ALEXANDER'S POV

No wonder I had been feeling that someone was watching over me or following us from.te moment I entered the club. It turns out it was this witch's doing. ​​

Noticing her creepy gaze at my mate, I asked her what was she doing here, coming and meeting the alpha king uninformed, through my mind link to which she replied smilingly,

"Oh, I am here because I came to know, a very powerful person who shouldn't have been born in the first place was here. I came to pay my respects and check if that person is not having any troubles."

Did I mention she didn't even look at me while replying to me? Is she disrespecting the future alpha king because I am not throned yet?

Moreover, her constant gaze on my mate was making me uneasy now, and what this powerful, should not be born person is all about? Is there something I should be worried about?

Before I could ask her what she was talking about and should speak clearly rather than coherently puzzling me, I felt my whole body going numb and I fell into a dazed state.

If it would've been any other normal supernatural, they wouldn't have understand what happened in these few seconds, but being the alpha king, I knew what had happened.

The witch had put me in a dazed state by surrounding my body with her hazy effect and plummeting her unconscious vibes in my body.

Since my body was strong enough, they didn't make me unconscious but it didn't mean I didn't felt dazed for a few seconds.

The nerve of this woman!!

I tried to look past the hazy cloud towards my mate, however, couldn't see anything until I heard a shrill scream.

That scream belonged to mate!

Listening to our mate's painful scream, hunter immediately started panicking. I was standing there dazed because of the respect to the elder witch, but now that my mate's safety was at stake, I couldn't stand still anymore.

Closing my eyes, I was about to ask the hunter to take over when suddenly I felt all the unconscious energy leaving me.

Though the process was not more than if fee seconds, it still unnerved and angered me.

I looked at my mate that looked fine, apart from her dull and watery eyes that were a clear indication that she had just cried.

It made my blood boil, to see my mate in such a state. This witch must have said something to her to ruin her mood like this.

"What the hell did you say to my mate!? Now you are nerving enough to play with the mate of the alpha king? Do you want to die?!" I asked Azrael through my mind link, to which she only smiled before shaking her head to tell that she didn't say or did anything wrong.

I looked back at my mate, who just smiled sadly at me before going towards the exit of the club. I turned around to follow her, because I knew she needed me right now even if she doesn't agree to it, however, the next words of Azrael caught my attention and I involuntarily stopped in between.

"You like her, don't you?" She asked me, making me look at her as if she had grown two heads.

'She is my fuckin mate!! Do I like her? Are you crazy? Is that even a question? Of course, I don't like her! I fuckin love her for god's sake. Looks like the witch's old age is getting to her head now.' Of course, I didn't say anything aloud, in fear that she might complain about it to my father that I was disrespecting her again.

But, seriously, What kind of tricky game was she playing at? I looked at her questioningly not wanting to explain my love to a witch who supposedly knows nothing about the mate bond and its strength.

"Awe…did I angered the to-be Alpha king now? Haha...you are truly epic. But, I would like to know, why haven't you told her about your feelings to her, yet? I can practically feel the sexual tension in the air, whenever both of you were around each other alone, from last one hour in the club. " Azrael laughed, making my lips twitch at her sexual tension comment.

'This old woman doesn't have any shame, does she?' I thought while I rolled my eyes before leaning on the railing of the balcony.

"Oh common, cut the crap already! I might look old, but I am keeping up with your generation too." She said looking at me earnestly to check if my anger has died down or not.

"What do you want?" I asked getting straight to the point, though, feeling less angry than before.

"All I want is for you to take care of her. If I wouldn't have interrupted just now, you would've kissed her right? Don't you know kissing your mate, with your strength as alpha king will start the mate bond and she will involuntarily fall for you?

Don't you think it's appropriate for you to tell her all about yourself before you kiss her or make any moves on her?

Look, I don't care whatever you do or how much time you spend with her, just don't break her heart. I have taken the child under my care, and if I see as much as one tear falling from her eyes, I will make sure to destroy many packs before I go down." Azrael said as she smiled creepily at me.

'Well, that's a relief. At least she doesn't want to hurt our mate.' I thought in my mind.

'You are contented with that? Who does this old hag witch think she is to order and warn the alpha king around! Has she lived enough? Does she not love her life anymore? Though, I must say, her words did make sense, about that mate-bond thing.' Hunter said as he paced around with his glowing eyes indicating he was still a little bit angry.

Rolling my eyes at him, I looked back at Azrael.

"I don't intend to make her cry myself. I just, I am not sure if she would accept me, the way I am. I mean, it doesn't happen every day that a werewolf would propose to her. I am just a little bit vary of being rejected." I said finally admitting to someone that I was afraid for the first time.

I know Azrael since I was a kid and know that apart from her unfiltered mouth, she doesn't mean any harm, because their clan had already signed a peace treaty with us.

"What if she thinks the same? That, why a man like you, would love her and dedicate his whole life loving her? Looks, it's all between you and her, and I don't mean to interrupt your pace, but you do remember that you are going to be throned soon right? Do you really want to wear the crown, with no one by your side?

And this fear of being rejected, if you'll let it take over like you are doing, you're never gonna make it through. Just give it a chance.

Besides, she is a mere human as you have said, she won't even know how to reject a werewolf properly, then how do you think she will reject you?" She asked and I hate to admit it, but her words made sense.

Until and unless someone rejects their mate by saying those words including the full name, with adding few droplets of blood does only, the mate bond cease to exist.

She is human and doesn't even know about our species. How will she be able to perform the ritual of rejection? Besides, even if she just says no to my proposal, I can always try to win her back.

Smiling thankfully at the witch, that my thought was sorted now, I was about to turn around to follow the trail of my mate, when the next question she asked stopped me, dead in my tracks.

"By the way, are you guys trying to weaken your immunity and powers or something?" She asked making me confused as I looked at her with a questioning gaze, signalling her to continue.

"If not, then why are you drinking these weakening potion herbs that renders a werewolf powerless and make him unable to heal for next 40 or so hours?" She asked truly confused, while my eyes widened in shock.

"What did you say? A weakening potion?"

"Yes, I have been seeing this potion, in every drink including beers and wine, since, the moment I entered the club. Didn't you notice the pinkish colour of the drinks? Are you guys practising some new trend that I don't know of?" She asked me tilting her head, looking truly confused.

However, I couldn't wait there to reply her anymore, as I opened my mind link to all the pack members and informed everyone about the situation and rushed inside the club to ask the humans to throw all the drink away, who I can't contact with my mind link.

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