Alpha Dimitri By LS Barbosa

Chapter 78

Aurora:

“You and Dimitri seem to be getting along quite well.” Mom said, seeming more. or less annoyed as she stated it. I knew that she didn’t want me being affectionately attached to the Alpha. In her mind, our mating was a mere agreement that she didn’t want us to get out of. She believed that if we became intimate and if feelings started getting involved, then we were going to end up ruining things. But that was not the case, in my opinion at least.

The two of us were the last to leave the nursery, and entering the dressing room for mom to check her appearance in the mirror. And being my ‘mother, she claimed that wanted to give me advices that would ‘help‘ me in this stage. I wasn’t dumb, I knew from the second that she called me that she was going to say or do something that was going to either break or ruin the night.

“Thankfully, yes.” I said, choosing to be blunt with my response. There was not point in me acting as if I was very much happy with her being around. I couldn’t help but find myself recalling how she had treated me on the ‘wedding‘ night, and the fact that we called her to come when I gave birth, at least, two weeks after it. I needed to make sure that I was okay enough to be able to stand. I didn’t want to scar her when she came, but I knew not to be surprised when I was shut off by her.

She looked at me, studying my expression for a second before raising an amused. eyebrow. I knew that mom often came up with something that would ruin my nights when they were the most important to ME. She saw that I was happy with Dimitri, and that was the reason why she was going to be sure to ruin it. Had it been the other way around and had I been upset that I was going to be with him, I knew that she was gong to be the happiest mother who was going to give me advices of how to ‘fix‘ things between us.

“You always were blunt in your responses when you were angry.” She said, pretending to know anything about me. “But you are forgetting that the person who stands in front of you is your mother. And no matter what I am going to tell you, you are going to at least owe it to me to respect the years that I took you in when you had no one.

To say that I was surprised with what she just said was not going to be a lie. This being the last thing that I expected her to rub in my face tonight, I stood, baffled for a second, trying to find the right words to say as to respond to what she just told me. Mom, however, simply smiled, waiting for my response as her cold eyes met mine. And though I knew very well to stay quiet about the topic, the pain that I felt was one that I couldn’t help but hold my breath because of.

“I am not being blunt with my responses, mother. You stated something that you saw, and I merely responded to it. You don’t need to worry about me, nor do you need to make a big deal about something that does not exist.” I said, taking a deep

breath as I tried to contain myself. I clenched my fist once, a bad habit that I had whenever I wanted to clear my mind. Mom looked down at my hand, knowing that she managed to get on my nerves. Tonight was going to be about my daughter, and I knew that she wanted to ruin it for me. But the last thing that I wanted or needed was to allow that. No matter how much she wanted to break that in me, I knew not to allow it.

you should know. Mind you, I believe that you should have known a long time ago, but I made a promise, and now is the time for you to know.” I frowned in confusion at the fact that she was deciding to open an ‘important‘ topic right now. It was a rule that she had during public events, ALL topics that were important were to be spoken of when the event was over. She didn’t like it when she was tensed up, as in her mind, she was not the type to know how to control

from.” She said, and I frowned. It was a taboo topic

right now, I knew that this was something that she knew would break

like this one?” I asked, shaking my head at her. “Are me? Or is it a vocation to make my life hell whenever you saw my smile? And believe me, it is something that I grew used

I

was tired of her looking at me as if I was the lesser person, and not only that, but the person that she could take

being angry about it?” She asked, shaking

the one who forbade me from even bringing up the topic as it was one. that broke your heart whenever you thought about it? f**ks sake, you once locked me up for a week for begging you to allow me at least search alone if you would not want to help me. Why are you choosing to tell me now?”

agreed to tell you when you had your home and when you

would know that you are no less than those that

night.” I said, stopping her. She smiled, her smile cold and menacing, one that I knew all too well. “Who is it? Let me know and get all this bullshit over with, not that it would be making a difference to me as I will not go and look for

confusion. “You just never connected the dots to know that he was not giving you this much attention out of nothing.” “What are

attention than he gave others?” She asked, raising an eyebrow at me.

is the man? Enough with your riddles, I have guests to take care of and elders that are arriving.” I said,

at me.

of the reasons why we always chose to keep his identity a secret from you. You would have been impulsive enough to act on emotions. And I doubt that it would have gone well for any of us. And as you may know, we have kept good relations with him, the last thing that we needed was for you to ruin them out of your anger.” “What are you talking about, mother?” I asked, shaking my head. Disgust filled my tone at her behavior, and I could tell that she saw it in my eyes and read it in my tone. “What would I have ruined for you with a man who threw me as if I were some kind of pest that