Why My Mate Cries
Chapter 59

ALIYAH’S POV

“Wife? So you’re mated with my sister?”

Shawn laughed, which echoed in my head. He sounded amused at what he heard from Reid. I know. He could not believe that someone had decided to marry me. All my life, he’d been insulting me because I had an ugly body. A day would not even pass without him telling me how terrible it felt to have a sister like me.

And now… he’d learned that I was married. His ugly sister, whom he used to enslave, had a mate and got married.

Reid’s expression hardened. “Do you have a problem with that?”

“Yeah. You married that wench whose wolf is mute? What a pity,” Shawn replied, and I caught the menace in his tone of voice.

“Try to speak ill of her one more time, and I will tear your mouth apart,” Reid warned him.

Giving my husband a one-handed shrug, Shawn then glanced over at me.

“You seem to have poor taste, Alpha Reid. You should’ve rejected my good-for-nothing sister. That mutt is a curse,” he added without a glimpse of fear behind his menacing eyes.

I shivered. Fear and sadness both exuded from my heart. I could not figure out why pointing out someone’s imperfections and defects became amusing for somebody. I’ve been meaning to get answers to why they loved to torture me not only physically but also emotionally using their hurtful words.

Was it really because they blamed me for the death of my mother?

Or didn’t they love me at all?

“I told you to stop speaking ill about her!” Reid made a loud growl this time, and I knew for sure he had caught everyone’s attention as the whole area fell into silence after what he did.

Footsteps were rushing towards us. When I turned to our side, I then saw our pack mates backing us up. Klaus and Sage’s eyes started to shift. Just one word from Reid and I was certain they would attack.

“You have to calm down, young man,” dad intervened. “Give her back and we can close this case.”

“D—Dad, please. Stop this now…” I tried to beg. My eyes gazed at Shawn as my tears filled my eyes and cheeks. “Shawn, please.”

“Stop dreaming. You will never get her back from me.”

“It’s not for you to decide.” Shawn cocked his head to the side. “How about we duel?”

My eyes widened at his suggestion. A pang of anxiety went through me. Shawn had always turned the situation into a fight, and I’d never forget how easily he killed people after challenging them to a duel. He wouldn’t think twice at all. He’d kill whoever came in his way.

With that in mind, I immediately shook my head, gripping Reid tightly in his arm, saying, “No, Reid… please, I don’t want anyone to get hurt.”

Reid stared down at me. His eyes screamed cruelty, and I knew he would not refuse my brother’s challenge. I cried and gripped him as tight as I could, then I shook my head, pleading… begging for him to decline.

“Please, Reid… I don’t want you to hurt. I—I need you… and they are still my family, please… I’m begging you,” I hushed.

He kept clenching his jaw. Rage engulfed him to the extent that he had already partially shifted. However, if he initiated a fight right now, there was no way we could prevent a b***d bath.

“Reid, just tell us what to do,” Klaus snarled behind us.

But Reid was only looking down at me as if I was the only person that kept him sane, and I looked back at him, making him feel and realize that fighting wasn’t the answer to this mess. He breathed sharply and then shut his eyes before he nodded his head. That, out of any, washed me with relief.

To our surprise, unfamiliar werewolves came and interrupted us, telling us that we had to behave or else we’d be thrown out of this place.

“We don’t tolerate misbehaviour during the assembly. If your packs have issues with each other, save them. This is not a place where you can brawl when you feel like doing so,” one of them growled loudly.

Shawn raised his hands in the air, moistening his lower l*p as he told the officers that he’d not start a fight anymore. On the other hand, Reid glared at my family when I tugged him away from them. It was a glare that clearly said he wasn’t done with them.

“Klaus, Sage! Stop it!” Liana dragged the two men too.

Without even breaking eye contact with my brother, I pulled my husband back to the white tent. As soon as we entered, that was the only time I was able to breathe. Fear consumed me so that I didn’t know how to react after what happened. All I did was spin around and wrap my arms around Reid’s neck and engulf him in a hug.

He embraced me back. It was like he was going to lose his mind if he didn’t do so. I could feel his frustration about the matter, but I was glad no one got hurt in the process.

“I don’t want to stay here any longer, Reid. Please, please do something,” I begged as we pulled away.

He cupped my face and then he nodded. Swallowing hard, he replied, “I will talk to the hosts and request that we leave first thing in the morning.”

Tears filled my eyes. “What if my brother did something bad against us?”

He shook his head, caressing my back to soothe me. “I won’t allow him to hurt any of us. I promise that I’ll keep this pack safe.”

I gasped, as those were the exact words I wanted to hear. I nodded my head and then embraced him again. In my mind, I prayed that the Moon Goddess would bless us with protection and peace.

The next day, the whole place was peaceful, which I did not expect. It was like a calm river. I stayed in the tent together with our pack mates while Reid attended another meeting with the other Alphas to sign a new treaty of peace. Despite this, many thoughts whirled around my head; most of them were what ifs that only made me more worried.

When Reid finally arrived, I walked towards him, and asked, “What happened? Did they let us leave now?”

He then nodded, which made me smile.

“Let’s not waste some time and leave this place immediately,” Reid declared.

We all nodded at him. After preparing all our things, we then left the tent. I could feel the other packs gawking at us as we walked away. Reid held my hand as he smiled at me.

“You have nothing to worry about. Everything will be fine, Aliyah.”

I sighed in relief and offered him a thin smile.

I could not help but look back as we walked to the main gate. My eyes found the menacing eyes of my father, who was only watching us from afar, and the way he gazed over at me sent shivers down my spine.

It was a gaze that told me this would not end here just yet.