The Alpha's Fated Mate Is an Outcast-Chapter 32

Keelion shut his laptop close and shifted his gaze to Alexis who was seated on a bean bag close to the opened balcony door, chewing on her meal with a contented look on her face.

The cold wind was pouring in.

"You’ll begin sharing the dorm room with Augustus and Lyndon tomorrow," he said.

Alexis paused chewing. "Is that...safe?"

"You’re very safe with both of them. You’ll be protected, just...don’t let anyone figure out that you’re not a man, because then you’ll have much to explain."

"What if I want to dress up or change?" she blurted out the question before her brain could even process it. "I’m not going to do—"

"No," Keelion responded. The room I gave you is still yours. Use it whenever you like. Just be careful and don’t make it too obvious. I don’t want any of the staff wondering why you were given my room."

Alexis’ lips stretched into a smile and she nodded. She scooped up a spoonful of rice with sauce, continuing to eat to her heart’s content.

Sereia glanced at her and then looked back at Keelion who was watching her—just eating.

Her eyes narrowed into a slit as she mumbled. "You know you can easily seduce this man."

Alexis instantly choked on her food at her words and began hitting her chest with a flushed look on her face.

She looked at her, her expression darkening a deeper shade of blush. ’Why would you suggest that? What is wrong with you? You’re a bad influence.’

"Huh?" Sereia regarded her with a ridiculous look. "Kid, that man is our mate. And I guarantee you he..."

’W-what?’ Alexis side-eyed her.

The wolf smirked. "Whatever they do in bed, hahahaha." She broke out into a cackle.

"You’re so easy to mess around with."

Alexis inhaled sharply, but before she could even make a response, the sound of Keelion’s sudden approaching footsteps drew her attention.

"Why are your pheromones all over the place?" He leaned over her where she sat on the bean bag.

Alexis blinked slowly. "W-w-what do you mean?"

One hand came behind her head to grip her short curls, while his thumb that caressed the nape of her neck went unnoticed.

She batted her eyes up at him, breathing suddenly becoming hard as if he were sucking every breath in her lungs.

Keelion’s gaze drifted from her eyes and fell to her mouth. The sauce he’d noticed was still on her bottom lip—beautifully smaller than her upper lip.

"Sauce..." His voice disappeared as he stared at her, jaw clenching.

"Keelion?"

He brought his thumb to her lips and rubbed on them. She was confused, but he couldn’t really speak. Not when he was thinking so hard.

The need to gain some semblance of control. What was it even about her pheromones that could get him worked up and mess with his resistance? novelbuddy.cσ๓

But he couldn’t even focus on that, because the fucking sauce was distracting.

He cupped her chin, and she stared at him, pretty eyes a bit widened. He moved closer until he was completely hovering above her and Alexis swallowed thickly.

"Keelion..." she breathed.

The man leaned in, brushing his mouth on hers until he sealed his lips over her lower one, sucking off the sauce. It wasn’t...a kiss. No, Alexis wouldn’t consider that a kiss, yet she found herself shivering beneath him.

Before she could wonder what he was going to do, he made a sound at the back of his throat and pulled away, turning to have his back on her.

Keelion trailed a thumb across his own lip and breathed out softly.

"I’ll be working in my office. Go to sleep if you need to." And then he stomped away, slamming the bedroom door shut behind him.

Silence. Complete silence.

"Oh my goddess, Alexis," Sereia mumbled next to her while also staring at the door. "That was so...indescribably hot. I held my breath."

Alexis glanced at her. "It..." She wasn’t even sure what she was going to say. Her eyes instead drifted back to the door, and she cleared her throat, ruffling her hair,

She felt like she’d lost her voice.

...

Keelion dropped into his office leather chair, throwing his head back. This was getting dangerous. The idea of even getting any deeper into the mess than he already was with Alexis was dangerous.

He had no intention of keeping her when the mating mark wore off—he couldn’t not even if he wanted to.

[Who will stop us if we decide to?]

He peeled his eyes open, annoyed. "Shut the fuck up, Nyx."

[Do you think the entire pack will oppose us? They may not like the idea but surely—]

"You can sound like an idiot sometimes, you know that?" he scoffed and threw an arm over his eyes. "I’m their alpha, their words matter. Do you think a pack would support their alpha mating with a woman that can’t even...be considered an omega..."

[But she is an omega. You and I know it. She goes into heat like every other omega does]

"But she doesn’t have a wolf, that is the most crucial part," he grunted under his breath. "Do you know what it means to have no wolf? Is she even a werewolf? Even betas that have no scent and can’t perceive scents have a wolf."

[Yes, but you and I know she is a werewolf. She doesn’t have a wolf, that’s true, but we can smell her scent and pheromones]

"We...Nyx. Only we. No one else can. They will demand me to kill her if they find out. They might even get rid of her themselves if I can’t. You don’t understand what sort of situation that girl is in. I don’t blame Ruderth for making her pretend to be a beta, if anything, he’s saved her life up until this moment."

Silence fell between him and his wolf.

[What do we do then?]

"Send her off safely once the mating mark wears off," Keelion shrugged as he responded.

[What? Send her off to where?]

"I’ll think about that," he said. "I’ll at least make sure she’s safe."

[This has to be a joke]

"I don’t see anything funny about it!"

[So we’re going to reject her? Is that it? We’ve been waiting for so long for her, and now she has come, we’re going to reject her because she’s not what everyone wants? Because she’s an outcast?]

Keelion snapped. "Exactly. She is someone we can’t keep because we want to. She’ll die, so quit throwing your tantrums and get out of my head!"

[Keelion—]

"Fane." A knock came at the door.

[This bitch again!] he growled into Keelion’s head. [Can’t you just get rid of her?]

"You don’t call the shots." Keelion pinched between his brows. "Get used to her, and learn to like her."

"Come in."

The door slowly pushed open and none other than Althea stepped in, shutting the door behind her.

"Is there a problem?" he asked.

She shook her head at him, saying, "No. I know you said you’re busy, but...I couldn’t sleep."

"Why?"

"I don’t feel so good. I-I think my heat cycle is about to come, and I wanted to see you..."

Keelion ran his fingers through his hair. "Shouldn’t you be resting? If you need suppressants, you let me know."

"I don’t want suppressants. I haven’t needed one since we met and...I don’t want to start again. You always take care of me, remember?"

Nyx grumbled into his head, causing him to clench his jaw. He met Althea’s eyes. "What do you want me to do for you?"

"I want to stay here with you, just for a little while. I’ll leave once I get better."

"Althea, I said—"

"Please..." she pleaded, biting into her bottom lip. "I don’t know why you’ve been avoiding me these days, I’m not sure what I’ve done wrong, but...I don’t like it, Fane. I want to stay here with you, please just let me. If I’ve done something wrong, let me know, please. I miss you."

[Ew]

Keelion blew out a soft breath and nodded. "Take a seat. Leave when you feel better."

Althea’s face bloomed into a massive smile and she walked over, taking the man by surprise as she dropped down on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck.

He blinked at her. "What are you doing?"

She didn’t answer, just stayed where she was, snuggling into him with a tight smile on her lips.

Who said Keelion didn’t belong to her?

All she needed to do was to make him see she was still here, who she needed, and who would eventually be marked as his mate. If he didn’t want her, surely he would have pushed her off him, but he didn’t. He let her stay.

Her smile further grew and so did the tightness of her hold around him.