The Alpha’s Contract novel Chapter 37

Dane

She had gone back to her protective state. Barely talking and when she did, it was either ‘yes’, ‘no’ or that phrase that I hate, ‘I’m fine’. She had completely shut down and I can’t even figure out what it was that I had said. I had only told her the truth. Was the truth too much for her?

In my office, Raven stares at me. “Are you sure you didn’t do anything?” she demands. “She was chatting to me and now, nothing.”

“I just spoke the truth. I reminded her that she wanted the deal, that she came to me. I told her that I didn’t want anyone else touching her.”

“Why did you even make the deal if she is already your mate?”

“She doesn’t know.”

“You are an idiot!” She snaps as she drops down in the chair. “I don’t even know what you could possibly be thinking. Out of all the brides you have had, why do you have to try and push away the one that I actually like? Scratch that, the one who is actually your mate?”

“Raven!”

‘I agree with her!’ Aero spits

“I’m not trying to push her away." I snap

“Well you are doing a damn good job!”

‘You don’t know why she is upset either!’ I remind her, “And you need to watch your tongue.”

“I’m talking to you as my brother, not my Alpha!” Raven scowls. “I bet even Aero agrees with me that you are an idiot!”

I give her a warning glare to tone it down.

“She isn’t like us.” Raven tells me. “She wasn’t raised like us. And you seem to be missing the point.”