Alpha's Little Vampire Mate
Chapter 81

Chloe's

POV:

Once I was out the back door, I took a deep breath, looking up in the sky to see the sun setting. I couldn't believe how long I had been with the Dracula, he had a way of keeping someone busy with dreadful feelings like caution, paranoia and

nervousness, that I had even lost track of time.

I stretched my body, taking my time to drink in the sight of the place. The way the cave hid in the middle and tall mountains stood around it, shielding it from the rest of the world. I took a deep breath, preparing myself to vanish when I heard something. It sounded far and the words were incoherent but if I was picking up the sounds well, it sounded like two people were in a heated conversation.

I closed my eyes, straining my ears and letting the sounds reach me from within.

"That was not the plan?!" Someone yelled, his voice sounding frantic and helpless. "What have you done?! Marcus is going to kill me if he finds out about this, I'm dead meat!"

Why did that voice sound so familiar?

The other person sighed, and I drew closer by a few steps. "Relax, will you?" Female voice, strange female voice. "I told you that I have not seen the break light of her. I have not even seen Drac leave the cave all day!" Was this 'she' they were talking about supposed to be me?

"B... but, Marcus sounded like she was here and.. oh gods!" He took a deep breath, like that would help with his fear. "We were too close to getting caught this time, I'm sorry baby, but I no longer can help you."

I drew closer to the edge of the cliff where the cave rested and, and looked down. Just about ten feet below where I stood, was a black head female and...

Oh oh...

"What do you mean by you can no longer help me?" Her voice was hurt filled and almost convincing, if not for the bad vibes she exuded, I almost could have been convinced.

He tried to take her in his arms, but she moved away before he could touch her. He sighed, his sadness reflecting Through his voice. "I am sorry, but I will no longer be tampering with the boundary and letting just anyone into our land because you requested it. I love you, but Marcus is like a brother to me, I can't keep betraying him."

They was silence for a while, then she scoffed.

"Is that your final decision?"

"Yes," he said with a firm tone of voice. "I am done with all these, Therese. It's all wrong and who knows, it might have cost my Luna's life..."

The hurt and regret in his voice, made me forgive him instantly and I was going to make sure of it that Marcus also forgave him.

"Well then," she started with a venomous tone. "I no longer have any use for you then."

He gasped, moving away as she advanced on him. "Baby, what are you doing?!" He asked, his eyes wide with fear.

"Do you know how much I had to endure with your stupid hands creeping all over my body? Or the nights I spent with you inside of me? Or all the times you would look at me like a love-sick puppy and I would have no choice but to act like I also were utterly and completely in love with you?"

He scoffed in disbelief, shaking his head at her. "What are you talking about?"

"I hate you!" She snarled. "Everything was aloe, I only pretended to like you, so we could get access into Alpha Marcus's land. Do you know how much it hurt me to see your stupid face?" She scoffed. "You disgusting little, worthless wolf!" I heard his lower lips trembling, as he fought to hold in his sobs but one escaped his lips. "I... I love you," he managed to say before he began to choke on his blood.

She stopped her poisonous spell once he had fallen on the ground, blood oozing out of his nose and mouth. She kicked him hard in the side. "Worthless pig," she spat on him, then walked away.

I remained rooted where I stood, the shock of what had just happened had my body trembling seriously. I willed myself to go down there, got to his aid but my legs still refused to move. I don't know for how long I had been standing there, maybe for years or a few seconds, was when I saw a figure emerge from behind one rock.

My eyes widened as I saw him walk towards the limp body, lifting it into his arms. My feet moved on their own accord and I immediately vanished, appearing right beside them.

"Luna?"

"Shh," I said, grabbing his arm, I teleported us back to the royal house, back to our bedroom. "Put him on the bed, I will go down to get Marcus by myself."

I did just that, quickly walking out the door, happy that just saw I had instructed, Marcus had dismissed the servants for the day. If anything funny was going to happen today, I would not like my subjects to be witnesses it it. I traced his scent and as I started moving towards his office, I smiled when I heard the scraping of his chair against the floor and his urgent footsteps towards the door.

The door flung open and Marcus grabbed me in his arms, twirling me around as I laughed. He took us back into the office and as soon as my feet hit the ground, his grabbed my mouth, forcing me into a heated kiss.

As much as I enjoyed his kisses, I felt disconnected to this very one and had to stop it as we had many things to worry about. I pushed at his chest and reluctant however, he took his lips off of mine. "I am back now, you can relax," I said.

"Oh baby, I was so worried about you, don't you ever scare me like that again!"

I sighed, caressing his cheek softly when I saw the worry in his eyes. I had scared him to death and for that, I felt sorry. "We have a lot to talk about, but all of that can wait." I grabbed his hand, pulling him out of the office with me. "I have got something to show you," I said as I led him upstairs and over to our bedroom.

By the time we reached the bed, Titus had taken off the clothes from his battered and unconscious body, wiped off the blood and now he just laid there peacefully, like he was asleep.

"Lima..." Marcus whispered, taking in a sharp breath. I felt him tremble, as he clung unto me tightly, like he would fall if he was to let go of me. "Who... who did this to him?"

Titus eyes reached up to mine and I nodded, letting him know that it was alright if he narrated his own part of the story to Marcus. He stood straighter, his chest slightly puffing as he began to speak. "Just as you had suspected correctly and asked me to follow Lima, I did and found out that he had an affair with a little witch who had some connections with the coven. He had helped her by tampering with the barrier we put on the boundary, then he told her some inside secrets and today he went to tell her that he would no longer be betraying you and she tried to kill him. I found him and Luna joined us and here we are," he ended with a little bow.

"I... I," Marcus shook his head, the pain of what was unfolding before him was evident on his face and my heart went out to him. "I never even knew he had a girl friend, did you know?"

I shook my head when he looked down at me with a questioning look. "I don't think he was ready for any of us to know yet, until today, it seemed like he was ready to apologize and introduce her to you."

We all fell silent again. We waited for him to say something, anything, but he was quiet, just staring down a an unconscious Lima.

"Gamma Titus?" He finally opened his mouth to come.

"Yes Alpha,

"I do not want him to take treatment from my home, take him to the hospital and make sure he gets the best care they could provide. A the bills are on me."

Titus nodded, lifted Lima up into his arms and I left Marcus's hand for a while, went and opened the door for them to leave. Soon, Titus walked out of the front door and Marcus was still standing rooted at the spot where I had left him. I sighed, going over to pull him to sit on the edge of the bed with me. I grabbed his hand in mine, slowly intertwining our fingers. I raised them to my lips and brushed a light kiss on the back of his palm. "You know I am here, you can always talk to me if you want someone to talk right?"

He forced a smile, which helped to trouble me more than relief me. "I am Okay my love, I was just a little surprised that Lima had taken part in such. He never did anything without telling me, how come I did not know about that woman of his? He could have at least told me?!"

I sighed again. "Look here sweetheart," I said, taking his face in one hand. "All we can do now, is good and pray that he gets better, so you can put all of your frustrations on him and badger him all day long. What do you think?"

He nodded, amusement swirling in his eyes.

"Good," I replied. I was going to place his hand on my chest asked him to read me but I did not. Did I feel a little jealous? No. I wished he would ask how I was also doing but since he did not, I went to leave and go into the bathroom for a shower. I smelled so bad, the sweat of the whole day doing a number on me. "I would just have a shower and then, we can go to bed."

I shrugged my hand out of his, getting ready to stand, when he held my hand back. "What is wrong?" I asked, eying him calmly.

He opened and closed his mouth like a fish that had just been brought out of water, all the words he wanted to say died down in his throat. "You are not saying anything," I reminded. "You need to open your mouth and make sounds so you can form words, don't you think?"

He probably did not understand my joke because not even a muscle in his face twitched. My own smirk washed away, as I also kept a serious expression. With his eyes never leaving mine, he slowly raised his hand and placed it on my chest. A breath I didn't know had been holding, finally got released and I tried not to smile. "I guess they would not be much talking for me, go ahead," I said, rolling my eyes shut. I felt the magic stir in me, as he began to get a read out of me. I busied myself watching his facial expressions and listening to whatever he had to say, and answering whatever question he had to ask. We kept going at it for hours, and then he got to the part where Lima had almost been murdered and his body tensed up, eyes widening in shock. "What is it Marcus?"

He was silent, his eyes darting about and refusing to meet mine.

"Marcus... what are you not telling me?"

He sighed in resignation. "I know her... Therese, I know her."

I gulped, a bad feeling building up in the pit of my stomach. "Please Marcus, do not tell me she was also one of your many flings?"

Silence.

Oh no, fuck my life!