Healing The Ruthless Alpha

Chapter 56

His head jerked back at my words then a frown creased his brows for a second before he swallowed, his Adam's apple bobbing. "I don't make it a habit of protecting those I hate.""How would I know that when I don't know you?" He let out a short, mirthless bark of laughter that made my mouth dry. The laughter died as quickly as it had started. He faced me with narrowed eyes and crossed arms.

A loud phone blaring startled us. Cahir reached into his pocket for his phone, turning away from me to answer it. My body relaxed, I rubbed a hand on my face then let myself fall back into bed, spread eagle.

"Yes, I'm there. What do you want?" Cahir barked into the phone. When I strained my ears, I heard Aristo on the other end of the call. Despite everything, he ratted me out and I was grateful for being found out earlier than I had planned.

My teeth worried my bottom lip and my hands shivered beside me. I closed my eyes and

forced my lungs to expand as I took in a deep breath but reality was setting in the reality I had tried to brush aside for the entire conversation with Cahir. I cleared my throat, opened my eyes and sat upright to see Cahir staring at me with his phone still pressed to his ear. "She's fine but as I said, you're relieved of your duties. Don't let me catch you, Aristo." He ended the call and shoved his phone back into his pocket while I crossed my legs. Then I uncrossed them and stood.

After taking an abrupt step forward, the world danced around me and the floor became the ceiling.

"Be careful." Strong arms gripped me around my waist and a soft breath caressed my face. "You're in shock. Don't move abruptly." He helped me get back into bed. I touched my throat, feeling breathless.

"Is this -" I did not know what I wanted to say but I wanted to go back to talking with him to erase the memory of what transpired in this very room less than an hour ago. My eyes dashed around the place as I searched for a conversation topic instead, I found blood stains on the cream carpet from where I hit the woman attacking me.

My healing kicked in as soon as she landed the first blow on my face. The towel I used to dry myself sat on the floor and the tray she pushed in claiming to be room service had toppled to reveal empty plates.

"Who -" I opened my mouth to speak again but I lost my train of thought in a second. "Who - Why - How did they -"

"Are you trying to ask who those people were?" Cahir dragged the unbroken seat in the room to sit in front of me as I perched on the bed, a quiver started from deep inside me as icicles pierced my heart. I nodded to answer his question.

"Do you want the truth or a lie?"

"The truth," I answered. "I don't know." My breath hitched at those words. "There are a hundred and one people I suspect so it could be either of them. As to why, it's simple." He pulled his chair even closer to the point where my legs were trapped between his. "Not only are you my mate, but you're also a healer. There are thousands of people whose shoes I've dirtied so they'll target you to get at me and I'm sure you know those kissed by the goddess are coveted in every pack in the world."

Aristo told me I had enemies and my life was in danger. His words spooked me but I did not take them as seriously as I should have.

"As for how they knew where to find you, you'll find that your movements are always being watched." I jerked away from him, my heart threatening to explode in my chest.

"W - Watched?" I stuttered, wiping sweat from my forehead.

"These are the realities I tried to protect you from but you insist on knowing the truth." He spoke with a bitter smile. "Yes, watched. There are spies around you, people reporting your movements to other people. When you mention your name, there is someone listening and reporting it to someone. At least one person on your flight knew you and they -"

"Stop!" My hands raised to block my ears.

Why - A crawling sensation made me shiver as I felt eyes all over me even in the empty room.

I should never have come here. It should never even have entered my mind to leave the pack as I did. As an omega, when I walked into a room, no one noticed. I was invincible to the world and it was stupid of me to still think I could continue to be that way after everything that happened this month.

There were eyes on me now - I was being watched. I felt squeamish, nauseous and flighty as

my breath turned to pants. "It's

nothing to be afraid of. In Alpha Blood, you are safe." He took my hands in bis and they vibrated so much he had to tighten his grip. "You have no reason to worry. This is out of your control so it won't do you any good to worry."

Out of my control. Out of my control. The words rang in my head.

"I'm not safe," I whispered the obvious.

"You are as long as I am with you," he countered.

"Cahir - I - I'm just twenty-one and it has been my dream for the last three years to - to see the world but you're telling me that - that I can't because this kind of thing is bound to happen every time?"

"If you want to travel, why can't you do it with me?" His quiet voice had my head whipping up to look at him. "Why did you have to sneak off?" "Because you would have never agreed!" I exclaimed.

I saw why he was adamant about me staying home so I could be safe, but then, I had become lonely and stifled.

"I have never been one to stay home

all day every day and do nothing. My

father put me to work the day I turned ten How could I have been comfortable? Every time I tried make you understand I was getting suffocated being confined to the house, you made me feel as if I was accusing you of a great erime. You never listen. You make me feel - You make me feel -"

"Like shit?" He supplied the words that I struggled to vomit.

"Y-Yes. I was miserable so I asked Aristo -" I trailed off, not wanting to implicate the Beta. He helped me escape a situation I found too much to bear and although the reality I met outside the pack was dangerous, it wasn't his fault.

"Don't cover for Aristo,” he warned in a crisp tone. “He was only helping me," I muttered, bowing my head.

"Yes, he was helping you disobey me and putting you in danger."

"How could he have known something like this would happen?" How could he have known they would attack me less than twenty-four hours after I stepped foot on the island?

"You didn't know why I asked you to

stay home. I couldn't stomach the thought of you being in the pack house which is a ten minutes drive from home. I refused to burden you with issues concerning your safety but as my Beta, he knew. He isn't a child nor is he stupid but he sent you off on a trip with what - one man?" Fire lit his eyes and granite hardened his tone as he spoke.

"He was trying to help me -" I added again.

If Aristo lost his position because of me, I didn't know how I would feel. The guilt churning in my stomach may just eat away my insides if something like that happened.

"He wasn't trying to help you, he was undermining my authority and putting his Luna in a dangerous situation," Cahir spat.

"If If I wasn't the Luna -" I started but then changed my words. "I'm just a person who wanted to enjoy a break away from all the - negative emotions you made me feel. Please, don't punish my friend for -"

"He is not your friend," he cut me off in a voice sharp enough to cut. "You are his Luna, not his friend." I wouldn't argue with a man who I saw lose control an hour ago so I nodded.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

"Yes, you're right," I said with a nod. "I hope you reconsider all these since - since this is - technically - your fault -" His eyes darkened but a knock sounded on the door, making me fly into his arms.