Adrian's POV
'Why is she running away from me?' I fumed.
'You need to calm down Adrian,' Roman said trying to calm me down.
I was ready to bang on the door and break it down if need be. She has no right to run away from me but Roman and Roy had dragged me away from the door into another room. They had been trying to calm me down but I couldn't calm down.
'She is my mate for crying out loud. Why would she be so insensitive that she would embarrass me like that in the presence of everyone?' I said angrily.
'Now don't be dramatic. Very few people noticed what transpired between you both,' Roy said.
'Even at that, it was still embarrassing for me to run after her like that. Who the hell does she think she is?' I fumed.
'What if she doesn't feel you. What if she doesn't know you are her mate? Roman asked.
'I saw that look of appreciation in her eyes as I approached her. There is no way she will tell me that she didn't feel me. She did but decided we do a show of shame first. What nonsense,' I growled.
'Adrian. I know it is my place as your friend to tell you what is going on but it is not my story to tell. So I will implore you to calm down and be reasonable about everything,' Roman said looking sad.
'Okay, I am calm. I know my reputation might not be good enough for her due to recent happenings but who looks their mate in the eyes and call them man w***e?' I said.
'That takes grit and spine if you ask me Adrian. April is our cousin. Uncle Marcus' daughter and Raven's best friend. You want to tread carefully there,' Roy said with an underlying threat. I got the message loud and clear.
'That is April?' I asked. I had not gotten the opportunity to meet her too because I was traveling looking for my mate. Not knowing she was there at Luna's Den.
I made a major mistake and I was still regretting it. I had travelled to different packs for months looking for my mate. I was tired of being mateless. My pack needed a Luna. The elders were on my neck to give the pack a Luna. If I didn't see my mate, I was to choose from the pack which was totally against my wish.
I had then told the elders of my wish to travel to packs in search of my mate. I told them that if I didn't see my mate by the end of four months, I would take a chosen.
Roman had supported my decision. I had taken off and travelled for months. At a point, I had forgotten why I had started travelling in the first place. I had just simply relaxed and had fun while at it.
Three days to my return to my pack, I met a female that appealed to me sexually. I decided after a hot night with her to make her my Luna. If I was going to take a chosen, it had better be someone that appealed to me sexually. I didn't know why I took that decision until I questioned her days after I was released from the hospital.
I didn't know the female was a rogue. She didn't smell like one. She had hypnotized me into making that decision. But I will make sure she regrets that for the rest of her life.
'I was traveling from one end of the wolf kingdom to another looking for my mate when she was actually here all the time. Why didn't I visit Luna's Den before leaving?' I wondered out loud running my hand through my hair and ruining the styling.
'You had travelled before we left for Attic Moon. So you still would have missed her,' Roy said.
'If only I hadn't travelled I would have definitely gone to Attic Moon with you,' I said regrettably.
'That is all in the past now, what is more important is for you to forge a way forward. April has a lot to tell you so I would advise that you calm down and try to woo her just maybe you might win her heart,' Roman said.
'She is my mate. She belongs to me, why do I need to woo her again? She is destined to be mine and love me completely,' I was getting angry again. The twins were not making any sense.
'All I am going to say on this matter, you need to think carefully and win your woman,' Roman said still insisting on my winning April's heart.
I decided to let sleeping dog lie and agree with them. What else could I do? But I was sure that the mate bond was bound to bring her to me.
'We will have to go back downstairs. We have guests in the house and it wouldn't be okay for us to just disappear' Roy said as he got up to exit the room.
'You can use this room for the night. But if you feel you have calmed down enough, come downstairs and have some fun. But please stay off the ladies for tonight,' Roman said parting me on the back.
'I have every right to pick any girl that I fancy. April doesn't want me after all,' I said.
Roy who was almost at the door turned and walked back to me to stand right in front of me with anger in his eyes.
'If you hurt April in anyway. Either by your actions or word, Raven will not hesitate to kill you and I will support her. Maybe it is time for you to get it into your head that you are mated and man up,' Roy said almost spitting into my face.
'My mate doesn't want me Roy. Put yourself in my shoes. What would you have done?' I asked Roy gazing straight into his eyes.
'You guys should stop this before it escalates. It is your relationship Adrian but whatever you do, don't hurt April, she has been through enough s**t in her life. She doesn't need her mate adding to it,' Roman said before pulling at Roy to leave the room.
'Talk to your wolf i***t,' Roy said as a parting shot before Roman closed the door.
I wondered what he meant by me talking to my wolf. My wolf had been silent since April ran from us.
'Ethan, why is Roy asking me to talk to you?' I asked my wolf. I felt him stare in my head before he reluctantly spoke.
My wolf's nature contrasted sharply with mine. He would rather sit quietly and observe than talk but I was the direct opposite of that.
'I can't feel her wolf, I have been trying to contact her wolf to find out what is going on but it is as if she is non existent,' Ethan said.
'What do you mean she is non existent?' I asked confused.
'From her look, she is over eighteen, how come she doesn't have a wolf?' I asked.
'I don't know, but I think the twins know more than they are letting out. You heard them say it is not their story to tell. We might have to ask mate,' Ethan reasoned.
'She doesn't want us Ethan,' I said.
'You can't be so sure. She might just be shocked. Besides, your reputation preceded you Adrian. I warned you several times to let us wait for mate but you wouldn't listen. Grovel if you have to. I want her,' my wolf growled.
'If you want her then go to her. I will never grovel before a female just for her to accept me. I would rather take a chosen,' I said to Ethan in annoyance.
'We saw the result of the one you chose last time and almost got us killed,' Ethan sneered.
'I am not going to grovel to have my mate. Whatever happened was before I met her. It should not affect her. But if she is going to be like that, then I am ready to meet her game for game,' I said.
'For an adult you are so childish. I just wish I could go to mate right now and beg her to have me,' Ethan said and shut the link.
I wasn't going to grovel for a female. It wasn't happening!