“Are you too mad at him that you didn't want to see him? There were a lot of women who wanted to be his mate. You're lucky that you are the chosen one.” The man smirked when he finally let out his sarcastic words. She pursed her lips and continued eating her meal. She swallowed hard.
“I don't want to say everything that you just need to know. Alpha Jaxon is the cruelest Alpha that I had ever known. He's the enemy of my parent's pack. I was about to inherit my pack. I'm too stupid that I ate their trap.” She honestly admitted. The man gasped but it took him a minute to hide his emotion.
He took another bite and shook his head in disappointment before he said, “You're not stupid. It's about the mate bond. Some Alphas didn't like to see their mate. They might be their strength, but having a mate means you have a weakness. The mate bond controlled the werewolf's lives.”
“What do you mean?” She was confused. She couldn't understand what the man had been telling her.
“He's your weakness because he's your mate. However, he can be your strength too. That's how the mate bond perfectly works. It's your choice.” The man uttered and took his glass of water. She closed her eyes, and let out a chuckle.
The man seemed that he didn't like that she was trying to call herself stupid. However, when she heard what the man had explained to her, she was too stupid again.
“It's my choice but I got trapped in their trap.” She groaned and laughed when the man frowned again. “It's the same thing. He is too powerful enough while I was the weak one. I don't even know how to protect myself. I don't have the confidence that I can defend myself from any werewolf. That's why I'm here.”
“It's not the same thing, Veronica...” The man corrected her. She focused her attention on him. “Someone framed you with him. You didn't know what you might do at that time, and it's the mate bond that wins. I'm sure that if you are sane at that time, maybe you will choose the right thing.”
“You are only trying to make me feel better. I don't need your pity.” She tasted the bitterness coming on her tongue. She swallowed and cleaned the tools that she used.
The man didn't say anything but watched her moving so fast. He felt bad for her but it doesn't mean that he could be kind to her. He doesn't like to have sympathy with others but Veronica was different in his eyes.
He was sure that Veronica had a soft heart. Maybe, her heart was blind because of anger but it doesn't mean that she was evil. He could still remember how he saw her, giving her food to the older man. She didn't mind that she wouldn't have food with her if she didn't find him.
That was one of her tests. He wanted to make sure that he would train someone who deserved to be trained by him.
“Let's continue what we are doing.” He coldly stated. He had a scowl on his face. He couldn't understand himself at all because of Veronica. He was the man who had a plan in his head, but he seemed lost because of her.
“Yes, please, wait for me. I need to finish this so I can easily cook food for us after the training.” She replied. He didn't nod his head but waited for her patiently. Veronica was moving as if she was trained to be in the kitchen.
He couldn't believe that there was an Alpha female who knew how to cook for herself. He was used to seeing an Alpha female who had a lot of Omega by her side. Veronica was different from the others.
“Faster, Veronica. We need to run.” He acted impatiently. He didn't like that he was watching her like a hawk. He was acting like he was scared to lose her from his sight.
“You are always impatient. I'm done.” Veronica rushed towards him and smiled widely. He gave her a death glare before he turned his back on her. A smile plastered from lips when he heard how Veronica talked to herself.
She was irritated that he was snobby because of what he had heard coming into her mouth. He wanted to laugh but he stopped himself. It was too near for him.
When they started running, Veronica seemed to enjoy his company. He couldn't stop himself to look in her direction whenever Veronica stopped in exhaustion.
“Move!” he yelled when Veronica gaze in his direction after she stopped again. She obeyed what he said, and felt proud that he could control her.
Veronica was thinking about the man's name. She wanted to know his name to make sure that he would train her for good. As she stared at the man's direction, her eyes widened when she noticed that he had a tattoo on his nape.
She was sure that she saw five letters in his nape. It must be his nape.
“I'm tired, I want to sleep.” She acted like she was too tired. The man decided to stop, and let them have their rest. She waited patiently for him to sleep, and when she noticed that he fell asleep, she slowly walked in his direction.
The man didn't say anything about what she needed to do. Her eyes widened when she saw his name.
“James...” she uttered his name and the man opened his eyes too fast.
“What did you call me?” The man asked in disbelief. He couldn't believe that Veronica could easily distinguish his name so fast.
“Your name is James. That's what is written on your nape.” Veronica said. He quickly touched his nape and wanted to smack himself for being stupid. He forgot that he had small letters and tattoos of his name on his nape.
However, how could Veronica quickly see it? She was the only one who got his name correct too fast!
He coughed and felt his cheeks burned because of the humiliation. “Yes, that's my name,” he admitted.
“I am James Clock... An Alpha and your master.” He finally introduced himself. Veronica widened her eyes in surprise.
Veronica was about to say something when they heard a loud howl coming from the group of rogues. Her eyes widened in fear, and James grabbed her hands so they could run so fast for their lives.
“We need to hide. Don't let them see you!” James yelled as he was pulling her to the small cave. They crawled to enter the cave, and Veronica almost stop breathing when she heard how those rogues trying to search for them.
She gasped when she saw a lot of feet in front of the small cave. James pulled her again, and let themselves in the dark.