The Accident
1277 Words
Arabella POV
I woke up with an intense pain in my chest.
What is this? I asked Royal.
Mate. Mate is cheating on us.
Ares is a son of a b***h.
I saw two of my mates already in the room. I could tell they were my mates from their smell — fresh honey and baked bread. One of them was beside me, but I couldn't concentrate because of the pain. He pulled me into his arms while the other rubbed my hand.
My mate didn't love me. He was cheating on me. It was all I could think about, and Royal howled sadly in my head.
Suddenly, I felt a pop in my knees.
I'm sorry, but I need to come out. If I don't, I can't help with the pain of the needles we are feeling. Focus on the mates in front of us — they will help with the pain of shifting, Royal said.
I did as she asked and focused on breathing in my mates' scents as they tried to help me through the shift. After what felt like forever, I was pushed to the back as Royal took over.
The cheating pain of Ares dulled, thanks to my focus on the shift. I watched as Royal lovingly nudged her head between Adonis's legs. The sparks from it were incredible. Adonis and my other mate both stared at me in awe.
"Shift," Adonis commanded, but Royal didn't listen. Of course she didn't.
I wanted to see what I looked like. My other mate knelt in front of Royal and planted a kiss on her head. It felt so good. I could see his eyes through Royal's. He had the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen — one hazel, one blue. He convinced Royal to shift back to me.
I shifted back and was bare. Sam brought me some clothes that smelled like Adonis, and it was intoxicating as hell. My mind drifted back to Ares.
"He is sleeping with someone else."
I thought I had said it in my head, but I had said it out loud. I could tell both of my mates were angry. I didn't like that they were angry.
My mate with the bi-colored eyes sat beside me and wiped my tears away. I recognized him as the wolf from the forest. No wonder I had felt so comfortable around him. He kissed my head, happy that I remembered. I was sure his name was Ash. Yes. Ash.
Adonis knelt in front of me and kissed my hand. Each kiss was electrifying, and I wanted more. I had forgotten Sam was in the room until she made herself known. She told me what happened while I was unconscious and that Ares had claimed me. This made me incredibly sad, considering what he was doing.
"He doesn't love me," I told her.
I saw my mates looking upset. My heart wanted to believe Ares felt something for me, but I couldn't feel it through the bond. After a while, I grew sleepy. Sam crawled into bed with me, my mates kissed my head goodnight and left, and I drifted off to sleep.
I woke up a little later feeling distressed — but I could tell the feeling wasn't coming from me. It was coming from my mates. All of them.
I limped out of bed slowly so I wouldn't wake Sam and followed the distress signal. It led me outside to what I assumed were the training grounds. I saw three massive wolves. Two of them seemed to be attacking each other, which upset me deeply. I didn't want any of them to fight.
They were circling each other, and I ran between them just as they lunged — getting caught in both of their claws on each of my sides. I fell to the ground at once, blood pouring out of me.
At least they had stopped fighting.
All three wolves shifted back at once. Adonis and Ash ran to me, dropping to their knees and pulling off their shirts to press against the wounds and stop the bleeding.
"Ah, f**k, Bella, why did you do that?" Adonis cried out.
I touched his face, trying to calm him down.
"I heard all of your distress calls," I told them, locking eyes with Ares, who was just staring down at me with what looked like anger and sadness mixed together.
"Mate," I called out to him.
He backed away. His expression shifted to pure anger.
"I only claimed you for my brothers. You are not my mate. You will never be my mate," he spat.
Ash and Adonis both growled at him.
I felt tears pouring down my face at the rejection. His words cut through my heart, and I felt it in the bond. I started spitting up blood and began choking on it. I felt Ash lift me into his arms, and they ran. Black spots closed in around me, and then everything went dark.
Ares POV
Once I found out she was my mate, I was furious. When Ash threatened my life over her, I became even more so. On top of that, she had turned both of my brothers against me — another reason to resent her.
I left the room and found Brianna, who was more than ready. I knew that since the bond was now in effect, the omega would feel it. Let it serve as a warning not to mess with me.
As I was with Brianna, I felt the omega's distress. There was another kind of pain as well that I couldn't place, but I tuned it out.
Her distress unsettled me for a moment, knowing I was the cause. Then I thought back to what I believed I had seen on the last day of the summit, and the anger swallowed everything else.
After Brianna left, I went to the training grounds to blow off some steam. As I was leaving, my two brothers rushed me, and we ended up fighting. I knew they had been with her when she felt that pain. I had expected they would come for me. We all shifted and went at it.
As Adonis and I attacked each other, someone came between us. I realized it was her. We both clawed her on either side, and blood poured out fast.
Adonis asked why she had come, and she locked eyes with me and said she had heard our distress. My distress.
For a split second, I thought about picking her up and taking her to the hospital — then I talked myself out of it. She already looked like she was healing anyway. Maybe this would make her stay out of my way.
"Mate," she called out to me.
Oh, hell no.
I swear, if you let her die, I will leave you, Strike warned me.
Great. My brothers, and now my own Lycan. I was even more furious. I blocked the connection with Strike and said what I said, which earned me growls from my brothers. She teared up, and I regretted the words the instant they left my mouth — especially when blood started coming from her lips.
I walked toward her to pick her up, but Adonis stepped in front of me.
"You've done enough. Just leave her be," he said coldly.
Ash picked her up, and they ran toward the hospital. I stood there, and something in me wanted to beat myself up over it. I hated that feeling. I hated how this omega was making me feel and all the distance she was creating between me and my brothers.
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