Chapter 5 Confused

Victoria

My brother, the brother I actually recognize from before that bitch is staring at me, confused, hurt, and thinking that my parents just died yesterday? What the hell is happening. 

“Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on!” he shouts, visibly shaking, he’s distraught.

As I tell him the story, the chosen mate, the abuse, the neglect of our pack, he stares wide eyed and dazed.

“What about our Beta, Tommy he didn’t intervene?” my brother asks.

“He tried to, but you told him to leave so he did.” I respond still confused as to how he doesn’t remember ANY of this.

Darien steps forward to him and says “Matt, I think that girl used black magic to control you for three years.” My brother's face drops, he’s shaking his head like he can make it all go away.

“My mate I need to find my mate.” he says as he bolts out the room.

“No!” Darien and I scream as we chase after him. I’m pretty sure Stella is with Cole and she is definitely not expecting a mate to barge in, this is going to be bad, really bad. It will also probably kill my brother, who has apparently been through hell and back.

Matthew

I’m dazed, I’m confused, I have a lot of shit to figure out apparently. But that can all wait. I need my mate. I start running, taking off, following the scent of my mate. I go up the stairs to the Gamma floor? Shit Stella as in Darien’s Gamma Stella, the mind reader, she’s my mate? I get to the door where her scent is strongest and knock urgently. I hear the sweetest voice chime “Cole is that you?”

Cole, who is Cole? I sniff again and pick up a male scent EVERYWHERE. She hasn’t been waiting for me? I can’t even respond before she opens the door and a pair of bright green emerald eyes lock onto mine. She pales as she stares at me, not the reaction I was hoping for. The mate bond pulses between us and she slams the door shut and locks it. What the fuck?

Suddenly Victoria and Darien arrive wild eyed and sweating.Darien looks at me sympathetically “Matthew, the black magic must have interfered with the mate bond she never felt it she thinks she doesn’t have a mate.”

“And even if she did, I don't think she expected it to be the alpha who left his borders unprotected and his sister locked up in a room. She has no context, Matt.” Victoria adds.

I school my expression trying to hide the pain “Fuck she’s going to reject me.”

Darien looks at me gently and says “Maybe you should go down to the ball. You’ll be at the head table with us just give us a second with Stella”

I nod and comply wordlessly. What the fuck am I going to do now?