Page 12 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 2

I walked back to the bed, looking at my friend's tear-stained face and brushed them away.

Oh babe, who did this to you? My heart ached for her and I wanted to really beat the shit out of her mate.

I undid her hair and took her earrings off before I closed the curtains and turned the lamp on. Covering her with the blanket, I got into bed as well.

I couldn't rest, not when I was so worried. But somehow, sleep soon came…

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A sob awoke me and I jolted up to see Kiara sitting up with her arms around her legs as she cried into her knees.

"Kia, what happened?" I asked, wrapping my arms around her. She turned and hugged me tightly as she cried softly, and I realised from her puffy eyes that she had been awake for a while.

"He’s my mate, Raven… and he doesn't want me." She whispered, sobbing into my shoulder.

My heart thumped, by ‘he’ did she mean Alejandro?

"You mean Alpha butthole?" I whispered.

She nodded and I bit back a gasp. It all made sense… Uncle El’s words… Kiara’s heartbreak…

"Oh Babe, he doesn't deserve you if he can’t see how special you are." I whispered, wishing I knew what to say.

"He simply said ‘Ignore her’ and kissed Jasmin." She said, now pulling away and hugging herself once more.

"He…" I had nothing to offer. "Let’s go home, babe. That’s better for us. Liam and Damon are leaving in the morning."

She remained silent before she suddenly sat up.

"He broke me Raven, I'm not going to make it easy for him and just go home… Doctor Callum mentioned that Dad wanted me to stay here because it's safer here… Well that’s the plan. If he thinks he can make me run... Then he’s sorely mistaken."

She stood up, wiping her face. I could sense her strong aura as she walked over to the mirror, looking at her reflection.

"Kia… What do you want to do?"

I knew she was hurt, but I also knew Kiara was her parents’ daughter. Reckless, headstrong and determined.

"I’m going to attend his engagement. I don’t care if he wants me or not. The bond will mess with him. I'm going to make this so hard for him, that he will at least struggle to remain composed."

"So… You are going to attend your mate’s engagement?" I asked.

Hats off to her. My heart would be too broken to do that, but I knew Kiara was hurting and she was reacting because of it…

"Then we need a dress…" I said.

"I’ll leave it to you. Please?" She said.

Despite her calm voice, I saw the storm of emotions in her glassy eyes. I smiled.

"Sure thing. Just tell me the colour!"

"Black." She said, looking at her reflection.

I nodded, I guess we had to somehow out-do her look today... Damn, this was going to be a mission, but one I was going to see through to the end. I smirked at the fact she chose black, Jasmin had set a rule for her guests to wear pastels… Well, too bad for her.

"Please don’t tell anyone about who my mate is." She said quietly.

I nodded.

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