Karma, Bitch! -bxb-

Chapter 9

Danny's POV

Love is a simple thing. And simple things are often complicated. People don't really understand the complexity some things may have because of their appearance. In other words, love sucks.

Which is also the reason I've been ignoring my work and important constitutions just to google shit about how to break bonds between wolves on google while crying my eyes out and wasting all the tissue I had stored in my office. Which was a month's worth of it.

Most of the sites I found were fakes or weak. Some seemed genuine, that is until a popup add shows up talking about green tea and diets. After an hour I finally gave up, realising it was already 4:30. I took my coat, not caring that I still had a shitload to do, and headed to the one place that could make me feel even shittier, the beach.

I soon met up with my two love sick bosses whom were making out inside their car. I knocked on the Luna's windowsill and he blushed while my Alpha glared daggers at me.

They both came out of their car and we headed to the beach. The alpha seeming to be more excited about the beach than the luna, who only stared fondly at the alpha. Ugh, barf. Why can't all happy couples just die and rot in hell?!

"Are you excited?" Robin squealed. I hummed innocently, pretending not to know what he was implying. "Your childhood friend's about to propose to he girl he's been dating for three years now! Aren't you happy he's not going to end up alone?" he chuckled. I rolled my eyes, "They're still young. What if it turned out that they're not mated to each other? The goddess work in mysterious ways you know." I said, more bitterly than what I had intended. Robin seemed a bit shocked by my outburst.

"I mean, I know it's a bit rash of them to decide this when they're only 17, but I just turned 16 and I'm already mated to Derek, so I don't think I can judge them, you know?" he shrugged. "But he's your mate. He told you he was." I pointed out, slightly irritated. Robin's my best friend, but I wasn't in the mood to talk to him.

"So? For all I know he could've been lying! But I chose to believe him. Just like they chose to believe that they're fated together. Why does it bother you so much anyway?" he suddenly asked, making me tense up. "Do you know for certain that they're not mated with each other?"

Yes,"....No" I lied. He huffed and nudged my shoulders as if he'd just proved his point, which only made me feel worse about lying. "By the way..." I started. Robin looked at me, "What?"

"Do you happen to know if a mate's bond could be broken? Hypothetically speaking, I mean." I blurted. His eyes seemed to space out for a while, as if the idea had never occurred to him, but frightened him at the same time. "Why- why would you even. Oh god, no! Of course not! I mean...I don't think so..?" he said as his legs suddenly began shaking. Derek came up to us in an instant.

"What's wrong, Robin?" he worriedly cared for his mate. "I-it's just...Danny asked if a mate's bonds could be broken a-and the thought of it ha-happening to us scared me." he whispered. The look on his face showed me just how mortified he felt, and I regretted ever asking him. Derek glared straight at me before going back to Robin, "Of course not! Nothing could ever break your bond to me sweet cheeks. People can try," he glared at me again, "But they won't succeed. They'll just end up hurt instead."

I shuddered, feeling his silent threat. I backed away, hands above my head, from the idiot lovey-dovey couple slightly disgusted and disappointed by their answer. Then there was a part of me, the Siren part, who was relieved to hear that there was no way to break our bond. That he was stuck with me no matter what.

Not long after Ben arrived with Alisha, both already in their swimsuits and I had to say, I was jealous of how perfect they looked together. Alisha was the perfect skinny bikini model with big boobs and a plump butt, and Ben was anything but ugly and lanky. He had a six pack and muscles that weren't too disgustingly big or over-stretched and his red trunks hung loosely on his waist. I was practically drooling.

Alisha came up to me first, a smile plastered on her perfectly sun-kissed skin. "Hey Danny, haven't seen much of you lately. Been busy dealing with our new leaders?" she teased. I cracked a smile, the one thing I hated about their relationship was that I actually liked Alisha. She was the kind of girl I'd befriend in a heartbeat and tell secrets to all night.

Ben came after, putting a hand on her waist as he glared at me before leading Alisha to the shore. That hurt.

I shook the ache away and focused on the beach. It was sunny but not too hot, perfect for a relaxing afternoon, and not a lot of people were in the beach, just a few girls sunbathing and a family playing in the water.

I decided to take off my shirt and get into the water, seeing as I was surrounded by disgustingly sweet couples, one of which included my own mate. The cold water hitting my skin instantly calmed my nerves, it felt like all the stress that built up had floated away. I continued to swim around for a couple of minutes, admiring the ocean bed and the colourful guppies that passed me by.

When I realised, it had already been half an hour and I was far from the shore, sitting on top of a large hot rock. It felt nice beneath my butt kind of like a private sauna. I was still close enough to the shore to see what was going on, and I could see Ben going on one knee and holding up a ring to Alisha who covered her mouth before nodding, tears in her eyes. Everyone on the beach began to clap and the couple embraced and kissed, Ben swinging her around as they did.

I started slowly clapping too, tears of my own forming. It's done. They're officially betrothed. Nothing I can do about it but smile and congratulate them. And for the first time, I'd considered something much harder to do than breaking our bond, leaving. If I left, he'll never find out that I was his mate. If I wasn't here on his 18th birthday and so on, he can have a happy life with Alisha. I could already imagine all their cute pups running around the pack house, their parents lovingly watching over them.

The only thing I couldn't imagine in that picture, was me.