His Possession or His Princess

Forty-One | Regret

Cal

It took some arguing with my parents and Titus, but everyone agreed that if the spell lasted till the next day that I could be allowed to go back to school. When I woke up and still had brown eyes and you couldn’t see my markings due to my bangs and my long sleeves everyone reluctantly agreed that I could go back to school.

Titus stays by my side and I can feel his possessiveness rolling off of him. The only time I’m not right beside him is if I’m sandwiched between Olive and Britt and Titus and the boys are right behind us.

It’s hard not to get annoyed by how overprotective he is of me. I appreciate how much he cares for me, but it’s my first day back and I’ve been restless being at the pack house for the past 5 days.

I need just a minute to myself, so I raise my hand in one class and ask to be dismissed to the bathroom. I notice Titus watches me in a way that shows he wants to follow, but he knows it won’t be appropriate.

As I get to the bathroom, I breathe out a sigh of relief that I’m finally alone.

Alexander

No one knows the battle that I’m going through daily.

It’s been months without having Cal by my side and it eats me up every single day.

I know how my sister treats her and I allow it. I’m fearful of Cal trying to come back to me and that I won’t be able to resist her.

My wolf, Bruce, hardly speaks to me anymore… not since I rejected her.

No one, but my dad knows the truth. The truth is… Cal is my mate. Or well… she was.

When I found out this girl that I had been dating and was in love with was my mate I felt like I was on top of the world. I was ready to tell her about my world, I was ready to mark and claim her as mine, but when I told my dad about her… he forbid it. She was just a human. She was never supposed to be my mate, she was supposed to be some fling and when I found my true mate, I was supposed to break up with her.

I never wanted to do it, but I felt like I had no choice. I broke up with her, telling her words that I knew would shatter her heart, and when she was sobbing and not listening to what I was saying I said the words that would haunt me forever: Calliope Evans, I reject you as my Luna and my mate.

The mate bond broke immediately causing her to cry harder and I said something smug to get her to hang up on me. When she did, I broke in tears.

I thought that during the summer I would be able to move past her and maybe find some she-wolf that would be good enough.

No one could ever be as good as her.

I figured I just had to get through this schoolyear and then I would never see her again. I never thought that she would move on from me, but especially with the neighboring Alpha. It made my blood boil thinking about him being with her. And when he told me that he was her mate… I’m still in disbelief over it.

What are the chances that the Moon Goddess would make her second chance mate another Alpha of a pack that’s so close to us?

I’ve tried to get close to her thinking that maybe our connection would happen again, but between her friends and her new mate it’s been impossible to get near her. I’ve noticed that her aura has changed though, specifically today when I saw her from afar. Her tropical scent is stronger, and her aura is very powerful. I thought she might’ve gotten marked, but her scent hasn’t mixed with his, so I know she is still pure from him.

I go to the restroom and as I walk out, I am shocked to see her stepping out of the ladies room as well. I call her name, “Cal!”

She turns towards me and I notice how her eyebrows scrunch together in confusion as I walk closer to her.

My palms are sweaty and I’m nervous being in her presence, but I notice that Bruce seems to perk up knowing that we are in her presence. She looks at me skeptically and says, “Hi Alexander, what’s going on?”

I smile as I hear Bruce purr at the sound of her voice. I say, “I miss you, Cal, how about we go out tonight?”

Cal

He has got to be kidding me.

He’s got some nerve to think I would just jump back in with him.

He smiles cheekily at me as I ask, “Excuse me?”

He says, “Let’s go out.” He reaches for my hand, “I miss you, Cal.”

I scoff and ask in disbelief as I pull my hand away from him, “Are you kidding me?”

I stare at the boy in front of me. The boy that once was my everything, but he’s not anymore. He’s about 6 feet tall and had slimmed down and muscled up since the last time I had really looked at him. He’s light brown hair has grown out more and it’s styled where it spikes up. He’s grinning at me showing off his dimples as he says, “Come on, darling, what’s the issue?”

My eyebrows furrow when he uses that southern drawl while saying darling. He used to call me that all the time, but that was a long time ago. I take a deep breath and clench my fists together, “Alexander, the issue is that you broke me. Your family and your friends just stomped on the pieces making it so much worse. And I’ve moved on.”

“Darling, I just want to be with you; nobody else, but you. I can’t stop thinking about you…just say yes, Cali.”

I huff and shake my head as I say, “No.”

He corners me against a locker and suddenly I wish I hadn’t gone away from Titus. He tries to come close enough to kiss me, but I turn my head away and I say in a harsh voice, “I’ve moved on, Alexander. Titus is my mate.”

I notice his eyes get wide and he says in disbelief, “You know about us?”

I nod, “Yes, I do.”

I’m tempted to reveal my identity to him to show him that I’m just as strong as he is, but I refrain. I feel a fire burning in my belly and I just want to leave as I’m starting to feel faint.

I notice his eyes darken and I have to refrain from crying out as pain erupts in my core making me want to crumble to my knees. I look down and close my eyes, but when I look up I hear Alexander gasp and he says, “Your eyes.”

Oh my god, the spell must’ve worn off. Titus is going to be so upset!

I can’t focus on that now as I begin to feel unbearably hot and begin to sweat profusely. I can’t focus on anything as I begin to crumble and I feel Alexander’s arms catch me. He whispers, “You’re a wolf?”

I don’t understand how he knows, but his touch burns and makes me want to crawl away from him. I feel too weak to do anything, but suddenly I hear a loud growl and recognize my mate.

I can’t hear much of what Titus is saying, but I hear the girls run to my side and one says in a panicked tone, “She’s in heat!”

The other leaves my side as she tries to get Titus to come to me. I don’t know what else happened. I can’t pay attention to anything other than this unbearable heat and the pain in my core.