Chapter 113
Dimitri:
“What is going on?” I frowned, looking at Ivan, noticing that neither he nor Natalia were ready for their wedding. She wasn’t speaking, her eyes avoided mine, and I could tell by just looking at my beta that something bad had happened.
“You can ask your beta what you and your mate managed to do.” Natalia said, making both Aurora and I frown in confusion. My mate was quiet, but I could tell that whatever was going on, neither one of us understood what it was. “The wedding was canceled. I think that you can enjoy yourselves a little more knowing that you were the reason behind it.”
“What do you mean by the wedding was canceled?” I asked, looking at the woman. The idea of it being canceled was something that I didn’t put into account, and knowing that we had guests coming over in a bit. I didn’t know how we were going to be handling that, nevertheless, I knew that this wasn’t something that they wanted to do.
“You can ask yourselves, more specifically, your woman who has been fighting with her…”
“I did nothing to break the two of you up. But you know for fucking fact that you’ve been playing with…”
“Aurora, enough,” I said, looking at my mate. She raised an eyebrow at me, and I shook my head, silently asking her to stop. I knew that this wasn’t her fault, but right now, I knew that Natalia was upset, and the idea of her taking her anger out on my woman was not something that I wanted. Especially not now when there was a lot for us to be taking care of. “You two are not going to end this wedding because of an issue that happened between an Alpha and one of his pack members.”
“The pack member happens to be my mate, Dimitri. And regardless of the bullshit that can happen between the two of us; you are my Alpha and friend, and I am to deal with OUR bullshit in private. But for my mate to get between things that she shouldn’t…”
“I am not going to be put in a space of a bargain. He can rot in hell for all I care right now.” Natalia said, stopping the man. “And if you think that I am going to be begging for you, then you are very wrong.”
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“Well, it doesn’t work like that, both of you.” I said, looking at both Ivan and Natalia. “You have your family coming, and I doubt that your father is going to accept the idea of canceling your wedding after the fuss that he’s put through to get to it. You fought for it, the two of you, and the idea of canceling it is only going to make your father realize that he should have chosen your groom for you. And believe me when I say that the two of us know your father enough to know that he is going to give you time to get over this before setting you up with a man that he sees fit.”
“As for you, Ivan, you are going to make the family sink in some dirt hole that neither one of us is going to want to deal with. We already have enough in our hands, and
responsibilities are not ones that we are going to easily neglect. Not to mention the fact that I know that the two of you are lovers, unlike my situation with Aurora.” I said, looking at my mate. She nodded in understanding, and I could tell that she knew that what I said was true. Had the two of us been lovers, I knew that things would have been a lot easier for us, and I knew that the ‘duty‘ that we were supposed to be fulfilling would have gone a lot more smooth. “Go and get ready, we have guests arriving in a bit. As for whatever the night is going to take us through, it depends on your relationship and how you are going to want to handle it. But I am guessing that you know that your father is going to want to see you as a bride, and considering that you chose to wed a human, the council is going to want to see her marked.”
“I do not want him to touch me.” Natalia said, and Ivan scoffed. “He can give me a temporary bite, but I am not expected…”
“You are human, Natalia. And there are rules when it comes to our council.” I said, stopping the woman. “Your anger is understood, but I think that the two of you can solve things your way as the night goes. Considering the facts that you have in hand, the one way that you are going to be safe amongst other wolves is for you to be marked. Otherwise, you are going to be in constant danger, unlike other wolves.”
“I have been living among you…”
“Among us, but you are yet to find yourself gathering with other wolves. And I don’t think that the elders are to be counted in this situation.” I said, stopping her. She frowned as she looked at Aurora before shaking her head.
“I do hope that you are happy with what you
did…”
“Don’t pull up a guilt line on me,” Aurora said, stopping her. “Had your cousin not interfered in what didn’t concern her, and rather than apologizing or at least leaving me be,
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attacking me with what you know tore me apart; things wouldn’t have gotten here.”
“I did come to apologize.” Natalia said, looking Aurora dead in the eye. “But you went to your husband instead…”
“And I am yet to get an apology, am I? But I have to admit, I no longer expect or want it.” Aurora said, taking a step back. “I would rather not deal with anyone who sees me as nothing more than a damsel who is to serve her Alpha’s bed as if she were a consort.”
“I am his mate, and I think that you should know that the title damsel doesn’t even go on me as I had a proper mating ceremony.” Aurora said, looking Natalia dead in the eye. “As for the two of us having problems, not all of us have it easy. Sometimes, more than others, the pain is too much, but we cope with things the way that we are, in our way. What I do not expect is for you or anyone to begin with, to hurt me with something that they know would
break me.”
“And if they do?” Natalia asked, not even bothering to care that Ivan and I were standing.
“Then I am to break whatever it is that they think that they’re depending on.” She said, taking a step back. “I have a daughter to check on before heading to check on the things to ensure that your night goes well. You know, I am still this pack’s Luna and as a bride, you are required to get all the time that you need to get ready. Please excuse me, Alpha…”
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