Her Unwanted Mate

Chapter 9…

Isabella’s P.O.V.No one breathe.

That’s the only explainable statement for this moment. Everyone was staring at me as if I said something really stupid, as if they expected better from me. Ryan was staring at everyone, from Matt to Rose, to my siblings and finally towards Caleb.

The way Caleb was having a tight hold on my hand, I didn’t have to look at him to know that he was trying really hard to control his anger, I don’t really know towards whom, but still he was pissed.

Before anyone could say anything, Caleb’s voice boomed through my house, “What the f**k ISABELLA?”

Here’s the thing, from the day we became friends until now, he never called me by my full name and it’s not just him, none of them did. It was always Bella, Princess, Warrior prince or something like that, never Isabella.

Hearing him call me by my full name ran a chill down my spine. I love this man, more than he could understand; more than I could explain. But what am I supposed to do if we are fated to someone else?

I understand his reason for being angry, I feel it too. The distance increasing between us, just by hearing about my mate; but it’s not like I went searching for him. He was destined to meet me someday and the Moon Goddess brought him to me, how am I supposed to throw away something that the Goddess herself blessed me with?

I couldn’t even look at him, scared to see the shattered look in his eyes, scared to see the consequences of what knowing, about my mate is doing to him, doing to us.

All I could think was; I can’t lose Caleb, not right now when I need him the most. I held onto his hand for dear life, like leaving his hand would cut off my supply of oxygen.

But I think, he felt exactly the opposite of it. The way he pulled at his hand and shrugged me off away from him, like I was Toxic, broke my heart. I didn’t realize when I started crying and calling out his name as he made his way towards the door. All I could think of at this particular moment was, only if there was a way to lock that door and trap him here with me, so I could calm him as well as myself down.

But I knew, there wasn’t one, to do it. It was along lost cause. He was the Beta of our pack; no wooden door could block or trap him from leaving right now. Ryan was constantly rubbing my arms, to help me calm down, whereas Rose was wiping my tears while I stared at the love of my life leave me standing there wailing my heart out, calling his name.

But he never left. More like he couldn’t leave, reason being the door. The Luck was on my side, I think. I don’t know how, but the door got locked, more like jammed and would not open at all. He tried to push it, pull it, but it still didn’t. It felt like, the door was testing his patience, which was a really bad Idea. The next thing we know, he kicked the door with so much force that the wall in which the hinges were attached, Shook but it still didn’t break.

Caleb was beyond frustrated now, which made him growl very loudly. He is the second in command; hence, the only person who wasn’t affected by his growl was Matt. Other than him, pretty much every else was scared as to what was to happen next. Matt slowly pulled Rose behind him, to protect her from Caleb’s anger.

The girls pretty much cowered too, as they slowly moved backwards to me. Just as they reached in my hand distance, Lucas started crying. Hearing Lucas cry, Caleb was brought back to his sense. I could sense him calm a little. I told the girls to go and check up on Lucas and get him to bed; and then make their way to their room as well.

The girls didn’t argue. They knew, only I could handle this situation and that is exactly what was needed. As soon as the girls made their way to the boys’ room, Caleb turned towards me and like a switch went back on, he was angry again.

By now, even he knew that he was trapped inside my house, so he did what no one expected. He made his way upstairs to my room and slammed the door shut. I knew this was going to be a very long night.

I turned towards Matt and Rose and told them, that I’ll go and check up on him, to which Matt retorted, “Bella, he is pissed. It’s better if you leave him alone right now.”

I declined his request by bobbing a no, “No Matt, I know him. He is pissed but he will never ever hurt me. I know I am the only one who can calm him down. He just needs sometime.”

Rose agreed and said, “Okay. But if things get out of hand, give us a call.”

I just nodded to it, whereas Ryan said, “Don’t worry. I’ll be staying over tonight. If anything happens, I’m right here and if it gets out of hand, I’ll let you guys know.”

Hearing this, Rose and Matt left, agreeing to meet us tomorrow for college. Ryan closed the door, making his way towards me; he took my hand in his and made our way upstairs.   

As we reached outside my door, he says, “How about you stay the night with me? A brother-sister sleepover maybe?”

I know what he was trying to do. He was trying to change my mind; he was trying to make me avoid the idea of facing Caleb. I don’t really blame him for it; any brother would be scared for his sister’s well being after seeing what happened downstairs. 

But I knew this can’t be avoided. And as a matter of fact, I didn’t even know if Caleb was still in there. If he wanted to leave so bad, then maybe he left from my room’s balcony.

But being the stupid person, I still hoped, wished that his anger might have evaporated by now and he will be waiting for me in my room. Thinking this I turn Ryan’s request down and tell him, “No Ry. I can’t let him be by himself when I know he is hurting.”

“What about you Bella? I’m not blind; I can see that you’re hurting too. You know, you don’t have to do this. Not right now” whispers Ryan.

“I know, but avoiding won’t take us anywhere” Ryan just listens to me, as I pour my heart out to him.

When he still doesn’t say anything, I continue, “I love him Ry. I love him more than he can ever understand. But I know, once his mate enters his life, he won’t be able to deny the pull and then what Ry, what happens to us?”

He just hugs me tightly and whispers, “I always knew, you had a big heart sis. I don’t know if what you’re doing for him is going to turn out fine for you or not. But I’ll always be there for you. We’ll get through this, TOGETHER.”

I wrap my arms tightly around him one last time before bidding a small Good night and entering my room, with a hope to see the guy, who has been my love for as long as I can remember.