The Mate That Couldn't Love

Chapter 9

It's dark.

It's quiet.

Motionless.

Not a sound to be heard.

I feel myself being dragged through the woods. Sack over my head. Silver handcuffs on my hands. Burning my skin.

I'm weak.

Father would be disappointed in me.

Very disappointed.

The sack is taken off of me and I'm face to face with the man who killed my mother. The man that made my life like this.

The man who got my father killed.

48 hours earlier

I run through the woods. Away from the smell. Away from the man.

When the smell is gone I stop running and start walking.

I can't go back. Ever.

Liz? I call. Y-yes Rachel? She stutters. What happened while I was... You know.

I don't even know what happened to me. All I know is that I was awake half of the time.

Well, that man you're running away from? That's Dean. He's your mate. He helped you get your memory back. AND YOURE RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM! RACHEL HE HELPED YOU GET YOUR MEMORY BACK! HE HELPED YOU-

I cut off Liz and keep walking. I don't want to deal with her shit right now. I'm not going back.

Mates slow you down. Mates hold you back. And I'm fine without one.

I lean against a tree and then I climb it. All the way to the top. I view the forest and see miles and miles of trees.

"RACHEL!" A familiar voice shouts from down below. "RACHEL WHERE ARE YOU!" Jay shouts.

Jay?

I jump off the tree and silently land behind Jay White. He doesn't notice me and he sighs.

He runs a hand through his golden locks and turns around.

He screams like a little girl when he sees me. "Rachel. You scared the crap out of me!" He shouts and puts a hand over his heart.

I can't help but giggle. He hugs me and I hug him back. "I missed you." He smiles. "I missed you too." I smile.

He kisses my forehead and he hugs me. "We should take you home." He whispers.

That's when I notice how dark it is. "I'm not going back!" I shout. "I didn't say you were. I meant home as in the Blue Moon pack." He smiles. I nod my head and we start walking.

Hand in hand we walk to the pack house.

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By the time we get there it's 10:00 pm. I hadn't noticed how far out of the territories I was.

We walk inside and everyone looks at me and gasps. I don't look that bad. Do I?

"Rachel?" A teenage girl with purple hair pushes through the crowed and stops in front of me.

She hugs me and I hug back. "Arianna?" I ask. "It's me." She cries. I hug her back and we cry together.

Arianna (aka Ari) was 3 when I met her. I was with Jay. We were running through the woods when we bumped into her. She was crying and confused. We took her to the pack house and she's stayed with us since.

She has light purple hair and bright blue eyes. Then again everyone in the pack has blue eyes.

It's weird.