Taming the Hybrid Mate: Desired by Five Alphas-Chapter 241: How did you know?

Andria’s POV

Until a shout was heard at the King’s palace, a vampire had raped his wife. The king hid it from the kingdom, fighting tooth and nail to reseal the sigil, which he succeeded in doing.

After the wife delivered the baby, the baby was killed, and the wife died. The king wept for days, refusing to eat or drink because the she-wolf he killed was his favourite mate.

Unknown to the king, the baby was swapped earlier, and after he strangled the child he thought was the child, the midwife returned it to where it was.

Took the baby away and nursed it, and later sold it to a couple in need of a child. That baby is..."

"Aria!!!, Aria!!!, wake up," his voice reverberated, and I was transported back to my body.

I opened my eyes slowly to the environment, my head spinning, and the lights from the ceiling almost blinding me.

"Aria, you are up," Zade’s voice registered in my head, as my body and eyes adjusted to the environment, squinting my eyes a little before opening them.

"You passed out at the party, right on my chest, and you have been down for hours now. Your friends came around, but they were very drunk, and they were escorted back to their dorms," Zade narrated. "How are you?" He asked.

I looked around, and the sun was already up. "It’s morning already?" I asked.

"It’s almost afternoon," he replied calmly.

I looked down at my clothing, and under the duvet I was wrapped in.

"Don’t worry, I wouldn’t do that, I’m not a necrophiliac," he replied, chuckling.

"I made breakfast for you, hoping you would be awake on time, but you didn’t wake up. But nothing to worry, I’ll get something for you to eat right now, you must be having a hangover," he said, standing up and walking towards the door.

"Don’t worry, I can take care of myself when I get back to my dorm," I protested, but before I was done speaking, I winced in pain as my head pounded hard, and my stomach rumbled.

I clutched my stomach in embarrassment and turned away.

He chuckled and closed the door behind him.

I sat there mourning my dignity, because of all the male wolves to witness this vulnerable part again, it’s Zade.

But something about him felt different. He was attentive and patient. He knew I was Andria, and he had stayed away for some time until last night.

A few seconds later, he emerged with a tray of food in his hands. The smell hit me straight, and my stomach rumbled again.

"Fried chicken, coffee and toasted bread with some vegetables," he said, dropping the tray of food, and pointing to each food.

I studied him for a while, a question bugging me. " How did you find out who I was?"

He chuckled a little, moving closer and kissing me on the forehead gently. "You don’t have to bother yourself so much about that," he responded. "Just eat."

"No, I need to know Zade. Did you know all this time?"

" No, Ari. The locket pendant on your neck that day prompted me to go in search of Andria. I thought she was dead, and I won’t forgive myself if she died, and her accessories were sold to some wealthy heiress of the Wolfsburn family.

On reaching the Falcons’ home, I was told that Andria has been missing, and no one has been able to find her. I insisted on checking your room. After ransacking the room, I found a little clue amongst the piles in your old locker.

You had drafted your transformation, and I saw the Ashwood emblem amongst the books in the locker. It meant one thing, Andria was in Ashwood, under some disguise, and your locket confirmed it."

Memories of the old room that was never renovated when the other rooms were, memories of the lies Lena told against me, and how my parents always believed her words over mine.

Memories of how Zade had treated me before he abandoned me, memories of that night on the lawn, that night that finally broke me, flooded through my mind.

"Leave me alone," I burst out, slapping his chest. " I hate you, I hate you, Zade. You hurt me, and you need to taste it."

"I know I have hurt you. I didn’t know the extent of what you had gone through until I got back from the Falcons.

Your room was still unattended, unlike the other rooms. I read the letters you wrote to yourself about all you were going through in that house.

I saw how badly I had joined them in hurting you, and I swore that I would make it up to you, Ari," he said, holding my hands.

"Let me go, Zade. You can’t make it up to me. You will pay for it, and there can never be us ever again," I yelled.

"I know, Ari, I know. That’s why I hurt in silence. I know how much you have bonded with your other mates.

You hate me so much, you don’t want to ever be with me...I see it, and it hurts. I couldn’t tell why I felt that hate until I found out about Ari, and I couldn’t forgive myself.

Please, Ari, I’ve always loved you, and I’ll spend the last few days in Ashwood proving that to you and even after I have left Ashwood, I won’t stop proving it to you."

My throat went dry, and my eyes watered a bit. I swallowed the tears that were forming, my appetite abandoning me.

"I think I’ve lost my appetite," I muttered under my breath.

"No, you can’t lose your appetite. You haven’t eaten, and you had a hangover; you need to eat something. Try, please, Ari," he pleaded, never removing his gaze from me.

"Why are you being nice to me? I don’t like Zade. I loved you, but you misunderstood me and took it for granted. And now all these little acts only trigger me even more," I replied.

"I know that it will take time, but I’ll win you back. I always loved you, and I love you now, even more," he replied, staring at me hungrily and then averting his gaze.

"I’ll leave now, before I do something stupid. You are still as irresistible as always," he muttered under his breath.