Haiden:
We walked back into the mansion to speak with Fauna’s father. I tried to comfort myself, keeping my eyes on the surroundings and my mind in the right place.
Ever since I spoke with Ian and his father and we decided that I should reject Fauna, there had been an unease inside me that I could not shake.
Although I tried to act like nothing bothered me, that was not entirely the truth. Something was bothering me. Even the word rejection made me feel strange.
"All set for breakfast? It seems like you guys did not take the news of his death very well. What is it? A business thing or what?" my uncle asked, pointing out that we had been leaving the mansion to go into the garden to talk quite often.
At this rate, we also figured that the next time we went out, they would probably send someone to listen to our conversations because it was clearly alarming to them.
"It was not really a deal. We just needed to know something about business," the headmaster replied, his hands tied behind his back, his eyes fixed on me as he waited to see what I had decided.
I cleared my throat and began to speak.
"I want to talk about Fauna," I said.
As soon as I said her name out loud, my heart missed a beat. I shoved my hands into my pants pockets and stared at everyone, especially her father, her sister, and her mother.
Her sister’s eyes were swollen and red. It did not look good. Something had happened. Her father was trying his best to hide it.
"We have already talked about it, have we not? Come on, have breakfast with us," my uncle said as he pulled out a seat for me.
He tapped the backrest and stared at me with a raised brow. I already knew he was challenging me.
"No, thank you. I would like to speak with Fauna first," I replied firmly.
My uncle’s shoulders slouched as if he could not believe how insistent I was.
"And before you tell me again that she is in the prayer to look for a mate, let me put your mind at ease," I spoke confidently, watching them glance at each other.
"She’s my mate."
The moment I said those words, her mother and Mariana looked at each other, then back at me with wide eyes, unsure whether they were shocked that I had said it or that I was her mate.
"Haiden, I know that is not the truth. If you were her mate, you would have paid attention to all of this. It sounds like you just want to meet her so you can hurt my daughter more, and I will not allow that," my uncle said, his fear showing.
He openly resisted and accused me of something he did not even know I would do. I was not a child who would ask to see someone in prayer just to mock her.
"Uncle Patrick, if you do not let me see my mate, I will have to call the council. If they do not step in, I will call on all the alphas and let them know things have reached a point where alphas are not even allowed to meet their mates."

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