Chapter 35


    A Run In The Woods


    Reagan


    Im the door of the bedroom behind me,


    with the loud sound resonating through the whole house. But I could care less. Storming downstairs, I


    see everyone present in the kitchen for dinner, Lexi, Danny, Adrian, J,


    even Joanna. Their heads whip to me in


    confusion as I walk in.


    Muttering for Joanna to go clean the mess


    in my room, lignore everyone’s questioning gaze as I head for the elevator. Adrian is already beside me


    with his usual poker face on and his suit that always seems to look wless.


    Like a dog to its master, Adrian always remains by my side whenever I step out of my home, even when I


    don’t want him to. It’s sometimes infuriating, but I’ve learned to live with it.


    He doesn’t ask what’s wrong with me, though, as he probably already has an inkling


    since I came from upstairs where my mate is. It


    seems that’s everything she does to me, push my buttons, and piss me off nonstop.


    My body is taut and rigid, with waves of anger rolling off from me. I need to let out some steam before I


    end up disfiguring the next person that says s**t to me. My beast wants to


    be let out, and this time, I’m not going to stop


    him.


    “The woods.” I briefly order as Adrian, and I


    hop into my Mercedes, one of the many cars of


    mine parked in the lot. With him in the driver’s


    seat and me in the passenger’s, he nods in


    acknowledgment before starting up the engine.


    I already started undressing even before


    we got there. Not that I care about ripping the clothes, but I couldn’t afford to go back home naked.


    I’m left in my underwear short when Adrian


    pulls up into a dirt road in the middle of the


    woods. I hop out without turning back and


    begin to run bare feet deep into the woods. It is


    during this time that I start to phase into my beast little by little


    Shiny golden fur begins to seep out of my skin as my body heights increases. My ears elongate, turning


    pointy, and my nose


    transforms into a snout. Long sharp canines


    protrude out of my mouth with my brown eyes turning to bright gold and my fingernails turn to sharp long


    ws.


    I’m still on my feet with my shorts on as


    the transformation takes ce, but I feel little to


    no pain phasing into my beast.


    I arrive at the edge of a cliff when the transformation stops, with the moon shining


    down on my shimmering golden fur as I take in the view of the city before me. It was breathtaking from


    up here, and I wish Ellie was here to see it with me. I crouch to watch, and with my heightened senses, I


    can see and hear things clearer from up here. Car horns, a dog barking at police sirens, and even


    murmurings from different people.


    I stare back up at the moon before letting out a loud howl from of the shattering pain in


    my chest.


    My mate wants to leave me.


    I’ve done everything I could to make her


    ept me, but she keeps finding ways to stay away from me. First, she had left for Red Moon pack, now


    she wants to leave for her parents! I just don’t get it. What had I done wrong?


    I didn’t want to mark her when she had asked me to earlier because something seemed


    off. I know she’s still trying to process the fact


    that she’s mated to a Lycan, and not just


    anyone, a Prince, and that’s why I was still


    giving her time. At first, it was because of Brad,


    the alpha mutt, but she has gotten over that. I


    just don’t want anything to be between us when


    I finally take her. I want her to have given herself wholly to me and not because she was pushed to it or


    forced to.


    But why had she seemed so…desperate in


    the room? Had someone said something to her?


    I am not sure. Something isn’t right, but I don’t


    know what it is since she won’t even f*****g talk to me! Maybe she was still mad because J was


    here, but I have reassured her over and over again that I’m hers and no one else’s. I don’t know how


    else to prove that to her.


    J hadn’t even been that important to


    me before. I had only tricked her a couple of


    times toe back to me only because she had


    disappeared for a long time. Even her parents


    had been worried. And she was the one who


    always threw herself at me. And because I was a


    lonely male and she, an avable female,


    always took her up on her offer. But all that


    changed after I met Ellie. I finally found my


    other half, something I had thought would never


    happen.


    Maybe she’s still a bit insecure because of what Brad did to her. Does she think I’m going to


    abandon her as that mutt had done? But why?


    All I’ve done since having her is shower her with


    love and care…sort of. I may have locked her at


    home and kept a tight surveince on her while she was at school, but all that was so she wouldn’t have


    any bright ideas. And immediately as she found out I truly was her


    mate, I had released my hold over her knowing


    she wouldn’t even think of leaving me.


    But here we are right now, with her


    wanting to put some distance between us. And I can’t even lock her back up again as it would only ruin


    the little trust we had built for each


    other. She would only get more upset, and that wouldn’t solve anything. So maybe what she needs is to


    understand herself that leaving me is a bad option


    Maybe when she gets to her parents and


    her wolf constantly demands for me, she would


    finally realize her mistake. She would feel the


    pain of being without her mate and wille


    running back to me. She just has to understand that leaving me isn’t an option. It won’t be easy


    either for me, but I’m willing to do anything to keep her with me. And if this was how, then so


    be it.


    I’ll give her the damn space she so desires. But if she doesn’te back quick, I’ll just have


    to catch her once more.


    I run through the woods all night until my beast gets tired, which was a long time. It was almost morning,


    and I doubt Adrian would still


    be waiting for me. But when I walk back to


    where he had parked earlier, I’m surprised to still see him there, waiting patiently in the car, not even a


    wink of sleep present in his eyes. How does he do it? Being the perfect


    bodyguard, that is.


    I’m in my human form now, with my shorts


    ripped from my phasing. I take off the damn thing and toss it away before dressing back into


    my clothes. I’m dripping with sweat, my skin flushed from the exercise. And without saying a word,


    Adrian drives us both back to the


    penthouse.


    I check the time to see it’s almost five in the morning. I’m exhausted from running all night and theck of


    sleep. I just need a little shower


    before flopping on the bed. I know I’ll have a hard day ahead of me apart from the part where


    I would be separated from my mate.


    There was still a lot of investigation going


    on with the pack ambush situation. We already


    have a lead that werewolves are definitely


    involved, maybe rogue, and some hunters secretly helping them with weapons. But we still are unable to


    catch any of them.


    Ellie had mentioned she wanted to join


    me, and I had been excited to hear that since it


    would mean we would be together all the time.


    But now she wants to visit her parents instead?


    Bullshit!


    I may have tired myself out, but I still am seething with anger. Why does she always have to piss me off?


    I thought we were doing better


    now.


    I’m lost in my thoughts when I walk into


    our room only to see Ellie on the bed in a sitting


    position with her back resting against the


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    headboard behind her. Her eyelids are closed, but she doesn’t seemfortable in her


    position.


    My lovely mate must have been waiting for me and slept off during the process. I feel slightly guilty and


    walk over to her, crouching beside her as I brush a strand of hair from her cheek, careful not to wake her


    up. She’s so damn beautiful….and all mine. She just doesn’t know it yet and still thinks I would leave her


    for


    another. But she’s so wrong there. I’m never


    letting her go, no matter what. She’s tied to me


    for life, and nothing’s going to change that.


    gently help hery back on the bed with


    her head on the soft pillows before cing a kiss on her forehead. A smile appears on her lips as she


    turns over to her side, facing me. But her


    eyes are still closed infortable sleep, now that I amodated her.


    Before I could take my hand back, she


    grabs it and mumbles, “Reagan…” But she’s still asleep. Probably having a sweet dream about


    1. me.


    Asmug smile appears on my lips before!


    gently take my hand. She might fight me every


    time, but she can’t get me out of her head. I’ve


    begun to ingrain myself in her heart; if only she


    would trust me a little more.


    Sighing exasperated, I walk over to the


    bathroom to have a cold shower to cool my


    heated skin. I walk back out to wear a pair of


    grey sweatpants before joining my mate on the bed. I‘m careful not to wake her up, cuddling her from


    behind. She’s small in my arms, like a little kitten. Soft and adorable. And she smells ******g amazing.


    The sweetest fragrance I’ve ever smelled.


    I can only hope that when she wakes up


    leaving for her home. But if she does bring it up,


    I’ll let her go. Hopefully, she would realize her mistake real quick ande running back to


    1. me. This way, she won’t think about staying


    away from me ever again when she remembers


    1. me. This way, she won’t think about staying


    away from me ever again when she remembers


    the pain she once felt.


    Staying away from your mate for long is like


    having a part of your heart ripped out of your chest. Excruciatingly painful. Thest time Ellie had left me,


    she didn’t feel much considering


    she still didn’t known I was hers then. But now, things were a bit different.


    She shuffles a bit in her sleep, leaning in


    deeper into my chest. I watch her tiny form clutch me before she goes back into her deep


    sleep.


    I’ll give her the freedoms she desires, but


    that doesn’t mean I would let her go. I’m never


    letting her go, and she will soon realize that she’s bound to me for life.


    However,ter in the morning, I wake up to the angry re of my sweet mate as she regards me with her


    jaw clenched. I can only imagine


    what the hell i had done now to piss her off.