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Chapter 14

Ryder shook his head and came towards me. oh, so he saw all that happened here. I was still shaken up though. I couldn't get Xavier's face out of my mind. His eyes wide in horror, pain etched to his face. Even though Xavier is a wild man but I never wished such a cruel death to him.

Whoever killed him shows no mercy and I'm being blamed for it. Stella really thinks that I can kill someone?

"Are you alright Berry?" Ryder asked as soon as he was by my side. I nodded at him but when he saw my neck, he panicked. How bad is it? Well, it does hurt a lot but it can't be that bad right?

"It's bleeding, come with me." he dragged me away with him. I wanted to see what is happening with Stella.

He didn't take me away from the scene, he just made me sit on the staircase and went somewhere, I think to search for a first aid kit. I couldn't sit like this here. I got up and went towards my mate and Stella.

Now, she was lying on the floor and my mate was just standing in front of her.

"I am your King and it will be in your best interest to never forget that." He stated. Stella nodded at him and muttered a 'yes Alpha' at him before running out of the castle.

He turned towards me and looked at me with a pointed stare. Why is he angry with me?

"Who told you to come out of the room?" he snapped at me. He spoke to me with such anger that I jumped instantly. I didn't answer him. I simply kept my head down.

"ANSWER ME!" he yelled at me making me yelp out in surprise. I was so scared that I decided to run away and hide in his room. He is very scary.

I ran towards the stairs when a loud growl resonated in the castle. I stilled immediately. That's it, I'm going to die tonight.

In a flash, he was behind me and he whipped me around to face him. He held my shoulders firmly and lent forward so that his lips were almost touching my ear.

"Don't ever, and I mean ever, run away from me." he whispered. My heart beat was through the roof. Oh God!

'Why?" my words, barely audible.

"Because.." then his lips touched my ear completely and he muttered his next words.

"My beast would love to give you a chase, and when he catches you.." he pulled away from me. I looked up at him, he was already looking down at me with a strange emotion in his eyes. His beautiful blues were a shade of midnight blue now. He then turned away and left without completing his sentence.

But deep down, I know what he meant.

I was pacing in my mate's room furiously while Ryder was enjoying a bowl of grapes. So many thoughts were running on my mind. Who killed Xavier? Why am I being blamed for it? What did my mate say to Stella that had her running out like crazy? How to face my family? What are those creatures? How to stop them?

"Come, sit over here Berry." Ryder patted at his side on the bed. I went to his side and plopped down on the bed wordlessly.

"How are you holding up?" he asked me, obviously referring to my parents' death and this Xavier situation.

"So much has happened today Ryder, I don't know what to do." My lips quivered as I said this. He gave me a very soft look. That's when I couldn't keep it inside any longer, I broke down in front of him. Sob after sob left my lips and he encircled his arms around me to comfort me.

"I- I feel so alone Ryder. It's.. it's just been few days since I came here and everything is going downhill. My mate- my mate doesn't want me, I was about to be raped, I lost my parents, I'm being blamed for a death, I can't take this, I- I just can't" I ranted while he just swayed me from side to side.