Second chance

Chapter two

That was it, the last time I spoke with my parents and the last I had seen of my mate, it had been the familial bond to first break, first it was my father then my mother,as I hunched down in pain,I was confused, I didn’t understand they said they were safe as I was still in my confusion I had felt it my mate bond being severed, if I thought I was in pain I felt like I was dying now. I screamed as I felt a part of me being reaped away from me, I felt myself die with my mate. When everything was over, we had won lost a few lives but the pack was safe the few lives lost consisted of my mate and parents and I was completely alone, I was inconsolable and I felt myself fading away little by little. They told Lottie what had happened and asked her to come but she refused saying she was pregnant and can’t risk her health, when they asked her to take me in hoping maybe being around family might give me the will to live she had refused, but when kai heard insisted on coming to get me. He and his family had come for my parents' and mate’s funeral but Lottie had not come, they had helped with all the arrangements as I was not up to doing anything, after the funeral they had taken me along with them and I hadn’t refused or agreed to go with them as nothing mattered to me anymore. Barely six months into my mate bond and I had lost not only my mate but my parents as well. At blood moon Lottie had mocked me as soon as she and I were alone, they said she was pregnant but it barely showed meaning she could have come to honour our parents if she wanted to but she had not bothered. If I had any feelings left in me, the knowledge could have hurt but I was numb I didn’t feel anything, I didn’t even react to her mockery I just sat there like a zombie.

Six months passed and I was a shell of myself, I was bone skinny and my cheeks hallowed out, I was deathly pale and confined to my bed as I could barely walk on my own without assistance, people were shocked that I lasted as long as I did, as after the death of my parents and mate I was never the same. I had barely spoken since that day, I didn’t eat and had quickly fallen sick. Kai and his family had done the best as they could but at times I could hear Lottie arguing that they were wasting their time on me, sometimes she would even say it to my face but like always she never got a reaction or reply from me. Given that werewolf pregnancies are shorter Lottie had given birth to a baby boy and they named him Liam and against Lottie’s wishes Kai had brought him to me and introduced him and since that day no matter how hard I tried to reject the idea I looked forward to their visits and just like that a month had passed and I had lived over the sixth month mark I had been given. Soon enough Lottie had left, she left a note citing higher ambitions she had always had and how Kai was not good enough for her as she was meant for greatness and meant to be part of a the higher hierarchy of the pack and not stand next to it. Kai had come to my room holding baby Liam crying, though they had found each other and mated they never marked each other as Lottie had found one excuse or the other not to do so. She had not rejected him, she had just left and for the first time in five months I said something

“You will get through this Kai” I said in a groggy hoarse voice not used to speaking anymore

“Amber?” Kai was surprised his pain momentarily forgotten and I gave him a small smile, just then there was commotion outside and Kai left. Later that evening when he came with Liam for their visit, he spoke like he usually does not expecting an answer but today he talked about him and Lottie

“you know they found your sister in the afternoon and brought her back but she refused to stay, refused to take care of Liam.” He roughly ran his fingers through his head

“When she refused to stay and wanted to leave I asked her to reject me but she refused and even when I rejected her she refused to accept it, on my side the rejection is done but not on hers but the more I think about it the better it is for me” he continued talking and I just stared

“ I know she is your sister but she is a loose person too and I’m just glad that I won’t feel anything she does, she is lucky I’m not a horrible person or I would go sleeping around to punish her as the bond is not severed on her side, I always knew your sister was not a good person but I kept on making excuses for her, hoping she would change. The moon goddess doesn’t make mistakes right? At least I used to believe that until she gave me your sister for a mate” he brought Liam closer to him and I could tell he wanted to cry