Filed to story: Divorce Tears From The Alpha (Ella & Holden)
Alpha Corey seemed to pick up on the meaning of the growl and right away cleared up any thoughts on it. Making sure that his wolf knew, she had never spend a single minute in a cell.
Once again referring to their Mate Bond as a punishment was really pushing his buttons, they’re bond had been established well before her so called ‘Minor Indiscretion’. Minor my a*s, he thought, with a shake of his head in dismay at her word usage, taunting an Alpha wolf, was not a minor thing. Even other Alpha’s didn’t go around taunting Alpha’s into battle for the sake of it, you only had to fight when needed.
If she was just one of his pack members, not his mate, he would damned well put her in the cells for her actions, her actions could well have started a war. Still could if that wolf went back to his pack and decided to take real offence. Holden would find himself, back here with a but a*s load of warriors to assist if that was the case, and she would be ruddy locked in his Alpha suite the whole time. So she couldn’t get involved.
Watching her now, she was really having trouble trying not to laugh at this point, he was doing his level best not to loose it and yell at her. He knew she was trying to tick him off and that it was working, but he needed to contain it. At least until he had her back on his pack territory, there she wouldn’t have Luna Lindy to back her up.
Alpha Corey had mentioned she was winning their little battle, because she was completely amused and he was angry about it, if that was how this was winning, she was in the lead indeed, but he imagined that she would stop laughing, the minute she was out of this pack.
He was asked to properly introduce himself, which he knew he was going to have to do at some point. So took a deep breath to calm his anger and shift it away from his voice, walked over to her. Watched her blatantly ignore him, just looked at her manicured had and desperately try not to laugh, his annoyance at her was uncontrollable at this point and a wave of it rolled off of him.
He heard Jeremy snort and try to stifle laughter himself, the man was completely infuriating to say the least, totally loving everything that was going on in this office. The situation that Holden found himself in with his Mate. Had even warned him he didn’t think this was going to go well, that he should have gone off and claimed her that night, when he scented her.
She finally turned those honey brown eyes on him, stood up from her chair, he did tower over her a good foot and a half to be precise, thought she was going to offer him a hand to shake. But then her eyes had slid over him nice and slow, he couldn’t help but smile, he was damned fine to look at, ‘yes my dearest, take me all in’ he thought, knowing surely she would find it hard, to ignore his good looks, no she-wolf could. Then she stepped around him, completely shocking him, she was actually assessing him like he was something she was thinking about purchasing, and her words “not bad I guess” what the hell was that. He was damned good looking, had she-wolves literally tripping over each other to get into his bed.
Then she simply went and sat back down like he was nothing special, and went back to ignoring him, as if she had seen better. Like bloody hell she had seen better. Her next words shot his anger to the surface ‘forcing me to mate him, is to harsh a punishment’
Holden found himself unable to contain it any longer and snapped at her “Are you always this infuriating?” his anger for all to hear, he didn’t care anymore.
“yes” she told him simply “always.” to his dismay she clarified “to those who treat us with disrespect.” her eyes were locked right on to his. She was challenging him to deny it, trying to make him apologise for calling her a mutt, on more than one occasion, something he did intend to do, just hadn’t thought she’d make him do it in front of her Alpha and Beta, or his Beta for that matter.
When he didn’t offer it up then and there, she out right rejected the alliance, on the pretence of not being willing to be mated off to man who couldn’t admit his mistakes. Then stood to leave, effectively dismissing him. A warrior dismissing an Alpha, what the hell is that s**t! This place was so wrong, he couldn’t understand how they worked here.
His hand shot out and grabbed her arm. They weren’t done here, not as far as he was concerned. Her next words made him frown “I am armed, Alpha Holdener.” he was watching her, for although she had barely looked at him he had not actually taken his eyes off of his tiny Mate, and he saw no weapon, he watched her eyes look directly at his hand on her arm, it was a threat, and then move to look directly up into his “always am…unless you want a hole in that hand, I would remove it.” she clarified for him.
He didn’t doubt she would do it, if she did have a weapon on her, he was going to have to apologise here in front of them all. So he sucked it up and did, making certain to smile at the end his wording should draw her eyes to his lips, and he’d put on his most charming smile. He was going to make this woman c***k, if it was the last thing he did.
To his surprise she did not move her eyes to his smile, just stood there and continued to stare right into his eyes, he felt the cold steel of a blade tap his hand and shocked by it, let go on instinct. She then introduced her self ‘Ella White, Retrieval Specialist Unit, Specialist in bladed weapons and compound bows.” then turned to her Alpha and asked if she could go now as though she was only here for an introduction. Bloody infuriating woman she was. How was she not being effected by the Bond, he knew he was. It was confusing as all hell.
Couldn’t make up his mind, angry one minute, concerned the next, and when she wasn’t around constantly thinking about her, even now, as defiant as she was being, he want to kiss the damned woman, know what it was like to feel this plump pink lips on his.
Then she was back to claiming she was being forced to be his mate. For the love of the goddess what was with this woman, they were Fated Mates, was it so hard to accept his apology, and at least try to work it out.
He’d seen his men all loved up, marked and mated in less than 12 hours, yet here was his Fated Mate, gifted to him by the Goddess herself, not even willing to try with him. What was so wrong with him that he needed to be punished like this. “For Goddess sake Ella,” he snapped angry at her, for not even being willing it seemed to try. He was willing, hell he was actively trying right this minute “What do you want from me. I already apologised.”
To his utter dismay she completely disregarded his apology, implying he hadn’t meant it, had been forced to do it, which she had, forced his hand, he would have done it on his own, when they were alone. But no, she’d had to stubbornly get it out of him, in front of people, just like her Luna had done, publicly humiliated him.
Then to have her tell him, she didn’t have to accept him! he knew she was implying she was going to reject him. Well he didn’t have to accept it. He bloody well couldn’t, even Rip was snarling in side his mind, that he was not going to let him, that his mate was not getting away from him. She was his mate and he wanted her, would be claiming her, no one else would be allowed to have her. She was his.
His wolf it seemed was irate, over the comment so he informed her as much.
She smiled right up at him, and his heart damned near leapt out of his chest, a smile just for him. Then when she moved her hair and allowed her fingers to slide along her mark spot, his eyes had followed instinctively, to look at the place his mark would go. Only to widen when he saw the scars of a mark already on her.
No! how could that be, she’d been mated before, no! Her Alpha, had said she was wolf-less, till only a few months ago. Who would Mark and Mate a wolf-less she-wolf. There was no strength in that. She would have been as week as a human.
“She gifted me to another first” she told him “he was a gentlemen, sweet and kind, never said a harsh word to me. I can’t say the same for you! now can I?” then she strolled out of the room and closed the door behind her.
He couldn’t even argue with her on that one. He heard Jeremy give a low whistle at the news. Holden just stood there, he didn’t know what to make of that, at all.
Alpha Corey sighed “Sorry son, wasn’t my place to tell you.”
Holden knew that was correct “What happened to him?” he asked it was clear it was over, there was just a scar now. That only happened for one of two reasons, rejection after marking and mating or death.
“Died. I believe”
Holden turned and looked at the man ‘I believe’ that was not the first time he’d said those words, he’d used that exact phrase regarding Ella’s parents. “you believe?” he questioned.
“I didn’t see it.” Alpha Corey shrugged.
“Alright! what the hell is going on? You said the same thing about her parents.”
“I did.” he acknowledged with a nod.
“Why won’t you tell me, I’m over playing this game you have going here.”
“It’s not a game son, I assure you and like I said to you before. It is up to her, to tell you and that will take trust.”
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