The Alphas Prize

Epilogue: The beginning - Part 2/2

People started to approach, congratulating us and bombarding us with questions. Suddenly, I felt sick to my stomach, and my head felt fuzzy, as my vision doubled.

I looked up at Cain. "I need to use the washroom," I said quickly, then spun on my heel, practically running towards the bathroom. I made it to the bathroom and hurled the contents of my stomach into the cold porcelain toilet. Once I was finished, I stood from the floor and leaned over the sink, steadying myself. I closed my eyes and attempted to regulate my breathing and erratic heart rate. As I opened my eyes again, I was no longer in the bathroom but back in the forest of the damned and standing before the willow tree. I glanced around frantically, wondering what the fuck was going on.

Helena appeared out of nowhere, scaring the life out of me and causing me to gasp. "Holy shit! You scared me." I shouted at her.

She raised a brow and gave me a deadpan stare. "Watch that tongue of yours." Helena scolded me while pointing a bony finger at me.

I gestured around me. "Why am I here?" I asked curiously.

She straightened herself and clasped her hands together. "There is something about you, I don't know what it is, but you have caught my attention. I've thought about you relentlessly since meeting you. I feel a connection to you." She said, intrigue in her tone, while her eyes roamed over me as if she was looking for something. "So, I have made the decision to spare you, to give you back what is rightfully yours......your wolf."

The air was sucked from my lungs as shock consumed me. My lips parted slightly, and a small gasp escaped, but the shock quickly wore off, distrust taking its place. "Are you playing with me? Is this some kind of joke?" I asked, a little leery about this whole situation.

She rolled her eyes and then came towards me, an enigmatic look in her eyes. Helena raised her hand and reached for my face but stopped before touching me. Helena stared into my eyes intently. "Take care of yourself, Freja and always remember who you are." She then placed two fingers on my forehead, and everything became blurry, my body feeling like it was falling. I felt a pain in my chest like someone had hit me with a burning, hot hammer. The pain lasted for a few moments, intensifying with each passing second. Then, just as quickly, the pain was gone, my vision returned, and I felt....renewed.

I could feel my wolf, I could hear her, and I almost cried at the overwhelming emotions that were consuming me. She felt warm and comforting, and hearing her small yips of excitement, made me feel whole again, finally getting back that missing piece of my soul.

Helena had stepped back and was watching me intently, an unreadable expression on her face. Finally getting my breathing under control, I looked up at her and gave her an appreciative smile. "Thank you, Helena. I have to ask, though, why did you do that?" I questioned, completely baffled by her decision to do this.

She snorted and gently shook her head, "I'm not entirely sure, but something in me told me I needed to." Helena's features softened. "It's been a pleasure meeting you, Freja." She said softly, and then I was standing back in the bathroom, still leaning over the sink. As I came to my senses, I could now hear Cain's insistent banging and roaring coming from the other side of the door.

"If you don't open this fucking door in two seconds, I'm going...." I swung the door open, cutting off his words and stilling the beast.

Cain glared down at me, his hands balled into fists, and he opened his mouth probably to scold me but froze abruptly. His brows furrowed together in confusion as he narrowed his eyes, staring at me attentively.

"You..." He started to say, but I beat him to the punch line, "The witch gave me back my wolf." I said happily, grinning from ear to ear.

Cain raised a brow and his features hardened. "Why? Did you have to make some kind of deal?" He asked quickly while taking another step towards me.

I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know why," I told Cain honestly, and it was the truth; not even Helena could give me a good reason as to why she had given my wolf back.

He narrowed his eyes. "That doesn't make sense to me; I've never heard of a witch doing something like that without there being a price."

I exhaled heavily and looked away from him. "I truly don't know why. But, Helena said something about feeling connected to me and that my wolf was rightfully mine." I reminisced on the encounter.

Cain lifted his hand and caressed my cheek, swiping his thumb across my bottom lip. "As long as nothing bad is going to happen to you and you are happy, that is all that matters to me." So he told me, honesty in his tone.

I never thought I would feel this way with my mate and feel so at home. Cain made me feel things I didn't know were possible, even though I was raised to hate him because of the things he had done and who he was. I was given a chance to truly get to know him, to see the side of him that he hid from everyone else, and I loved all of him.

Everyone has a past, some good, some bad, but we can't let the past define us; we can't let it decide our futures. The future is an untold story, and we choose the outcome.

I cupped Cain's face with my hands and pulled him to me, kissing him with everything I had, stealing his breath away for once. He was quick to react and wrapped his large arms around me, pressing our bodies together. In the end, this was where I always belonged and who I belonged with for the rest of my days.

The End