Evelyn swallowed thickly as she got up from her position. The omega had no doubt that the alpha was going to give her hell when he'll get her alone.
"I'm sorry, Luna. It seems like we made the alpha upset, " Josh tugged on his curly hair, his head heavy with guilt.
"It's not your fault, " Scarlett interfered. "Keiran is the one who's supposed to teach his mate this but he's not doing that. He has no right to be upset," She furrowed her perfectly shaped eyebrows in disdain.
Evelyn only stayed silent. Scarlett wasn't happy about how her son treated his mate. Even if she is an omega, Evelyn is still a human being. She shouldn't be mistreated for being something she didn't choose to be.
"I'll talk to him, " The former Luna breathed out, causing the omega to look at her wide-eyed.
"No, no, it's okay, " The girl refused. She didn't want to cause an argument between the mother and son. The alpha loved his mother dearly. She didn't want to be the reason for them having an argument. He already hated her enough. This will only add to it. "I'll manage," She said with a wavering smile.
"Will you be okay? " Rain questioned, the omega's doe eyes shining with worry.
Evelyn tried her best to play it cool. "Of course! Why wouldn't I be?" She laughed.
"Keiran won't listen to you, " Scarlett didn't want to let the omega go alone. She knew her son and what he was going to do. "He might be really—"
"I know," The omega cut her off. "He might be angry at me….but I have to talk to him….make him understand my side of things...." Evelyn sighed. "I'll go now, " She said, walking out of the Arsenal with a clenched fist and a determined heart.
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Keiran paced around in his study. Seeing the omega under another man made his wolf restless. Not marking his mate as soon as they got married had already put his wolf into a foul mood. And now it's worse.
'How dare…... How dare they…?' The alpha thought, his fist clenching and unclenching, aching to hit something as he remembered the scene.
A sudden knock on the door made him jump out of his thoughts. A faint alluring scent of jasmine wafted into the room and filled his lungs, causing his eyes to flash a glowing red.
"Come in," He spoke calmly but his voice held the weight of how he truly felt. And it made his mate shudder a bit.
The omega stepped in timidly but she didn't look down this time. "W-Why did you call me?" The girl cursed herself in her mind for stuttering like a little girl.
"What were you doing in the arsenal? " Keiran walked up to her like a tiger stalking its prey.
His mate gulped softly, " Scarlett took me there," She spoke up bravely. "S-She wanted me to learn how to fight,"
Keiran couldn't help but scoff. "Really?" He chuckled. "You? Fight? You must be kidding me, " The alpha laughed, making the omega clench her fists.
"I'm not, " Evelyn felt irritated at the alpha. There was no reason to look down on her like this. At least, she's trying. "I'm learning to fight, "
"That wasn't what I saw there, " Keiran gritted his teeth as the scenes from before flashed in his mind.
"Nothing happened there," Evelyn frowned. "Josh was teaching me and then we fell, that was it."
Keiran strode towards her, "You're my mate! Keep that in mind and don't whore around! Do you understand?"
"W-What?" Evelyn stared at the alpha in surprise. Her green eyes widened as she tried to comprehend what he just said. "You… you called me a w-whore…" She breathed out, the words feeling bitter in her mouth. Her mate just degraded her to a slut.
Her feet moved back instinctively as her vision blurred from the tears.
'That's what he thinks about me? Is that what I am to him?' She wiped her tears. The thoughts made her head hurt.
"And stop going to the arsenal," The alpha continued nonchalantly. "You're not going to do anything even after you learn to fight," He scoffed.
Evelyn gritted her teeth. "No," She spoke, her teary eyes meeting the alpha's surprised ones. "I want to learn." The determination was evident in her eyes and her voice this time. "You're the one who called me weak. You told me I'll put the Pack in danger. Don't you want that to change?" The omega raised a brow.
"What do you think you're gonna change?" Keiran stepped closer. "Even if you learn to fight, you're still a weak, wolfless, omega." To the omega, her mate's words felt like shards of glass piercing her heart. "You're just like a human. Nothing more." He huffed.
"I know… I'm not the strongest wolf but that doesn't mean I can't try. I'll try my best for the Pack. I'm their Luna after all," Evelyn wasn't ready to back down. She wanted to be able to defend herself at least.
"You weren't like this yesterday, " The alpha clenched his jaw, teeth gritting against each other. "Where's your shy and quiet persona? Was that a facade? You're showing your true colors right after you became Luna, aren't you?"
Evelyn fought a frown. "Isn't this what you wanted? You humiliated me for being weak. Called me a danger for this Pack, but now that I decided to learn to fight, why are you against it?"
The alpha looked away, glaring at the wall as he tried to come up with something. He had no answer for that. He didn't know why. A faint voice in the back of his mind told him that it was because he saw Josh and Evelyn together.
That it was jealousy.
Keiran was quick to dismiss the thought, burying it deep inside his mind. "Because I don't want you to distract my warriors with your sluty behavior, " He spat out, causing the girl to flinch.
Evelyn stared at her mate for a minute, her mind frozen as the words rang in her head like a broken record. "Y-You think of me as a s-slut… " It wasn't a question. She just said out loud the words he spoke as if to make sure that she heard it right. Tears ran down the omega's pink cheeks. "Why…?" She looked up, glistening green eyes meeting the alpha's icy blue ones, making him immediately look away.
"You reek of that beta, " He snapped, striding towards her. "What other evidence do you need?" Keiran's veiny hands gripped the omega's golden hair, drawing a surprised gasp out of her.
He leaned closer to her neck. "It's disgusting," He seethed. Evelyn couldn't help but whimper. Even though the girl tried to be strong, the angry alpha's pheromones in the room made her knees weak.
She hated that.
Keiran slowly rubbed his nose on the omega's neck, unknowingly scent-marking his mate. Josh's scent on her made him see red for some reason even though the alpha swears that he doesn't see her as his mate.
Evelyn tried to wiggle away but her feeble attempts were of no use towards the alpha. It was getting hard for her to fight against him. After all, they are mates, her body craved him—be it a simple touch of their skin.
Keiran's tongue darted out, licking the luscious skin of the omega's neck. His fangs ached to imprint her. To put on a beautiful mark on the girl's pale smooth skin. It was sweetly tempting him.
"Al-Alpha, stop," Evelyn whispered out as she felt him slightly bite her neck.
Her words were enough to knock some sense into his head. Keiran quickly pulled away, face flushed with an alarming expression. The omega's voice had pulled him into reality. His face morphed into a confused and disgusted look before he glared at the girl and left the room, slamming the door closed.