Alpha Gavin

Chapter 7

Gavin's POV

"Son, what do you mean?" Dad asks me, smirking and steadily gazing at me. With the movement of his eyes, you will realize that he is seriously annoyed by what I just said. I have nothing to say to them, other than praying that this meeting ends soon. This is my only concern so at the end of it all, I don't take all what they said or did to heart.

The door slightly opens and Achilles peeps from the door. My parents haven't seen him as he closes back suddenly but very slowly so as not to make any noise. I grow furious but before my parents turn to stare at, they would ask what's going on.

"Why would Achilles always spy on me, where he can't, he sends his mate to do that?" I bottle up the anger inside of me, vowing to deal with him if he should cross paths again with me. As my parents turn I compose myself, nothing on this has to concern them.

"Gavin, we are holding a meeting. A solemn meeting has been declared, your fate will be decided there, you know you aren't yet the official Alpha, the Alpha makers haven't installed you yet?" She asks, placing me under suspense.

"Yes, I know that's right but what about that mom?"

"We are afraid you will be allowed to continue with, what's your mate's name again?" Mom asks for this and I shake my head with frustration. They don't care about her, in fact they don't want her. That's why they can't even remember the first name of the girl that's my mate. I go over to contemplate on what she just said, my heart skips, the words subconsciously place me in a bad mood, my wolf grows dull.

"Isn't it too early for this drama, mom? Why do you think she might not be my mate but that's the one the moon goddess assigned for me, are you sure you know better than her?"

Mom rises up from the couch, walking sluggishly to the refrigerator. "You ask a lot of questions and want to claim right when you are wrong, so I have no time for you, just get prepared by 11 AM, the meeting starts. Before it ends, you will realize your fate."

"You may now take your leave." Dad concurred in his huge tone.

I rise up, without saying a word, I storm out going straight to the lake which is by the right side wing of the estate, this part is kind of slightly demarcated from the rest of the wings. It is attached to the bush where we go for runs in the evening, hunt for Bush animals when we feel like consuming one as well as spending lonely times. This is the best place to visit when you are depressed.

I pick up stones from the ground and begin to throw them inside of the water, observing the waves being created. With the repetitive act of this, my spirit travels far, all what mom had said replays deep inside of me. I soon received a pat on the shoulders. It's my cousin, Hilaria. Her aura of calmness surrounds everywhere as she approaches.

"Hey Alpha," though related to me, she calls me Alpha. Her eyes are dull, laced with interest. Sometimes I wonder if she's my stepmother. Even with her mate, she still has time for me. I turn around and pull her into a tight hug which sends the hormones of platonic love through my brain.

"How do you feel today?" I ask her with interest, with the care she has for me, I can't afford to play indifferent to her. She smiles. I wonder if she's not among those who knows I'm a serial killer, I'm violent and I do other bad things? I always wonder about this with the pure and genuine love she gives me. Nothing touches us hard souls than someone loving us even with the evils we have committed. Some people see that we don't voluntarily do it, we are being compelled by some factors beyond our control.

"I'm doing a little bit fine, I heard what happened yesterday."

"Must you concern yourself with that?" I tease her, playfully stamping my foot on the floor. "You really love to worry about my troubles."

"Hello, good morning Alpha." I hear a masculine voice behind me, I turn around and it's her mate, Nicolas. I catch him smiling and walking towards Hilaria like she wants to take her away from me. Though she isn't a love partner, I become jealous.

"You came to take her away from me?" I question. He smiles, and can't hide the truth.

"I'm so sorry, Alpha."

"Nico, I'm fine. I'm with my Alpha discussing some boarding issues, so don't worry about me." Hilaria says, making me smile with delight, her mate has been somewhat of a possessive man of recent. I know there's no loving man who isn't possessive of his babe but not when she's relating with a family member. I can't seduce Hilaria, she's my cousin so I don't see the need for him to take her away.

I grab her by the wrist walking off with her, leaving Nicolas on the spot staring at us." Don't follow us again, lest you will be punished. My demons speak at this point, everyone knows what I mean when I declare a threat like this, so he hurriedly retraced his steps. Since I wanted him to go away, after he is gone, I sit on the wooden bench by the side of the pool. Hilaria sits besides me.

"I'm glad you are here, you came looking for me."

"Yes, I did." I didn't expect her to give a reply to this. A powerful puff of air escapes my lungs, passing through my nostrils, I breathe so heavily when tense situations like this bothers me.

"What do you think I need to do in this case?"

"You mean the saga as to Emma and Mia?" I nod, puzzled at how everyone knows now. "Who do you love more between the two of them?" The urge to open up and tell her everything comes in, Hilaria is one person I trust so much.

"Mia, I sense. She's my fated mate, my pride and longevity."

"So don't you love Emma?" She asks.

"Yes, I do but on a whole new level. Mia has feminine features, she will give me a lot of benefits but Emma is rather masculine. When it comes to love as an Alpha, apart from who is masculine and who is feminine, certain considerations have to be considered."

"Which are?" She implies I list them. I'm willing to do that for her, a slight grin lights up on my face, I seem quite weird. I watch as she narrows her eyes, asking why I'm smiling but since I have no reason, I say nothing.

Then I heave a sigh of relief. "Mia is the only person who can extend my stay on the Alpha seat, if I marry anyone other than Mia, there will be a serious problem but now my parents want me to choose Emma which I don't want to."

"It's not by force, you are grown and mature, they should leave you alone. We will fight this but Emma is extremely dangerous o." She points out her stress but emphasizes more on the O. I know but what's the use of life if you don't take risks. We must have been talking about what to do since we met, fifteen minutes to the time we will retire back to go to work, Mia calls me. Since she didn't have her own phone when she was in her parents' house, I asked my servant to get her a good friend. It was as easy as that, money spoke and right now, she has an iPhone 13 Pro max.

Taking her by the hand, we take a stroll round the garden. "I think this soothes me, when I walk around here. This is what I wanted to try in solitude before you found me."

"Really?"

"Yes."

One last walk and we return to the estate. I walk straight to my chambers where I slide under the bed cover to take a fifteen minute break, feeling I'm lying beside Mia. My mind quickly goes to her. I had sent my Beta to go inform her of the meeting by 11 AM. I'd told her to wait for me until I said otherwise, now I'm going to meet her. I slide out of the bed in a haste. If possible, I'll get into her room and have s*x with her again, I'll mark her so that she goes with my mark to the meeting.

"What of the visit to the military institute you intended to, and then the nursing college?" Some lofty thoughts fly right into my mind at this point, threatening to abort the urges I have begun to develop towards Mia. I'm quite sure she must be in her room, shivering in fear of Emma who has stationed herself in my chambers, the first one I usually share with whoever is my partner at a particular point in time.

I swipe off the thoughts. If my parents really need Emma, whom I don't know why they are so inclined to, I need to do something which will pose a serious challenge. "But I wouldn't want to hurt her either, what if I go with both of them at the same time?" It's a question left to be answered some other time, for now I need to do what's in my heart.

I slide into my slippers, opening the door of my room, I exit going over to the direction of Mia's room. As I reach, I knock on it, I happen to knock several times before I receive a response. "Who's that?" I hear a petit voice ask from inside.

"It's me!" I respond without adding anything. She must have been very much familiar with my voice now. The only person that has met her, male to be specific, is my brother and we don't have the same voice. "Let me come in."

"Alright, I'm coming." The next second, I see the door opening. She sticks out her head like someone frightened to look at me. "What's that, baby?" I observe she isn't that intimate with me like before.

"What are you doing here? Am I gonna go for tutorials with Lady Beatrice today?" The first question she asks. I arch a brow. I'm puzzled at how she still cares for the tutorials despite what's going on. "Why are you so enthusiastic about the tutorials, aren't you scared that Emma might attack you?"

"I'm scared but don't you think it's foolish to be bound inside of here like a slave?"

"Since when did you develop such courage? " I ask myself not saying it out.

"We have a meeting by 11 PM and my parents are interested in Emma, they said they don't want you, I should return you to where I picked you from." I don't mean to hurt her but there's a serious hurt emanating from her face. It came like a shock to her as she parts her lips, her eyes grow so wide and she stumbles if not that I grab her over the waist.

"Can I share some moments with you? I wanted us to have s*x one last time before the meeting so that I'll mark you. It would be more difficult for them to send you away with this mark and with it, wherever you go, fate will always work to bring us together. " She smiles at this, with sincere happiness. I pulled her into a very tight hug, she delved her hands over my back, having her share of close-tight pressure.

"Come in!" She smiles.

"I observe you are a bit free with me now because of s*x, you weren't free before now like when we discovered we were mates at your pack and even your initial arriGavin here?" This is one behavior of hers, strange and came up unexpectedly which is bothering me to ask her.

"It's because of what I heard about you from someone." My heart beat goes up. Oh God, what did she just hear about me? I want to hear it from her mouth.