Page 117 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 2

Scarlett sighed.

"Ok look… Kia… Raven, go get your stuff ready for tonight… Elijah take a breather…" She said quietly.

Kiara kissed me softly before she walked off reluctantly, looking over her shoulder at me. I just fucking wanted to just pull her close and kiss her all over again. Her sweet taste lingered on my lips. When the door shut, Scarlett looked at her mate, glaring icily.

"She’s pregnant. She doesn’t need this stress." She growled.

"He-"

"I knew!" She said. Elijah frowned, his alpha aura rolling off him.

"Yeah, I got that from the conversation earlier, so you kept it a secret?" He said coldly.

"Yes, because this is how you were going to behave. Elijah… they love each other, please for Kiara and for me just…" She ran her hands through her hair and frowned at Rafael for help.

I simply shrugged and sat down, lighting another cigarette. I had no idea where the fucker knocked the other one… I scanned the floor, spotting it, and reached out with my foot to snuff it out.

"Elijah, when have you ever seen Alejandro care for anyone the way he does Kiara?" Rafael said.

"You know I’m right fucking here?" I remarked.

"Yeah, you’re hard to miss." Scarlett shot back with a frown, before placing her hands on Elijah’s arms. "He’s perfect for her baby… There’s no one stronger, more able who could be her mate."

Elijah looked at me, frowning coldly, before he looked at Scarlett.

"Jasmin shouldn’t be pardoned. If she’s been helping Endora, she should be killed." He said.

I agree with that.

Scarlett sighed and nodded, "Let’s see how far involved she is… We all know what Zidane was capable of... Maybe she’s a victim… We can’t jump to conclusions."

I said nothing. Let’s see if they managed to get more out of her than I did or Darien. I felt Elijah’s anger swirling around me, this was surely going to be fun…

"Rafael, you can take them to Jasmin’s apartment, I’m going to see if I can sniff anything out that my men may have missed." I said coldly.

I wanted to keep busy, because with each passing fucking hour, I was getting nervous about tonight. For an Alpha, this was like a fucking wedding in a way…

I knew that Serena and the Omegas were most likely already working on the setup in the training grounds. I was told to avoid the damn area, so I didn’t find out what colour Kiara was going to wear.

The food was being prepped and the few Alpha’s or Beta’s that were coming would begin to arrive in the evening.

Did I care? I’d like to say no… But like a fucking weirdo I was… kinda interested. I mean, she looked fucking good in anything, so I wanted to know what she was going to wear… Ok, fuck that’s plain weird. I was now taking an interest in women's clothing.

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KIARA

"You ok? You seem distracted?" I asked Raven as we both sat there applying our makeup. It was later in the evening, and we had both showered so were getting ready for the event. We were in the old room I had previously been staying at. I was nervous, yet at the same time, it felt completely surreal.

"Hmm, yeah, of course." She said,

"Liar."

"It’s just… My birthday’s soon… At the next mating ceremony, I can find my mate…"

"And, we all know who you want as your mate." I smiled, applying some more highlighter to my cheekbones.

When I was met with silence, I looked at her sharply, to see her pausing, her lipstick in her hands. Confusion and guilt consumed her.

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