Chapter 5: Kill Who?

Dante hurriedly rose off the bed.

Selene took steps back, putting distance between the both of them. She glanced at Meris and then toward him.

"Dante...?" Meris walked forward. She pointed a finger at Selene. "What is she doing here? I thought she couldn’t leave the first floor? Why is she in your bedroom?"

"This..."

Dante tried to explain.

"Meris, this isn’t what you think-"

"Not what I think?" she interrupted him. "Why is she here then? And look at you! You look like you just came out of the bathroom!"

"I didn’t bring her here," Dante said, a growl beneath his tone.

"Then why is she here?!"

As the man and woman argued, Selene watched them. Eventually, she couldn’t help but step in, "Actually, I did come here on my own but only to deal with a situation. There is nothing fishy going on. I’m not interested in him. He’s really not my type—"

Dante tilted his head towards her, his face twisting into a frown at the comment.

"—You have nothing to worry about. I would rather match make than break two lovers."

Her face bloomed with a sincere smile.

Meris eyed her. There was hidden disdain in her gaze. She said, "This is none of your business. I never thought of you as a competition."

Selene was taken aback for a second.

But then she shrugged, smiling again. "Then that is good. I’ll only be here for a month anyway." She faced Dante and threatened, "Change my room, or there will be war between you and me! Jerk."

"What did you just call me?" Dante demanded.

She didn’t answer him. She turned away and left the room. He stared after her until the door was slammed shut.

Meris glared at him. "Are you going to allow this?"

"It won’t happen again. I have already—"

"Why did she step into your room in the first place, huh?" she questioned. "You said she was just a trust treaty. You said there wasn’t anything between you two."

"And there isn’t!"

"Then why did you let her stay here?" she further questioned him. "You could have shoved her out. But you didn’t."

Dante turned away from her. He intended to walk off, but she grasped his arm, saying, "Dante, do not try to be like your father!"

"What?" He stopped.

"Hurt me like he hurt your mother, and I might just end up like her, and I’m sure you don’t want that. I am your mate! —"

"Enough!" He spun around immediately and snatched her by the wrist. Rage consumed his face. "How dare you? How dare you bring up my mother?"

"Dante—"

"Get out!"

"Dante—"

"GET OUT!" His jaw ticked. "Now."

Meris was a regular omega. She couldn’t stand the rage of a Supreme Alpha who didn’t want her around. Her legs had gone weak. Her wolf cowered in fear, and she took a step back, quickly turning to hurry out of the room.

As she fled down the stairs, her face was deathly pale.

Never had he lost it like this with her. It had never been like this. And she was sure it wouldn’t have been like this.

"Is it fading?" she muttered to herself.

She left the manor entirely, walking until she arrived at the fountain outside, where she began to pace back and forth.

But if it isn’t fading, why would he lose it with me like that? His eyes...had changed...

Biting her bottom lip, she reached into the pocket of her shorts. She took out her cell phone and hurriedly typed down a name before she made a call.

The call went through.

[Hello]

The voice on the other side of the call belonged to a man.

"Mavros!"

[Meris? Why are you calling this late at night?]

"Nothing too serious. But I have a question."

[Go ahead]

"Does the mate bond fade?"

[Why are you asking this?]

"You told me it could. A forced mate bond could. If it fades...he could find out. And he will kill me, Mavros."

The person on the other side of the phone was quiet for a moment. He said, [A forced mate bond is not like a natural blessed mate bond. A forced mate bond will fade, especially if the other party is unaware that it is a fake and forced mate bond]

"What do I do?" she asked. "How do I—"

[Keep leaving bites on him. Bite him every chance you get and release more of your pheromones around him. You are a regular omega, so it’s easy. The forced mate bond is already infused. Biting him and leaving around your pheromones for him is all you need to keep fueling it. Your goal is to finally mate with him intimately and if you do, the chances are high that you will carry his child. And if you do, by then even if he discovers the truth, he can’t throw you away or ignore his child. He’s a Supreme Alpha and Supreme Alpha’s have pride]

"I have tried quite a lot. He refuses to mate with me even though he’s marked me. I have tried seduction too."

[Go easy. Don’t make him suspect a thing, understood?]

"Yes. I’ll—"

[One more thing]

"What?"

[That woman, has she arrived? Tobia’s daughter]

"Yes."

[I tried to convince Dante against marrying the girl, but he still did]

"Mavros, is she trouble?"

[Not just trouble, but that woman is a risk. She may be a Wild Omega, but an Omega is still an Omega at the end of the day. You need to get rid of her]

"You mean...kill her?"

[Yes. Don’t forget that you are not Dante’s real mate. A forced fake bond you are keeping alive by biting and leaving around your pheromones isn’t going to stand forever. You’re endangering our goal by allowing another Omega within the same space as you and Dante]

"So I need to kill her?"

[Yes, you do. Get rid of her one way or the other. Dante’s heat will be arriving pretty soon. You need to make sure that by then, no omega will be able to get in your way of securing his intimacy and child. Nothing at all, understood?]

"Yes." Meris nodded. "I’ll do just that. No one can get in our way."

[Good]

She ended the call and walked away.

The surroundings quieted, but that was until a series of footsteps sounded as someone walked out from behind the fountain.

Selene tilted her head, confused. "...Kill who?"