Page 6 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 2

"Not mates then?" Liam said.

"Nope." Damon said, with a small smile. "Now you can rejoice."

"Hey, I wouldn’t have minded it." Liam said, now looking at me. "Your aura…"

"It’s impressive." Damon said seriously.

I shrugged. "A lot has happened."

"Yeah, I know. It’s not been long but you seem... different. Like you’ve finally become a woman." Liam teased. I had filled them both in over the group chat but seeing my aura was completely different then hearing about it.

A familiar scent invaded my nose and I turned to see Rayhan, dressed in a black suit, walking over. I felt two pairs of eyes bore into me from behind and I knew they wondered if I had found my mate. I mouthed to Rayhan.

‘Play along.’

He smirked, giving me a tiny nod as he looked me over.

"Mate." He said, with an intense look in his eyes, but I knew he was trying to hide his amazement. He stopped in front of me.

"Mate." I said before wrapping my arms around his neck.

"Damn." Damon said, shocked.

"Whoa really?" Liam said, also shocked. "You’re lying."

"Why do you say that?" Rayhan asked, keeping his eyes on me.

I was so close to bursting into laughter.

"I can sense it." Liam replied, shrugging.

I giggled.

"Yeah, not mates." I said.

"You look amazing though." Rayhan said.

"Thank you."

"I want to see who gets Kiara… I'm guessing some Alpha in his early twenties…" Liam said as Rayhan met them both with a hug.

"Gets? Am I prize to be won?"

"Well, you do kind of look like a trophy right now." Damon teased and I glared at him.

Somehow, that felt like the ice breaker between us.

The other two men nodded in agreement and I rolled my eyes. I knew of the four of us I had the highest possibility of finding my mate, as women were often younger than the male by a few years in many cases. Most males end up finding their mates in their early twenties, unlike the females, who often find theirs pretty soon after turning eighteen.

"Well, until we sniff our mates out, how about we get a drink?" Rayhan suggested.

I looked around, looking at all the males. So far, nothing out of the ordinary had caught my nose.

"Drinks sound good!" Damon said, motioning an omega waiter over.

We all took a flute of champagne when I felt the sudden urge to look up. I turned and looked around the vast hall. There was a balcony that spread across the entire length of the hall, leading to the second floor. I scanned it; it was mostly empty apart from a few couples. Nothing out of the ordinary caught my eye.

"Kiara?" Damon asked concerned. "You ok?"

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