Chapter 143 - Your Name!

"I still did not understand why you dragged me out of the party in such a hurry. I didn't even get the chance to see my sister in law and our luna!

I want to be the first to meet her or else how will I take her side when mother would torment her?" asked the man with a glare as he looked at Arnold who finally took a breath of relief when they were away from the party.

"Do you even know how much energy I have used to cover your scent from the room or else Alpha would have skinned me alive." He was glad that he dragged Alex away just when Alpha turned to look in their direction.

"You know Alpha had not announced their marriage in the land of Alienore. And I am proud to say that I am the only one who knows about it!" he coughed and even adjusted his jab when he said so but then cowered when he felt the cold and sharp gaze of Alex on him.

"So, Alpha would be very angry if he saw you there. I think he needs some time to reveal it to his family. You know how much Luna hated humans and witches that she was even ready for Alpha to stay without a mate if it was not a werewolf.

If she would come to know about the alpha already married to a human, she would make a havoc there!"  he explained and for a second the eye of Alex widened, as far as he remembered the girl he had seen as his mate was also a human!

Did it mean that he had to face the fierce mother too. If it would be harsh for his brother. It would be deadly for him to anger his mother.

She already thinks that he did not deserve the pack of ruling. If she knew that he even had a human mate, then she would just throw him out of the pack or would kill him in the end.

He shuddered at the thought as his mind ran like headless chicken to find the way to placate his mother's ire.

"Then what do you think brothers have decided to convince the mother?" he would just follow the path shown by his brother if things didn't work well for him. 

"How would I know what is in the mind of the alpha?" asked Ranold with an obvious disdain on his face. Did Alex forget that the alpha did not like to talk, let alone be discussing his personal life with him.

He was sure if he did not need the dresses, he would not have even shown his wife to him.

"Sigh! Then I would go and keep mother busy so that she would not call brother in the meanwhile!" 'And then I would sneak out here and try to find a way to look for my mate too!' he shook his head and Ranold looked at him with his eyes widened but narrowed in the next second.

"And you think, I would believe that you will help your mother in managing the pack and even hide the secret of alpha!" asked Ranold with disbelief.

"Tsk! Do not be overly suspicious. I am going back now!" Without waiting for Ranold to intervene, Alex turned into a werewolf and leapt into the air.

"Wow! I never knew that convincing him would be so easy?" Ranold stood for a while there then looked into the air and muttered,

"If you will tell Alpha that Alex was here then I will not be the only one who will be punished!" He was sure that they would tell Richard later. But he did not want to create an uproar in the marriage party of Richard.

With that thought he took a deep breath, adjusted his hair and walked back into the party.

Unbeknownst to him, once he left, Alex who had ran away come back and smirked, 

"I will go as promised but not before knowing the name of my mate." he muttered with a smirk on his face as he turned into a wolf and entered into the party again.

"Ranold, you forgot to take away the sprinkle that could hide my smell!!" even he could not sniff his smell in the air. Now all he needed was to hide himself and he would be fine.

In the party,

"Are you better now?" asked Richard as he took the glass of water back from the hands of Hazel.

"Yes! I am perfectly fine." she let go of that strange feeling from the pit of her stomach. She did not even understand why she was thinking so much of the man whom she did not even know!

Richard could see that she was still lost in her thoughts but he did not pursue the matter further as she had not told him anything even after asking so many times.

"Alpha!" Richard turned to look at Ranold who had just entered the hall and was now standing behind him.

"I am coming back in a minute!" Hazel nodded as she bowed her head in greeting when the man bowed his head towards her.

She took a deep breath as she looked at the dancing stage where others were still dancing. Her eyes unconsciously tried to find the strange man who had danced with her but her eyes widened and she shook her head when she realized what she was thinking about.

How could she be so lost when she had to be thinking about her plans! With a deep breath, she decided to stand up and reach towards the noble families who could be their ally. 

Her eyes fell on the family of the duke that had not taken the part in insulting her and decided to reach them but before she could even take a single step, her eyes widened and she ran towards the back side of the hall.

"Who are you and why are you in your beast form?"

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Her eyes fell on the family of the duke that had not taken the part in insulting her and decided to reach them but before she could even take a single step, her eyes widened and she ran towards the back side of the hall.

There sat a wolf leisurely as he looked at the humans with his lazy eyes. But when she ran towards it, it stood up and looked at her with glowing eyes but instead of the same smile, she had frown on her face,

"Who are you and why are you in your beast form?" she whispered, as she was afraid that others would think she was crazy to talk to the air.

There was no one in front of her except air for others as she remembered about the veil!

The beast growled and narrowed his eyes at her but there was no fear in her eyes. 

"Tsk! It would not work on me. So now you better tell me or I will go and call Richard to deal with you!" even if she was not sure how this alpha works! But she knew that he was the emperor of the Alienore empire, the place where these beasts resided.

But the beast did not seem like he cared. It looked at her leisurely and when she fumed and was about to turn back and leave to call Richard, it pounced on her.

"Hey.. what..!!" Before she could speak further, she felt the same feeling again. It felt like her heartbeat was getting faster and faster as if someone was stirring her heart.

She raised her head and looked at the beast that was hovering over her.

He had bright golden eyes and gray fur that was completely in contrast with richard. Soon, the beast changed into a human and her eyes widened.

"You! You! Who are you?" she pointed at the man who had danced with her just a while ago and then disappeared from there.

"So, I was right. You were already missing me and searching for me. Huh?" his husky voice whispered closer to her ears that it turned her stunned for a moment, before she realized that she was already on the ground and he was holding her waist while still hovering over her.

"Get off from me!!" she gritted her teeth as she looked at the man but he did not seem to even be a least bit affected by her actions.

In fact, he was busy looking at her, her face, her features as if she was trying to engrave every part of her face and body, deep in her memory!

Feeling irked, she shouted again through gritted teeth, "what will it take you to get off of me?" 

A wide evil grin formed on his face when he heard that and her eyes narrowed on his face, "your name! It will take your name for me to let you go!"