Chapter 4 The only way out.

Chapter Four

~Kaelen~

"She's ready", Gaius announced and began walking down the hallway to my room.

What was I going to say to her?

I could feel anxiety in my system, and I was quite surprised.

I shouldn't be worrying this much about talking to an Omega...

There she stood, looking at herself in the mirror. Her delicate frame was dressed in a flowing, silken dress that hugged her figure, showcasing her ethereal beauty. Her brown hair cascaded down her back in soft waves, the sunlight catching hints of the honey strands. She turned to face me when she noticed my presence; her eyes scanned me from head to toe and back to my face, where she stared longer than she'd expected to.

Her eyes were captivated-hazel eyes shimmering with an intensity to pull me in. She was beautiful in a way that was haunting, her presence both fragile and fierce.

I took a step closer, my body betraying me as I took her in. I could feel Thane, my wolf, stir within me. I felt that strange, unexplainable bond pulling at me, binding me to her as if we were the only two souls in the world.

I stopped in my tracks when I noticed a sign of discomfort flash across her face. I cleared my throat, ready to tell her to be at ease, at least to reassure her I was no threat in my human form.

"W-who... are you?" She stuttered, trying to look anywhere but my eyes.

"I am Alpha Kaelan" I responded in a calm and steady tone. The expression on her face was something I expected; of course, who would be crazy enough to claim he was the dreaded beast?

"You... Why are you lying? I've seen the beast, and you are not him," she snapped at me, going into her defensive mode. My eyes now on her lips, watching her biting them hard.

"This is what I look like in my human form. What you saw was me in my beast form," I responded, but she wasn't taking in any of my words.

She didn't believe me.

Mirella took an instinctive step back; the fear in her eyes made me hesitate. I needed to make her believe that I was the cursed Alpha.

"He doesn't have a human form, liar. Everybody knows that he is only a beast with no humanity; why are you lying to me? What do you want from me?" She accused me, and I caressed my brows.

A sigh escaped from my lips; this was going to be a long night. What the heck were all these rumors about?

Probably because I let my Beta represent me during any pack matters and that was because I was too ashamed to come out myself. I let myself be anonymous, who would have thought not caring about shutting some rumours down would cause this mess.

"I do not change to a beast except on a full moon, which lasts for a week. After the week, I turn to my human self. Why do you still think I have people in my pack? It's because they know their Alpha becomes insane during the full moon, and they already know what safety measures to do when that happens," I explained, trying not to sound sarcastic.

I closed my eyes in defeat. She still didn't believe me.

"Too bad; I can't change to my beast willingly, or I would have shown you," I stated.

She looks at me for a while, still terrified. I know it's hard for her to trust me, a stranger who claims to be a beast, but she needs to.

"You do not need to be afraid of me; I'll just stand where I am. I'm just here to understand what happened before you blacked out."

She studied me, her gaze flickering over my face as if searching for hints of the beast she'd encounter. Finally, her shoulders relaxed slightly. "Why are you asking me that when you claim to be the beast? You can't remember the hell you put me through?", her tone was laced with sarcasm.

I lowered my gaze. "When I become that form, my mind goes blank, and I remember nothing of what I'd done until I wake up again as... this" I replied, gesturing to my human form, almost in frustration.

"All I know is during the full moon, I shift to beast mode, and then after a week of satiating my bloodlust, I find myself on my bed in my human form with no idea what happens, but," I paused and raised my head. "Somehow you've made me shift before the week is completed, and I need to know how you did it."

"Made you... shift?" She stuttered, her breathing unsteady and her lashes flickering.

"I have no idea what you mean. I don't know. You chased me, and then..." she hesitated, searching for the right words to say.

"And then you called to me, not with words, but... in my mind. It felt like you reached into my thoughts, and then I heard you say something. You-you called me yours." Her cheeks flushed as she spoke, and her hand drifted to the side of her neck where the mark still lay.

Gaius did say I marked her, and I hate that I can't remember when I did it or how I did it. The beast did connect with her, but why?

"Are you sure that's all you could remember? Listen, I think you could help me lift this curse; nobody has ever done this. No female has ever survived me in my beast form, but you and the fact that I didn't feed from your blood but marked you must mean something." I growled, my wolf already becoming impatient.

I was being desperate at this point, but it was for a reason.

She needs to fall for this act! I need to find a way to make her believe I truly care about her. She needs to trust me fully and I need to find a way to bind her to this pack till I've found a solution.

This... This might be my only chance to get myself detangled from that curse that wild witch had placed on me.