The Cruel 22

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Chapter 22

ALPHA DIMITRI

That piece of information caught me off guard.

“What did you say?”

I looked back at her to make sure that Ace knew what he said..

“Yeah, I’m sure. I know what I’m feeling. She’s our mate.”

What? Serena was my mate? How was that possible?

Out of all the women that I’d met in my lifetime, this one just had to be my mate. I still felt like Ace was making a mistake.

“Ace, are you sure of what you’re saying? I mean, look at her face very well. It’s Serena. Are you sure you’re not mistaking her for someone else?”

“No Dimitri, I know I’m not. I know what I’m saying. She’s the one.”

What in the world was this? Why did this piece of information come at this time?

“And you’re sure it’s not because she’s pregnant for me? I hope that’s not messing with your head?”

Something in me just didn’t want to accept that reality. How could Serena be my mate?

Why after all this time? I wasn’t ready for all that. I didn’t mind the baby but I didn’t want her.

“I know what I’m saying, Dimitri. S

Damn it, how could this happen?

your mate. I’m very sure of it.”

I mean, it didn’t exactly come as a shock. It made a lot of sense now that I knew because I’d been feeling attracted to her for a while..

I mean, today made me so confused because I was with another woman, and thoughts of her were going through my head as if she was the one I was with.

When I was around her, I felt this need to always look at her and to say something to her.

But despite this discovery, there was nothing that could be done. It wasn’t like I could marry her or claim her as my mate especially because of the way that my mother was and the way that our relationship was.

She was a slave, and I was an Alpha; despite the fact that she was pregnant for me, I couldn’t accept her. Firstly, what would people say about it even though the council had already given their go ahead and then there was the issue of my mother.

She would make it to be more than it was and then, she would make her life a living hell. She hated Serena as much as she could and it would be very unfair of me to keep her and tie her down in all that.

And in all, I just wasn’t ready to have a mate and do all that commitment.

“What are you thinking about?” Ace asked.

“A lot. A whole damn lot. How the hell am I going to deal with this?”

“What do you mean? You don’t have to deal with it. She’s our mate, all you have to do is

accept her.”

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It wasn’t that easy. He wasn’t the one who had to deal with my mother and every drama that would follow having her as a

mate.

Also, I doubted she would be able to take on the responsibility that comes with being a Luna..she was just a common wolf, and I needed someone who had been in my life to be able to do it perfectly.

I had a position.

important position as Alpha and I needed a woman who was as strong and determined as I was to take that

And Serena was not that person.

“You wouldn’t understand even if I explained to you so forget it. Besides, I’m not going to tell her about our mate bond.”

“Why? Why would you do a thing like that?”

Where do I start from?

“I doubt she has her wolf so she doesn’t know about this. It would be better for her

Thankfully, he dropped it and the fatigue that brought me here in the first place hit me again.

She was sleeping peacefully on my bed, and something in me wanted to wake her up to go to her room, but then again, she was already fast asleep, and that would mean that I would be disturbing her.

I thought about it deeply and ended up on the bed. If I woke her up after making her go the whole day without eating, I’d feel like a terrible person, so I just let it slide.

As I lay on the bed, my eyes met with her face, and I was trapped. She had long lashes and a pointed nose. Her lips were rosy and surely soft. My mind flashed back to our kiss that day and I recalled that her lips were surely memorable.

She has a beautiful face, I was sure of that and if the baby was a girl, I didn’t have to worry about them being ugly because I knew their mother was very beautiful.

Now that I thought about it, Serena was a good person. Despite everything that my mother and sister did to her over the years, she never retaliated and she never did anything against them.

She just obeyed and did as she was told.

But wait, what was wrong with me?

Why was I thinking about her in this way? No, maybe it was because of the recent revelation.

She was still Serena, regardless of anything. All she was was the woman who would give birth to my baby. Nothing would happen between us because this was her plan. She wanted to get to me and I wouldn’t let that happen.

SERENA

My eyes drifted open later that night and the lights were switched on. I was sure I had turned them off when I slept earlier.

My eyes met with his face and I froze, wondering what the hell he was doing in my bed.

And then I remembered I was in his room.

The first thing that crossed my mind was regret. How the hell did I end up here? I raised the blanket slowly to see if I still had my clothes on because for me to be in the same bed with him meant that something happened.