Chapter 21:

ASTRID.

All this while, he was my mate, possession kicks in, obsession follows, I growl towards no one in particular, I feel Aya begging to be let loose, to claim what is hers.

“Astrid!” Juni’s worried voice echo throughout the room, someone’s eyes are following me, and I know that it’s Logan, but I don’t care, none of that matters right now, all I want to see is my mate.

The moment I reach their presence, the Alpha’s daughter stares at me with a bewildered expression.

I feel pain, the next moment, I fall to the floor, Mrs. Perry’s presence hovered across my vision, before I knew it, she kicked me.

“How dare you?” She yells, “Claim to be his mate, I have told you not to do that, you are crazy!”

“Stop.” Zeke says calmly from behind, it’s like everywhere goes silent, no one speaks again, as though they are waiting for him to speak.

Pain gravities through me, my eyelids blinking away the tears that shielded my eyes, no. I won’t cry, tears are for the weak, and I am not weak. My body is s