Chapter 21: What Did You Just Say?
[GABE]
Thrice, the bells rang, and thrice, Gabriel Grealor ignored the loud sound of metal clanging against metal. He didn't want to get up from his sleep, he didn't want to face the reality that he had been indirectly rejected by the mate he was given.
He didn't want to tell the world that he was mateless when his mate was right there with him. He wasn't ready for this new phase of his life and he considered telling the truth about his mating with Tamiko to Grealor, but then he had a feeling that it wouldn't end well for them all.
It would definitely be worse for him.
'Why am I even scared of defying him? It's not like he can do shit to me, right?' Gabe thought to himself at the fourth ring.
He knew his father would send warriors to come to wake him up, but even that wasn't as scary as the thought of what Tamiko would do if he went against the agreement. Then again, was it ever an agreement or a warning?
Did he really want to tell the people about his mate only for him to be rejected?
The goddess never gave second-chance mates; so was Gabe really going to risk going against Tamiko?
'But how long will I suffer?' Gabe thought to himself again, as he tried to figure out a way from all this. He didn't know what Tamiko wanted, because no mate would ever stay away from the pull like that.
It was strange and Gabe knew it but was he strong enough to go against his mate's request?
"Gabe, your father is calling for you. The pack has been waiting for five hours now," Zakhar said as he pushed open the door to his friend's room. Everything was still the same. From the trashy state to how they had left it earlier.