Amongst Us

2 weeks later.......

Angelica's P.O.V

I heard voices around me, as i was drifting in and out of conciousness. I couldn't make out any familiar voices and i was kind of scared, i couldn't sense Duke anywhere and his scent wasn't consuming every fibre of my being like it did when i was staying in his house. I tried calling for him but i couldn't speak, i tried opening my eyes but all i could see was black. Even Sera was quiet, what the hell was happening and where was Duke? I tried mind linking with him and all that done was caused a severe pain to shoot right through my body, which only meant one thing...... He rejected me and blocked the link in order to erase me from his mind, a way to not have to hear me if i did try, knowing that i would only try once because the pain of my mate rejecting me and shutting me out completely is the worst possible pain a mate could feel apart from the death of a mate.

The worst part of it all is the fact that he couldn't even reject me to my face. I only had one name for him.... a bloody coward.

I was in turmoil and as much as i wanted to hate him, i couldn't and i just wanted him by my side telling me it was all going to be ok. Obviously that wasn't going to happen ever again and i just wanted to die. I felt awake i just couldn't open my eyes, so when someone did grab my hand i jumped out of my skin. I didn't realise i had company.... then i heard his voice....

"Hey.... you wanna open your eyes?"

I just shook my head as it seemed my eyes still did not want to open and my mouth still did not want to let anything out. Then he spoke  again...

" Are you sure, i'd really like it if you would, you have been out for two weeks already and you need to eat."

I wasn't sure why but heat pooled around me at his tone, and something was tugging and wrestling inside of me and next thing you know my eyes shot open and only one word slipped from my lips........... mate.

Duke's P.O.V

The minute i rejected Angelica i knew it was the right thing to do. She would get a second chance mate and im sure he would be able to treat her better than i ever could. Neron was angry at me but then so was the rest of the pack. They all made sure i knew i had gone back on what i said. Neron and Cadmen had both told me that she never left and there i was still kicking her out of my pack and out of my life.

Only she hadn't gone too far and technically was still in my life as she was taken back with the warriors to my uncles pack. Wesley is my uncles son and next in line for alpha, i knew they would watch over Angelica but i had to do it. I couldn't keep her around me, i hadn't told anybody in fear that she would stay and try and find a way to solve it. The powers we had together were dangerous and not only would it make us invincible together but it would eventually kill us. It was the detail i left out when i was explaining about my grandparents to Ange, i told her everything but that. I knew i should have told her but i couldn't bring that life upon her, she has suffered too much already and so i blocked the mindlink with her as well.

The fight with James and the rogues had never been brought up and i knew it was something the pack has been talking about, by not being honest with them i had lost their trust and they were doubting my abilities as their alpha. As much as i deserve it, it will stop because i am not going to be disrespected. I called a pack meeting and everyone was to attend, and now i just sat back and waited for everyone to show up.

By the time everyone was seated i actually felt nervous and then the feeling like thunder shot straight through me and knocked me off my feet..... My bond with Angelica was broken completely which meant only one thing.... She had found her second chance mate already, it hurt but i let it go i got back to my feet while all my pack members were looking on with panic in their eyes, and i started my speech feeling like their was a boat anchor in my stomach.

" To you all, i am aware that you think i am incapable of running this pack any longer but that stops now..... I may have lost your trust in my decision to cast my own mate and your future luna from the pack but it was the only thing i could do. I will not be disrespected for it, it was the safest decision for the pack and that is all that matters to me. You all however deserve an explanation as to why the war with the rogues and James started so i will tell you this...... James was my half brother... His mother and my father were having an affair when my mother was on her death bed, she couldn't recover because she felt everytime my father was unfaithful.... The affair is what killed her. After she passed away my father told the pack she passed away due to cancer and next thing you know this other woman moved in pregnant with my fathers bastard son. By the time he was born this woman had done her best to cast me aside, my father started treating me like shit, and then i challenged him in order to fix the pack and yes i killed him within that challenge as most of you are aware, however it was not long after that, this trouble maker of a woman started going crazy i kicked her from the pack and instead of realising it wasn't James's fault i had her take him with her in which they ended up being rogues, not long after they left she died, and James was left to fend for himself. This i only learnt recently and i wish i had of made a better decision back then but what was done was done and i couldn't fix it. James had a chip on his shoulder blaming me for his mothers death and that is why there was a war. Now that is all cleared up you are all dismissed and there will be NO more discussion on the matter."

I walked away from them and was about to step into my house when Neron stopped me..

" Duke...... What happened back there? You were like a sack of potatoes being dropped man"

" She'll be ok Neron, that's all that matters"

" What does that even mean?"

"It means what happened before was the complete breaking of our bond, it means that she has already found her second chance mate and it also means he has already marked her, something i never got to do."

"How, so quickly.... But ...."

"Neron please just leave me be for now, i need to be alone"

" If the bond is broken how is it that your feeling so..... heartbroken? It's the bond that causes the love without it.... i don't understand Duke, You love her even without it, how is that even possible?"

"Neron i said leave....."

He nodded confusedly and then walked away as much as i never wanted to use my alpha tone with him, i needed to be alone and thats exactly what i did, and my thoughts consumed me.