Fates | Book 2 ✔️

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"You're not coming," I warn.

I look into his reluctant black eyes until he grabs my arm.

"I can't let you go by yourself. If anything was to happen to you..."

 He meets my eyes but this time with so much more conviction and determination than before. 

"Despite your stubbornness to admit, we are mates. Whether you like it or not, we are tied to one another."

"Fine. You can come with us. However, I think you should go back to our clan. It's where you belong. I have no reason to go back there. "

"Seth, Jason, Eric, and Xavier are your brothers. You cannot-"

"Half-brothers," I spit out. "They had me lose everything. They had me lose the love of my life and caused him to suffer for three years. They are no longer blood to me."

"...It was for the best. There are some things you do not know. You don't need to know."

"And you made sure of that, I'm sure." I brush pass him causing him to whirl around and grab my arm.

"Yes, I did and I will continue to do so because I care greatly for you and I want you so badly to be happy. I want you to be at peace with the situation."

 He and I both know I couldn't ever possibly be at peace until I know my mate is ok and happy and loved even if it isn't by me. He deserves it. I would never hinder it no matter my feelings. 

I told him when I made him mine for the first time, that I wanted him to be happy even if it wasn't with me. Though it may be hard to come to terms with, I'm willing to try to honor what I said. He had already lost so much and for Xavier to destroy any little remnants of what he had must have caused him so much pain. Goddess, he must feel so alone.

"This wasn't suppose to go on for so long. He was-"

I cut him off just before we can enter into his home.

"He's my mate, Damon. This. This mark on my neck." I scratch at it with anger. "Means nothing to me. All you did was make things worse by doing this! For, almost, three years you hid this truth away from me!"

"I saved your life. Does that even matter to you? I took care of you. I looked after you, damn it Seth, I loved you yet none of this means nothing to you! Not the two years we spent together, not the memories, nothing. Do you know how much that hurts me?"

I kick at a couple rocks lying beneath my feet unable to make eye contact with him. "...The two years we spent together you didn't bother to tell me anything regarding Lance. We could have truly had something, you know. If you would have told me instead of lying and hiding the truth away from me. You knew how much I loved him, yet you kept that information away from me and for the past two years I was living a complete lie because of you."

He lets out a shaky sigh and I can almost feel the tears forming in the back of his eyes. 

"Because I love you, Seth. Why don't you understand that? Nothing we ever did was a lie. What we have...isn't a lie." He touches the side of my face."I was only trying to protect you from the inevitable I suppose. I was hoping those memories wouldn't have returned, but they did. And just like that, you drop everything and go running straight for that mongrel."

 His hand moves from my face as it clenches back and forth into a ball.

"It probably wouldn't have if you were able to fully sever this bond. But you didn't. You couldn't and you knew it was only a matter of time when I would remember. You knew all of this Damon. Don't act so surprised. Come if you want, but I will be searching for him." I yank my arm away from him and walk back inside.