The Mate He Hates

Amanda’s POV

With teary eyes, I stared at the letter in my hand, which was sent to me by Aunt Lily, my mother’s younger sister, who my mother lived with before she died. All this while, I thought my stepmother killed my mother, or maybe she died due to the news of my condition, but now I have come to realize that I was wrong. My stepmother didn’t kill my mother, neither did her illness kill her, but Alpha Edward’s men instead killed her. He sent his men to kill my mother.

As tears fell freely on my cheek, I read through the letter sent to me by Aunt Lily, and through the letter, she told me all that had happened. She told me four men barged into her home, and before they cut off my mother’s head, they declared that Alpha Edward sent them to kill my mother as payback for what I did to Elisa, his mate. My aunt went further to explain how my mother was butchered like an animal, and as I read through the letter, I couldn’t contain my emotions. Pain and anger engulfed my entire being; the scenes played in my head, and I imagined the amount of pain my poor, sick mother must have gone through before her death.

Aunt Lily explained that they went away with Mother’s head, and only her body was left to be buried. After reading through the letter, I fell into tears and yelled in anger. I could endure anything; I could take anything, but not the brutal way my mother was killed for a crime I never committed.

“Guards!” I yelled as I shook the gate of my cell. “Take me to Alpha Edward; I want to see him!” I screamed, and a guard came to me. “Will you keep quiet? What is the noise about?”

“I want to see Alpha Edward; take me to him!” I yelled.

“You must be sick in the head,” the guard snapped at me.

“Take me to him; if you don’t, I will keep shouting in here!” I screamed and shook the cell gate.

“Stop it, you are causing noise,” the guard yelled at me.

“I won’t stop until I see that beast of a man; take me to him!” I yelled.

The guard grunted and walked away, but that didn’t stop me from yelling and shaking my cell gate. My entire being was consumed with so much pain that I just wanted to stare right at that monster and tell him how much I hated him.

My yelling and shouting continued until the same guard approached me and unlocked my cell gate.

“Move out,” he demanded, and I obeyed. I exited the cell, and the guards led me to alpha Edward chambers. Entering the chambers, I met him seated on the couch, a glass of wine in his hand.

“Leave us,” he signalled at the guard, who obeyed and left.

Our gaze interlocked, and I glared at him with anger and hate. I couldn’t believe such a beast could be my mate; what was the moon goddess thinking? How could she mate me to a man who would kill my mother and cause me nothing but pain?

“What is it? Why do you want to see me?” He asked, and I glared at him, stepping closer to him.

“Why did you do it?” I demanded in anger, and he raised a brow at me. “She is innocent; she did nothing. If you wanted to kill anyone, then you should have killed me. Why did you kill her in such a brutal way?” I yelled in tears.

He seemed confused by my words. “Are you going insane?”

“Yes, I’m going insane!” I yelled back at him.

“You are a beast, Alpha Edward; you are not human but a monster, a beast!” I yelled.

“Mind your words!” He warned as he got up.

“And if I don’t, what will you do? Will you send your men to behead me like you did to my mother?” I asked with pain and anger. “Well, I’m not scared of death, Alpha Edward; I’m not scared of you!” I spat in his face.

“You know what? I wished I had killed Elisa in the most brutal way that I could imagine. She and her mother deserved death, and the way I killed her was so peaceful. I should have chopped her head and chopped her body into pieces; I should have tortured her before killing her… I should have…” My words stuck in my mouth when Alpha Edward gripped me by the arms.

“What did you just say?” He asked with anger and pain burning in his eyes. Realizing that my words had hurt him, I decided to go on with the lies.

“You heard me right, Alpha Edward; I killed your darling mate, Elisa. But come to think of it, I now regret it. I should have given her a more painful death! Maybe I should have chopped her body into tiny pieces,” I spat in his face, not minding the consequences of my words.

Alpha Edward’s eyes glowed with anger and hate. I heard him grunt as his grip on my arms tightened. I realized the weight of my words and the consequences I would face, but the pain and anger inside me overshadowed any sense of regret. My heart pounded with the need to lash out, to make him feel even a fraction of the agony I felt knowing what he had done to my mother.

“What did you just say? Repeat it?” He demanded, not wanting to believe what I had just said.

“You heard me right, Alpha Edward; your mate, Elisa, deserves death, and I regret not killing her the way I should have,” I spat at him, and he pushed me away.

“How dare you!” He yelled with rage, his hand scattering his hair. He grunted and kicked the side stool away.

“I have been too lenient with you; maybe it’s time to be that beast you truly called me. Guards!” He called, and two men rushed in.

“Put her in the water dungeon; she is to stay there until tomorrow morning, and if she doesn’t make it out alive, throw her body in the forest where vultures will feed on it! Take her away!” He ordered, and the two men forcefully jerked me up from the floor.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

As they dragged me out of the room, my eyes met that of Alpha Edward, but I looked away and followed the guards, ready to face what awaited me.