Amos POV
‘Did you send word to her father? Has he replied?’ I asked the beta of the pack the second he stepped in the door. He stared at me like I was mad. And I truly felt like I was losing it. I lost her and it was no one’s fault but my own ‘I told you not to be mean to her. I told you she was something special. Now she’s gone and we..:will probably never get her back. I will never get to meet her wolf’’ Ceder growled out but by the end he was whimpering. ‘I know I f****d this up but I will find a way to win her back. I have to’ I tried to sound convincing but even to me it wasn’t.
The beta looked a little lost and afraid as he handed me a letter. I was almost too terrified to open it myself. My hands shook as I opened the envelop. There was just two small words on the page and I could feel my heart tear in two.
‘Never again.’
I sunk to the floor and allowed myself to be miserable for a moment. This was my own fault and I should be punished. I didn’t want to live without Misty. For the couple moments I gazed upon her and actually saw her for the first time- I knew she was the definition of perfect. Actually no I knew the second she walked through the door a year ago. She was wearing a white dress and her smile could dazzle anyone. I felt my heart stir a bit for her but my father was extremely against fae. He wanted to use Misty as a bargaining chip if he ever needed true help from the fae.
He was kind to her just until her father left and then he threw a key at her to the old tower that had been a storage room until recently. The only new addition was a cheap bed however. My father put an alpha command over the whole pack to never touch her but pay her no mind. He hated her. So I decided i should also hate her- despite how tempted I was. She was like a pure flower and I could’ve had her.
A shudder courses through me as I remembered our first true interaction. All she was doing was trying to get some water from the stream. A laborious task considering how fast the water was moving. But I kicked the bucket and sent it flying down the waterfall. It would take her hours to retrieve it. I expected her to show me hate or give me harsh words but she just looked back at me sadly. Now I truly understood why. She knew we were mates.
My father was the one to blame for this. If he just hadn’t put all those stupid beliefs in my head I would’ve never treated her that way. Hell I would’ve let myself be entranced by her beauty. I probably would’ve even believed her if she told me we were mates. I see why she didn’t offer that information up now.
I had already planned on challenging my father for the position before she left. The pack was getting weak as he was getting old. But now I truly just hated him. Hated him for hating her. When he found out she was my mate all he asked was if I rejected her yet. I stood there not even recognizing my own father. The mate bond was sacred and it was only rejected when someone suffered greatly. And I understood why she left.
However it didn’t lessen my resolve to get her back at all. It had been 2 months since she left and everyday I tried to figure out a way to get to her or for her to return to me. I knew her coming back here willingly was slim chances. No I knew I had to figure out another option and I was willing to do anything. I would sell my soul just to have another glimpse into her eyes. They told a story. A sad one but it was our story.
I was about to ask the beta to send another letter when I felt it. It was the worst pain I ever experienced. It felt like flames danced all over my skin and I fell to the floor in agony. I tried to breathe but even that felt painful. Ceder was howling painfully in my head. The pain seemed to go on but finally I felt my Beta pull me up and I realized it had only been a couple minutes. I knew instantly what happened. This is what she felt everytime I slept with another woman? I tried to think of how many woman I slept with since she was here. It was at least in the hundreds.
I felt tears slide down my eyes for the first time since she left. She went through this almost every night? Why didn’t she tell me. I would’ve stopped ‘ No you wouldn’t. You only cared about yourself and she knew that. I’m sure she feared that you would reject her immediately if she even tried to come near you’ Ceder was growling viscously in my head. ‘Perhaps not me- but she couldve told someone. Anyone they could’ve tried to stop me’ I reasoned. ‘Did you forget your father put a command on everyone to ignore her? I doubt she ever received a single word from anyone else in the pack’ Ceder was livid and I couldn’t even respond.
‘Was she…betraying you?’ Beta William asked cautiously. I stared at him and then slowly nodded. I knew what he would say next so I beat him to it.
‘I deserved it. After what I put her through I will deserve all of it. And no I will never take another nor will I ever let her go. I deserve to feel these pains.’ I felt my determination resolve 10x. I would scour the ends of the earth to find a way to bring my Misty back to me.