A Beta's + Mate

Chapter 7

He kicked his shoes off while taking off his suit and throw it on the couch before loosening his tie. 

Frustration filled him as he sat on the couch with his hand running through his hair, then to his face. He saw a glass slide on the coffee table to his side, looking up his cousin Edmund has pour whisky in it then sat back down, with a drink in his hand. 

He did not want to talk right now or chill with his cousin, right now he just needed to be alone and drink by himself to stop the ache in his heart and wolf soul.

“Drink up, we have a long day” Edmund says and slightly drink up his drink in his hands.

Yeah the Ball finishes midnight and now its 1:30am in the morning, here he is filled with misery usually he would sleep beside Amelia after making love to her, savoring their bond given that he already marked her as his am plus now she’s his mate. 

He had officially made her his three years ago, and it never felt so wrong not until last night.

When she has collided with him like before, this time he saw her with that dashing look along with the smile and her deep brown eyes. Even when she saw another woman bearing his mark her smile never fades, which made him felt guiltier and it was hard for him to read her expression. 

Everything was so wrong to him now that he couldn’t face Amelia last night and almost cause an argument. Every time he glances at her, every time she touches him at the dance he felt disgusted not by her but with himself. 

It is damn wrong especially when he felt guilt, pain and regret since 3 years ago.  He thought he was fine because he was not until she shows up. The moon goddess is playing him right now, she really must hate him.

He took the drink in front of him and swallowed the whole alcohol, one shot after another, even when his visions became funny, it didn’t even help to numb his pain.

"Are you okay?" he ask but he ignores him "Did something happen?" still Mason did not seem to see him at all as he was taking his drink after drink.

Given up already in pushing him to answer his question Edmund watches his cousin drown himself with alcohol. Mason has taken 29 shots already and he keeps on reaching for the bottle to pour himself another one.

 He couldn’t watch him take another one, he is wasted enough. He drinks the 30th shots, reaching for another one, he stopped him. 

“You have enough man” Edmund's hand stops him but he pushes his hand away pouring the drink in his glass and drinks it. He watches him again folding his arms around his chest while facing him intently with the way he moves and drowning himself. 

“what happened?” he asks him again but he kept ignoring him and took another shot, having enough of his attitude Edmund snatch the last bottle from the table “I said that’s enough” he drinks the last shot, then his hand play with the glass. 

He loosens his tie again as if it is suffocating him, laughing haughtily before his expression change he look hurt, then with furious he looks at his cousin. 

“I f**k up,” his hands griping his hair, before he stood up and flips the table in front of them “three years ago I f**k up and tonight I f**k up again.” 

Edmund who was still confused thought his cousin has cheated on Amelia and it must have been over for the two couple. He didn’t understand what he’s cousin is mumbling on; the hurt he sees in his eyes reminds him back then before he mated Amelia. 

His only assumption was that the only thing he could think of was him and Amelia, back then when he met them as a couple even when she wasn’t his real mate, he was filled with happy after all the heart ache he faced. 

This is what happened to the hard headed, ruthless beta of the Blood Moon Pack. Since that day he never thought he would ever see his cousin back in that stage again except this time he looks lost and devastated. 

“I don’t know what to do?” he started to sob while gripping his hair, “I just don’t know what to do anymore, Ed…I messed up every time but this time I don’t think I can handle it,” he sobs there then slightly fell down beside the couch making him look not like the fearless Beta that everyone talks about. 

Seeing Mason like this really hurt him too, he stood up and try to take his cousin back to his bedroom but every time he tries he pushes his hands away. There was nothing he could do except to watch him cry his pain away until he fell asleep on the floor beside the couch. 

He got a pillow and the sheet from the room, he saw a tear from his eyes as he tries to put a pillow under his head. He clean up the mess and put the table back to it's place.

Edmund stood before his cousin, his mind has finally made up that he was going to be the peace maker and help his cousin with his relationship, early morning he would definitely surprise him.

So he took out his phone to call Amelia but she never answers then he calls to their Alpha who instantly answer his call. Edmund could hear sobs over the phone at the background but he tries to talk to Lyndon. 

He heard the sobs grew louder and he move away from the living room and went up to his room. "Is she alright?" he ask Lyndon who respond immediately that Amelia wasn't. 

He has explains to him what Amelia told him and from it Edmund thought his kind was a bit jealousy.

Chuckling on the phone he told the Alpha of what the best solution before thanking him and cut off the phone call. Edmund thought to himself that he is doing what is best for his cousin and he hopes it would turn out alright.

'Tomorrow it is then' he whispers before turning off his light.