Chapter Three
Amelia's POV
Immediately after the wedding, we left my old pack. I could see the hurt in Bryan's face as I saw him privately after the ceremony. I didn't want this either but I had to do it anyway.
***Flashback***
"You seriously can't do this, Amelia. You don't have to do whatever your father asks you to do." He said, taking my hands in his as I looked back towards the hall which was on the other side of the passageway. "I know you don't love that man, Amelia."
"I don't have a choice, Bryan. I don't have any choice. I have to get married to him." I replied to him. What was I even saying? I was already married to him and he already placed his ring on my finger.
I looked down at the diamond ring and his gaze followed mine. The ring was made from real gold and had a real diamond-shaped heart on it. "We can't do this anymore Bryan. I think it's time you stopped trying to win my heart." I said and I could see the pain in his eyes as I said that.
"It's for our good. It's for our wolfs' good. You shouldn't waste your time on me when you should be out there searching for your fated mate." I said and he shook his head in disagreement.
"It is you I want, Amelia. I don't want any other woman. It's not too late. We can just run away now. Your father will deal with whatever Kayden demands for…"
"You don't understand how politics works do you?" I asked, pulling my hands from his grip. "It is instant death if anyone goes against Kayden. I am the reason my mother died, I can't be the reason everything she helped my stepfather dies too."
"You are not the reason your mother died, Amelia. Stop blaming yourself for it. You told me your mother told you already that no matter what, she won't let you die. She did what a mother will always do for her child." Bryan said, trying to change my mind but I already made it up.
No matter what Kayden would show me, I would go with him anyway. I did have a choice but I won't take that choice.
"Please Kayden. Let's end this here once and for all. Let's end our journey here." I said, turning my back against him. "Goodbye, Bryan."
I could tell he was heartbroken but I couldn't do what he was saying. I wasn't seeing the way he was at all. The entire pack might get wiped out if Kayden unleashed his wrath on my father for breaking their agreement.
He looked like the kind of person who wouldn't listen to any excuse there was to make no matter how reasonable the excuse sounded to him.
Immediately I got back into the hall, he instantly demanded I leave with him immediately and he had a lot of things to deal with in his pack.
***Flashback ends***
The drive back to his pack was very silent and he didn't even spare me a glance and just drove back to his pack. I wanted to ask questions but I didn't want to because of the type of expression he had on. It wasn't a friendly one at all.
Leaning back in my seat, I looked out at the tall trees and houses we drove past as we were still driving out of my father's pack. Soon everything remained trees as we left the pack.
"We're out." I heard my wolf's voice in my head, her voice shaky. I felt nervous too because I don't know what to expect in his pack. Right now, he wasn't acknowledging my presence and maybe I should expect more of it in the future. "I have to admit, I'll miss home."
"It never felt like home since my mother died so I don't think I'll miss the feeling," I said with a low sigh and she did the same before settling back in the back of my mind. I needed some alone time or maybe a time to nap since I wasn't being disturbed by him.
Although I tried sleeping, I was unable to. I occasionally glanced at him but he was focused on the road and soon, the rain started to pour heavily. He didn't pull up the windows and just allowed the rain to pour in and I wondered if something was wrong with him.
"You should just voice out what you want." He said and I looked at him with an unbelievable expression as he closed the window and after almost half an hour, he pulled up to a huge gate. It was just like that of my father's pack when we departed from the pack.
Men were standing there ready to pull open the gates and they bowed immediately they saw it was Alpha Kayden. He didn't acknowledge their presence and just drove in towards the pack house. Most of the area after the gates was mostly covered with tall trees but I could see some camps before we finally drove into the area where houses came into sight.
It wasn't raining since we stepped into the pack but it seemed like it would start raining any moment.
I was quite impressed by the beauty in the pack. Everyone in the pack seemed happy as I saw them walk and converse with each other briefly. Each house was beautifully set up with different aesthetics. Although I had heard it was the best pack to live in, I didn't expect it to be this beautiful with its alpha's cruel reputation.
About twenty minutes later he pulled up in a large building which could only be the pack house.
The driveway was a big semicircle of stone bricks with a water fountain stationed in the middle of it. Different cars were parked in the parking lot which was on the left side of the pack house. The car stopped and Kayden got out immediately like he couldn't bear being in the same car as me but I didn't mind.
The huge house in front of me was much bigger than where I was coming from and I loved it. I got out of the car and one of the guards immediately shielded me with an umbrella.
I hurriedly followed Kayden into the house and I was stunned by the interior of the house. Everywhere was brightly lit despite the dull atmosphere outside.
It was warm and beautiful. The first room was a beautiful drawing room with different equipment for fun there. There was also a small reading corner but the whole room extended deep and I couldn't see everything there.
"Be careful so you won't get lost whenever you want to roam around. The pack house is quite big so getting lost is quite possible." He finally spoke to me, then he turned to look at me.
I wasn't used to him looking at me because in the few hours I've known him, he only looked at me at the altar. "We have seven floors here and all you need to know is don't go over to the other floors except this ground floor, our floor which is the seventh, and the rooftop."
His words came out rushed and I barely heard them but I did anyway. "And our room is the last room on the floor."
"Our room?"
"Do you have a problem with that? We're sharing a room."