The Alpha King is My Mate?

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The rest of the trip away was cut short after only one more day, Isabella and Hunter were both too on edge to enjoy the rest of the trip and they both - even if Hunter didn't want to admit it - wanted to get home to try and start to help Leila as quickly as possible. The whole journey home Hunter seemed stiff and rigid, Isabella felt cold without actually feeling any cold air around her and she tried to sleep most of the journey with her head pressed against the glass window.

"Isabella, we're here" Hunter says gently shaking her arm making her jump up

They both start to walk towards the big pack house without saying a word to each other, Isabella knew it was only because Hunter was stressed but it was starting to feel as if she had done something wrong to make him behave in this way, he felt like a stranger.

"I'm sorry" Isabella whispers hugging at Hunter's side, she wasn't sure why she was saying sorry but she felt it to be necessary yet Hunter didn't say anything to her but he also let his arm on the side that she was hugging fall down on her back to hold her gently.

As they walked into the pack house, Hunter called out some names and within a couple of seconds they were right in front of him clearly showing that they had dropped whatever they had been doing to come straight to their Alpha.

"All of you on me" he mutters turning on his heel to walk away but when Isabella tried to walk alongside him he stopped abruptly

"My office" he barks and they all continued walking in that direction without even blinking

"Hunter" Isabella sighs looking up into his eyes, silently pleading with him to open up to her

"You need to go and see the Doctor remember, we both promised that you would go to see him as soon as we got back home" he explains before trying to walk away again but Isabella pulls him back, if he wanted to pull away from her he could've done but he allows her to pull him back

"I love you" she says her voice catching slightly

Hunter's eye instantly fill with warmth that he only has for Isabella and she knows that everything is going to be okay, he places his hands on either side of her face and just looks into her eyes for a couple of moments

"And I love you Isabella but you have asked me to do something, you asked me to find and help my sister and that is what I plan to do" he says before pressing his lips to hers so forcefully that all the feelings he had been holding back were flooding back between them

"Okay.. well you go and do what you need to do. I'll come and see where you're up too once I've spoken to the Doctor" Isabella smiles shyly before walking away, she can feel the smile on Hunter's face as she does as he momentarily forgets about everything that was troubling him.

-

"So how am I?" Isabella asks smiling sweetly at the Doctor who had walked back into the room

"Tired Isabella" the Doctor says sternly

"Huh?" she replies confused, she didn't feel tired

"I can see the confusion on your face, you might be sleeping but for whatever reason you're not truly going into a deep sleep so you might as well be awake" he says trying to explain further

"And how do I go to sleep even though I'm already asleep?" Isabella laughs at the strangeness of his explanation.

"You need to relax, I know that might be hard but you need to find a way to relax before you go to sleep at night so that you can get a proper nights rest" he shrugs not really knowing the answer him self

"But I'm needed" Isabella sighs, she wasn't even sure how true this was but she liked to tell herself this was the case

"Right now you're running on fumes and if you keep up this way you'll be no use to anyone because I will admit you into the hospital again on total bed rest" he warns and Isabella wants to argue it but she knows there is no point, he knows better than she does but she just finds it so hard to relax, she always had done since her adoptive father had died and everything had changed for the worse.