh my sweet mate!  She is fine.  Hearing her voice was like taking a wooden stake from my heart.

I eased my hold but my emotions took over.  I embraced her tightly.

"Stupid, foolish, reckless girl!  Do not do this again.  There is nowhere you can hide from me.  I will always find you or die trying!  Crazy, childish, impulsive mate!  Do not leave like that ever again!"  My mouth ran away with me.  This is me telling her I am glad it is over.  I found her.

"I did not ask you to look for me.  I never want to see you again.  Your words always hurt but I will not let you destroy my self-worth.  Let me go free."  She pleaded. 

Fuck!  I am doing this wrong, again!  I released her from my embrace and looked into her eyes.

"Do you know how worried I was when they told me you were gone?  Do you know I went crazy thinking you may be hurt or kidnapped?  Do you know how guilty I am knowing you left because I pushed you too far?  Do you know that it was a nightmare losing you?  Do you know that all I want to do right now is hold you in my arms for a very long time?"  

"No, I do not know."  She quipped.

"Then let me enlighten you!"  With that I held the back of her neck with one hand and held her back with the other and swooped in for her mouth.  I tried to tell her through my kisses.  The anger, the concern, the relief, the joy....

She fought my kisses but caved in, in that moment she moaned.  She allowed me to enter her mouth and to deepen the kiss.  Soon, she was kissing me back.  My sweet Iya!  Her kisses was reprimanding me, warning me, and yet they were also warming me, soothing me, and giving me hope.

We paused to breathe, forehead touching forehead.  I have never kissed a woman like that before.  It was like finding water in a desert.  You want to drink that rare and precious water to your heart's desire.  I could not help it, my wolf wants the same thing. 

"Iya, kiss me, again."  I said softly.

She looked bewildered.  "Do not play with me alpha king.  I can burn you, you know."  She warned.  I could not help but smile to her warning.  Iya has such a smart mouth I am starting to like.  

"I am already burning for you."  I replied and went for another kiss.