Hiding His Baby: The Alpha's Rejected Mate novel Chapter 2

The environment of the room was cold and full of tension. They were two men in the room whose silent thoughts were the cause of the coldness. Their silence could cut the glass. It was dangerous.

“I have heard that she used to be a rogue before.” One of them spoke up in a cold and distant tone which can leave his enemies with shivering knees. It was the man with deep black hair and stormy grey eyes, who was clearly holding the power over the room and even the situation.

“Yes Alpha, she used to be before she was taken in by-….” The other man with brown eyes and brown hair said in a calm and respectful tone, not wanting to offend his superior and ruin the messed up situation more. His hands were sweaty in the pressure of the situation.

“But that doesn’t change the fact that she was a rogue, Nathan. And a rogue is always a rogue. Always ready to cause destruction.” The alpha said with gritted teeth.

Nathan’s eyes fell on the man’s hand which was fisted tightly on the table. That shows that he was trying to hold in his anger but Nathan was getting near that as well as he was understanding what his alpha was trying to say.

“You can’t judge everyone based on one person’s deed and no one is born a rogue. And she is my mate, Dominic. My mate. I am going to be with her no matter what. I am not going to leave her. And you don’t know what she has been through. So, you don’t have any right to judge her.” Nathan bursted out, his protective mate instincts kicked in.

He couldn’t bear Dominic, the alpha’s, indirect words of putting his beautiful mate down. Dominic was indirectly telling him that he is not going to accept his mate and that was not settling well with him.

“Keep your tone down, Nathan. Don’t forget you are talking in front of your alpha.” Dominic spoke up in his alpha tone, making Nathan look down immediately.

He frowned deeply, his heart thumping, how could he get the Alpha to see his point of view when his alpha was so heartless. The entire world knew of his ruthless reputation. Even though Nathan was his beta he knew his Alpha wouldn’t listen but that doesn’t mean he was going to accept everything he says. Not something which includes his mate. He was going to fight for her.

“I am sorry, alpha. But please don’t judge her so quickly. She may have been used to being a rogue before she was taken in by the alpha of the shadow eclipse pack but I am sure there’s something that might have pushed her to be a rogue.” Nathan tried to make Dominic understand. He was feeling miserable for the first time in his life with a ruthless alpha and restless mate.

“So, what is it that pushed her to be a rogue?” Dominic asked in an emotionless tone, sounding completely careless to know about it. Nathan let out a sigh noticing that but he was going to try his luck.

“I don’t know, Dominic. I didn’t get to talk to her properly even for a second. After we left the pack we directly drove here and I directly came here to meet you. But please give her a chance.” Nathan requested sincerely.

Nathan had gone to have a meeting with the alpha of the shadow eclipse pack after one of his pack members reached them yesterday. That man was badly beaten and injured when he reached the pack. His state was so bad that he couldn’t be saved but his last word forced them to take the decision to go and meet the alpha.

That man said that the alpha of the shadow eclipse pack is not what the alpha shows and he was the reason for his state and there were many like him. That didn’t settle well and so Nathan went to have the meeting with him on behalf of Dominic. But he didn’t expect to meet his mate there.

His lovely mate didn’t want anything to leave the pack as soon as she found out and that left the meeting incomplete and they left without spending another second.

“Fine, call her in. I would still like to have a word with her and hear from her mouth.” Dominic said in a cold tone. A look of darkness appeared on his face at the thought of talking to a rogue. Nathan didn’t want his mate to meet him like this, it would scare her off.

“Dominic, please don’t be like this. You will scare her and she is already scared and crying non stop since the time we found each other. I don’t know what’s wrong but I don’t want you to make it worse for her.” Nathan said slowly, not wanting to irritate Dominic more than he already was.

Dominic let out a frustrated sigh after hearing that but nevertheless straightened his facial expression and kept it blank.

“Call her in.” He ordered and Nathan nodded at him gratefully before getting up from his chair and running toward the door to get his lovely mate whose name he is yet to know because of her non stop.

Dominic fell into deep silence as the reason why he hates rogue so much resurfaced in his mind, making him restless. He fisted and unfisted his hands to control his anger. Nothing in this world can describe his hate for the rogues. This hate made him do the unthinkable years ago. But does he regret it?

No! He never will!

But he is going to keep his calm at that moment. Because he kind of promised to Nathan, his best friend and his beta, that he would act civilised. So, he is going to keep that promise.

“Alpha?”

Dominic looked up after hearing Nathan’s voice. There was only Nathan standing in front of him, making him confused.

“Where is she?” He asked and that’s when Nathan stepped to the left from his spot and he saw a very small woman with brown hair standing with her head down.

He looked at her from head to toe to do a small examination and came to a conclusion that she was the omega or slave of the pack. Her posture was shaky, letting him know that she was crying silently. Her face was hidden by her brown locks.

“What’s your name and what was you-….” Dominic was cut midway in his questions by Nathan’s little mate, angering him beyond limit.

“Please, please save her. I am begging you please save her. He is going to destroy her completely. Please save her.” Suzanne cried out loudly as she dropped on her knees with her hands clasped together. Both of the men were shocked by her sudden outburst. Nathan ran toward her fast and made her stand up.

“Hey, hey, love. What are you doing? Please don’t do this.” Nathan exclaimed in a worried tone as he held her against his chest but her cries seemed to be increased by his touch. But Dominic didn’t care about all that. His jaw clenched hard by the disrespect which she showed by cutting his word off.

“Nathan, back off!” He growled out loudly, using his alpha tone. Even though Nathan wanted to protest badly but he couldn’t as it was too powerful. So, reluctantly he pulled away from her and took two steps back after giving her a small kiss on the side of her forehead.

Suzanne stopped crying after that loud and scary growl as it intimidated her beyond limit but those tears were unstoppable. She didn’t make another sound as she looked up at the angry alpha who was looking no less than what she heard about him.

Heartless….

“How dare you cut me off?! Do you know the consequences of disrespecting an alpha?” He snapped at her, making her flinch on her spot but she didn’t let out a sound.

“I am sorry, alpha. Please accept my apology. I am sorry for being disrespectful. I never intended to do that. It’s just that my situation is too bad for me to think straight. I am sorry once again.” She tried to be as respectful and mature as she let those words out.

She didn’t stammer even for once but that doesn’t mean she was completely alright. Her hands were shaking badly while he could hear her crazy heartbeat, letting him know that she was scared and confused still.