Page 86 of The Forbidden Alpha

“Come on. I am just a curious guy. Seriously, both of you have been stressing me out lately,” he said, chuckling. I just looked at him seriously.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said coldly. That’s when he burst into laughter, making our companions look at us curiously. When Darius saw that, he immediately shoved them away.

“Keep walking,” he even said, so the warriors continued walking, and he kept on pestering me. Ugh! This is annoying! Why did I even go with this group anyway? Tsk. I should’ve just stayed in the pack.

“You’re nosy,” I retorted, not even minding that he was a high-ranking official of the pack.

“Wait, what? Me? Come on. I’m just a curious guy. I just want to know what is happening between the two of you. I mean, come on, the last few days, you were on lovey-dovey, and I even caught you making the fuck out,” he whispered and gave out a small chuckle. That’s when I stopped walking.

I felt like my whole body just froze, and all my blood rushed to my face. My mouth parted a bit, and I looked at him quickly. The jerk was still smirking while I was there, stunned, and didn’t even know what to freaking do! Damn it!

“What?” he said in between chuckles. We both looked crazy there at the back of the group, whispering while the others were quietly walking until we reached the middle of the forest where we usually hunt.

I glared at him, but he only smirked. Damn it. He’s getting to my nerves! I guess talking to him would do me no good, so I decided to completely ignore him. I took a deep breath to compose myself. I kept my poker face before I looked at him again.

“Shut it, Darius. It’s not funny. Whatever it is, it’s not your concern anymore,” I said coldly before joining the rest of the warriors.

Darius finally stopped bugging me, so we were able to spend the next few minutes walking into the forest.

When we reached the middle of the forest, I immediately took out my bow and arrow. The hunters scattered already so they could find a good spot to hunt. I did the same, but Darius decided to have a second season for being annoying. Fuck. This guy is freaking nuts!

“Get the hell out of my way,” I whispered to him harshly.

“What? Seriously? I just want to hunt with you,” he said and winked at me. I scoffed and just rolled my eyes again. I shook my head and went in the opposite direction instead.

I was so pissed off by Darius that all I did that hunt was to fucking find the best spot to avoid him. Tsk. I managed to hunt a deer, but I was so distracted when we got home because Darius kept pestering me again. If looks could kill, he would’ve been dead the moment we arrived at the pack’s territory. He didn’t seem to care about it, tho. He just kept on laughing and smirking. The last time I saw him, he was already talking to Lucas. That just made me even more annoyed. I just feel like he only pestered me so he could have something to report to his boss. Damn it.

I groaned and just made myself busy again. I returned to the mansion when we arrived because it was already lunchtime. When I got there, I saw that the other omegas were there, too, and they were preparing for the Alpha’s food.

Leila greeted. “How was the hunt?” she asked.

I sighed and then shrugged. “It was fine,” I replied while tying my apron so I could start cooking. I shoved away all the distracting thoughts that Darius had fed my brain earlier and just focused on preparing for lunch.

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“How is it going?”

“It’s doing good, Alpha.”

“Good, that’s nice. Keep it up.”

“We will, Alpha.”

I clenched my fist as I stared at Lucas talking to three she-wolves on the field. I don’t know, but I felt my heart being pricked by a needle as I looked at them. My breathing went heavy as I watched him give them a small smile.

Tsk. He didn’t even give me those smiles. Hell, he doesn’t usually smile, so why the hell is he smiling now?!

I quickly turned my head away from them. After that confrontation and the hunting earlier, I thought I had grown numb from the pain, but I realized it still hurts. Once, I was feisty with him, and now I’m hurting like a freaking doll. Damn it.

My eyes suddenly blurred with tears. Shit. I cannot cry here! Not in the freaking field! I swallowed hard and put down the sword I was holding before running back to the mansion.

“Hey! Celine! We’re not yet done!”

I didn’t mind whoever was calling me. I was just too focused to go to the mansion. I didn’t even mind the omegas that were calling me as well. I immediately went upstairs and slammed the door behind me before slumping my body on the bed and hugging my pillow. My chest tightened as I burst into tears.

Why haven’t I learned my lesson yet, huh? I was once mated and in love with an Alpha, but he rejected me. He also banished me from his pack because he didn’t want me. And now, fuck. Why did I let myself be in this situation again? If Michael, who was my mate, was able to break my heart, then why did I even think that Lucas won’t do the same, huh? I’m not even his mate! Where do I even stand in his life?

I shouldn’t have expected him to feel the same for me. I’m not special and used to be a burden when I first came here. Our only connection was my father and his father, but does that even count? Fuck. I was so naive and dumb to even think he would fall in love with me.

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