Chapter 136
“Did he… pass?”
At that, I let out a dryugh.
“No, he’s very much alive.”
Raizel simply nods. He’s staring into nothing, the gears in his head turning when he looks at me.
“Are you choosing him?”
There was a bite in his tone. Thest word almost hissed out when he spoke. He wasn’t angry at me.
None of those emotions directed toward me but the mate he thought I had. I immediately felt the need
tofort him, to let him know there was no way in hell I’d choose that as my mate. Not after
what he’d done.
I shake my head, cupping his face in my hands. The warmth of his skin calming my growing nerves
around this topic. His eyes fluttered shut, deep, steady breaths pulling into him as he tried to calm
himself.
“I wouldn’t be here doing this if I did.”
I take a minute to add,
“A lot has happened.”
I mumble as my gaze dropped to myp. I feel the beginnings of the truth unravel from the vagueness
of my response. Vagueness I know he wants me to rify but patiently waits for me to do so willingly.
“So much that it would take a while for me to tell you, but if I had to put it in more simpler terms: he
didn’t want me.”
I tell him bluntly. The way I said it so smoothly was almost a shock. I had expected even the slightest
bit of sadness toce into my voice, but somehow I sounded… relieved? There wasn’t a spec of
disappointment. Just the fact of the matter. I felt a lot lighter now that it was in the open. No secrets that
I’m hiding from him.
His eyes opened instantly–heavy, unmistakable anger, swimming in his grays. His brows knotting
together and jaw clenching tight. The wolf he tried to calm, taking over him as a loud growl ripped from
his lips. I could feel his chest rumbling with snarls.
His fingers dug into my hips, not so hard it would bruise but firm enough for me to be held in ce. His
eyes were blown out ck, a tinge of ruby red slowly inking in from his pupils.
“Who is he?”
+swallow, barely managing a shake of my head as I pressed my forehead against his. The raw rage
from his being radiating onto my skin urged me to calm him. His Alpha presence, muchrger than
mine, should’ve forced me into submitting.
Should’ve.
But it didn’t.
I was so in sync with him that I barely noticed until his wolf’s fur bristled and the growling grew louder
and louder. Though I didn’t feel his domination directing toward me, I knew that his wolf had
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gone feral. I had to choose my words carefully. It wasn’t my safety I was worried about, it was everyone
else’s.
“It doesn’t matter.”
I try, only to find his jaw tick.
“He hurt you-”
“It doesn’t matter. I found him years ago. I only thought it was right to let you know… in case you….”
change your mind
I trail off, suddenly unable to look at him. I start fumbling with my fingers, feeling anxious and extremely
nervous as to what will happen next.
It’s only when he takes my hands in his that I feel the depth of my fear sink in. The insecurities I’ve tried
to keep buried rears it’s ugly head. He’s going to reject me. He changed his mind. He doesn’t want me
anymore.
“It doesn’t change anything, my love.”
I look at him, the astonishment in my expression as clear as day when he gives me a small frown.
“I told you. I only want you.”
He sits up with me settling in hisp. Leaning forward, he kisses my forehead. I feel him. I feel all of
him.
“Everything you are, I want.”
He gazes down at me softly,
“Past, present, future – everything.”
My throat tightened with emotion. His reassurance that nothing will change allowing me to get a breath
of air I was in desperate need of.
“Do you… still want him?”
1 look up from his hold, the anger gone from his eyes but was reced with sheer uncertainty. He’s
worried I’d choose Landon over him. Shaking my head, I kiss his jaw, moving along to his neck as an
apology for making him doubt me.
“No, no, no. I don’t want him. I can never picture myself being with him after everything especially since
I have…”
My eyes drift to his face before quickly staring at my hands again. I feel a blush surface, my cheeks
getting hot from what I implied with my eyes. Surely he got the message even without me outright
saying it.
“Truth be told, he’s been trying to squeeze himself back into my lifetely.”
I feel my voice get caught in my throat at his expression. The unadulterated look of rage written on his
face made my wolf whimper. She didn’t like seeing him this way. She felt for him, wanting nothing more
than to take away his anger. His anger somehow became her anger. Feeling his rage brought out her
own at the way the thought our ex–mate made him this way.