Her Coldness
Theo’s P.O.V.
“Luna Emily asked me to give you this”, Rhea spoke to me in a formal and low tone and put down a gift packet in front of me on the table. A small smile appeared on my lips when I saw that gift. I loved my mother so much and missed her badly. All I wanted now was to return home and embraced my mother. “Thanks”, I mumbled to Rhea and put that tiny packet inside my jacket’s pocket. I would unwrap it later in my room. I looked all around and saw everyone eating and chatting happily. Dad was also busy chatting with someone beside him on the other side. Albert and Daniel were not with us as they were sitting with other warriors at the next table.
I looked at Rhea and frowned when I again saw the same cold expression. I wanted to talk with her. Her sweet smell was making me crazy now. Her scent was stronger than before but her distant attitude towards me was stopping me to approach her. I was her future alpha and she should be polite in front of me. Instead, she was cold, distant, and aloof. She had all her all concentration on the food in front of her. She was behaving as if she had no effect of me on her. “Her wolf is also not responding to me” Knight, my wolf, told me in a sad tone and my expression went dark.
“Why are you trying to contact her?” I asked him angrily. “Uhhh… I have a request for you, alpha Theo”, I looked at Rhea when she suddenly asked me something in a cold and formal tone. “What is it?” I asked her immediately in a concerned tone. “Please… ask alpha Knight… not to contact my wolf. She only responds to alpha Blake”, she requested me in a very formal tone but her request made me raise my brows. “What are you hiding, Rhea?” I asked her in a low tone. “There is nothing to hide, alpha Theo. It's just a simple request. I don't see any need of contacting my wolf, alpha Thoe. Alpha Hunter will explain everything to you later”, she refused to answer me and leave everything to my dad.
“Rhea”, suddenly dad called her and she looked on the other side of me this time. Before that, she kept her head straight and didn’t even glance at me. Her cold behavior hurts a little but this was what I wanted in the first place back then, right? Then what happened now? “Yes, alpha”, she responded in the same cold and formal tone. “We have a short meeting with Alpha Kingston after tomorrow’s ceremony. This is related to our new project on which we are going to collaborate with them. You know what to do”, he instructed her and I narrowed my eyes in confusion. What happened in the past four years? Why everything was unexpected and a surprise to me?
“I will prepare everything for the meeting, alpha”, she responded to him in the same tone. Dad then looked back at his other side. “We need to talk”, I finally said to her. “There is nothing to talk about, alpha Theo”, she replied to me in the same cold tone. “What’s with this attitude of yours, huh?” I asked her in a frustrated tone this time. She stopped eating and lowered her eyes to her lap. “You are the future alpha of our pack, alpha Theo. I don’t want to be disrespectful towards you. If you have any work, you can ask me anytime. Other than that, I don’t think that we have something to talk about”, she spoke in the same cold tone and now her coldness was infuriating me.
I closed my eyes and tried to calm myself. I couldn’t lose control here. Dad could sense my anger and this would not be good for me. “This is about tomorrow’s duel”, I said in a cold tone this time. “What about that?” she asked me in a confused tone this time. “How you are supposed to fight without your wolf, huh? Are you seeking death?” I asked her in an angry tone. I asked the same question to my dad and he just said with a mysterious smile that I would come to know tomorrow. “I am a warrior now, alpha Theo. I am trained to fight in both forms and alpha Hunter personally trained me. If you can’t trust me, please trust your father’s training”, she replied to me stiffly and I put down my fork and spoon on the plate.
“What’s wrong, Theo? Why are you so agitated?” I was about to say something to her when my dad interrupt me and asked me in a concerned tone. I looked around and saw others looking at me too. “Uhhh… nothing dad… I am okay”, I answered him while looking at him and passed a tight smile to him. “Are you sure?” he asked me again with concern. I smiled genuinely this time. “Yes, dad… I am okay… please finish your meal first”, I assured him and then ushered him to concentrate on his meal too. He was busy chatting and hadn’t eaten anything.
“Will you touch her once?” suddenly Knight made an odd request which took me off guard. “What happened?” I asked him with concern. He never asked me to touch any she-wolf before. This was the first time that he wanted me to touch her. “We can’t do this and you know that”, I once again said in a helpless tone. “We can and you know very well why?” he immediately replied in a firm tone. I looked back at Rhea but raised my brows when I saw her sitting stiffly. She was still eating but her body was on alert.
I looked around and my eyes narrowed on a particular warrior who was looking at Rhea without blinking his eyes. The possessiveness inside me immediately kicked in and I clang the spoon onto the plate. It took everyone’s attention and that warrior also looked at me. He immediately lowered his head when he met my murderous gaze. “Ask your father to change her room. They are in the same wing and I am sure that he will approach her sooner or later there”, Knight spoke again in a gloomy tone. “Theo… will you please tell me what’s wrong with you?” my dad asked me in an annoying tone.
I took a deep breath and looked back at him. “I am alright, dad but someone present here was asking for a beating”, I told him the situation briefly. He looked behind me at Rhea and sighed. “Still you can’t act recklessly, Theo”, he said in a low tone and I just nodded. I was not sorry for what I did because I didn’t kill him for eyeing Rhea and that was a merciful act for me. No matter what the situation between us was, she was still a member of my pack and I had every right to protect her.
“Rhea”, dad called her again and I looked back at her. “Yes, alpha”, she responded to him in the same formal tone. “The king mind-linked me a while ago and asked me to open your mind-link for him. You have closed your mind-link”, he told him the king’s instruction and I was surprised to hear that the king wanted to mind-link her. “Will it be safe, alpha?” she asked him in a very low tone, almost in whispers and there was a hint of concern in her voice this time. “This is alright, sweetheart. You have my word. Answer him truthfully whatever he asks and we both know what he wants to know. He is our king and we can’t hide anything from him”, dad answered him in a gentle tone.
“Dad… will you tell me exactly what’s going on here?” I asked him in an irritating tone this time. “She is going to fight a duel with a warrior from the Night Hunter Pack but she will not shift there. At first, the prince took interest in her, and now the king asked her to open her mind-link. What is really going on, dad?” I asked him while explaining to him what is bothering me. He took a deep breath and then looked around.
“We can’t discuss this here, Theo. You will get to know everything once we go back home. Right now, we only need to take care of her here. She is strong but she can’t go against someone from a higher rank. I know why the royal family is interested in her but I can’t tell you the reason here. And about that duel, trust me, it doesn’t matter in which form she is fighting. Her opponent has to ask for mercy in the end”. He winked at me in the end but the mystery in his words was now getting on my nerves now. Both my father and Rhea didn’t want to tell me anything. I tried to use my alpha command on her earlier but she was not phased by my command which took me by surprise earlier. Exactly what did I miss in the past four years of my stay in the academy?