The Revenge Of A Lycan | On Hold

24 | memory

"You can provide someone you love with food, you can't chew and swallow it for them."

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24 | memory

*Fleur London*

"I know." He said, "I knew right from the beginning. I tried to be as polite as possible, but I will never accept her or this stupid bond. I hate you werewolves, I hate this mate thing that you have going on and I will sure as hell never want to be near a werewolf again in my life, let alone accept one as a soulmate."

The hatred in his tone made chills run down my spine. I felt pity for my friend who loved someone who hated her so much, with all her heart. Any hopes I had about a happy ending for her, seemed to vanish behind my eyes.

I could blame Domingo. I really could. But as much as it killed me to say it, I kind of understood. It must be difficult to put your faith in someone after having been so heavily betrayed and after having lost so much.

"You have a mate?" Olivia said, in a surprised tone from behind me, making me turn around.

She looked at me with eyes filled with an emotion I could not decipher.

"Alpha Fleur...can we," she composed herself and managed her tone,"can we talk for a minute?"

I looked at Domingo who was looking at Olivia with a storm brewing in his eyes and then back at Olivia, nodding.

I instructed Jeremiah via mindlink to lock Domingo in one of our guest rooms so that he doesn't try to run away. I didn't like holding him hostage, but it's not like I had much choice. If I let him and he runs away, he will be in an unfathomable amount of danger.

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"What happened?" I asked Olivia. I was a bit skeptical about her because of her behavior.

"I don't know if you have realised this yet, or not, but..." she added hesitantly, "but, the fact that he has a mate solves everything for us!"

I was confused for a second but then I connected the dots in my head and my eyes widened.

"Oh goddess, that's true. If he has a werewolf mate, we will be able to justify his knowledge about us to the council, and they will spare him."

Olivia nodded, but the worry in her eyes hadn't faded away, and neither had mine.

"But..." she started.

"We shouldn't be selfish and hurt his mate." I finished her sentence and she sighed.

"That's right. That's why I didn't disclose this in front of him. If we tell him this, and he goes to his mate just because he wants to escape the council, and still hates his mate- it will be really painful for her. We will be responsible for hurting her." She said.

I pursed my lips.

"But we can't hold him hostage for long. He will inevitably try to run again. We also know that he can't escape the council forever. Someday or the other, they will find him, and they will harm him. Then what will we do? And if then, Madeline, his mate, will find out that she could have saved him- do you think she'll be happy? I know her, she won't be happy. She'd be miserable knowing she could have saved him, but didn't."

"So you are willing to sacrifice the girl for my friend? You know he hates her, he said it himself." Olivia questioned.

"Mates can't hate each other, Olivia. They might have reasons to not be together but-"

"But that doesn't mean they'll be easily excused. Being a mate and inevitably loving each other doesn't justify hurting each other." Olivia interrupted, assertively, an unidentifiable emotion shining in her eyes.

I took a deep breath and thought. I thought for a while. I wanted to make the right decision. For my pack, a member of my pack- Madeline, and her mate- Domingo.

What would a good Alpha do? I asked myself.

I looked up at the ceiling, asking myself the same question over and over again.

A memory resurfaced in my mind. It was of time I used to call my father, papa...

"Papa, why did you let Jeremiah go to the game today? He has hurt his leg. If he runs in that condition, the injury might become something permanent, and he might not be able to run again." I had said.

Dad looked up from his paperwork and smiled at me. I was 10 at that time.

"I told him that, sweetheart." He said. "I told him the risks, I said that I'd advise not to go, and so did his father."

I had scrunched my eyebrows in confusion and I remembered frowning in confusion.

"But he still went! And you know it's bad for him. You should have stopped him, given him an Alpha order to not go."

He smiled sadly this time, shaking his head as he took off his glasses and looked at me directly in the eyes. Then, he said something that has stayed with me all these years.

"My child, you can provide someone you love with food, you can't chew and swallow it for them. Similarly, you can only inform and advise someone, you cannot take their decision for them. If you do so, you will push the person away."

"What if they get hurt, then?" I had asked, my eyes welling up with tears for my friend.

My father walked up to me and hugged me tightly.

"Then you should be there for them."

I looked back straight and away from the ceiling, my lips fixed in a straight line. I knew now.

What would a good Alpha do?

A good Alpha would let the others take their decisions as it is their right to do so.

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"Are you sure about this?" Olivia asked me, a hundredth time.

"Yes." I said. "We will tell Madeline the whole story, without skipping a word and we will let her decide."

Olivia took a sharp breath. "If she's as you describe her, she will choose him over her, you know that. You are indirectly making her do it."

"I'm not. It's her right to know."

"And what if she gets hurt?" She asked

I turned around to look at her straight in the eyes.

"Then I'll be there for her."

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Hello! I'm sorry this chapter is a bit short, but I had to end this here because of now the next ch is supposed to start.

My next 'year' of med school has started and oh boy, is it difficult 😢

Anywayyy

1. Who do you think is right? Olivia or Fleur?

2. What would a good alpha do?

3. Do you like how this book is more Fleur centric than being more 'romance' centric?

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