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Chapter 3- Him

He be the man.

He was.

He is.

And will be.

He was the man every girl would dream of having in her arms forever. Well built physique, with the height of 6'5, face with zero humor. But, he had a sense of humour. Marble cut features, that had the magic of making every girl fall for him.

Every girl wanted a bad boy.

He was rude. He had things done the way he wanted. He never believed in love and commitment. He only wanted physical pleasure, but for some reason he couldn't bring himself to do it.

It was common for an Alpha to have flings, but that could bring a lot of drifts when the Alpha found his mate in the future. Intimacy was supposed to saved for your one and only and some broke that and it hurt the other half, which would hurt them back to see their mate in pain. That was the reason why most wolves kept themselves pure till they found their mate.

He was twenty seven years old. Had a lot of on and off relationships that had his pack members frowning. But they couldn't question him. He was their Alpha.

He all the abilities to find a mate, but he didn't. He just didn't try harder. Which is what everyone thought. But it wasn't that. It was his fear. Fear of losing a loved one. He had seen his father break down nine years ago. His mother had died of illness. It was not just illness. She died while fighting to save her pack. His father couldn't take it. He broke down. He wasn't who he was after she died. Everything changed. He wasn't in the state of taking up the duty of being . That's why Arjun given the duty of being an Alpha at the tender age of eighteen. But still, he had to prove himself and his abilities.

He did it well. With Neil by side nothing was impossible. They were the best of friends. Though they were cousins, they were more of friends. Till time came. He stated to hate Neil. Neil was the Beta of the pack. The Elders had asked Arjun to handover the Alpha position as Neil had found his mate. But he refused. He had worked so hard for it. And Dia, their baby sister and the only daughter to the high ranking family was a handful for both of them. They both loved their sister to infinity's. They could kill for her. Dia was the best tracker of her pack. Arjun was against her being the tracker as they had a lot of rivals.

Arjun hated the thing that his sister had a friend from the rival pack. She called her her best friend. It didn't matter if she was the daughter of the Alpha and a high ranking wolf. She was a rival and that was all that he could see. They were the Chandramaas. He hated them. He was surprised that they didn't harm her till now, knowing that she was from the rival pack.

He hated that he felt the pull towards her. The mate bond. They had met once and it did not go well. Her scent had him wrapped him around her finger. It had hit him in a whoosh and he wanted to kick himself and destiny for having felt the pull towards her. He had called her names and his wolf hated him for it. He had hurt their mate. He did it all to push her away. He didn't want her. He didn't want his enemy to be the love of his life. But he was glad that she didn't reject him. Happier that he didn't reject her either.

He found it very tough to keep his wolf under control. His wolf was very much desperate for her. Having found her and keeping away from her hurt his wolf the most. This was one of the reason for his aggressiveness to grow higher. His human side didn't want a mate, but his wolf just wanted her in their arms forever.

His age playing a factor too. Wolves didn't age as fast as humans. They can be three hundred years old and still look twenty five. But they were not immortal.

But something unusual happen to him. Which he himself couldn't figure out. He felt someone talking to him. A feminine voice. Her voice was sweet. He loved her voice. Loved to listen to it all the time. When the voice stopped, he'd go restless. His wolf would go mad. It didn't take him long to realise that it was their mate's voice. She too was desperate for him. He felt it from her voice. He felt secure, calm and loved the feelings and tingles that ran through him whenever he heard her voice. He could feel her touch. It felt like she was right there next to him.

This all happened when Radhika spoke to Arjun's portrait and caressed it.

He now wanted to punch himself. For keeping away from her. He didn't even know her name. So, he called her Princess. His Queen. It was hard to hate her now. Especially when she felt what he felt.

It was a Lost Battle.

She was his love and he was going to live his fears. But he was not going to lose her. He was going to protect her with his everything. He was going to live life happily with his mate.

She was going to be HIS DOWNFALL.

SHE IS HIS DOWNFALL.

His love for her, his downfall.

All he could hear was the voice.

"When will I meet you my mate? I can't wait any longer" her desperate voice was heard.

Then a pause.

"I know you'll come for us one day. You will meet us the same way I meet you in my dreams. I want to see you as soon as possible. Love you. Bye. I got to go" she said quickly and then there was nothing.

"Don't go! Don't leave. I know who you are and I am so sorry. I was a jerk to you. I want you. I need you. And I know that you want me too. I'll make you mine Princess, whatever it takes. These three moons are more than enough to bring me to you" he smirked to himself.

He dreamt of her too. For the past two months. Her beautiful face. Every single detail of her's made him crave for her even more. For him she was perfection. His everything. He wanted to make her his soon. For lifetime. Forever. Mind, body and soul. His for eternity. Her beautiful smile was what encouraged him to be himself.

All he could see in his deam every night was her in the lake under the moonlight. Undressed. With her back towards him. She had the perfect structure. Hair that was long. Till her waist that floated in the water behind her. Her wet skin that glistened in the moonlight under the stars and the cool wind making her shiver and enjoy herself. It was a sight to watch.

"Do you know who I am?" he whispered "will you accept me and love me after everything?" another whisper, but a broken one.

"Don't worry. I'll make it upto you, soon. Make you mine forever. You'll be my Luna. I'm coming for you darling. Just hang on" he smiled.

He smiled wide and fell on his bed. He felt relieved. Dia who was about to enter his room heard this and stood there shocked. Arjun liked Radhika. Neil and Sam who too were at the door heard this and smiled. They left from there releived with happy faces.

"He knows it's Radhi! God! But, okay. He has accepted it. And that makes me so happy" she smiled to herself.

"Good luck bhai" she mid linked him.

Oops. Big mistake.

She was about to leave "Choti" he called out.

"Damn" she mentally facepalmed herself.

"Yes bhai" she nervously turned around.

"We need to talk" he said.

"About what?" she asked.

She knew what was coming, but she had to put on a clueless face. Either he was going to ask her about Radhika to know everything about or he was going to give her an earful for eves dropping on his special moment with his dream mate.

"Come on, I don't bite" he mind linked to which she snarled.

"Okay kiddo, calm down" he chuckled, surrendering.

"Fine, what?" she asked, walking in and took seat on the barstool at the farthest end of the room.

"About my mate" he said.

"So?" she asked. She didn't know if her way of questioning made it look like she was clueless or like she didn't even care.

She honestly was supposed to be excited about the mate talk that her brother was bringing up all by himself. But this could take the detour. So, she had to prepare for the worst. Anything can happen when you're with Arjun Mehra.

"You're not happy about it?" he asked.

"I am" was her sudden reply "I really am" she replied calm.

"Doesn't look like it" he frowned.

"Okay, good night" she sighed, reaching out for a whiskey bottle and hopped off the stool.

"You are not drinking that raw" she heard her brother "and not all alone of course" he said.

"You got to be kidding" she scoffed.

"Now come on, this will be the perfect combination for the conversation we're going to have" he smiled.

"Well then, alright" she said walking back to him with two glasses and then came back with a bottle of coke.

"Speak" she said, handing over a glass.

"You are not consuming raw" he frowned watching his sister disobey him.

"You know you can't use your Alpha tone at me. One punch boy, and you'll be begging for my forgiveness" she gave back. Little miss sass.

"Alright" he laughed. He'd never do that and she knew it too.

She took a sip "this shit is strong man" she cringed a little.

"Told you" he laughed even more.

"Hell to it. Still not mixing" she poked out her tongue.

"Now now. To the real conversation" he said.

"Go on" she nodded, taking a sip of her drink.

"Are you aware that your best friend is my mate?" he asked.

She didn't want to lie "yep" she nodded.

"How?" he asked.

She didn't wanna lie, but couldn't tell him the complete truth too. She wanted him to go to her even if she didn't know it was him. Radhika actually didn't, but still. Oh damn, alright.

"You just said 'Was a jerk to you'. 'Should have realised, being rivals don't matter' and blah blah blah. Was not hard to figure out it was her" she shrugged, taking a big gulp of the whiskey.

"I wanna know about her" he said, taking a small sip as he watched his sister pour herself her third peg.

"Like?" she asked.

"Her name" he replied.

"Radhika" she said as she swayed and hummed to herself.

"More" he looked hopeful.

"That's for you to find out" she said "no one has full information about their mate" she scoffed.

"But I want to know" he said.

"Nope. Not saying. You do that work. Bond with her. Love her. Find out for yourself" she said and watched him sigh as his head hung low.

"All I can say is she is an amazing person and does not deserve a jerk like you" she said to which his head snapped up and heard his low growl. But she was not afraid.

"She deserves all the love. Hurt her and I will be the person to have her reject you. I don't care if you're my brother or even the Alpha" she snapped at the last part.

"You clean up your mess" she pointed a finger at him and he could only look back.

She was right. He did mess up. It was time. Time to get her. Anything for her forgiveness. And with that Dia hopped off the bed and took the bottle with her. Arjun watched as his little sister walked out. But what he couldn't see was her smile. Her smile of victory. She had pushed his buttons.

IT WAS GOING TO BE FUN.