How much can love save?
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Leila is torn between keeping away from her mate and saving her Pack. She believes staying away from him is best for the both of them. But the only way she stands a chance at protecting the people she loves is if she accept...
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~NICK
It was damn hard.
Especially, when she wasn't even resisting, she wasn't putting up a fight, she wasn't painting me as a bad person to my daughter
And it became even harder to take her away...separate them.
But I did. To prove that I was still in control. Maybe to prove that I was no longer a fool for her again.
Kale had blocked me off last night after I spoke of rejecting her. He got furious. And I was also furious. So you know where that went.
But she had separated us from our pup. I wasn't going to take that easily. I wasn't going to pretend she didn't hurt me yet again. I could've seen my pup born, I could've held her, smelled her, and watched her grow. But I didn't.
I didn't because she took her from me.
And I hated her for it.
The ride was quiet. Too quiet except for Rey marvelling at everything she saw outside. She'd never been out of Havenfield and everything out of it, marvelled her. She sometimes spoke of her little childhood experiences when she saw something familiar, and every time she did, her mother was involved in it. And every time she mentioned her, the pinch in my chest became harder.
Kayeel reciprocated to her stories to keep her entertained. But she didn't cast a single glance at me.
She was mad at me ever since our little argument last night. She hadn't looked at me the whole day, hadn't talked to me once. The only words she'd said were Yes, my king...As you wish, my king...Okay, my king...and it fucking frustrated me.
I was angry. I am still angry. But the other night I lost it.
She had tried to reason with me. She had tried to stop me from taking my pup away from...from her mother. But I was angry. I took it out on her. I yelled at her and scolded her until she was speechless.
Until her shocked, wide-eyed expression, turned to a flat, grim one, with a hint of anger, hurt and disappointment.
Until her raging voice turned to a calm Yes, my King, as you wish, when I told her I was her alpha, her king and I didn't need her to meddle in my life.
And yet she had told me even if the girl was mine, she was not of my pack. She was of hers. If she was strong enough to penetrate my shields, then she was the next female lycan and she was not mine.
And as if it wasn't enough, Leila had to confirm it to me when I arrived.
But again, I didn't care. I wanted my daughter with me.
We drove for a very long time. I didn't even notice the dark creep in. We snacked on Rey's cupcakes and listened to her jokes.
I was waiting to arrive at the next town square and book a hotel for the night. There was no way I was letting us sleep on the road.
