The Alpha King’s Heart: The King’s Mate

Grayson’s eyes bulged in surprise and he kept opening his mouth, sweat was running down his temple.

‘Adira, it- it’s not… My father is dead,’ he stammers. I only carried my bag and looked back at him over my shoulder.

‘You owe me no explanation, we all have different ways to mourn. By the way, I need to talk to you once you’re done in here,’ I glanced at the omega wolf before leaving the room and going to the garden.

This pack still needed a leader and Grayson was trained his whole life for the position. I may not like him but I had to do what’s right by these people. I removed my phone from my pocket and read messages from Wyatt, he called a few times too.

Grayson joined me in the garden half an hour later, he was fully dressed and his eyes were red like he was crying.

‘Hello,’

‘How can you be so calm when you ordered two death? Adira, that man was my father,’ he growled.

‘Watch your tone if you don’t want to join them,’ I warned. He looked shocked by this but I only smiled sweetly at him.

‘My father is dead,’

‘I know, welcome to the club. Mine too dead a few years ago by your father’s hands, ironic,’ I said. ‘ At least you have a mom… somewhere out there,’ Grayson’s mother left when he was only three years old because of his father’s sexual habits. He cheated on her all the time and publicly too.

‘Now that the Alpha and Beta are dead, what’s your plan?’ he asked.

‘Well, this is my pack now but I can’t be an active Alpha here so I was thinking of putting someone to run things for me, and of course, I’ll be involved but from miles away,’

‘Do you have anyone in mind?’ he asked.

‘Yes, You?’

Grayson wasn’t expecting it at all, ‘ What?’

‘I never hold the children responsible for their father’s mistake and as much as I hate to say this, you’re a good and fair Alpha, Gray,’ I said, his eyes lit up and a smile made its way on his lips.

‘Stay here, Adira, and be by my side,’ he said, ‘ I still love and regret everything I did to you,’

‘Not having me will be your punishment Grayson and also, If you accept this position, I don’t want Stacy as Luna,’ I still had not forgiven that bitch for all she did. She was worse than all of them because she was my best friend. Men came and go but friendship should be forever.

‘That’s no problem, I didn’t love Stacy to begin with and lately, we have been apart,’ he confessed.

‘Good,’ I smirked, extending my hand to him.

We parted ways and I went to find Azriel, I hadn’t seen him in a few hours and I couldn’t call him because he left his phone. I followed his scent through the packhouse and it led me to a suite on the top floor. I opened the door and found him sleeping, soft snores leaving his mouth. I sat at the edge of the bed and he immediately opened his eyes, a little confused.

‘Adira?’

‘I’m hungry,’ I frowned and he chuckled.

‘Go and eat,’ he said.

‘I don’t trust anyone here, what if they poison me,’ I checked on the time, we still had three more hours till the meeting.

‘I know of a good restaurant here, can we go eat something?’ I asked and he nodded.

We were going downstairs when I saw the former beta’s family, all of them were dressed in black and they were crying. No more were they arrogant. I didn’t pity them at all. They glared at me and it was Stacy who approached me, she raised her hand to slap me but it was shaking. I folded my arms against my chest, waiting to see what will happen. Her wolf knew better than to hit me. She slowly backed away in fear and stood with her family.

‘Let’s go,’ I said, moving past them.

We got in the car and I told him everything that I decided on the pack as I was the now rightful Alpha.

‘Why would you put that jerk to represent you?’ Azriel asked.

‘He knows his duty, and besides, who could I have put on such short notice?’ I didn’t regret my decision,

‘All the decisions of the pack will go through me first,’ I said with a shrug of my shoulders. He glanced at me and looked forward just as the green light appeared.

We reached my favorite Asian restaurant, sad for me, it belonged to Chef Li. She hated me but I didn’t care, I was her superior now and wouldn’t dare throw a fuss. One of the staff there directed us to a table and gave us the menus.

‘I’ve never had any of this, heck, I can’t pronounce anything on this menu, can’t we just go to Mcdonanuts like normal people,’ Azriel grumbled, putting the menu away. This restaurant was one of the best and I loved Korean cuisine, everything was healthy and wasn’t coated in too much oil.

‘Relax grumpy, I’ll order something for us and if you don’t enjoy it, I’ll buy you a burger at the mall,’ I said and he grinned. I ordered different things on the menu and in ten minutes, everything was ready and served. I grabbed my chopstick and fed it some kimchi. I watched him chew slowly, savoring the taste.

‘Not bad, it’s a bit sour,’ he shrugged, still unsure. This time, I fed him some more and as we ate, he was beginning to enjoy the food. He grabbed his chopsticks and started to eat, I smiled watching him eat.

‘Okay, hands down, this is delicious,’ he confessed.

‘Does this mean we are not normal wolves?’ I teased, and he groaned.