Claiming His Resisting Mate

REESE’S POV

Next day Dark Forest visited Silver Shine. I was surprised Savannah came with Alpha Hardwick. It has been a long time since I met her. Her appearance today was totally unexpected. I never thought I would meet her again this way. I stood behind Azrael so they couldn’t see me at all.

“Thanks for letting me know about the matter Alpha Cassius” Alpha Hardwick said, shaking hands with Alpha Cassius.

“Since he was your people we couldn’t take any decision but had to call you Alpha Hardwick” Alpha Cassius replied nodding.

“How did you identify him as my people?” Alpla Hardwick frowned. I know they never had any interaction before, no dealings between the pack.

“It was fortunate, someone knows the person well so it helped us to track the identity”

“Someone? Who?” Alpha Hardwick didn’t see me so he frowned slightly at Alpha Cassius’s words.

Alpha Cassius turned back to glance at me. Now, I am in the limelight. Azrael pulled me beside him letting everyone see my face. Savannah gasped suddenly. Her eyes were wide and she looked so shocked.

“Reese?” She voiced. She walked towards me instantly “is it really you?”

I smiled at her “hi, Savannah”

“Oh, my god. I can’t believe my eyes. It’s really you” she shook her head. “It has been two years since I saw you last time. Such a long time yet…” She smiled and pulled me for a hug. “I missed you”

Those simple three words of ‘I missed you’ had me chock. My heart tightened and my eyes suddenly blurred with tears. I couldn’t control my emotions anymore. I let out a sigh.

“Yes, it has been a long time,” I said as we broke the hug. “I wasn’t expecting to see you here too”

“But fortunately we did,” she grinned. Looking at her, I am amazed. I knew she was a beautiful woman but today I understand why Avan was a crazy-psycho after her. Savannah has this charm to pull others towards her, with those warming smiles and angelic face.

“Well, looks like we can have a good chat” Adriana didn’t waste any moment before she barged in. She was grinning and suggested we have some girly talk which we agreed happily.

“Let’s go to the lake side. We can enjoy some drinks as we talk” Adriana said and Savannah nodded excitedly. I turned to look at Azrael who was looking at me with a smile. He gave a nod before turning to focus on the two Alpha beside him. Adriana pulled us towards the lake which has the best view of the pack.

“How are you Reese?” Savannah asked once we settled on the chairs.

“I am good, after roaming around the forest for two years, I guess I have reached my destination” I smiled at her. Unlike in the past, I don’t have any negative thoughts about her. Right now we are like friends. At least that’s what I could name the relationship we have.

“Your destination? The Silver Shine Pack?” Confusion spread on her face.

“She meant to say, the beta of Silver Shine is her mate,” Adriana said, clearing her confusion.

“Really?” Savannah grinned “you finally found your mate?” She looked happy.

“Well, I wasn’t thinking about it. When I was roaming around I found him fighting with his enemies. I helped him and now I find myself being stuck here”

Adriana laughed “more like John forced her to stay”

Savannah looked at Adriana then towards me. She held my hand giving a warm smile “you have no idea how happy I am. When you left Dark Forest that day, I was restless. I know things between us were not great to remember but I have always treated you as my sister back then. Maybe we don’t have any blood match but we still are like sisters”

I shook my head “your capability of discernment is really appreciative Savannah. I have always begrudged you for your simplicity and good heart. I hadn’t realized at that time. If I did may be my life would be different from today”

When I think of my past, my heart would bleed. It was like thousands of knives stabbed, cutting it into pieces. Still I haven’t successfully vanquished the memories. Even now, I am endeavoring to wrestle with it. Yet I couldn’t get any benefit.

“You couldn’t change the past Reese. Whatever happened was not our choice but it was fated that way. We all are the pawns of fate and we do what was planned for us” Savannah sighed heavily. “I know some things are arduous to fight and sometimes we don’t have another choice yet to go with the flow. That’s what we all did” she shook her head “and maybe this is what we will do”

“She is correct Reese” Adriana joined in. “I won’t say much because I wasn’t in the scene but from whatever I heard I can definitely conclude this point. Past is a way to make our future better. If we couldn’t learn from the lesson then we are nothing but an ignoramus. And I know, you did. You understand things, which is the reason you are sitting here at this present moment”

I looked at the two. These two women are so benevolent and encouraging. I couldn’t help but feel lucky to have them in my life. I never tried to understand Savannah in the first place, and now that I am this close to her, I understand her better. She is astute, sharp-witted and savvy. Her personality is what attracts people more.

I smiled “thank you, both. I always burden myself with the image of the past and sometimes I don’t know what to do. I felt muddled, confused and bewildered. It was hard to confront myself to see the positivity”

“It happens,” Savannah nodded, “not only you but everyone. Life could never be simple as we put it. But piercing through the problems and stepping forward is what means living”

“I agree with it” Adriana nodded “don’t give up on John again Reese, fight for him and at the end it will worth it”

I chuckled “I don’t think I could give up on him anymore. I realized I love him too much to leave”

“Ah, you finally found it,” Adriana laughed.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“I am so happy for you Reese” Savannah hugged me “I hope this time you will find your true happiness”

Her words saddened me. Can I? There was something that I couldn’t fix anymore.

“Love, we need to leave” Alpha Hardwick walked towards us, followed by Alpha Cassius and Azrael. The three men looked sturdy and powerful with sharp eyes, looking in our direction.

“Oh” Savannah threw a sad smile “our time is short but I had a great time with you two”

“Since we know each other now, we could meet up sometimes to have a chat” Adriana suggested.

Savannah grinned “great, I was thinking the same”

From the corner of my eyes I saw the men roll their eyes and shake their heads.

“Love?” Alpha Hardwick called again.

“I know, I know” Savannah sighed then hugged me and Adriana. “I will miss you two”

“Same here” I nodded.

Alpha Hardwick pulled her to him and led her out of the place. Adriana followed Alpha Cassius leaving Azrael and me alone.

“What happened?” I asked.

“Nothing,” he shrugged.

“What do you mean nothing? You don’t want to tell me at all”

He rolled his eyes and tugged my arm before I fell on him. He secured me in his arms “why are you so interested in this matter? That guy is going with his Alpha that’s all. Since he was not a threat, we can let him go” he replied with a grim expression.

“Do you have to make such a bitter expression?” I shook my head.

“What?” He feigned confusion.

“Let’s go, they are leaving. We need to send them off” I tugged his arm.

“Do we really need to?” He didn’t even move from his place. His rock hard body is hard to pull and he knows it so well. This damn stubborn man. I huffed inwardly.

“Come on, you can’t be that obdurate right now? Besides, Savannah is my foster sister. I can’t even say goodbye to her?” I frowned. Why does this man have to be so hard?

He rolled his eyes “great now I am obdurate? Do you have other names to offer more?”

“Don’t be so savage. Now come on” this time I managed to pull him with me. When we walked to the exit door, I saw Alpha Cassius was talking with Alpha Hardwick. They looked like they were having a close chat.

“They seemed to be close,” I whispered.

“Hmm…. They decided to be friends”

I looked at him “really?” I was surprised.

He nodded “Alpha Hardwick is afterall strong and powerful. His high position is remarkable and Cassius seemed to be highly impressed with his nature though. And thanks to you, they got familiar with each other”

I held onto his arm and leaned my head on his shoulder “I know, Alpha Hardwick is a generous man. He saved my life once”

“I will be indebted to him for that” Azrael’s voice was low and I felt him kissing my head lovingly. I smiled, feeling his love in his kiss. This was something unknown to me for such a long time.

Suddenly I saw Jamir looking at us. He turned to say something to Alpha Cassius then focused his gaze on me again. After a few seconds he started to strode towards me.

“Reese, can I talk to you?”

I was speechless at first then confusion clouded my mind. Before I could say anything the bulky man beside me growled loudly with a hard rejection.

“NO”