The Alpha's Unwanted Bride novel Chapter 357

Chapter 357: REPERCUSSIONS

FIONA’S POV

"She is my mate." Fioma heard Erik say.

She almost choked on her food.

She slowly turned to look at him, but he refused to make eye contact.

What did he mean Anna was his mate?

Where was any of this coming from?

She had watched Anna be dramatic and tearfully speak on how happy she was to be a member of this pack, and prayed that she would finally shut up.

The last thing she had expected was to hear her mention she had found a mate.

She had not really cared much about it until Erik had been the one to say he was her mate.

She hoped it was all in her head, until he confirmed it again.

This time loud enough for everyone to hear.

She had no idea when she dropped her fork.

It was then Erik looked at her. This time she refused to look at him.

She felt betrayed, she felt insulted and humiliated.

She felt stupid and most of, she felt like a fool.

She managed to control herself throughout the rest of the dinner.

She wanted to leave as quick as possible, but she knew storming out of the dinning hall would raise questions and eyes, so she remained.

She could feel his eyes on her but she concentrated on the food she could no longer eat.

Once the men had started to leave, she joined the small crowd and hurried out of the dining hall.

She hurried away, anxious to leave the suffocated space and go to the sanctuary of her bedroom.

"Fiona!" She heard him call.

She turned and saw him pushing through the crowd and she increased her steps so that he won’t catch up with her.

But in barely a few seconds she felt him touch her arm.

She flinched and withdrew still walking up ahead.

He caught her arm again and forced her to turn and face him.

"Fiona." He pleaded.

"Don’t touch me!" She snapped at him jerking her hand free and pointed at him. "Don’t you dare touch me!"

"I can explain." He promised.

Fiona wanted to laugh. "Explain? What do you have to explain? That you lied to me? That you made me look like a fool in front of everyone."

"I didn’t mean to hide any of this from you." He swore.

She bit her bottom lip and nodded. "How long?"

He went quiet and she rolled her eyes. "Fuck you."

And she stormed off but he caught up with her again.

This time he was right in her path.

"Okay. When we were returning back. A few nights ago during the full moon, I discovered she was my mate." He said.

Fiona felt the tears burning behind her eyes, but she maintained a strong face.

"I was going to reject her." He started to explain and then a few servants went past and he was forced to keep quiet.

When he was certain they were out of hearing, he resumed. "I needed to have some time to think about it."