"I'm so done with him!" Alexa shouted as she paced across her room.

"Calm down, Alex," Lia told her.

"Calm down? Didn't you see what he did?" Alexa glared at her.

"It's just a misunderstanding," Conner tried to pacify her.

"A what? Fine, I may have misunderstood once but this is the third time he gave me a cold shoulder," She shouted, "oh wait, that was not just a cold shoulder, he literally pushed me away like I'm some sort of a plaque," She corrected.

"It's nothing like that," Lia tried to defend her brother.

"Don't try to defend him. It's as clear as the day, he is ignoring me, clearly, frankly, bluntly." She stated. "Is he getting his revenge on me, now that I've fallen for him?" She stopped for a moment and looked at her friends.

"Oh come on, why would he? After all these years, when he's finally got you, why would he ruin it all by himself?" Lia let out an exasperated sigh. "You're overthinking Alex, just talk to him," She suggested.

"Even I don't think he's that type of man, come on Alex, he cares for you deeply," Conner supported.

"Then what is he doing and why is he doing this?" Alexa heaved a defeated sigh as she sat down on the floor, 'Why would you do this to me? Why? And when we spoke you were inside the meeting house so how come you were outside, the next minute?'

"Argh! My head is going in circles," Alexa whined pulling her hair.

"Alex, Alex, Calm down, hmm?" Lia and Conner grabbed her hands, "Just talk to him hmm?"

"How can I talk to him when he's ignoring me like that?" Alexa heaved a deep sigh.

"He's not ignoring you, maybe he is just busy, you know, Tyler's been busy too, I can no longer see him around as I please, so just think, Reagan is The Alpha King, he probably has more works, he has more responsibilities."

"Look, I'm not complaining about him being busy," Alexa rolled her eyes, "this is something different, I can't wrap my head around the things as they're going on," She clicked her tongue in frustration, "but yeah, as you guys said, I'm going to talk to him, I'll not let him off without a proper confrontation," Alexa looked on determinedly.

***

Alexa directly entered the meeting house and barged inside the meeting room, as soon as she opened the door, all eyes stopped on her, "I'm really sorry to disturb, but Adira," She bowed to her ancestor, "and everyone," She addressed them, "would you mind if I could borrow your Alpha King for a minute?" Her eyes then stopped at her man.

Reagan was astonished, he blinked at her.

"Sure, we don't mind at all," Adira smiled slyly.

"Reagan," Alexa gestured him to come out.

Tyler and Kevin whistled from behind, Reagan gave them a firm look before exiting the room.

"What's wrong? Is everything okay?" Reagan asked with a worried expression on his face.

"Nope, I'm not okay," She shook her head.

"Did you get hurt somewhere?" He held her hands and checked for any injuries.

"I'm not injured," She shook her head.

He then cupped her cheeks, "what's wrong then?" He looked into her eyes.

Her anger vanished in a second, and a small smile played on her lips, "I'm fine now, I guess," She giggled.

He heaved a sigh of relief, "That's good then," He placed a kiss on her forehead, she hummed in response, but her happiness was short-lived as he abruptly moved away again, "Can I go now?" He scratched his head awkwardly, "I'll see you later, then," He turned to go but she pulled him back.

"what?" He blinked at her.

"That's what I want to ask you, what? What's wrong with you, Reagan?" She looked at him with questioning eyes.

"Nothing's wrong," He replied as he slowly distanced himself from her.

"Then why are you avoiding me?"

"I'm not avoiding you," He averted his gaze.

"What's this then? What are you doing right now?" She shouted.

"I'm sorry but I have a meeting to attend and I'm not ignoring you," He repeated.

"You're not?" She raised her brows at him.

"Yeah... I'm... I'm just busy with things..." He lowered his gaze.

"Fine," She heaved a sigh, he raised his head to look at her, "Fine, I'll take you at your words," She nodded, "For now, that is," She narrowed her eyes at him.

His face broke into a wide smile, "Thank you," He ruffled her hair.

After he was gone, Alexa thought to herself, "Am I really overthinking things?" She scratched her head, "Argh! Forget it! I don't know anymore!"

***

"So? Are you good now?" Conner asked linking her arms with hers.

"I guess?" Alexa shrugged.

"What did he say? Did you guys make up?" Lia asked wiggling her brows.

"I guess," Alexa nodded.

"What does 'I guess' mean?" Conner frowned.

"I guess, he really is just 'busy'" Alexa heaved a deep sigh.

"Oho, now you've sorted out, right? Stop sighing then," Lia shook her head.

"Hmm," Alexa nodded, "Yes, time to stop overthinking."

"That's like a good girl," Lia patted her head.

As they walked back to their room, they spotted Tyler standing in front of the house, "oh, the meeting's over already?" Alexa raised her brows at him.

"Yup," he nodded, "So can I take her away for a while?" Tyler asked for their permission.

"No, you can't" Murphy sneaked in from behind, Conner screamed out, "You scared me!" She hit her brother.

"Ouch! That hurts!" Murphy complained.

"That's supposed to hurt," Conner retorted.

"Con," Tyler called out from behind, "oh sorry, excuse us, you, stupid brother," Conner linked her arms with Tyler and smiled at him, "Let's go, Ty."

"Ah, my eyes!" Murphy covered his eyes, "Spare me this torture, I'm getting chills here," He shivered.

"Bye then," Conner waved at them as she walked away with Tyler.

"poor you, tsk, tsk," Alexa patted Murphy's head.

"What has he done to my sister? Back then we used to gang up on him now she gangs up with him against me, huhu," he faked a cry.

"Aww, it's okay, it's okay," Lia and Alexa patted his back sympathetically.

"Oh, by the way, Alex, can you come with me for a moment?" Murphy asked her.

"Sure," She nodded.

"hmm, guys, I've got some work so I'll join you guys later?" Lia asked them.

"Cool," they responded.

While walking to the training ground, Alexa looked at Murphy, "We're going to the training ground? You forgot something there?"

"Hmm, yes, I lost my lucky watch, please help me find it," he begged.

"Sure, sure," Alexa nodded.

They separated to search for the watch, after looking for a while Alexa finally found it buried under the sand, "There it is," Alexa heaved a sigh of relief, "Dude," She looked up but the ground was empty, "where did he go now?" She blinked at the empty ground.

Just then she heard a giggling sound, "damn, here she is," Alexa rolled her eyes, "See you around? well, I don't want to, I better get out of here," She shook her head, she was about to go when she heard another familiar voice, "huh?" She then sneaked up to the voice and peeked in, what she saw made her go mad in anger. Her man was happily flirting with the woman she hated, what else? Not only was she clinging to him but also he had his arms around her.

"Are you having fun?" Alexa came out and stood in front of them.

"Alex," Reagan immediately removed his hands off her.

"Say what? You're not ignoring me? You're just busy? You've got works to do? I can see you and your work, bravo," She clapped her hands, "I can see why you don't have time to talk to me, great, good work, continue, I won't disturb," She spun around and then left in anger.

"Alex!" Reagan was about to go after her but Carla pulled him back to her, "Where do you think you're going?" She looked into his eyes as her eyeballs turned black.