Tug Of War - Coming Back Soon

Chapter Six

Sitting on a one-seater sofa across from Axel, with his Alphas sitting adjacent to them, Inaaya glanced between the three wolves warily. The couple had changed into sweatpants and t-shirts, much like Axel. The woman's face was now bare of any makeup and her red hair were tied in a bun. Yet, it didn't extract from her natural grace and beauty. For the second time, Inaaya felt unkempt in front of them, decked in Axel's clothes that were two sizes too loose on her.

"Dielle Callan," the woman introduced herself, extending her hand towards Inaaya with a friendly smile.

Inaaya gazed at the extended hand before releasing a breath. She was set to dive headfirst into the matter but alas, that wasn't how things were done here. Introductions needed to be made first. She returned a tight-lipped smile to Dielle, shaking her hand once. "Inaaya Bansal."

Once they let go, Dielle turned towards her counterpart and raised her brows. He glanced at Inaaya briefly then stared back at Dielle. Yet again, Inaaya felt as if they were communicating with each other without needing any words. Suddenly, Dielle gave him a small, amused smile and placed her hand on his arm. "Come on, she's his mate," she whispered aloud but Inaaya heard her anyway.

"Exactly why," the man murmured, shaking his head and giving Dielle a kiss on her forehead. He then turned to Inaaya, extending his hand, his face devoid of any expression. "Eliseo Reuben."

Inaaya pursed her lips as she glanced at his extended hand. "I get the feeling you don't really want to make introductions with me, Mr. Reuben. Well, the feeling is mutual," she told him, not backing down from his stare. Inaaya knew she was probably driving down to the path of her suicide but something gave her the distinct feeling that they won't hurt her. Not for talking back to them at least.

Eliseo's eyes narrowed marginally as he curled his stretched fingers into a fist and brought it to rest on his thigh instead. "How do you want to proceed, Ms. Bansal?" Eliseo asked, his head tilting to the side slightly, as if studying Inaaya. Despite the gravity of the situation, a ghost of a smile threatened to show at Inaaya's lips at the way this foreigner pronounced her surname. She pushed it back, maintaining her detached exterior.

"What do you mean?" Inaaya asked, brows furrowing in dubiety. Inaaya hadn't expected to be sitting across from Axel's Alphas, much less know what this discussion was supposed to be about.

Eliseo leaned back on the loveseat, crossing one leg over the other. "I'm sure by now Axel here would have explained to you what being mates means, as well as he understands it anyway," Eliseo glanced at Axel as he said the words. Axel's jaw clenched and Inaaya noticed his nostrils flaring slightly. However, he kept quiet.

Dielle, on the other hand, gave Eliseo a look, shaking her head almost discreetly. Eliseo sighed, continuing in a politer manner now. "And you know what we are. Werewolves. So, we would like to know what you plan to do next?"

"What I plan to do next?" Inaaya asked, a hint of disbelief in her voice. "Well, Mr. Reuben, till now I didn't even know I had any choice in the matter," she said challengingly, watching Axel from the corner of her eyes. "Whatever has happened so far sure didn't give me that impression."

"We're sorry about that, Inaaya. We're sorry for how things were handled," Dielle said, shooting a pointed glare at Axel and a comforting smile at Inaaya. "You'll always have your choices here, Inaaya."

Inaaya studied the woman for a moment, nodding in acceptance of her apology. She was still sceptic about believing her though. "And what are those? My choices?"

"What do you want to do?" Dielle asked, a kind smile on her face.

"I want to leave."

Axel stood up with a start. She stared at him as he met her gaze with a disapproving frown on his face. When Inaaya didn't retract her words or backed down from his stare, his jaw clenched in annoyance.