Worthless to Priceless The Alpha’s Rejected Mate novel Chapter 41

AMELIA’S P.O.V

My head was pounding. It felt like someone was running a construction site inside my skull. It took me what felt like hours but I am sure in reality was only a few minutes to get my bearings and get myself acquainted with reality again. I forced my eyes open and to my shock, the sky was a beautiful mixture of colors. It was like someone had splashed a water color palette into the sky prompting it to turn into a mixture of orange and purple and a slight pink hue around the edges.

The first thing I noticed after staring at the sky was that the room had been fixed. The dresser had been replaced and so had the windows. The room like brand new with beautiful wooden carvings replacing the things that had been broken during the fight as well as a beautiful vanity sitting on top of the dresser.

I glanced at the clock beside the bed and it read 6 p.m. I couldn’t remember the time Kaden and Blake fought but I could clearly remember the day and it was not the date I was seeing on the clock. I sprung into an upright sitting position wondering if I had seen wrongly but I hadn’t. According to the clock, three days had passed since the fight and since I figured out that I was mated to Kaden.

I was shocked and I tried to wrack my brain to remember anything but the last thing I remembered was falling unconscious in Kaden’s arms. Was I really asleep for that long? I looked down and realized that someone had changed my clothes and I flushed pink as I thought of the possibility of Kaden changing me and seeing me naked.

I was so disoriented due to the lost time but I wasn’t ready to see anyone yet. I decided to ask the one person I knew who might have the answer. It took a while to stir my wolf awake because she was also sleeping, but once she did, I could feel her presence around me.

“What happened to us? How did time fly by so quickly?” I asked.

“Shifting very late in age is dangerous and it can take a toll on the body and the mind. Your mind was so worn out and exhausted from the shifting and the news that you fell into a coma. It took a few days for you to regain your strength back.”

I was shocked by her words. I couldn’t imagine how worried everyone must have been when I didn’t wake up after the first day. I knew I would have been if I was the one watching.

“How do you feel?” my wolf asked hesitantly and I knew she wasn’t talking about physically.

“Is Kaden really our mate?” I couldn’t help but ask her.

She sighed and I expected her to give me a simple response but instead, she answered with a question. “How do you feel about him? Do you like him? Do you think you can trust him?”

My instincts concerning him were a little fuzzy. I felt like he was trust worthy but there was something else about him that I couldn’t figure out. Everything was hazy and I wondered if it was because we were mates.

“I don’t know,” I admitted. “The problem isn’t him; the problem is that I can’t get over Blake. Seeing him here reignited feelings I thought I had buried away. I am furious at him for rejecting me but I cannot stop thinking about him.”

My wolf hesitated and I instantly knew something was wrong.

“What is it?” I asked. “Tell me what the matter is.”

“I can feel a bond with both Blake and Kaden,” she said and shock filled me. I had never heard of that happening before. “The one with Kaden is stronger but the one with Blake is there.”

Shock filled my every pore and I tried to wrack my brain as to how that was possible. It was unheard of for a wolf to be mated to more than one person much less a wolf like me who was a late bloomer. I couldn’t believe it and the more I tried to think about it, the more I could feel a headache coming along.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t realize that someone was opening the door to my room until it creaked open. I retreated further into the bed but let out a sigh of relief when I saw Clara. She didn’t notice me at first but when she did, a smile grew on her face and she rushed over to pull me into a tight hug.

“I am so glad that you are awake,” she said as she ran her eyes over me to make sure I was fine. “Are you hurt? How do you feel? You have been out for so long.”

The dinner was very tense. Usually everyone would talk about their day and the table would be filled with laughter and Devin cracking jokes to make Clara snort water out of her nose but today, it was quiet. I think everyone was unsure of what to make of Kaden’s presence so they all stayed quiet.

Sometime in the middle of dinner, I felt Kaden rest his arm behind my chair and I stiffened when his skin came in contact with mine because of the fireworks- I was yet to get used to that. Everyone ate very quickly and within ten minutes, we were all done. Clara decided to help her grandmother in the kitchen and Devin went back to his newspaper so it was just Kaden and I.

“Can I talk to you?” he asked softly and I nodded.

We rose from the table and I saw Devin glance at us over his paper but he didn’t make a move to speak or stand. I led Kaden into my room and I didn’t want to shut the door because it felt so final but I also didn’t want to leave it open in case anyone wanted to eavesdrop.

I ended up shutting the door and no sooner than I had done so, Kaden pinned me against the wall and he kissed me. If I thought kissing him before was amazing, then it was a million times better this time. A part of me wanted to rejoice and melt into the kiss but my brain was a maze and a labyrinth. I couldn’t get my thoughts under control and there was a lot of worry from my end.

I felt Kaden’s hands trail down my body until they got to my ass and he squeezed. That action caused me to squeal and he took it as permission to slip his tongue into my mouth. Everything about the kiss was euphoric but I couldn’t bring myself to enjoy it because my thoughts kept drifting to Blake. Was I cheating on him by kissing Kaden?

Kaden realized that I wasn’t as into the kiss as I should have been so he pulled back. He analyzed me slowly from head to toe and I couldn’t help but feel self conscious so I cast my gaze on the ground. Ever so slowly, he placed his finger underneath my chin and he tilted it up until I was staring right in his eyes.

His eyes were as captivating as ever and try as I might; I was not able to look away from them because of how they pulled me in.

“What’s wrong?” he asked and I swallowed deeply when I realized that I was going to have to give him an answer.