Chapter 15

Y/n pov.

From across the room, I hear a small whine. My mate holds something in his hand, frustratedly whining to himself.

"What are you doing?" I ask while looking through the documents regarding the neutral territory. He does not respond, but I am sure he can hear me. God, can he stop being so annoying?

I decide to ignore his rudeness, but I feel distracted by a sudden bark.

He does not notice me stalking closer while he is talking through his own mind link. He sits cross-legged on the bed while creating a circle of clothes around him it seems. He stares at nowhere in particular, holding an article of clothing in his hands.

"What...is," he looks up at me in surprise, not noticing me approaching him, "What is this?" My eyes look over the clothes laid on the bed.

"It's nothing," He retorts not looking at me.

Something clicks in my mind and I could already feel my wolf fuming with anger, "Why do you have another wolf's clothes here?" I growl.

He hugs the shirt in his hands taking a defensive position, "They're Jimin's."

"I asked you 'why', not 'who'," I place my hand on one of the shirts thrown on the bed and he sends a threatening growl towards me.

He hisses through his teeth, "I'm. Nesting."

"What?" I ask. He slaps my hand away from the shirt before bringing it closer to himself.

"Tch," I pull myself away returning to my desk trying to focus on my work.

I don't care what he does. I don't care whose clothes those are. Whatever he does is not my concern.

He settles back down in bed while surrounding himself with the clothes he got from his friend. I resume my work looking over old treaties and drafting letters back home.

There was so much to do and so much to plan out. Alpha Namjoon is not in the best of shape, so I have to make sure everything is planned out perfectly so we could get things rolling.

"Y/n! We have a problem!" Jungkook mind links me with panic-filled in his head.

I furrow my eyebrows, "What kind of problem?" From outside my door, I can faintly hear his voice talking to another wolf.

"Jungkook, who is that!?" He continues to talk to the voice in the hallway before quickly responding to me.

"I told Beta Seungri a couple of hours ago you're locked in your room because you were feeling sick! I didn't think he would try to visit you!"

The voices become louder, slowly approaching the door. Jungkook's panicked voice becomes more apparent as he continues to try to stop Seungri from entering.

"Shit," I mutter under my breath. I forcefully stand up from my desk grabbing the arm of my mate, "You need to hide now!"

"What?" His irritable tone pisses me off further. He tugs his arm against my grip. 

A couple of knocks can be heard from the door, "Y/n? I was wondering if I could speak with you?"

"Closet. Now," I growl my eyes flashing red. It does not seem to work as he stands even more frozen than before. I roughly pull him away from the bed, pushing him into the closet.

"Y/n?" I turn around just in time to see the Beta standing by the doorway holding some containers of food.

"Heyy Seungri," I walk closer towards the doorway blocking the semi-closed closet in the room, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh..just," his eyes fall to the side, "Jungkook mentioned you are sick and I thought I could maybe stop by and get you some food?" He holds up the containers in his hands.

"Ah!" I let out a sigh of relief, "That's nice of you! I..um.. I will eat this later thank you so much for coming over!"

"You don't look that sick?" He steps inside the room, setting the containers on the counter and placing his hand against my forehead. Alarms start to go off in my head.

I push his hand away, "I don't have a fever. It's...a stomach bug."

"Oh, I see," He says pressing his lips together.

He talks a long look around my room and my eyes widen in fear.

"I'm glad you could stop by—!"

"Has there been another wolf here?" He asks. I glance around the room noticing the extra glasses of water and clothes that are not mine.

I flip back towards him, "Just Jungkook and Yoongi!" I say with a smile on my face, "Why? Is there something wrong?" My smile stretches wider, waiting if he can see through my bluff.

He pauses for a moment before shaking his head, "It's nothing..." He looks back at me before giving a warm smile, "I guess I'll see you around?"

"Yeah!" I firmly push him out the door, "Thanks for coming over, but I really don't want to get anybody else sick so if you don't mind staying away for a week or so until I feel better. If you need to contact me just tell my Betas!"

I do not even give him enough time to speak while I close the door.

"Feel better!—"

I lock the door close, turning all the locks and knobs, "Geez." His footsteps leave the hallway finally letting me relax. I look back at the closet, still as ever.

"You can come out now."

Nothing happens and I resist the urge to let out a growl. I storm up to the closet doors while they remain closed.

"Why are you being so difficult!—" I swing the doors open only to see my mate holding a broom in the air ready to hit somebody.

With his eyes closed, he swings the broom aimlessly. My hand roughly grabs it, stopping it from hitting me.

His eyes blink in realization, noticing the broom is stuck in the air.

"Really. A broom?" I pull the object out of his hold before carefully setting it back in the closet.

"What else am I supposed to do?" he growls back, "Cower helplessly like a weak little lamb?"

I huff at him while turning away from the closet, "Of course not. Then you would be stupid and pathetic."

I hear a snarl from behind me, "What's your problem!" My feet continue walking away, ignoring his rage, "You act all sweet and perfect for that Beta but when you talk to me it's like—"

I slam him against the wall beside us, "You!" The impact of the wall against his back makes a sound, "You're my problem!"

Oh, how badly I wanted to rip his throat out.

We stare at each other and the fire inside of me burns so brightly.

He opens his mouth, ready to say something snarky back at me, but I cut him off.

"Forget it." 

AU Fact: Two wolves who are not mates can attempt to artificially form the mate bond through marking, but the result is much weaker and harder to achieve than that of True Mates. 

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