“No, you are mine” I tell her, pressing my face into the crook of her neck before rubbing my stubble along her face. She cringes. I know how much she hates it, but I continue to do it while she tries to push my face away, making me laugh.
“Can we go for a run today, Layla wants out?” She asks, looking up at me and wrapping her arms around my neck.
“After lunch? I have a few things to do” I tell her, and I watch her eyebrows furrow.
“Like what?”
“I need to speak to the Rogue” Lily nods her head.
“You aren’t going to kill him, are you?”
I growl softly. I would love nothing more than to kill him and it irritated me that she was concerned about another man.
“No, you can come and wait with Tabitha though, she asked to see you yesterday” I told her. Lily didn’t hide the surprise on her face at my words, but nodded her head. I put her on the ground before grabbing her hand and taking her into the kitchen.
Chapter 19
Lily POV
Something seemed off today, I knew something was going on, something big must have happened yesterday because Damien’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing. The familiar ding of messages coming in was driving me nuts. It got so frequent that I even started hearing his phone going off when there weren’t messages coming in. Every time it would ring, Damien wouldn’t answer until he was in his office, which I have figured out is sound proof.
After lunch, I was watching Netflix when Damien walked in.
“Lily, come. I have to go to the cells. You still want to speak to Tabitha?” Well no, I didn’t want to speak to Tabitha, but I wanted to know what she wanted.
“Probably just wants to rub the pregnancy in our face again” Layla growled as I stood up from the lounge.
Damien drove us to the edge of town to a giant brick building which had one heavy duty steel door leading in and no windows. Getting out of the car, I notice heaps of guards, some armed with machine guns, some wandering around the compound in wolf form. When we get to the door, the guard immediately opens the door allowing us entry.
Damien grabs my hand, tugging me along a giant corridor with steel doors every few metres apart. The corridors seem to never end and when it does it just branches off in another direction. The entire place was eerily quiet, yet I could hear the soft sound of beating hearts behind every door. We walk past two open rooms. One is a kitchen, and another is an open bathroom with multiple showers and toilets offering no privacy at all.
Damien tugs me down the end of the blue corridor to another open room, which appears to be some kind of waiting area. Steel chairs lined in rows are bolted to the floor. When we enter, I see Tabitha sit up like she was trying to nap on the hard chairs.
Damien growls at her, and she drops her head to the floor. Tabitha mumbles, her voice barely audible.
“Please Alpha, I need to see him” She begs.
“No, not while you’re carrying my child” He tells her with a growl, making her whimper before she turns her neck in submission.
“Damien?” I ask, feeling bad for her. His eyes snap to mine and the look of pure anger on his face makes me take a step back.
“Don’t Lily, you don’t challenge me, not here” He said before turning on his heel and walking out. I stand awkwardly at the entrance and Tabitha motions for me to sit beside her, by tapping the seat next to hers.
I move and sit next to her. Neither of us speak, just stare at the wall in front of us for what feels like ages. Tabitha seems tired and has huge bags under her eyes as she rubs her swollen belly, her clothes all crinkled and I can only assume she slept here on these uncomfortable chairs.
“I get it now” She whispers, making me look at her.
“Get what, Tabitha?”
“I thought I loved Damien, now I have met my mate though I realise I never did and yet I am carrying his child. I feel like I betrayed my mate. If I could take it back, I would Luna. I never should have allowed myself to get pregnant, not with someone who isn’t my mate. I understand you hate me for what I did and I deserve that hate” She says.
“I don’t hate you” I tell her.
“Speak for yourself Lily” Layla growls, but I ignore her.
“I would hate me if I were you, I made Damien betray his mate and in turn betrayed mine. He will probably reject me when he finds out”
“That isn’t all on you Tabitha. Damien knew what he was doing when he was fooling around with you. The blame isn’t entirely yours to carry” I tell her. Which is the truth, I can’t just blame her?