David's POV
Immediately Mia utters those words, I feel a sharp pain in my chest that travels around my body quickly, it's so severe that I fall to the ground and groan in anguish.
"David", my mother and father yell and rush to my side.
As my mother holds me, I see tears form in her eyes. She panics and looks at my father scared. She rubs my chest trying to relieve the pain but it just grows stronger.
I try to look at me but my father is blocking the view of my precious mate. The pain makes my body jolt in pain and my wolf growls fills the entire room.
"Mia", I hear her mother call her, "let's have a chat upstairs."
I hear retreating footsteps till they fade away.
"Is this the type of mate you wish to have, hmm David, does she even care about you?", My father asks.
He looks at me in mockery and it provokes my wolf to leap out and pry his eyes out.
My mother snaps at him in anger, her tone laced with venom.
" Don't speak to him like that, you caused this. If you hadn't shown her that attitude, she wouldn't have unknowingly caused our son pain."
" You do not get to talk to me that way, I am the Alpha.", my father replies.
He points at my mother, his eyes glowing red.
" How will the Pack feel towards you when they hear that their future Alpha is living in pain because their Alpha Kane refused to accept his son's mate as the future Luna."
"SHE WILL NOT…", My father yells.
I can't take this anymore, "Dad, please, for my sake", my words come out in whispers but they both hear me.
My dad crouches to the ground and places his hand on my head, the same way he used to when I was little. He struggles to find words but then we hear footsteps and we look to see Mia descending the stairs with a knapsack on her back.
She walks up to me and says, " I will go with you.", She stretches her hand out to me, "Come on get up."
I reach out to hold her hand but my father grabs it midway and growls at her, his eyes growling red.
"Kane?", My mother yells.
"Oh mate, surely you do not have one hand", she reaches down for my other hand and pulls me up, dislodging me quickly from my father's grasp. I fall into her arms and she quickly wraps an arm on my waist and stabilizes me. We lock eyes and her blue eyes hold coldness.
"Let's go", she says again.
We both leave the house and sit in the back seat of the car before my father and mother join us. I search my brain for anything to say as my father starts the car.
"It's gonna be a long ride"
"Mmm"
She turns to look at her mother who is standing at the door and waves her while throwing multiple kisses.
****
We reach the Pack house and my father instructs one of his lady beta's- Kate to her around and introduce her to the members of the Pack.
Father and I were currently in his office sorting through several files until I remembered something but before I could talk, Gordon barged inside the office. He was one of my fathers personal beta's and his maternal cousin, they were very close.
He walked up to me and slapped my back.
"Heard you found your mate son."
"Yeah, she's so beautiful."
"I bet she is."
I blushed deeply and nodded.
" You know when you prayed to the moon goddess for help over the disappearances going on in the park?", He asked.
I nodded wondering where the discussion was headed.
"Yeah son, I think she sent you a gift, a helper and a mate, a three in one birthday gift."
I chuckled softly. He patted my back and moved to my father's side.
" Hey Kane, how is it going?"
My father only sighed.
"I'm only worried for David. He needs to prove himself fit to rule, it's just fourteen days left before the ceremony of our pack and no progress."
"It's alright, he's gonna make it, I know that"
There was silence for a while and then I remembered what I wanted to ask.
"Where is wilder?"
"Oh right, we sent him to the civil house to get some old documents that would be of great help but he should be back by now."
"I hope he hasn't vanished too."
There was a soft knock on the door.
"Come in", my father said.
Kate walked in and bowed her head slightly to my father and I.
"Alpha Kane, I have followed your instructions, I have shown Mia around, introduced her to everyone in the pack house and as per Luna's instructions, I gave her a room opposite David's."
My father looked up and frowned.
" Luna has invited you all to come from lunch."
****
The air was tight in the dining area as my father did not like the idea of keeping Mia in the room opposite mine and right now she was sitting opposite me, her mouth full as she munched her food, she was such a beauty.
I decided to take my chances. I removed my right foot from the footwear and traced her legs gently with my toes, my heart beating fast. She made no expression but calmly forked a piece of beef and placed it in her mouth. I traced further and I was scratched and didn't suppress the sound that left my mouth making everyone look at me.
"Aaah", Someone screamed from upstairs causing everyone to turn as a maid ran downstairs frantically panting.
"What is it?", My father questioned.
She kept on panting.
"SPEAK"
"I was cleaning the room assigned to Lady Mia and when I opened the wardrobe to clean it, Beta Wilder's body fell out"
Immediately I went pale, Mia stopped chewing and everyone turned to look at her.