Chasing His Betrayed Luna novel Chapter 5

AURELIA

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“No”

I let out that word despite knowing that it would only fuel Alpha Raiden’s anger.

He could get angry but I had the right to say no to him. I was done with him. I was done giving him every part of me without asking for parts of him in return. I was done loving him with all of me even though my heart was kicking against the idea of that.

“What was that, mate?” Alpha Raiden asked, his voice low and challenging.

I inhaled sharply, finding it hard to repeat that single word. I averted my eyes and took steps away from him and the bed. He shouldn’t be able to keep me around while he wants another woman– but he could do that. He was the Alpha.

He could have his cake and eat it.

“Do you need me to repeat myself, woman!” Alpha Raiden growled impatiently and I nearly jumped out of my own skin as he pumped fear into my bloodstream.

He started peeling his shirt off without caring about me and angrily, he hissed, his eyes burning holes into my face, “Strip this instance!”

That was a command.

Yet, shakily, I retorted, “I won’t be doing that. If you want sex, get it from the woman you are passionate about. I’m no longer your wife and left to me, I would have ended this wretched bond that keeps us tied to each other. I would have freed you–”

“ENOUGH OF YOUR NONSENSE, MATE!”

Alpha Raiden snarled like the beast he was.

Gone was the man who showed passion to Larisa this morning. He wasn’t that man with me. He had never been and he would never be.

“You think you can defy me just because we are no longer married legally? Because we are divorced? I’m still your mate and Alpha and you will obey me.” He spelled out, dropping his pants to the floor and standing before me in all his naked glory.

I shook my head, shoving the urge to take a minute and look at his well-sculpted body for what might be the last time as tears threatened to spill out of me, “You are not happy with me. You can no longer be my mate, Alpha Raiden. Make this easier for us all and–”