Chase Me Alpha (Daria and Caleb) novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Caleb

She was different.

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I was entranced by her every move in a way that I couldn’t understand, from the confidence she faced against us to the sure determination she had when she asked me to swear upon the park’s name, all the way to here.

She was nothing like the weak timid girl I knew before and I couldn’t help but feel entranced.

And goodness, she had really grown beautiful hadn’t she? Throughout the journey I had trailed her long crimson hair that flowed down her back, encasing her body in a way that sparked fire through me. The one forced wedding night we had to consummate the ceremony was the only night I’d spent with her yet it still remained stuck in my mind. I never touched her after that, but no matter how many lovers I took in the past and after, it still couldn’t compare to her.

It had aggravated me in the past. Yet looking at her now, I welcome it.

There were some things that made me aggravated though, in the bitter way she’d ignored me to the slap and bitter stare she’d given. It offered more questions than answers.

Why the hell did she leave? I knew I’d hit a nerve, but I was just iritated at her ignoring me. I didn’t expect her reaction to be so visceral.

And I knew what I saw. For a split second, there was something akin to hurt that sent guilt lancing through me.

It had only been two days since she’d arrived and now things finally felt normal. There was no longer any need to worry about Elder Gerome’s health. Only within the past two days of treatment, his fits and symptoms had reduced. filling me with relief. The elders and pack, learning of his well being was at ease. She really was a miracle healer.

But the most important change was myself. With Daria’s presence my wolf was finally at rest in a way that I’d never felt in a long time and my curiosity had only increased. Somehow, the past felt little to me and seeing her now I couldn’t remember why I had hated her so much.

If only she wasn’t so focused on everything but me.

She was staying in the pack house yet she felt more like a ghost with how she avoided me. The only times I could catch up to see her was when she was treating Elder Gerome and even then, she was set on ignoring my presence. Every time she saw me, aside from a formal greeting, she acted like I wasn’t there.

It frustrated me to the brim. It intrigued me and I wanted her more.

I didn’t know how long it would take before she left, but I had to make the best of it in any way I could. Even now,

“You can’t keep avoiding me forever,” I said right before she coul pass me. She stopped in her tracks in the hallway and spun towards me, that damned neutral look on her face.

“Apologies Alpha. I was only doing my job,” she said in a tone th spoke the exact opposite. Her defiance and the fire in her eyes only made something within me burn more.

“You know what I mean,” I closed the distance between us and s backed away,

“Are you going to ignore our connection?”

“I have no plans on rehashing the past Alpha Caleb. I left for a reson”

Those words struck a nerve in me. As she turned away I couldn’ ontrol myself and held her wrist, dragging her back to face

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Chapter 4

“A reason you refuse to tell me.” I bit out in frustration. The air was still and thick with tension.

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“Do you know how hard I’d been searching for you for the past ree years? I almost went crazy going through the entire realm just to find you. And now that you’re here you have nothing to say to me?”

“I thought you hated me.” She snapped and I reared back, clenching my teeth.

Once I thought the same. She was my enemy’s daughter after all yet after so many years without now I couldn’t recall why I’d hated her. Or whether I’d truly hated her at all.

“It doesn’t matter. We are mates.” I said, my chest heaving with the force of my words.

As she eyed me, my breath hitched at how deep and intense her emerald gaze was.

And then she spoke,

“Mate or not, you mean nothing to me.”

In an instant, those words lashed out at me. I let her go, stumbling back as if I’d been burned.

I knew where those words came from. Why wouldn’t I remember when it was after the night of our mating ceremony.

I clearly remembered saying them shortly after sleeping with her for the first and only time before leaving her in the cold bed. Even though it had been nearly four years I could recall that those were probably the first and last words I had directly spoken to her.

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