Chapter 12

Dean's POV

She has a scent, I smelt it immediately when she came into my father.

How did she have a scent? The last time I rejected her she had no scent. How come she has now?

And why did she look more beautiful as if her wolf enhanced her beauty?

I needed to shake off any thought about her. I am marrying her to please my father so that he would make me the next of kin.

Once, he makes me the Alpha I would wait till he dies, then I'll divorce her.

But I didn't think that was possible because the last time I rejected her it broke me.

Her face kept reappearing in my head. To make matters worse Luca was always friendly towards her.

I knew Luca. He would never do something if he was not going to benefit from him.

I closed my eyes to sleep as fear crept into me.

Anytime I closed my eyes, I always saw myself having sex with a girl. Then I will see a little boy who looks exactly like me.

The baby's face was always clear but the woman's face was not clear.

No matter how hard I tried, it remained blurry.

"Ahh," a loud female piercing voice interrupted my sleep.

I sprang up immediately and made my way downstairs in haste.

I met Lorenzo on the way. "Do you know where that noise came from?" I asked.

He shook his head in a hurry. "I think it came from Lia's room," he said.

Immediately I heard Lia. I rushed downstairs without thinking. My heart fell down my chest.

I shouldn't be feeling this way because I hate her but she was under my custody.

I switched on the whole light. Lorenzo ran behind me.

I stopped when I got to her corridor. A lady was lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

I stood transfigured, It can't be her. But she had the same hair and wore a nightwear that someone like her would wear.

Plain but beautiful."Let's go!'Lorenzo shouted, drawing me from my thoughts.

We quickened our step till we got to her door. The person lauded her body and stabbed her. A knife was by the side.

It was organized. Her maid. I tried to open the door but it was locked.

"Please don't hurt me. Please" she pleaded.

She was in danger, so we had to move and break the door.

Without thinking twice, I pushed the door, using my full weight against it.

One!

Two!

Three！

I hit the door and it opened. We rushed inside, and the intruder immediately jumped through her window.

I rushed toward her and glanced through her whole trembling body.

"Are you okay?" I asked concern laced in my voice.

She nodded even though it was clear that she was not okay.

She took in shaky breaths and steadied herself.

"I am fine," she said with a shrug.

Luca burst in immediately, breathing hard.

She raised her eyes and it met Luca.

She immediately ran to him and engulfed him in a tight hug.

Luca's eyes widened for a while before he wrapped his arms around her.

"Are you okay?" He asked with pure concern.

I have never seen him this concerned about someone.

I looked at Lorenzo, and he raised his eyebrow at me.

"I'm fine. I called you. Where did you go?" she asked, still hugging him tightly.

My heart dropped at the site. Anger surged through me.

She was meant to be my wife. To hug me instead and not him.

"I went to see you," he said.

She immediately pulled from the hug, her face laced with concern.

"Do you mean Mer? Like Mer?" She asked.

He nodded, "Yes."

Her breathing increased, "Is he okay? Is he already?"

"Yes I took care of it, Mer will be fine," he said with a smile.

I cleared my throat "And who is Mer?" I asked.

"Nobody!" They both chorused at once.

I lowered my eyebrow and reduced my eyes to a split. They were obviously hiding something.

I would make sure I have guards follow them.

"Lia, go to bed. I will send the guards down." I ordered.

She stood in the same position. She looked at Luca and he nodded.

"I will be around," he said.

She made her way towards the bed. "I need to sleep," she said, stating that she wanted us to leave her.

We nodded and left. Immediately we were outside. I pushed Luca to the wall. As I tried to control the anger in me.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" I growled.

He smiled, "What do you mean?" He asked feigning ignorance.

"Trying to impress my mate."

He laughed, "Point of correction she is no longer your mate, not at least till tomorrow. Besides we are just friends."

I watched him with a glare from the hollow of his toes to his head.

"I will make you drown in your blood if you try anything funny with her," I warned, venom-filled my voice.

His grin grew wilder. "Do I sense jealousy?" He asked.

I scoffed and stepped backward. I did not know what got over me that made me so protective of her.

Or so jealous of what she and Luca had. In Fact, I would not call it jealousy, I am trying to protect my wife.

"Lia is a beautiful girl. I would never hurt her but you?" He said pointing at my chest.

"I would hunt you down and make you pay for what you did."

We glared at each other. Our eyes beamed with raw range.

"if you try anything stupid I will kill you."

"You saw your wife's reaction just now. If you hurt me she might just kill you," he warned.

My jaw thickened. He was trying to use Lia to get to me.

I glanced at him once again and walked away. Lorenzo followed me at the back.

"We need to end whatever is going on between them," he said as we climbed the stairs.

I nodded in agreement.

She was my wife and mine alone.