He couldn't stop thinking about his wolf calling another woman a mate. He had to cancel all his meetings because he couldn't concentrate. The first time, such has happened to him in months.
"s**t!" He closed his laptop frustratingly and took out his phone to make a call. "Eric, I need every detail about that girl tonight. Every detail." He hung up.
The day kept becoming shorter for him as each minute passed by. He couldn't even get any work done until work was finally over for the day.
He got back home late. Almost midnight. Something that has never happened before. Even when he gets drunk in the club, he comes back home early and continues with his drinking.
He walked into the house. "Welcome, Alpha." Eric greeted. Eric was his assistant at work. He had some things to attend to on that day and couldn't follow Aiden to work.
Without replying to his greetings, he asked, "Where is it?"
"Here it is, sir." Eric replied, stretching a file to him, which he also collected and opened. He went through it for a few minutes before looking back at Eric. "She's an Omega?"
He was not surprised to hear she was an omega, but being a wolfless one made him shocked and angry. He was still going through the file when Eric said, "I also found a phone. And I believe it belongs to her."
He collected the phone and looked at it. "You can go."
Eric also bowed his head and left. "Good night, sir."
He didn't bother going to bed because he knew he wouldn't sleep. He walked into a large room filled with shelves of books and a small mini-parlor opposite a big table arranged neatly.
All giving a study room and the perfect place to get his thoughts together. He dropped the file on the table and sat down.
"A wolfless Omega." He called out so many times.
He sighed as he rested his back on the chair. "Something is not right," he said, holding his head so tightly as if he were in pain. How could he have another mate? "The moon goddess must be joking."
He knew that thinking more about the matter would affect his sleep, but he couldn't help it. He opened the drawer beside the table and took out a bottle filled with sleeping pills.
He opened the bottle and took some of it before standing up to leave for his room, but stopped because of the loud ringtone coming from the small phone.
He looked back at the table. "Dad," he said, looking at the caller ID, before shutting down the phone.
He went to his room, but, as expected, he couldn't sleep. He found himself tossing around the whole night despite adding to the dose of the pills he took.
***
In an empty, small room with only a small window. Nothing could be found in the room except a girl who sat in a corner with her knees held in front of her. She covered her face with her knees, her long hair falling on her knees and her back. Only small sobs could be heard from her.
After some time, she raised her head slowly as she felt a terrible headache. "Why is this happening to you, Amelia? What did I do so wrong?" She cried even more, rubbing her face with her hands. She had been in the room for hours, and she felt so hungry and weak, but none of that was her problem.
"What could I have done to deserve such a cruel punishment?" She asked herself as she thought of her father, who would have been calling her. She was supposed to have been at home, but she was trapped serving punishment. She didn't even know what the time was. She only knew it was getting darker, which got her more scared and baffled.
She kept thinking of an excuse to give her father about not sending the money on time, without even thinking whether she would leave the room alive, but suddenly she remembered something.
"Mate." She cleaned her face and tried to remember what she heard. "He called me mate. No. That's not possible. I must have misheard." She said to herself. She didn't want to think that what she heard was true. There was no way the Alpha would call her mate.
***
Rays of the sun shoned through the curtains of the room, making the room brighter.
The light rays fell on the bed, revealing the man lying on the bed. His eyes were wide open. He couldn't get a wink of sleep throughout the night, making him have dark circles and red eyes.
He stretched his hand towards the drawer close to his bed and took out his phone to dial a number. "Hello. I need to see you." He said.
"Yes. I'll see you in an hour." He added.
He rose from bed and walked into his bathroom. Even bathing became a problem. He couldn't stop thinking about the possibility of him having another mate, who happened to be an omega. "Should I just reject her?" He thought but suddenly replied himself. "No. The moon goddess has to know she made a mistake."
He finished bathing, dressed up in his suit, and walked down the stairs only to find his assistant waiting for him and the housekeeper in the dining room. "Your breakfast is ready, alpha." The woman said with a slight bow but raised her head when she heard. "Feed that, Omega. At least she shouldn't die so soon."
He said before walking out of the room with his assistant. The housekeeper only stood in that same position, her mouth wide opened. She wondered what the maid had done to him.
Without bothering to think more, she packed the food and went towards the old, small storeroom where the girl was being kept.
She took the keys and opened them, only to see the frail creature sleeping on the floor, looking so weak. She walked closer to her and dropped the tray of food on the floor. "Sit up and have some food." The woman commanded, but seeing that the girl wouldn't move, she sighed.
She would have left her alone, but for a reason, she wanted to know why the Alpha had locked her up. "It's your choice if you don't want to eat. But tell me. What did you do to the Alpha?"
She knew that even breaking the rules couldn't warrant such punishment, but still, seeing that the girl wouldn't talk or even look at her, she scoffed. "Such rude behaviour. I'm sure it's nothing important." She said before walking out of the room and closing the door after her.