Worthless to Priceless The Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 13

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AMELIA’S P.O.V

The hair at the back of my n*eck stood on end when I heard her words. Fear gripped me and it took every effort I had to not begin to hyperventilate. I was scared and terrified and I wanted nothing more than to crawl into a hole and hide.

I tried to recall the man I saw coming out of the lake. He was shrouded by shadows and he looked every bit the terrifying monster I have heard about. I couldn’t help but remember the stories I heard father and the members of our pack say and I wondered if he was looking for me so he could finally punish me for coming onto his territory and running away from him.

“The Alpha is looking for me,” I repeated and she nodded.

“My name is Clara by the way,” she said in a sing song voice, “I am going to take you to

him.”

I swallowed down my fear and looked up at the girl, “Is he angry with me?” I asked, “For running away at the lake. Did I somehow disrespect him?”

“What are you talking about?” she sounded genuinely confused, “How would disrespected him.”

you have

“I don’t know. I know I shouldn’t have crossed the border without a formal arrangement or invite and I shouldn’t have run from him because now it makes me look like a criminal. But I promise that if you let me go right now, I will leave in the morning and never return. I just need to rest for the night.”

I hoped that she would feel some sympathy for me as a female herself and she would allow me escape. All I need is a few minutes rest and I will be out of here before anyone even wakes. I don’t want to see the Alpha, I don’t want to be punished by him and I pleaded with the girl in front of me to understand and relate to me.

I tried to gauge her expression but it was carefully blank with cracks of confusion bleeding into it. She looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language and she was struggling to understand. I wasn’t against dropping to my knees to beg her and I was contemplating doing it when suddenly she laughed.

She didn’t laugh like anyone I had ever heard before. Her laugh was soft and melodic like a note from the piano or like something was specifically programmed to sound that way. She

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laughed softly and calmly and it was like the wind was made specifically to carry enhance her voice.

and

“You have no reason to be scared of the Alpha or anyone here for that matter,” she said once she had calmed down, “I assure you that we are of no harm to you.”

“Then why is he looking for me?” I couldn’t help but ask, “Why is he asking for me if he doesn’t want to punish me.”

She sighed softly, “I can’t answer that question because I don’t know why he is asking for you.”

I wanted to bury my head into my palms in frustration. Of course he wouldn’t tell her. She looks to soft and innocent to be able to deal with the realities of the kind of punishment and torture that goes on in their pack. I wouldn’t be surprised if she is in the dark about everything that happens.

“Whatever the reason is,” she continued after a beat, “I can assure you that we are not your enemy. All the evils you have faced today have come from your own family.”

She said it with such assurance and determination that I couldn’t help but take a step back. I started to wonder who this girl was and what exactly she knew about the evils I had faced and about my family. She spoke about them like she knew them and I wondered if she was sent by them too.

I knew she wasn’t because something about her seemed trustworthy but it was scary and a little weird that she spoke so surely about my own family. I analyzed her once more to make sure I hadn’t seen her somewhere before but she looked as unfamiliar as before.

“What do you know about my family?” I asked slowly anticipating her next words. It is possible she knows more than I do and I could learn something new from her.

“I only know what you know,” she answered with a soft but sad smile, “They sent those wolves after you and they tried to have you killed. I can only see what my birds show me and that is all they think is necessary.”

“That was how you knew to help me,” I deduced and she nodded, “Are you sure you don’t know anything else?”

She shook her head, “I don’t but you’re more than free to ask the Alpha after you complete his

request and come with me.”

I stared at her for a minute and realized that there was probably no way I was going to get

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out of having to see the Alpha so I nodded. She smiled in relief and took a turned around for me to follow her through the woods.

A part of me thought about using the opportunity of her facing away from me to run but another part of me considered her trustworthy and followed her. She said they are not my enemies and for some reason, I believe her. It does not mean I am not a little apprehensive but it means I think I am safe for now.

I noticed that the birds overhead were following us. They were flying on trees that we passed and after a second of observation, I realized that they were following her and not me. They moved when she moved and they stopped when she stopped.

We didn’t walk far before we got into a car. It was a deep green color, almost like the color of moss and it was small but expensive looking. She gestured for me to get into the passenger side and I did. She didn’t speak as she started the car and soon we were driving in silence. I saw her try to avoid the trees but we still slammed into a few of them.

“I don’t know how you managed to avoid slamming into a tree,” she joked, “I have lived here all my life but I still can’t drive in this forest without an accident. How did you do it?”

“I don’t know,” I admitted, “I’ve never driven in a forest before and I did bump into a few trees but I guess I just chose to trust my instinct.”

“I

guess it is a little good to know that I am not the only one who cannot navigate it properly.” She chuckled and I found myself smiling a little, “What do your instincts tell you

now?”

“They say that you’re trustworthy,” I said after a moment of silence, “And that you’re not planning to kill me.”

She laughed at that and once again I found myself marveling at how melodious the sound was. It was like a song that I wouldn’t mind hearing on repeat. I found myself smiling alongside her and that was when I heard the birds outside.

They chirped in line with her laughter and I realized that was what made it as melodious as it was. It was almost like the birds were an extension of her. I looked out through the window and saw a few of them flying over the car almost as if they were following her.

“How are you controlling them?” the question left my l*ps before I could stop it.

She turned to me briefly before looking back into the road in time to avoid slamming into a tree. I felt guilty because I was the reason she had to look away for a second.

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“I’m sorry about that,” she said once she had gotten us back onto the road, “What was your question?”

“I asked how you were controlling them,” I jerked my head outside, “The birds I mean, they do whatever you ask and they listen to you. How do you do that?”

She smiled almost knowingly and for a second I thought she wasn’t going to answer. I assumed I had overstepped and it was a private thing so I turned my attention back to the window and focused on watching the birds flying overhead.

“You could find out how,” she began after a minute of silence and I turned to her, “But only

you stay.”

if

“Stay where?” I brows scrunched up in confusion.

“Stay here of course.” She said as if it was the simplest thing in the world.

She turned back to the road and although I had a million and one questions in my head, I couldn’t force any words out of my mouth. I just stayed there staring at her with my mouth agape as she drove through the woods.

Soon, we got out into a clearing and I saw a massive building in front of us. It was at least three stories high and was the color of warm milk. Lights shone from every inch of the place and I instantly knew it was their pack office judging by the number of people going in and out of the building.

“Here we are,” she said as she turned off the ignition, “Are you ready?”