Chapter 3 Please just go away

Chapter 3

Lydia POV

"Lydia, it's me, Tom. Please open the door." Tom requested.

"No. I don't wanna talk to anyone tonight. No one should convince me that I have to accept him as my mate."

"But you have to, Lydia. He is your mate. Alpha Isaac is..."

"You don't understand, do you?!" I yelled. "No one can ever understand my emotions."

"Of course, I do. I do understand how you feel more than anyone. I understand you better because you are my sister."

"If you do, you wouldn't convince me to accept Alpha Isaac."

"And if I don't understand you, I would have convinced you to reject him." He opposed it.

"Please, just go away." I sniffled.

"I can't go away when my sister isn't in a good mood. Maybe you should just open the door and let's talk about this together." I reluctantly walked to the door, unbolting it before pushing it open, and letting him walk in.

I was about to shut the door when I hand-held it halfway. Tom and I both moved our heads to see who it was when Alpha Damon showed up. "Don't you realize someone is missing?"

I forced myself to laugh. Alpha Damon seems excited about tonight, I guess he must have found his mate. "So, let's start with, your night wasn't a good one, Why?" Alpha Damon asked me. "And please, don't tell me it's because you aren't ready, with all the blah blah blah reasons." He rolled his eyes, causing me to laugh.

"It's exactly what I was going to say."

"Well, that's wrong. Wrong if I am to say." Now, he was sounding serious. "As much as some of us don't want this ceremony held, we have no choice but to face it. Those people out there with their new partners, do you think they asked for it? No, they didn't. They never did. It just came and they had to accept it, doesn't make them senseless.

The mating ceremony is already a tradition among the wolves, and there's nothing we can do to change it. Know that this mating bond comes once in a while, those who lose their first chance can never find another. It's only by luck they do. What if I ask you, what if your opportunity is now? What will you say in the future when there's no one coming to claim you again?"

I looked over at Tom who has been nodding at every word Alpha Damon said. "He is right." He added. "You don't wanna miss this awesome opportunity, do you? Alpha Isaac is a cool person, he will never do anything to hurt you."

"If you don't mind me asking when he said about you feeling weird when he walked into the conference room, was he telling the truth?" Both men were glaring at me as if they'd die if I didn't tell them.

I hesitated, looking at their faces one after a time. "No... he wasn't lying," I said coldly, staring at my fingers.

They busted out laughing, leaving me buried in confusion. "Why are you guys laughing at me?" I asked, looking at their faces for an answer.

"You are a tough girl, Lydia. With all the audacity and meanness you played out there, one may think you are telling the truth." Alpha Damon said with all certainty.

I smiled halfway.

"Well, let's not make this an emotional one, Remember we've got a guest waiting." Tom reminded.

"Can't you guys talk to him and persuade him to shift the traveling by tomorrow morning? I wanna say my last goodbye to my home." I pleaded.

"It's not too late to say it now, sweetheart," Tom said. "Alpha Isaac might think we are trying to play games with him if we have to persuade him."

"Fine. I'll go get my stuff." Tom helped me pack my things while Alpha Damon left to keep Alpha Isaac company. Not like I was really happy that I was leaving, but I had no choice.

I finally got my stuff set and ready to go. Alpha Isaac was in the sitting room with Damon, on seeing me his eyes didn't leave mine. One thing about Alpha Isaac's glares is the fact that they are irresistible and dead-killing, I'll admit. They were doing things to me, things I hated to feel at the moment.

Alpha Damon looked at my side. "Here she is, ready as never." He comes to hug me. "Always be a good girl, okay?" He whispered.

"I will." I hugged him so tight. He kissed my forehead every father would do to their daughters. "You take good care of yourself for me."

"I will."

We broke the hug, exchanging a farewell smile. I hug Tom, waving my hand at him. "I'll miss you," I said.

"I'll miss you too."

We got to the parked car outside the mansion. A guard opened the back seat door for us to enter. I hopped in before Alpha Isaac did. I was wondering why he hadn't followed the other vehicle at the back, why must it be mine?

The long ride was accompanied by silence. I had made up my mind not to say a word to him until we got to his home, and I'll still not say a word to him after that until tomorrow morning.

As if he read my mind, he asked; "What's your name, sweetheart?"

I looked at him for a second. He must be joking, right? He just said during the mating ceremony that he knows everything about me. Why then is he asking for my name? I wondered.

"My name is Lydia Martin," I replied.

"Lydia." He said the name like it was special. "That's a nice name. Though tonight didn't go as you expected, I can assure you that you won't regret your decision."

"That's what all Alphas say when they find their mate, At the end of the day they begin to show the real devil inside of them," I said not minding how the words sounded.

He chuckled. Why does he find things funny?

"Well, I'm not like other Alphas, and I can never be like them." Something about him tells me to believe his words. He looked forward. "By the way, welcome to my home."

The car came to a stop. The driver left the car to open the back seat for us. I stepped out of the car, staring at the mansion before me.

My jaw dropped open. I was so speechless that inside of me, I felt like I was taken to another realm of earth. I mean, was I?

"Holy. Fucking. Cow."