Beauty and The Beta (Bailey) novel Chapter 284

Chapter 284

Chapter 284

Chapter 94 Lilah

Seriously how does this work?! He forces his way into my room, acts like a dick, demands answers, raises his hand to me (yes admittedly maybe not in the way I thought he was though still not a fucking clue why, it’s still there hovering near my face fucking weirdo), he scared me, yet I end up feeling bad!

He sighed, a big, deflated sigh, he moved his hand back down to his side, I thought for a second he was contemplating walking out of the room and to be honest I would have been glad if he had but at the same time I knew that wouldn’t have been the end of this conversation. It would be dragged up again as he clearly suspects something.

“I was simply going to do this” he said as he more slowly, gently lifted his hand to my face and stroked my cheek, a static like shock ran through me- what the actual fuck was that?! Then realisation struck…… No! No! No! I don’t want this, this can’t be

happening……. My eyes shot upward to make contact with his, my heart racing “You’re my mate…..” he said with a sigh as he stood

1. up.

Sky was going crazy in my head at the realisation her mate was in front of her, though why she couldn’t smell him made no sense, I thought he was going to walk away, I had to explain, he needed to understand, if I was his mate he might take pity on me, he may not kick me out, he might not tell my pack what I’d done, may not force me to turn rogue, but I don’t want a mate, I don’t want this, my heart was crumbling to pieces all over again inside. Fate was truly fucked up.

“Alpha Knox please don’t leave” I stuttered through shaken breaths as I sat myself up in bed.

He turned back to me and raised his eyebrow as he spoke “I’m simply sitting down Delilah” then he gave a sad smile “it’s torture being near you, my wolf is screaming inside of me, but you have some explaining to do because that de–scenting spray you use isn’t normal if it can block the pulls of a mate“. He looked at me intently.

I was in the shit.

“Please don’t hurt me Knox” I begun to cry, not sure where that had come from, I couldn’t breath…. I don’t think he would understand……he was going to hate me…..but within a second he was beside me on the bed, holding me in his arms, the sensation of his touch strangely addictive, it was like little shots of electric to my skin…..no! I don’t want this!

Mate! Mate! Sky screamed inside of me.

“Lilah I could never hurt you, but I think you need to talk to me…” he sighed, clearly thinking his words through carefully “I can’t

my

hands… promise I won’t be mad sweet but I need to know, you need to tell me…” I sobbed again, looking down at

I did… I had to do this….he needed to know….he’d not forgive me and I’d be alone again……

“It’s complicated, please try not to get angry, I did what my messed up head……” I pulled away and looked up to him, his big brown eyes looking down at me, they didn’t look quite as intimidating now “or my messed up heart thought was right……..“I explained. ” wait if you’re my mate, why can’t I smell you?” I grasped at straws, hoping it may not be true, despite Sky screaming it in my head, despite the tingling from his touch.

He simply nodded, “I scented you from my room Lilah, I sprayed de–scenting spray on myself before I came out of my room after going back for the room key so you didn’t work it out straight away from my scent and panic” he explained now sitting in front me, and he squeezed my hand almost like a gesture of reassurance, but also I had a feeling it was to display to me the tingling from his touch….. this wasn’t going to be easy.

Look you know my

Dad is Beta at River Ash, my mum and dad were always close to Alpha Grayson and Luna Talia, like the closest friend imaginable, they were like second parents to me. And Logan was always with me growing up….” I could see Knox’s face

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darken slightly at the mention of Logan,

“What has this got to do with why I didn’t know you were my mate Lilah?” He questioned.

This wasn’t going to be easy…. “It will make sense, but you need to let me speak, please…..” he simply nodded “we were inseparable, crying for each other as toddlers, always with each other, could read each others mind, he always knew how to make me smile when I was upset and he always was there to protect me…” I smiled slightly at the memory.

But saw Knox didn’t like the thought of another man protecting his mate the mating bond clearly sliding into place….. despite it being years ago it irritated him….so I tried to deflect away from that quickly “not that I needed protecting, not many people would want to mess with a she–wolf who was the daughter of a Beta and the niece of an Alpha”

I tried to laugh, but saw no response from Knox so continued “because of how close we were people throughout the pack thought we would be mates, told us from being young pups that we were fated to be together……” I saw a Knox’s jaw tighten in frustration but I knew I had to continue, this wasn’t going to get any easier.

“At first we dismissed it, but we got closer growing up and nobody else knew me like he did, and he didn’t like other guys being near me, got pretty jealous to be fair, then one day he told me nobody would be good enough for me other than him, that nobody could treat me the way I deserved like he could and I agreed, he made me feel amazing, and he knew me inside out, he was my best friend, we were already inseparable but from that day our bond got even stronger and complex. It was like he completed a part of me that was missing….” I looked to Knox, seeing his brown eyes flashing black. Was that his wolf getting angry? I know I was giving a lot of detail but he needed to know how much I loved Logan so he can understand why I did what I did…..

“You want me to stop?” I asked him

“No” he growled, roughly moving his hand from mine and running it though his hair, he was clearly finding this as hard as me. “I need to know Lilah” his tone softened slightly.

“We were about fourteen I think when we started dating, and became closer than ever, every spare moment we were together, and when we weren’t together we were messaging or calling each other, it just seemed to confirm to everyone in the pack what they’d predicted all along that we were in fact fated mates…..”

“That’s never guaranteed” he interrupted bluntly.

I let out a short ironic laugh “Didn’t I come to find out that the hard way!”

He gave me a small smile as I continued “no it’s not guaranteed, but stupidly I think we got taken away with the way pack was talking about it, even the pack elders were predicting it, including our oldest pack member who was amazing at predicting mates so it felt like it seemed reasonable to think it was possible, especially considering how close we were, how special our bond was, and as a teenager, especially a silly little she–wolf you dream of romance and love and hear all the amazing things of fated mates and I was able to imagine my own little love story in my head, and let myself get carried away with it all, from then on I was sold on the belief he was my mate and so was he…..”

“Wait, if you thought he was your mate…..” he interrupted, then stopped obviously thinking better of what he was saying. But I knew what he was going to ask without him needing to finish his question, it was reasonable seeing as he would now see me as his

mate.

“Did we sleep together?” I looked to him, his jaw was so tightly clenched. I don’t think he was sure he wanted the answer. “No” I said softly, the tension eased in his jaw but instead he looked puzzled. Obviously unsure why we wouldn’t have when we were so

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