The Alpha's Mate

CHAPTER 9: SYBIL

I listened to every word Lucian said, and with each passing one, I grew appalled with them. He wasn’t serious. How could he take a dream that seriously? Of course, I knew that other wolves had gifts, but sometimes they could lie. He really spent a century keeping me safe because of a dream? Keeping us apart because of a foolish dream? Fury burned through my veins. Taking in a deep breath, I tried to calm down, but it didn’t work, so I tried harder. And what would have happened if I didn’t find out? It looked like he was more than happy to spend his life away from me. He knew what we were, yet he was content with fucking around.

“This sounds like a carefully crafted false story to me.”

“If you’re talking about my aunt lying, then you’re wrong. She never lied. Like I said, everything she dreamed of came true. This will too.” I wanted to believe him, but I couldn’t. And what if he was the one lying? The connection between us was there, but what if it was a lie? He just confessed to working with a sorceress to keep everything from me. What if sorcery was involved in all this? What if everything I was feeling was a lie? What if he was doing this just to take my position from me? But how could it be a lie?

“She could be wrong,” I said.

“She wasn’t,” he growled. Oh, so now he was angry? Well, guess what? I was angry too. How dare he make a decision for us? He should’ve told me. It’s my life, therefore my decision as well.

“Listen Lucian, I don’t believe in all of this. I know there are special wolves, but still...”

“You don’t believe in it, but I do. And all these years, my sole purpose was and still is to keep you safe.” Despite the anger simmering in my blood, his words warmed their way inside my heart.

“Then who could be the enemy?” I asked, just to distract myself from the feelings running amuck in my body.

“It could be anyone. Even your sister,” he said, and I shook my head.

“We already established that she can’t hurt me. It could be Pierce. That man is vile enough to do it.” Who knows what evil plans run through that man’s head? And he hated me enough. That was enough to convince me he could do it.

“Pierce is all talk and nothing else.”

“Look at you defending your right-hand man. That is why it’s hard to trust you together with what you’re saying.”

“If you think Pierce can kill someone, then you don’t know people.”

“You are in league with a sorceress. These feelings I suddenly feel for you could be false. What’s stopping you from tricking me?”

“Then that will help my cause. You can go home, Sybil, and pretend tonight never happened. Just know, I did everything to keep you safe, and I will continue to do it until I know the threat is gone.” Lucian really believed in this. Part of me was glad that he was keeping me safe, but that part wasn’t strong enough that I could overlook everything that had happened. And to make things worse, my feelings were all over the place. The dominant one being anger, but there was something else there too. A deep feeling that was slowly starting to take root inside of me. I could try all I wanted to suppress it, but I knew I couldn’t. We were connected in ways that words couldn’t explain because he was my mate. The anger could be there, but I still wanted him. I still wanted to be with him.

“That’s the problem, Lucian. I don’t want to leave,” I confessed. The air in the room suddenly changed. It became charged, every molecule swirling with electricity that warmed its way inside of me. I needed to get my head checked. He just said some simple words. Then why was I feeling this was? Like it was the best thing I’ve ever felt, I’ve ever heard.