Filed to story: The Alpha King’s Intoxicating Mate
“That’s okay, I don’t mind,” I said automatically, wanting to get a drink for Leah myself.
“Oh no, King Kace it’s the least I can do, after the horrible way I’ve behaved towards you and your mate,” she said with wide eyes.
I ignored her and grabbed two glasses as she pouted at me, heading back to the table and placing one in front of Leah who blinked at me.
“Something wrong?” I asked tersely.
She politely pushed the glass towards me. “I don’t really drink,” she said quietly, sounding a little bit annoyed.
Of course. It hadn’t even occurred to me to ask. Way to go. Smooth move Kace. I was an i***t. I went to push my seat back and get some water when she put a hand on me, stopping me. “It’s fine, I’ll get it,” she said with a sigh, sounding desolate.
Cordelia sat down and pushed a glass of water at her. “Here you go Leah is it?” she said sweetly.
Great. Even Cordelia seemed to know Leah’s preference instinctively. I gritted my teeth.
“Thanks,” Leah said suspiciously, taking the glass and sniffing it.
“It’s not poisoned” Cordelia laughed “I swear.”
Leah took a tentative sip and then relaxed. Cordelia put a glass of water in front of me and I put it to the side absent-mindedly, drinking the champagne and feeling dumb.
“Leah, I just want to apologize for the horrible way I’ve acted,” Cordelia said earnestly, turning to my mate and batting her eyelids while I frowned down at my drink “It was completely inexcusable and I have no way to justify it. I just got so upset, after having dated Kace here for over a year, the thought of losing him, well I just lost my head for a moment,” she said, her voice becoming upset and forlorn as I clenched the champagne glass tightly with one hand, tempted to break it in Cordelia’s face. What was she thinking, bringing that up?
Leah’s expression got dark. f**k. Cordelia continued relentlessly “You can understand, can’t you? I mean to be in love with someone, only for them not to love you back? The pain of knowing you aren’t good enough for them, that they perceive you to be something completely different to who you are…”
Leah gave a chilling laugh “You would be surprised at how much I understand that” she bit out, stunning everyone around the table.
Silence. Leah twirled the glass around in her hand. I didn’t know what to say. Was she alluding to the fact that she had already been rejected before? The notion hadn’t even occurred to me. Now I felt angry. Why hadn’t she told me? Why had she kept it secret? Who had the nerve to reject her? God, why did I care about her so much?
“Anyway, I just wanted to say I’m sorry and that I won’t stay in the way of your mate bond” Cordelia chirped, oblivious to the awkward tension rising between Leah and me. She raised her glass with a wide smile “To you both” she said and drank it down as Leah took a gulp of water and I did the same, downing my champagne in one go.
Cordelia got up and sashayed over to a tall and dark male alone, offering her hand to him as Leah stared at me coldly.
“You were rejected” It wasn’t a question but rather a statement.
Her shoulders hunched. She glared at me. “It’s none of your business” she snapped, her eyes glacial as she stared at me defiantly.
Her voice cracked, showing that it still had the ability to upset her.
“Who was he?” I demanded my desire to know, outweighing all practicality and rationality.
“No one” she growled, her eyes blazing with anger.
“Tell me” I snarled “or I’ll use my Alpha tone on you” I threatened, not considering just how brutish I was being to her.
“You really are a bastard” she snapped. “Fine, Ashton Grimshaw, the Beta’s son. Are you happy now? He rejected me in order to take Brynn Ryker as his chosen mate because I wasn’t good enough for him, being wolfless and all” she snapped.
I exhaled, feeling torn. I had forced her to tell me something that was private and personal to her. She glared at me, her eyes suspiciously shiny. Was she blinking back tears?
“He didn’t deserve you,” I said quietly, hoping to soothe her and make her forgive me for being so callous.
She laughed. “But I deserve you? You threatened to do the same and even now, you haven’t fully made up your mind. I wouldn’t be so quick to judge somebody when you’re doing exactly the same.”
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