The Royal Alpha

Chapter 20: A Verbal Rejection

FENRIS

I blink open my eyes. This room is unfamiliar and I instantly become alert. I look around to scan my surroundings and see that I am still in Elder Alarick's private chambers on a couch besides his desk in the corner of the room. I sit up and take deep breaths to stop the headache but my eyes start burning now.

"Oh, I see you're awake. Here, drink this and it will help with the headache," says Elder Raoul as he hands me a cup of steaming liquid. I take a whiff of it before drinking.

"Is it ginger tea? Thanks." I say when the elder nods his confirmation. I am not going to drink anything without knowing what it is.

I take a sip and look around to see that there is only Elder Alarick and Elder Raoul in the room with me. Elder Alarick is sitting in his chair behind the desk and Elder Raoul takes a seat beside the couch on the chair.

I do not understand why I fainted but the elders seem to be completely calm about my condition which means they know why this happened. This is such a big mess and I do not know from where do I begin to unravel this mystery. What is the connection of this rogue with my parents? Why the hell did he attack my parents and if he did, why didn't he kill me?

"Calm down, Fenris. I understand that this is a very huge news to you. We ourselves know very less about this situation. Till now we thought that the rogue Xavier is dead but the recent kidnappings and those letters mean otherwise," says Elder Alarick.

"Why did you all think that Xavier is dead? Was there any proof regarding his death?" I ask trying to connect these dots.

"No proof as such but during the war, Xavier led your father in an unknown place for a duel. During this time, both the royal's as well as the rogue armies were fighting. Suddenly, the rogues surrendered which only happens when the alpha or the leader is dead or has submitted. Xavier was very stubborn and therefore, his chances of submitting were very less hence, we declared that the rogue is dead," explains Elder Raoul.

I think over all this information. Where the hell was I when this war was going on? I don't understand any of this.

"I think I should think this over properly. I do not understand the direction all these events are moving into. I do not even understand why the rogue wants Sierra and me. What grudge does he hold against my parents? I need a little time to think about all this," I say getting up and calm my breathing. The headache is increasing.

"It is alright. You should rest. Should we set you up in the infirmary with your mate? It will help you regain your strength with your mate by your side," asks Elder Alarick.

Goddess! Again, with this mate thing. How should I tell him that my mate has rejected me? That she is in love with someone else? My head starts throbbing now.

"No that's fine. I can go to my room and rest. Let her rest for now. And I would like all the elders to keep this information of my mate a secret. Please do not let anymore people know about Sierra being my mate," I ask for a favour as I am still very hesitant if I want to be known as the rejected mate or not.

"Finding your mate is the best thing any werewolf can ask for, Fenris. Why do you want to hide this fact? Do you not like her?" asks elder Alarick and I just stare at him dumbly.

I mentally feel like kicking him but refrain from acting on it.

"They must have discussed about this Alarick. Maybe Fenris has a doubt that there is another traitor amongst us and does not want to unknowingly declare about who exactly Sierra's mate is, right Fenris?" elder Raoul covers up for me and looks at me for confirmation.