Soul Mates

Ours

August 30, 2019
*Logan's POV*

I feel like I've just been stabbed in the heart. "That is not fair. I did what I thought was best for you because I loved you." "What was best for me? All I ever wanted was to be with you. I loved you so damn much and you almost ruined my life in return." She says with tears threatening to fall from her beautiful eyes. I feel so guilty until I remember that she got married a few months after I supposedly broke her.

Jealousy and frustration take a hold of me as I say " Oh yeah, you loved me so much that you forgot about me as soon as you got to Harvard.", my voice dripping with sarcasm.  "Harvard? That's very cruel, even for you."  She replies with genuine contempt. I blink in confusion, "Am I wrong? Tell me you didn't replace me as soon as you stepped foot in Harvard." She sighs and looking like she wants to slap me she quietly says, "I never set foot in Harvard and you know it."

What does she mean? She left to go to Harvard, that was her lifelong dream, all she talked about when we were little. "What are you talking about?" She glares at me with unforgiving hatred. Suddenly, she slaps me and I don't know what set her off this time. I take both of her hands and hold them behind her back with one of mine. I use my other hand to force her to look into my eyes.  "Mia, I think I'm missing something here. Why didn't you go to Harvard?"

She easily gets out of my hold and takes a few steps back. She looks like she's about to have a heart attack as she asks, "Logan, are you being serious right now? You really don't know? No, but you answered my letters. You told me that you didn't care, that I was on my own. All alone, on my own, so alone. And then you sent me the money..."

She looks like she's going into shock and I hold her to try to calm her down. "Breathe, my love, you're not making any sense. I don't know what you're talking about but I never got any letters from you and I never sent you any money." Her eyes go wide and bright green, her breathing becomes uneven and her wolf takes over.

The shift is forceful, violent and instant. Very much like my shift on graduation day. I have one second to admire the beautiful wolf in front of me before she jumps out the window. Without a second thought, I let Raegor out and we jump after our mate.

Saturday. August 31, 2019

*Carolina's POV*

I throw some of AJs clothes at Logan, startling him. "Get up, we need to talk."
He's lying naked under a tree where we fell asleep after he found me last night. Maya was going crazy and only his wolf, Raegor, was able to calm her down. He cuddled up to me and lulled me to sleep.

I woke up just before dawn and ran to the house completely naked. Thankfully, I have no neighbors and AJ was asleep in his room. I went into the laundry room and threw on a clean slip dress I found in the dryer. I also grabbed some basketball shorts and a shirt for Logan.

If what he said last night is true, then I've been wrong all these years and it's time to put all the cards on the table. Logan dresses and follows me into the house. He sits quietly at the kitchen table while I put on a pot of coffee. He must sense I'm stalling because he says "Talk." It's a simple word but it's laced with his Alpha power. I sit next to him and let it all out.

"I met Jacob the morning of my 18th birthday. I was walking into the library when I ran into him. As soon as he saw me, he sensed I was close to shifting. I had no idea I was 20 minutes away from shifting in front of everyone. He grabbed me by the hand and, using his Alpha voice, ordered me to go with him. He drove like a madman to his apartment. We almost did not make it in time. He was so tender and patient as he talked me through the process. I was so scared. I didn't understand what was happening to me."

He holds my hand to calm me. "It should have been me. I should have been the one next to you. I'm sorry you went through that." I nod and continue, "There was no way for you to know. Dormants are rare and, as you know, they almost never awaken. I think Maya awakened because she felt the call of the pup I was expecting."

Logan's eyes widened as he made sense of what I just told him. He gets up and pulls me out of my chair. Holding my shoulders he asks, "Is he mine?" His voice breaks and he has to swallow before he asks "Mia, is he ours?" Tears are falling from his eyes and from mine. I nod and he smiles, the brightest and most beautiful smile ever. "I have a son."  He hugs me and then he goes still, his eyes turn cold "I have a son that you kept away from me all these years. How could you?! I had a right to know!"