The Alpha's Omega Mate-Chapter 95: His Dahlia.

~Dahlia’s POV~

What the hell is wrong with me?

I knew that I shouldn’t behave this way toward Beta Orion. I knew that I shouldn’t have to treat him so unfairly, especially since he’s the only one who cared enough to show up after the ’accident’. But I couldn’t help it.

Something didn’t feel right.

For some reason today, he didn’t feel right.

His eyes didn’t seem as warm as they used to and his smile— the one that always seemed to fill me with a kind of warmth— gave me chills instead.

"Beta Orion, good day." The words left my lips slowly, like I was forcing them out. But Beta Orion didn’t care about the obvious displeasure in my tone and mannerisms.

He didn’t care that I didn’t seem so ’pleased’ to see him.

He simply smiled at me whilst waving his free hand in front of him. "Good day my Dahlia!"

My Dahlia??

His Dahlia?

What the hell does that even mean?

And why in Poseidon’s butt hole does he still have that weird smile plastered across his face?

Now that I think about it, the smile didn’t appear like the usual one always seen on his face. This wasn’t his ’I’m pleased to see you’ smile; But this one looked more like a ’I’m so relieved to see you awake, but I’m scared to see you’ kind of smile, and it made a strange surge of uneasiness course through my bones.

I coughed. "Beta?"

"Yes, Dahlia?"

Again, I shifted uncomfortably. My body was acting up. I was unintentionally creating some distance between him and me even though that should be difficult seeing as I was in a bed and one of my limbs was hung in an uncomfortable position.

Even my on and off wolf was recoiling within me when he drifted closer and my breath hitched when he brushed his fingers over my hair, his overpowering scent assaulting my senses for a brief moment.

I watched with wide eyes as he dropped the flowers beside me on the bed, and then he took a step back before smiling again.

Creep!

"I overheard you and Dr Zorina here talking about how you cannot remember anything from three days ago." He said casually— too casually like he didn’t just imply that he’s been eavesdropping on our conversation. I didn’t like the way the words rolled off his tongue, sending chills down my spine. He asked; "What do you remember?"

I gulped. As much as my entire body seemed to be sending warning bells ringing every damn second, I knew that I needed to talk to someone about it. That I needed to find out what had happened on the day I had supposedly committed ’suicide’.

My lips trembled as I looked up into his stormy gray eyes. And then I muttered; "I remember waking up beside my daughter. I remember when Sadie brought us breakfast from Alpha Zarek... but I don’t remember anything else afterwards."

"I’ve told her that it’s the body’s usual response to some kind of trauma. It tries to forget." Dr Zorina chopped in from behind Beta Orion, and I immediately had this irresistible urge to bash her skull against the wall.

I frowned. "I know you said that, but it doesn’t help with my curiosity, especially since you told me that I’d tried to commit suicide!" I bit back angrily, causing the older woman’s eyes to widen before she took more steps away from the bed.

My frown deepened even Beta Orion came even closer— And it wasn’t his nearness that made me frown, it was the next words he said. He drawled; "Yes, I heard you try to commit suicide. Why would you do that?"

"Like I remember!" I snapped. And when I realized that I’d raised my voice on the dreaded ’Beta of the pack’, I clamped my mouth shut and ducked my head shyly. In a small voice, I whispered; "I don’t remember."

But Beta Orion didn’t respond. He didn’t even seem displeased that I’d spoken to him the way I had. He gently patted my shoulder almost adoringly before coming to sit beside me, his eyes seemingly troubled as he glanced down at me.

"Dahlia, I’m sorry that this happened to you." He drawled in a soft voice. "I am sorry that you had to go through all you did alone. Henceforth, if you’re in any way inconvenienced by any one in this pack, please come to me... and I’ll help out in any way I can."

Silence.

I gulped, but sealed my lips shut as I didn’t know what to say to him.

"Thank you?"

He shifted even closer until this way, I could feel his masculine warmth slowly creeping into my bones, enveloping me like a caress. This way I could feel a slight tremor zapping through my veins from where our skins brushed...

But it was not his cloak I wanted brushing against my dress.

It was not his warmth I wanted enveloping me.

I squeezed my eyes tight to force my brain into remembering the events that I had forgotten, but no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t. Something was wrong.

I needed Sadie.

And as much as I hated to admit this, I needed Alpha Zarek as well.

My eyes occasionally darted to the door whilst I prayed that one of them would show up. But they didn’t and it made me antsy.

"Dahlia, are you okay? You don’t seem like you are." Beta Orion’s voice drifted into my ears and I had to fight the urge to roll my eyes.

Who the heck would be fine after everything I’ve been through?

I shook my head, but then deciding that I didn’t want to talk to him— for reasons I couldn’t explain, I nodded. "I am fine. I just need to see Sadie, and my daughter."

"And who is Sadie?" He asked with a frown.

Again, I almost rolled my eyes. "She’s a maidservant that works in the fortress, and I think Amara should be under her care now that I’ve been indisposed." I explained, wondering why no one seems to know who Sadie is.

A creaking sound caught my attention and my eyes instantly darted to it. My breath hitched when a sweet scent like honey caught my nostrils, and for a splitting second, I thought it was Alpha Zarek.

Until a mass of ginger red hair bounded into the room.

Amara.

A smile so bright— one that only seconds ago would’ve been impossible— spread across my face as she rushed over with a beaming smile, and despite the gauze around my hanging limb, she jumped into the bed, wrapping her arms around my neck.

"Mommy!" She screamed, her voice loud and excited, and I winced when that sound sent a wracking headache splitting into my skull.

But that didn’t deter me from draping my arms around her. It didn’t even stop me from beaming my signature smile at her.

Tears glistened in Amara’s eyes when she raised her gaze to meet mine and I was hit with a sudden surge of guilt when I saw the pain in her eyes... and the sadness.

"Mommy are you okay?" She asked softly, and for a moment, I almost began to think that Beta Orion and the strange doctor were not in the room with us and that I’d probably imagined them— because she didn’t stop to acknowledge them, until she turned to them, and with an expression so hard, I could’ve sworn that I had imagined it, she spat;

"They didn’t want me to come see you before."

I frowned. "Why?"

"You weren’t looking so good, so I thought it would be traumatizing to have your daughter see you like that." This time, it was Dr Zorina or whatever she was called that answered quickly.

Even though her explanation had sounded quite plausible, it did nothing to help my growing confusion, especially with that wicked glint I could still see shining in her eyes.

If Amara had been stopped from coming over then why did she behave earlier like she didn’t even know about her?

Despite these thoughts and the strange emotions coursing through me, I still managed to force a smile at Amara. I pulled her even closer to myself and whispered; "It’s fine. I’m fine now... and you’re with me."

"Where’s Sadie?"

"She went back to the fortress to make some food. We’ve been sleeping by your door for three days now." Amara answered, causing my breath to hitch in my chest.

My eyes immediately snapped up at the doctor, and as soon as she caught me staring, she glanced away, staring at something probably ’fascinating’ on the floor.

The warning bells in my head rang louder as a sudden chill enveloped me.

Something indeed wasn’t right.

I was however snapped out of my reverie when I felt Amara shaking me slightly, and I blinked up at her in surprise, muttering; "Baby?"

"What happened mommy? How did you get into an accident?" Amara asked softly, causing my already frantically beating heart to pound even faster.

I don’t know.

"Mommy tried to learn how to fly..." a voice answered before I could grin the doorway, and from the way the hairs on my skin immediately stood erect, I didn’t have to check to know who it was.

"...she missed a step and went tumbling down the stairs. But I’ll make sure she never tries to fly ever again."

"Zareeeq!" Amara squealed excitedly as she rushed into the waiting arms of Alpha Zarek by the door.

Wasn’t she the same one who only seconds ago behaved like she’d been blind to Beta Orion and the doctor?

I vaguely heard Alpha Zarek chuckling as he picked Amara up. His rich laughter resonated around the room as a sudden warmth crept up my skin.

But it wasn’t the silkiness of his laughter that enveloped me with a strange warmth.

It was his eyes.

And how they seemed to drill holes into my skin as he glared straight at me.

And he seemed angry

Mommy tried to learn how to fly... she missed a step and went tumbling down the stairs. But I’ll make sure she never tries to fly ever again.

Now his words made sense to me.

He also thought I’d tried to commit suicide, and obviously he was mad that I had.

However, what stood out to me was how he’d just promised Amara that it would never happen again— under his watch.

And even though that made me extremely giddy.

It still made me uncomfortable, maybe because it sounded somehow like a threat.

A shudder ran through my spine and I shrunk into myself.