Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 514 Not So Easy to Deal With

Hayley’s POV:

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From outside the bathroom, Irving’s mocking voice carried through the door. “Hayley, why are you up so early? You were so tired last night; you should have slept in.”

His tone was dripping with arrogance, the kind that made my blood boil.

With a seething expression, I glared at the door, wishing I could release Hera and dig my teeth into his neck.

Yet, the wolfsbane coursing through me left Hera weak and unable to take over.

Even without his wolf, the unmistakable aura of witchcraft surrounding Irving made it clear he had struck a deal with a witch, making him far from defenseless.

I forced myself to calm down, carefully checking my body. To my relief, there were no signs of mating.

A small breath escaped me, but I could not relax completely.

How could I know for sure that nothing had happened between us?

After a moment of thought, an idea formed in my mind.

Irving’s POV:

I leaned casually against the bathroom door, listening intently to the faint sounds inside. Then, the sharp sound of glass shattering made my heart lurch.

What was she doing in there? Had Hayley done something drastic?

Though I knew she was not one to give in easily, a pang of panic hit me.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

pounded on the door, my voice losing its usual arrogance. “Can you hear me? Open the door, Hayley!”

Silence.

patience snapped, and I took a few steps back, bracing myself to kick the door down. Whatever was going on in there, I was not about to

to force the door open when

out slowly, wearing a dress stained with blood near the hem, the vivid red stark against

or ask

her limp body in my arms. Shaking her gently,

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me as I instinctively reached out, touching the blood on her

I murmured,

her, so where had the

like a bolt of lightning–could Hayley have been pregnant with Benjamin’s child? Was the jostling on the journey yesterday enough

twisted sense of

could have her

Hayley’s POV:

the moment I saw Irving’s reaction, I was certain–nothing had happened between us last night.

even a sliver of

could use that as my chance

too optimistic. Irving did not even

me on the bed, retrieved a first aid kit, and

stomach. The thought of

opened my eyes abruptly, pushing myself to sit up at the edge of the

sharp and mocking “It’s just

Realizing what I was doing, his anger flared. He threw the gauze onto the

the door reverberated through the room, I

no