I Rejected You, Alpha

ELEIA’S POV

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The smell down in the basement is gross as we walk to the cell the guard leads us to. “You can go.” Aiden mutters as we halt in front of the cell. My eyes widen as I stare at Alpha Reece, standing in the middle, glaring at his surroundings until his narrowed eyes lands on us. “Finally.” he huffs, walking to the gate, “You came to your senses, now let me out.” he grits out and I stare at him baffled, “We’re not here to let you out.” Aiden deadpans and Alpha Reece’s face goes numb, “I am not staying in this goddess forsaken hell hole, it smells like shit.” Alpha Reece grabs ahold of the steel bars, his teeth bared, “We’ll clean up, we haven’t used it in so long.” Aiden shrugs, showing no remorse, but I wouldn’t either.

I do feel bad for aunt Penelope and I can’t imagine how difficult this must be for her, I want to set him free, just for her, but I can’t. He could be a monster, one straight from my nightmares and nobody could know but on the other hand, he could be a very caring person…

“Well put me somewhere else.” he demands and a snort escapes my lips as I glance at the floor. It’s dusty and muddy.

“We’ll ask you some questions and if we fell like you are telling the truth, perhaps then we’ll put you somewhere else.” the teasing tone Aiden uses makes me grin, but I try to hide it, “What questions?” Alpha Reece is livid, I could see it in his dark eyes. “Why do you want Cleo back so badly?” Aiden asks, folding his arms over his chest as he stares him down, “I told you, she has other family. She deserves to be with them.” his hands tightens around the steel bars, his knuckles turning white.

“Then give me her contact details and I will speak with her, but I am not handing that little girl over.” Aiden shrugs and I can’t help but fall more in love with him.

I hated how distant I was with him before I was taken by Zac, it made me feel…hate. I hated myself because I thought I was never going to see him again, I hated that I didn’t spend every second with my kids because I thought I would never see them again too.

Now every moment I have, I take it and spend it with my family, whether it’s with the kids or Aiden, I appreciate it and even since I got back, every moment is worth everything to me. I stare a little longer, take in what my children look like and I’m happy if they are.

I would never want Felix to feel hurt that we’re taking Cleo in and I would give him extra love to show him that I am not abandoning him, because I know what growing up without love feels like and it’s awful. I don’t want that for any child.

“Well I don’t have it on me.” Alpha Reece shrugs, “Is your phone in your car?” Aiden asks, glancing at me from the side of his eye. “No, her contact information is on a piece of paper in my f**g office, I don’t use my personal phone to make business calls.” he snorts and Aiden cs his head at him, “Business calls? Are you seriously calling that little girl business? Does she mean so little to you?” Aiden snaps, slamming the metal bars so hard that Reece flinches back with wide eyes, “She is not my personal problem.” he shrugs, “Then we’ll go to your home, ask your mate to lead us in there and if we don’t find anything, you are screwed, hear me?” Aiden seethes as he grabs my hand and the pure scared look in Alpha Reece’s eyes makes me grin as we turn and walk away.

No matter how loud or how much Alpha Reece calls for our attention, we don’t give in to him because Aiden knows what he’s doing and so do I.

Getting out of that rotting smell is like coming up for fresh air after drowning since the entire time I was down there, I tried to breathe as little as possible. “That st stinks like…”, “st?” I finish his sentence and I look up at my handsome mate, who’s face is scrunched up, “Yeah, that.” he snorts and I giggle, inhaling an audible breath.

“Are we really going over there?” I ask, squeezing his hand, “We have to. But it has to be a secret, only a few guards can know.” he whispers, stepping closer before glancing around. “I’m taking Stefan and a few of the castle guards.” he murmurs under his breath and I nod, “Don’t tell anyone.” he whispers as we walk towards the stairs.

“I’ll just tell the nanny to stay with the kids.” I mumble, “No, you stay with them.” he grabs my hand tightly, tugging me towards him, “I want you to stay here, I want to keep you safe.”, my eyes flicks between his, “I don’t think there’s any danger there.” I frown, an absentminded smile making it’s way across my face.

He’s being ridiculous and over protective, it’s sweet, but I want to help.

“Please, just spend time with them.” his eyes are pleading with me. His thumb rubs over my hand, softening me, “Fine.” I agree and a smile crosses his face and he leans in, placing a chaste k**s on my temple, “Thank you.” he mutters against my forehead before pulling away, “And don’t tell Rosie.” he demands and I open my mouth to stand up for her, but decide that I’ll just keep it to myself. He does not need to know what I tell my best friend. He winks before walking off and I make my way to the play room, where I find my best friend with her kid and the nanny with mine.

Felix and Cleo are playing off on their own and it warms my heart to not see him play alone. Arlen is too little to play with and so is Duncan, Rosie’s son.

“You can go.” I smile at the nanny, holding out my arms and she hands Arlen too me. As I take him, all of the stress and the tense feelings inside of my body washes away, almost like I drank herbal tea, or more like smoked it.

I love him with my entire heart and soul and the way he stares up at me, slowly blinking and a very tiny smile on his face has my love becoming more and more with every passing second.

The nanny leaves and I sit down on a big bean bag chair, crossing my legs as I cradle my little boy in my arms, “Where’s Aiden?” Rosie asks as she feeds Duncan, “Out with Stefan, they went to investigate.” I shrug, smiling as I grab a bottle for Arlen and his tiny hands try to grab ahold of it as he opens his mouth to drink.

“He didn’t tell me that.” I glance up at my frowning best friend, “Aiden doesn’t want anyone to know, he told me not to tell you.” I shrug. We both stare at each other blankly before we break out into a fit of laughter, my stomach contracting as we laugh, our bodies shaking and I finally feel at peace, as if my life is complete.

Since we moved to the castle, I felt so much pressure since everyone expected so much of me, not only my pack, but the castle’s pack and it became too much. Rosie and I barely saw each other and we spoke even less and finally after everything, it’s starting to feel good again.

Like the old days.

When it was just Rosie and I, except now it’s us and our children.

They are going to be best friends too, they don’t have a choice.

“Wait, what are they investigating?” Rosie’s laugh dials down and she blows out a deep breath, “Alpha Reece’s house. We suspect he’s a Regan.” I snort and her jaw drops, “But what if he is?”, “Then he’s going to rot for a really long time Rosie, there are no place for monsters inside of children’s lives…It’s traumatic.” I sigh, “I know.”