Falling in love with my Ex's Alpha Chapter 66

***Katherine***

I have a fated mate.

This information has not yet been processed in my mind.

I have a fated mate, and he is none other than Kaiden?

What kind of joke is this?

Suddenly, my body starts to heat up with so much anger that I start to feel, and the area around my heart starts to hurt because it's beating so fast.

"I know this is shocking, seeing as you're a weak human and I'm an Alpha, but it's the truth," Kaiden says with an arrogant voice of superiority. "Trust me, no one expected this. But now I have decided to accept our bond, so no, you have nothing to worry about anymore, I will make your dream come true, I will accept our mate bond," he goes on while waving his hand at me as if he expected me to run up to him like a happy dog wagging its tail.

If he had told me that days ago, I would definitely be running into his arms, but today?

No. Not today.

And why the hell is he talking like it's a favor he's doing for my poor human soul?

"How long have you known that I'm your mate?" I ask in the most serious voice I managed to perform after swallowing the lump in my throat while trying not to burst into tears.

Kaiden looks at Chad, and Chad smiles, but he doesn't say anything. They both stare at each other as if they are talking via mindlink. Well, they must definitely be doing that.

"The least you can do is answer," I break the silence, and they look at me.

But it's Kaiden who decides to say, "I've known since I first saw you." He speaks with a tone of pride as if he is satisfied with this.

"And you just decided to tell me now?" I shout at him and am surprised to hear myself yell.

I never yell. Why does he always piss me off like that?

"Because he only now decided to accept the mate bond. After seeing how happy we are together, after assuring me that he didn't want you." Chad responds spitefully.

That's it?

Does he only want me because he wants to destroy what Chad and I have?

How can he be so petty?

Why does he only want to tell me now?

I've been hurting for him since I met him. I don't understand this meaningless feeling that has made me attracted to him since the first time I found his body stretched out on the floor.

From the first glance, I felt something for him that I couldn't explain. I've been suffering from feeling this way ever since.

I've been feeling guilty and selfish for feeling this way about him ever since.

I've been feeling awful that I don't feel the same way about Chad as he does about me.

All of this has been accumulating in my heart since I met him, because before I met him, I already knew Chad, and we were happy together.

Until then, I didn't have these tortured thoughts.

And Kaiden've known that I'm his fated mate this whole time, and he didn't tell me anything.

He knew that I was his mate for a long time, and he didn't bother to reject our mate bond.

Oh my Goddess. Now I'm remembering what he said at the packhouse and what he thought of me days ago.

With a disdainful voice, he belittled my human frailty, emphasizing just how weak beings like me were in his world. His words dripped with an icy disdain that cut deeper than any blade, driving home the stark contrast between our existences. It became painfully evident that he had no desire to bond his life with mine, his demeanor a stark reminder of our inherent differences.

My heart hurts every time I remember this, and now he suddenly decides he wants to accept our mate bond after everything he's already told me?

"Katie, calm down. I can hear your heart racing from here, and I'm worrying. Aren't you supposed to be celebrating?" Kaiden asks in a petulant voice.

*Can this guy be more deluded?*

"Have you lost your mind?" I ask him, and by the look on their faces, I must be showing how panicked I am, as they were shocked by my answer.

"What do you mean?" Kaiden asks angrily as he crosses his arms.

"You discover that I'm your fated mate, and you don't tell me anything. You say you don't want anything to do with me, you make me suffer for you all this time in silence, I feel guilty for thinking about you like that, and out of nowhere, you decide to accept our mate bond and expect me to think all of this is okay?" I ask him in the hope that he understands how insane he is.

Kaiden uncrosses his arms at my words, he makes a surprised face. Clearly, he wasn't expecting that to be my reaction.

"You have to understand that an alpha like me–" Kaiden starts to explain himself, but Chad interrupts, his brows furrowing deeply.

"Dude," Chad exclaims, shaking his head with an incredulous expression. It's as if he can't believe he said that.

"Get out of my house," I yell at them as I point to the door that apparently needs repair.

Kaiden starts to come towards me, but I put a hand in front of me to stop him from getting any closer. "No, please!" I say and look at Chad, "Chad, please, get Kaiden out of here." I say and take a step back when Kaiden curses and angrily punches the wall of my living room, making a huge hole.

"Come on, Kaiden, you can talk to her later," Chad tries to hold his arm, but Kaiden pushes him away.

"This conversation isn't over, Katherine. You're mine, whether you like it or not." He says in a cold voice and leaves. Chad gives me a smile as he tries his best to close the broken door.

My head feels like it's going to explode, I don't know where to start organizing my thoughts.

So I decide to make the most reasonable decision at that moment: I open a bottle of wine.

I grab a glass and start filling it with one of my favorite wines. However, I'm so dumbfounded that I finish pouring it into the glass, and my mouth goes straight to the top of the bottle, drinking straight from the source.

The liquid burns my throat a little. After a sip, I inhale, and my hand goes to my head, trying to relieve the tension.

Does this change everything or nothing?

My relationship with Chad is wonderful. He's perfect. Besides him wanting to mark me, he treats me so well. We never fight, everything with him is always so sincere, romantic, and, above all, easy.

Does he still want me? Even though now that I know Kaiden is my fated mate?

Just thinking about it makes butterflies flutter in my stomach. There's no way to explain what I feel for Kaiden. I feel something for him that blinds me, and makes me act against logic.

But he thinks I'm so inferior. Hell, I think I'm inferior too. We will never work out. I'm not the best person for him.

He knows it, I know it, and I'm sure Chad knows it too.

Not to mention that he only decided to accept our mate bond now, as if it was only his will that mattered.

Why does everything with him have to be so complicated?

I try to drink more straight from the wine bottle, but nothing comes out, as it is already empty.

How long have I been drinking?

At least there's still the wine I put in the glass.

Jake walks through the door and goes straight to where I am. By the look on his face, he must already know the news.

"Did you drink all that wine?" He holds up the empty bottle as he sits next to me.

"Wine not?" I respond with a humorless smile, and he sighs.

I bring the glass to my mouth, and he takes it from my hand.

"You don't have much alcohol tolerance, Kitkattie, I think what you've already had is fine," he says and starts drinking my damn wine.

"That's right. Thank you for reminding me how human and weak I am," I say as tears start to run down my cheek.

Jake hugs me, and I rest my face on his shoulder. In this direction, I can see what time it is, and I can't believe I've been here for hours in this same position since Chad and Kaiden left.

"It's going to be okay," Jake says.

Suddenly, the door is broken again, and this time, I think there is no repair, it will have to be changed.

But my attention is not on the door nor on the thunderous noise it made as it opened.

My attention is on Troy growling and coming towards me, looking like he's going to attack me.

If the human version of Kaiden made a hole in the wall, what is Troy going to do, for Goddess' sake?