The Alpha's Omega Mate-Chapter 115: The plan.

~Dahlia’s POV~

Something about the look on Alpha Zarek’s face before he rushed out of the room clung to my heart like the tentacles of a squid to a person’s arm.

My heart raced as a surge of several emotions rushed through me, thus making me suddenly nauseous. I tried to shake it off. I tried to force myself into thinking that it wasn’t all that deep, that he was probably so worried about Lady Nyx, and their daughter.

But gods, that expression I’d seen on him was not simply one of a worried man. It was something more. Something that tethered towards fear and passion coiled together. Something that strangely felt like panic and desperation... and ...and desire. My stomach dropped.

Bile as large as a cow’s horn settled at the base of my stomach but no matter how many times I tried to swallow, it didn’t lessen. I didn’t even ease up.

And then a strange thing happened. Tears sprung into my eyes. Tears not of pain but of jealousy. For the first time in my life, I was jealous of Lady Nyx. I was jealous of the fact that she had a daughter with Alpha Zarek. I was jealous that only she had the ability to turn the stoic-faced man into a poodle in seconds.

"You’ve been staring at that wall for too long. It’s a miracle it doesn’t have a hole drilled through it now." A voice suddenly called from behind me, making me jump in fright. I glanced at the intruder and smiled early when I saw that it was Grandmama Lupe.

But she wasn’t smiling.

Her stare was sober. Devoid of its usual gleam. Almost pitiful— she was pitying me.

I knew that I should man up— even though I am not a man— and that I shouldn’t let something as trifle as the Alpha’s personal affairs affect me so much; But something about Grandmama Lupe’s intense stare made me seem exposed. Open.

It felt as though she was slowly peeling off all of my layers, and leaving me bare to the harshness that was my life. And I broke down, sobbing.

"Oh, child!"

My cries came from the depths of my soul. It wracked through me like thunder through the clouds. I didn’t care that Grandmama Lupe was watching, or that anyone close by could hear me as I cried out loud.

I do not know for how long I cried, but when I finally came through, I blinked when I noticed my face squashed against Grandmama Lupe’s chest. She held me carefully, not saying a word, but simply holding on to me like I was fragile as she let me cry to my heart’s fill.

Wiping the tears off my face, I glanced up at her and muttered; "Thank you."

"What happened?"

I simply shrugged my shoulders, stubbornly refusing to tell her how much of a pussy I had become recently. Her eyes bore into mine but I didn’t flinch. Instead, I gave her another watery smile and said; "I just malfunctioned for a minute. But I’m back to normal. Did you miss me?"

"No." Grandmama Lupe answered quickly, smiling when I scoffed at her response.

I noticed her watching me. Felt it in the way the hairs at the back of my neck stood on end. She obviously wasn’t buying this feigned happiness I was trying to portray, but she didn’t push any further.

And that is why I like her.

A second passed between us. Then another. And many others. We had settled into a comfortable silence when suddenly, she draped her arms around my shoulders. The sudden action made me glance up at her, my breath hitching when she said said;

"Will you leave?"

"Huh?"

It took several moments for the words to sink in— and I’m not usually this slow— but when I finally grasped what she meant by that, my eyes widened. I froze.

"I want to, but why will you say that?"

Another comfortable silence settled between us, and I had almost begun to think that this was the point where the conversation would be left hanging unfinished, that she would never speak about it anymore... at least for now when she suddenly cleared her throat and stared straight at me.

Now her eyes were swirling orbs of pure gold.

And I know that it may sound creepy to say this, but it had me mesmerised. At least for a couple of minutes.

"I don’t think you’re happy here." She said, "...and I may not know you for such a long time, child, but that hurts me more than you know."

Her words, so softly spoken, struck me in ways that no one’s words have ever done. Tears spilled out from my eyes before I could help myself, and I shook with so much raw pain, so much heart wrenching heartache that my teeth clattered and my knees trembled.

No one’s ever said those words to me before. No one’s ever been so disturbed by my wellbeing before.

Until now.

Until her.

"I know you may not believe me because I am the pack’s crazy lady, but I see so much gloom in your future, if you remain here. I see so many attempted murders. So many heartaches. Even the people you least expect are out there to hurt you. And I cannot let you go through something as horrible as that."

Her words made me shudder and goosebumps from nowhere erupted on my skin. Despite the gnawing fear that had now taken root in my heart, and the panic that was fast eating me up, I still managed to ask her.

"What are you?"

She smiled. Like really smiled. One that reached her now electric blue eyes. Her eyes strayed from my face to snag at something by the door, and I turned around just in time to find Dr Ava standing there. Her face was grim, but she wasn’t mad. She seemed worried.

"Grandma..." her soft voice called out, but Grandmama Lupe waved dismissively at her, turning to face me again.

"I can be anything, child. I can be a curse or a blessing. To some, I am a Selvaron, to some... I’m a witch, and to a vast majority, I am crazy."

I frowned, my brows furrowing in confusion. At that moment, I felt Dr Ava walk silently into the room but I didn’t turn to acknowledge her. I wasn’t even interested in her. I asked; "What is a Selvaron?"

Grandmama Lupe smiled this time, but now, it mirrored my own watery smile. And then she tilted her head to the side, muttering; "Does it matter?"

I wanted to say yes, yes that it mattered. But due to the amount of pain I could see dancing in her eyes, and the way her fingers trembled violently, giving me the indication that she was probably telling me more than she ought to, I shook my head. "It doesn’t."

"Good. Now, that’s not the main focus here. Or is it?"

"No."

"So what’s our main focus now, Dahlia?"

I was stunned when I heard her call me something that wasn’t the usual; ’child’ and a frown tugged at my face as I regarded her, and then slowly ground out the words;

"You want me to leave here because you think it isn’t safe."

"I do not ’think’ it isn’t safe, Dahlia. I know it isn’t."

Dahlia again?

I knew that something as small as her reverting to me by my given name was not enough to have me so worked up, but it did. And it made me mad. I bit out; "So what should I do? It’s not like Alpha Zarek would willingly let me go. I’ve been severely punished for trying to flee before."

She nodded, as if unfazed, and then shared a knowing glance with Dr Ava. "You were foolish to have met Lady Jennifer for help then." She spat, not bothering with sugarcoating her words.

"You should’ve come to my child here," she stated proudly, pointing at Dr Ava who didn’t seem angry or happy to be here. "She can make the best cloaking spells. And she would’ve helped you without collecting a dime."

So that was why Dr Ava silently watched from the sidelines that day. That was why she looked almost hurt when I was being beaten to my almost death?

I couldn’t help but glance up at her now but as soon as I did, she looked away, and began to fiddle with her fingers.

I sighed; "So after cloaking me, I’ll be sent to where?"

I still do not know why I was seriously considering her words, but I couldn’t help it. I guess somewhere deep down, I wanted to be free. I wanted to be far from all these dramas. I wanted to be away from these powerful men who claimed they wanted me but couldn’t do anything right with me... And I wanted a safer haven for my daughter.

"What about Hollowfang pack?" This time, it was Dr Ava who spoke up and I glanced at her in surprise before shaking my head.

A small smile tugged at my lips when a sudden thought struck me. I said; "I don’t want to go to Alpha Kai’s pack. I want to go to a human settlement. It’s the last place they’ll ever think of, and I’ll continue to go far into better and bigger human settlements until I’m as far away from here as possible. Until none of these men can find me."

But truthfully, that was not the only reason I wanted to be sent to the human world.

I simply wanted to go there to experience life from another angle. Life without hierarchy. Where no one would easily sniff out my defects by seeing close to me.

Grandmama Lupe and Dr Ava seemed to buy into my idea because then they simultaneously nodded.

"Fine then," Grandmama Lupe said slowly, "you’ll leave tonight."

My eyes bulged and I spluttered; "Wait, w-what?"