Chapter 17: broken mate

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[ace's pov]
I woke up to a blood curdling scream. It was still dark out and I was like still half awake and half asleep. The screaming is coming from Dakota. My Dakota.

She is in a ball, holding herself while screaming and crying. "Stop I'm sorry, please stop!", she yells. It's a nightmare.

I sit up and immediately notice something red on her back. Without thinking twice, I ripped open the back of her shirt. Her scars were slowly cutting open.

Blood was gushing. It hurt me to see her in pain.

She's doing it to herself. My wolf said.

'What do you mean'
Dakota is remembering her past with Jake and her wolf is making it too real so her body is remaking the cuts
'What do I do?'
Be her mate
'What do you mean'

Blake didn't answer. It's annoying when he does that. What does he mean be her mate?

I did the only, I do best. I traced the scars as gently as I can. Dakota leaned into my touch.

The cuts went back to normal and her screaming stopped but I could still hear her faint whimpers.

"A-Ace?", she whispered. "Dakota", I whispered back in a mocking tone.

"I-I'm sorry, please make it stop", she said and cried more. "Shhhh it's ok you're ok", I cooed in her ear.

I brought her closer to me, letting her, now, bare back touch my chest. Blake was going wild at the contact.

I then realized, 'My mate is broken and sad' she cuts and cry's. She bottles up her emotions and keeps big secrets.

I wonder why less power radiates off of her. It's still a lot but compared to when I first met her, it's nothing.

To be honest I was intimidated by her because of the power that came off her. Now she's weaker than me and it's not normal.

I knew she kept secrets but could she couldn't keep a secret this big. Can she?

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