Werefate

Chapter 12

The weird encounter with the old woman left me with unease.

I reach my aunt's house and see her at the door.

" I was just coming to get you. " She says.

" I thought you told the old lady to deliver the message that you wanted me home. " I ask confused.

" What old lady? "

" The old lady in the woods. She had wrinkles all over her skin. And she talked really weirdly." She still gave me the creeps.

" Lady Augusta. You met lady Augusta? " She asks. Her look is filled with surprise.

" I didn't ask the name. So maybe? "

" The old lady in the woods. We call her Lady Augusta. She is the oldest one alive in this pack. " She looks around and whispers," Some say she is a psyche, a witch. "

" Witch??" I couldn't hold my gasp. " But we don't associate with the witch. " I am getting really curious.

" Don't speak too loudly. It's just a rumor. Some say her werewolf has died, so she doesn't shift. Some say she is a witch. And she doesn't speak to anyone, just with the alpha's family. People have tired of speaking with her, but she just doesn't respond. " She whispers. " So having her talking to you is surprising. "

Why did she talk to me? And she was speaking so weirdly.

" And please don't mention this to anyone, OK? I don't want you to grab unnecessary attention because of this. " She sounds worried.

" I promise. " That gave me one of her beautiful smiles.

The rest of the day passed with me strolling around. And reading my books and novels.

Those novels whose first page was all you could read. All over again because you miss him.

The creepy voice inside me laughs.

I think I need to go to a doctor. These voices are really getting intense.

Just when the evening sun began, I went to the lake.

Within minutes it started to get dark.

Then I feel someone behind me. And I could be deaf and blind, but I will always know who that person is.

Yours.

For the first time, the voice was not mocking me. It was just making me realize what he was to me. Mine.

" You didn't even wish me a happy birthday. You didn't even say goodbye. " he sounds pissed.

I don't reply. I don't have anything to say to him. I couldn't even face him to say sorry and reply to him.

He comes close. He puts his head in my shoulder. And I breath him in. He went to games and vacations. Left me so many times. But this time just one day was taking everything into me.

" Are you punishing me because I dated your sister? I was young and foolish. You know I will always love her but only as a friend." His voice sounds so broken.

I don't reply. I just soak him up. I don't turn. I look at Goddess moon and she looks so bright and shiny. Why did I have to get into this mess, mother?

" I knew. Damn you. I knew there was something between us. Always has. But I needed it to be my choice. I can't make basketball my career. I have to take responsibility for the pack. I have to fight. I have had to train since childhood. I have to do this and that. I have been dictated all my life. Ordered for those things I didn't want. So, when I found out, you meant more. I was scared. A god damn p****. f**k. Then I screwed up. Ashley approached me. And finally, I get to make a decision for once in my life. I chose her then. Which ultimately came to bite in my ass. " He is out of breath as he says all this. I could feel his anguish. It broke me. I couldn't stop the tears.

How he must have felt having the alpha blood to make a decision for himself.

He removes his head from my shoulder. He turns to me, lifts my chin. He wipes those tears and makes me look at his eyes.

Those black soulful eyes. That was mine but I couldn't just accept it right now. I needed time. Time for Ashley to accept the inevitable. That he was mine. Till then I couldn't be his. I couldn't. I could forgive him for being with Ashley though it hurts like no other. Because I waited for my mate all my life. And here he was in front of me all the time. So, the weird feeling in my chest was justified. Finally, f*****g justified as he was mine.

" I know I was born to be an alpha. But I didn't have to wolf to actually feel like the alpha of a pack. I was a growing rebellious teen. Now I have got him. For days and I feel complete. Finally, I understand the need to protect the pack. The pack whom I could die for, but now I can actually feel the necessity to do so. They are all mine. I feel the need to have you. Protect you. Be with you. You. " His voice pierces my heart.

" I did you wrong, but I will make it up to you all my life. I don't know how you know. I don't know how I know. That you are mine. And I am yours. Because I should have known only after you gained your wolf. But I know and I don't want to ever change that. I just want to be with you. God damn it, like I always have. Give us a chance. " He hugs me. He hugs me tight to never let go again.

His words are so sincere. I finally got his point of view. His anguish. But how do I explain my situation to him? My promise to Ashley. I need my sister to accept us. I need her to see that I didn't steal him. That he was always mine. That the bond I'll create with him is not dirty. It was always there, and we were both chicken s**t to just accept it, question it. We just went with the flow.

I just knew I had to break his heart. But it would be just for a few days. It will take two months for Ashley to realize the truth. I couldn't tell Luke about Ashley. He would talk to her. And the bond between us would end. I want her to come get me. I just want her to accept us.

So, I do what has to be done.

" Did you take permission before coming to Zanedom. "The first thing I say to him. He looks crushed. He opens up to me and I ask him about coming to Zanedom.

" No Nessa. The first thing on my mind was to get to you. I have a birthday party set up and I couldn't be there without you. And you just took off like I don't mean a thing to you. " He growls. His eyes shine golden. His wolf close.

" Don't you f*****g growl at me. You created this mess. Now I don't even know what to f*****g do. You want us to flaunt the bond in front of Ashley. I don't even have my wolf. You know everyone will think that we are lying. " I shout at him.

" I don't care about everyone. I want you. Yes, you haven't got your wolf, but you know I am your Mate. " He grabs both my shoulders. As if to shake some sense in me.

I have to break his heart.

Don't do this. You will be breaking your own too.

I am beyond thinking. I am just thinking about Ashley. Just for two months.

" How do you know that? I don't know if I said mine. I don't f*****g remember. I passed out. I may have been talking rubbish. " I say, without looking at his eyes. I turn around and face the lake.

" Ok. You don't remember. But you know me. I know you know I am your mate, so don't you f*****g lie, Vanessa. " He makes me face him.

" What if you are mistaken? Let me get my wolf. And then, if you are mine, I'll think about coming to you. " I speak so nonchalantly.

He looks shocked. His butterfly would never have spoken to him like that.

" What is wrong? Tell me. I know you must be hiding something. " His voice sounds broken.

" You got your wolf. Then you broke up with Ashley. What if my wolf says it's not you? I mean I didn't feel anything when you dated Ashley, so that counts as something right. " I roll my eyes.

" Just go have fun with other girls. Like you had to Ashley. I'll contact you when I have my wolf. Let me enjoy staying here. Make new friends have options like you have. " I could feel my heart breaking as I spoke those words.

Fuck. f**k. It kills me thinking about him with anyone else.

" I know this isn't you. I know you are upset. I know what you always used to say to wait for my mate. And I didn't, so you are upset and angry. But Butterfly give me a chance. You are mine. I need you ." His eyes filled with tears.

Mom used to say. Only the alpha's mate can heal the alpha to his knee. I could feel the power I had over him. Which scared me to death. But I had to do that. I needed both him and Ashley.

"What if he never forgives you? " The voice questions.

" He is mine. I forgive him for being immature. He will forgive me for wanting my sister. " I am confident.

The voice just laughs.

" You needed me, so you came. You always wanted to fight Goddess Moon. Now is the chance. Go. Celebrate your birthday. And don't come here again. Because I don't need you right now. "

I walk away. I couldn't bear to stay there a second.

But he catches up with me within minutes. Makes me face him again.

" So, this is what mate means? Just be together when their need calls. I want to have a life with you, and you know, but you are still denying it. I am the f*****g alpha. I am f*****g on the verge of begging for you to come home. And it is all a joke to you, right? Fine, I don't want a mate if this is all she does. Makes you f*****g weak. You could have been upset with me and disappointed. I would have taken it. I would have made it up to you. But you are acting as if it is a trivial matter and not important. It will decide our fate. Our pack fates. But you want your wolf. Fine, wait for your wolf. But I am f*****g out. " His forearm was covered with furs. His eyes were all golden. He was f*****g livid.

I am out.

He didn't even wait for a reply. He turned and left. And it felt like he rejected me. Without even having my wolf to justify. I heard my heart breaking and realizing what a cluster of mess I had created.

Fuck.

I shouldn't have done that.