Taming the Hybrid Mate: Desired by Five Alphas-Chapter 133: Why does she avoid me

Zade’s POV

Aria walked out of the student council room looking exhausted.

I wanted to go over to her and probably help her out with something, but I kept my cool.

Aria has never been accepting of me, and I often wondered where I went wrong with her.

But the desire to make her mine is stronger than the thought of questioning why she was acting off with me.

I’ve been watching her routine for days now without daring to interfere.

Although her closeness with the Alpha successors struck so much anger in me.

I was jealous, yes, I was, I didn’t like her smiling with them when she doesn’t smile with me.

She is also my mate. Why would she treat me like this, unless she is...

Her movements were very similar to Andria’s, and her posture was also slightly identical.

Just a slight difference, Aria was a werewolf, but as far as I could remember, Andria was only a vampire.

The moment her eyes met me as I studied her with the corner of my eye, she stopped.

Her chest heaving up and down, tension rising between us.

"Aria," I called out to her.

"Zade," she replied plainly, trying to conceal her emotions. But I knew she felt the bond, and the bond was even stronger this time.

I took a slow step forward, and she instinctively took one back, flinching a little.

I wondered why she avoided me so much. Has she known me before? Was I bad towards her then?.

I wouldn’t know until I asked her. "You’re avoiding me?" I asked her, with furrowed eyebrows.

"I’m busy," she replied to me blatantly again.

I was getting agitated with her replies; even my wolf couldn’t take her attitude towards me.

My mind went to Andria. Andria never treated me this way, even though she wasn’t my mate. She was too good until she cheated.

"That’s your excuse every time, and you know that’s not true. Why are you so distant? Have I done anything wrong to you, Mate?"

I asked her, worry and anger etched on my face. She was now student council president, but that doesn’t change the fact that I’m a higher-ranking wolf to her.

Although I don’t know her wolf rank.

She looked angered by the response, her face twisting into a frown.

"That’s because it’s true, I’m now the student council president, remember?" she snapped.

"Some of us actually have responsibilities that don’t involve breaking hearts or disappearing for months without a word."

Why the sudden outburst, and who was the heartbreaker? All of this put me off balance, as she was hurt and didn’t want to talk about it.

I found myself speechless, my jaw tightening. "Of course," I said, nodding my head slightly, although the excuse wasn’t enough for me.

We stared at each other in silence, no one daring to speak to the other.

My testosterone was raging, and I could just devour her into a kiss, but I tried to contain myself, just gritting my jaw.

She seemed lost in thought as her brows were furrowed. Whatever she was thinking about wasn’t a good one.

She was feisty and edgy, as if she hated the idea of having a mate.

But everything about her still reminds me of Aria, whom I thought I was over with. I was still drawn to her. I wasn’t sure if it was a good thing for me since I now have a partner.

I had recently called Lena, Andria’s sister, to ask about Andria’s whereabouts. But her reply has put me in a bad mood.

Andria was missing. She disappeared without a trace, which was unusual.

She was a vampire among the wolves; a scout wolf or a Dravari could kill her, since she was a tender vampire.

Her chest rose and fell, and I could smell the slight scent of her heat.

Even though she acted so uptight and disapproving of me, her wolf can’t hide the connection; she could still feel the bond.

And I can still smell her heat.

I walked closer to her, my eyes darting to her neck as a sudden sense of recognition hit me.

That pendant on her neck looks just like hers, Andria’s.

"That can’t be true," I muttered under my breath.

She followed my gaze as it dropped to her neck. She appeared uncomfortable instantly under my gaze, which looked suspicious to me.

She swiftly hid the necklace in her shirt and stared back at me. Probably hoping that I didn’t notice what happened.

"Why are you looking at me that way?" she asked, looking into my eyes searchingly, although there was also a hint of anger in her eyes.

"That pendant is so similar to a gift I had given some she-wolf," I said quietly, nodding towards her neck, never breaking my gaze from it.

"It’s a gift from my dad, unfortunately," she replied to me, obviously uncomfortable with the question and making gestures as if she either wants me to leave or change the topic.

But today I wasn’t letting her have her way as usual. I wanted to uncover the mystery behind her and understand the reason for her hostile energy towards me.

"Right," I said, smirking faintly. "Then why did you hide it? Did you steal it from a poor she-wolf?"

I asked playfully, but to my surprise, it triggered a response from her. Her eyebrows furrowed, and her lips became thinner.

I must have crossed a boundary, because now she didn’t want to speak to me.

A long silence ensued between us before she broke it

"Steal? You think I would steal?" she retorted, shooting me a glare.

"Then why did you hide it? That was suspicious", I shot back at her.

Deep inside me, I wanted her to be Andria, I wanted Aria alive.

She swallowed hard. "It’s a gift. Besides, I didn’t like the way you were studying my neck."

I stepped closer, almost to the point that I could feel the heat radiating from her.

I wanted to take her now, I tried to claim her as my own.