The Unwanted Mate: The Bond

Chapter 29:

Hannah POV:
It's been two weeks since I tried to run away and my cuts are finally healed enough for me to walk around normally without having to sit down all the time to rest.

To keep myself busy I'm helping out Joanna sort through papers and books in hopes of finding a way to break the mate bond. Marc has been dropping by every day with lunch and some soda. For some reason I actually look forward to him dropping by every day, and when he leaves I look forward to him picking me up and taking me home. Or well back to his place.

We have been watching a lot of movies and series and I have eaten so much chocolate that I think might have tasted every kind that exist. Marc found out that I hadn't had any chocolate since my sixteenth birthday so he immediately drove to the store and bought all he could carry. Chocolate bars, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate cakes.. well basically all the chocolate things he could find. And I love it. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to carry on without chocolate once I get home.

A week ago I got my period and when I found out that the wolfs can smell it I almost died of shame, but Nelly insured me that no one finds it discussing. I'm still not sure I believe her, but Marc got me pads, and some sticks he called tampons, I asked him what it was for, but he didn't really know so I just stuck with the pads. He also got me ice cream, painkillers and more chocolate. I got so emotional that I cried a little. My hormones might have gotten the best of me in the moment.

"Hey you. Are you ready to go?" I look up from the book I'm currently reading through and put a marker in between the pages so that I can keep searching tomorrow. Marc is standing in the doorway still dressed in his training clothes.

"I'm ready. See you tomorrow Joanna"

"Actually the Alpha has asked me to assist him tomorrow honey. But you could use a day off. You're working so hard to find a way to break the bond that I'm starting to think you don't like our time together" She says and winks at me

"No i really enjoy our time Joanna. I just.. I miss my home.. My mom" I say and look down at the book I just put down.

"I'm guessing she hasn't responded to your letter yet?"

"No. Luna told me that Andrea had delivered the letter to her in person" the council had declined Alphas request to let us talk over the phone but told me that I could write her letters and that she would be free to write back. But it's been a week since I sent the letter and still I had received no letter from my mother. I fear she might be mad at me. I didn't even say goodbye before leaving the coven and now we haven't seen each other for a month. Maybe she feels like I abandoned her.

It's later than usual so Marc and I decided to eat at the dinning hall before going back to the house. I try my best to remind myself that it's okay to eat at the same time as the others, but it doesn't really sit well with me.

"Hey girl! Dang you look good in those jeans!" Nelly says as we reach the table. She has been watching movies with us some of the days, and I feel more comfortable around her now, but still I feel a bit on edge. I smile at her and try to hide the blush on my cheeks.

Kendal sits at the table as well. She is like a magnet. Every time Marc is around she just pops up! The seat next to her is empty and for a second I feel annoyed that Marc might sit down beside her and it cause some momentarily insanity, making me grab Marc's arm and walk really close to him. I feel her hard stare and for some reason I can't help but smile. Marc holds out the chair next to Kendal and gives me a wink. I sit down and he quickly takes his place beside me, resting his arm on the backrest on my chair.

I look around at the others at the table. Usually they are playing around and making vivid conversation but not today. They look... Scared.. has something happened? I look up at Marc and I see it in his eyes. He knows something I doesn't.

"What's going on?" I whisper.

"The prince has announced that he will be visiting us next week" he says. I see something stirring in his eyes but I can't figure out what it is.

"The prince?"

"The werewolf prince. He rules over several packs. Usually he only communicates with the Alphas, but sometimes he comes to visit"

"Okay? Os that a bad thing?" A prince visiting shouldn't be causing such a bad mood should it?

When Marc fails to answer my question Nelly respond "He is a rather.. Well.. He's not the nicest person. And rumor says that he is looking to pick a new mate" her face turns pale as if the thought alone makes her want to vomit.

"Pick a new mate? I thought wolfs had only one mate?" I have been reading quite a lot on the subject and it all says the same; a mate is chosen by the moon goddess and only if a wolfs mate dies they can choose a new, but it doesn't happen very often, because mates are so intertwined that if one dies a piece of the other wolf dies as well. At least that is what Joanna told me.

"Did his mate die?" I ask as it must be the only explanation.

"Yes. He has had three mates. They are all dead" Nelly says "and now he is looking to find his fourth mate"

I still don't understand. From all I have read and been told mates are a special thing. Why are they afraid it? And how can one person loose three mates?

Tatiana must see the confusion in my face as she explain "The prince treat his mates as slaves. As if they only exist for his pleasure. All three girls died without any explanation. Some say they committed suicide and others think he got tired of them and killed them himself" I feel the dread going through me as she continues "The prince can choose any unmarked woman he wants. She can't say no. And it doesn't matter if she hasn't found her mate yet. His mark is powerful enough to erase the mate bond"

A growl escapes Marc and I feel him leaning closer to me. His growl doesn't scare me like it used to. Now it sort of.. makes me feel protected.