Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 171

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Chapter 171

Chapter 171

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“Why the heck am I not allowed inside? My mate is right there. And as we speak, he is probably losing his mind. He’s in a shitty mood. I can feel it. You don’t know my mate. You don’t know what he’s capable of when he’s in a bad mood.”

Aidan’s enforcers gawked at me like I’d grown horns and a second tail. Then again, I sounded stupid. An alpha being mates with another alpha? That was utter bullshit. I would laugh at it myself had I not met Ari.

I gripped the medicine kit. It was moments like this why I realized that my own mate scared me. And it was not because I saw him destroy someone’s skull with his bare hands and certainly not because I saw him spar with alphas with that manic look in his eyes like he enjoyed breaking our bones.

He scared me because with his mana, it felt like he could suddenly disappear on me. On us. As powerful as my wolf was, as fast as it was, it could not outrun a spell.

Ari was violent and cynical. His fists were vicious and don’t even get me started with his mouth. With his tongue that was sharper than his dagger. He could cut egos, hearts, and bullshits with his tongue alone.

And maybe that was why I liked him.

Ari never pretended to be someone else with me or with anyone. Even with Aidan. While the entire realm would do anything to please him, our mate was in his usual crappy mood, glaring at us, and using his wicked tongue to annoy and kill our self-esteem. At this point, the prince and I should start a club: Bullied Alphas’ Club.

Damn it.

In spite of all that, I didn’t want to break our bond. I couldn’t. Because once Ari smiled, no matter how rare it was, it was enough to make me forget he ever hurt me or turned me down. Because when he was near, I tend to forget about my demons. Because with him, as stupid as it sounded, there was an absolute serenity.

And I was desperate to make him feel it too.

Especially at this very minute.

Bradley was right. Ari was a liar.

When Ari was at his most vulnerable, he lied. He lied that he was fine, that he didn’t need anybody. But that was when he needed us the most.

To hell with Bradley. If he didn’t want to keep him, I would.

Aidan would.

The two of us would cherish him. I just hoped we would be enough for him. That he would look our way and see us not as rivals, not as any alphas, but as someone he could be with and rely on.

Because I wanted Ari so badly to rely on me. Especially tonight.

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Chapter 171

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I could still see it. How he lost it after that motherfucker told him his sister was gone. I had no idea that the Dani I was so jealous of was his sister and worse, a victim of a pack of bastards.

If Ari were to shed one more tear, I might go feral.

My claws appeared and my wolf growled. I no longer cared whether these men in front of the door were Aidan’s guards. They were blocking my way.

“Y-Your Highness! Alpha Sebastian wants to come in,” one of them announced, rattled.

“Let him in.”

The enforcer opened the door. At last, I saw him.

Aidan’s arms were wrapped around Ari. His hands were clenched tight. It was either he was trying not to push His Highness away or he was trying not to hold him. Because our mate was not much of a hugger. Ari, for all of his wits and guts, didn’t know how to hug someone.

A month of knowing Ari and I knew that much now. And I wished to know more.

I waited for jealousy to kick in. There was none. Instead, there was pure relief that Aidan kept him company, that he was there when I wasn’t, that he managed to see through his lies and still stayed even when I would bet my entire savings that Ari tried sending him away.

There was one more emotion inside me. Longing. I wanted to hug him too.

“I’m sorry about your sister. I didn’t know you were going through so much. I didn’t know you were searching for her. I didn’t know you were in a lot of pain.”

“Even if you knew, it’s not like anything will change,” Ari retorted weakly.

He peeked at me through Aidan’s shoulder. And it was no easy task for a guy with such short legs. He had to tiptoe.

How fucking adorable.

“Something will change,” I answered, trying not to smile. “I would have been kinder. I would have been more understanding. I would have helped you find her. I would have been with you. And when you were feeling frustrated, I would have cheered you up, Shorty.”

“You don’t know how to do that.”

“I don’t. I don’t cheer people up. But I could learn.”

I grabbed a chair and took a seat before reaching for his hand, hoping he would let me.

Miraculously, he did.

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