Chapter 33


    Dayster.


    Every morning, I woke to candy on the end of my bed from Gannon. Ivy was staying in the King’s old


    quarters, and no one had been able to get close to her. Not even me. rice exined she was


    fretting for the King, and it turns she-wolves savage. However, because things have been so chaotic


    around here, I have hardly had a chance to see Gannon. However, he had been leaving candy and


    craft supplies in my room or his for me to find when I clean it. Which only made me feel more guilty


    when I found them each day.


    This morning was no different when I found a bunch of roses on the end of my bed with chocte. I


    pick them up, putting them in a vase on the windowsill before getting ready for work. Today, we were


    holding funerals for the rogues that were found dead, and I had to help rice in the kitchens to cater


    for it. Grabbing my uniform, I slip it on and move toward the door. Although the moment I step out the


    door, I find Liam waiting in the hall, leaning against Dustin’s doorframe.


    “Gannon spent all afternoon looking for you, Abbie, while you were off with Kade. You still haven’t told


    him,” Liam states as I close my door.


    “I haven’t had a chance because he has been busy,” I tell him, walking past him.


    “Have you decided?” he asked, and I sighed; how could I decide when I barely know either of them


    really, yet I wasn’t sure I could reject Kade. The mate bond was stronger than I was ever told about. It


    made me crave my mate and filled me with loneliness when he was away.


    “Kade is my mate, Liam. It is a blessing from the moon goddess,” I tell him, walking down the stairs.


    “Not all mates are blessings. Kade doesn’t want you. He just knows by keeping you. It strengthens


    him,” he snaps, keeping up with me. I scoffed because it sounded ridiculous. Liam grabs my arm,


    stopping me.


    “He is using you. How can you not see that?” he snaps.


    “Using me?” Iugh. “I have nothing to offer him. He isn’t using me, Liam. You know nothing of our


    rtionship.” Now Liam scoffs and folds his arms across his chest.


    “So he told you has kids and a wife?” Liam asks, and I blink at him before getting angry. He would say


    that just because I want to try to make this work with my mate?


    “You’re lying,” I growl.


    “Ask him. To Kade, you are just another side piece with the added benefit that his wolf side will get


    stronger after having his fated mate.” Liam growls at me, and my hand moves before I even register


    what I did. My hand connects with his face that he would say such outrageous things about Kade when


    he has been nothing but nice to me.


    The p is loud, and I gulp when his head whips to the side before turning back to re at me. “I will


    let that one slide since I know you are blinded by your bond, but I would not rmend hitting me


    again.” Liam snarls, stepping closer to me, when I hear Gannon’s voice.


    “What’s going on here?” he asks, and I lift my head, looking to the top of the stairs to see Gannon


    walking down them. Liam arches an eyebrow at me before clicking his tongue. “I warned you,” Liam


    hisses at me, turning to speak to Gannon. Yet my hand reaches out, and I grip his wrist. He looks down


    at my hand before back looking at me.


    “Tell him because I won’t lie if he asks me,” Liam says before walking off. My eyes dart to Gannon, who


    watched us as he came closer. He watches Liam leave, stopping next to me.


    *Are you going to exin why you just pped my friend?” he asked, gripping my hand that was


    trembling. He lifts it to his mouth, kissing my knuckles, and I pull my hand from his grip.


    “Gannon, don’t. You won’t want to touch me after I tell you.” I tell him, feeling guilty and knowing I was


    holding off. I didn’t want to tell him because I wanted him to, but Kade was my mate.


    My destined mate. Someone the moon goddess chose for me and I couldn’t throw that away. If I did for


    Gannon, and Gannon left me, I would have no one but Ivy. Kade told me he couldn’t leave me, that he


    didn’t want to, that he loved me, and he would always love me. So I had no choice but to go with the


    safer option.


    “Tell me what?” he asks, looking the way Liam left. Yet how did I tell him? How could I tell him that


    Kade asked me to leave with him? Gannon turns back to me, and my heart felt torn. I wanted Gannon.


    I also wanted my mate.


    He cups my face in his hands, and I shake my head, tears spilling down my cheeks. “Tell me, whatever


    it is. I can try to fix it. Did Liam do something?” he asks, and I shake my head.


    “You can’t fix it, Gannon,” I tell him, knowing this wasn’t something that needed fixing or something he


    could control.


    “Tell me, whatever is wrong, we can work it out,” he says, pressing his forehead against mine. I try to


    push him away, but he doesn’t budge, refusing to let me go. He lifts my face, staring at me with worry


    when I try to pull away again.


    “What’s wrong?” he asks, wiping my tears away with his thumbs. “l…I found my mate,” I whisper, and


    he shakes his head.


    “What?” he asks, and I swallow, looking away, unable to meet his gaze. “I found my mate,” I repeat,


    though this time, my voice sounded dead even to my own ears. Gannon lets me go, stepping away


    from me.


    “Who?” he asks, clearly stunned by this information. However, I don’t get a chance to answer when he


    asks another question.


    “Is this why I haven’t been able to find you over thest few days?” he snaps at me.


    “Why rice has been avoiding me?” I say nothing, knowing that rice knew where I was, although I


    never asked her to lie for me.


    “Who is your mate, Abbie?” Gannon asks.


    “Why! So you can threaten him as Liam did?” I snap, bing frustrated with everyone telling me to


    choose damn sides, forcing my hand. Gannon growls.


    “I would never hurt like that?” he says, and I instantly regret his words as he looks away.


    “It’s Alpha Kade,” I tell him, and his head whips back to face me. His eyes turn ck, and his canines


    protrude.


    “No. You are not his mate,” he snarls.


    “Yes, I am,” I tell him.


    “No, Abbie, you can’t be with him. I won’t allow it!” he snarls.


    “It’s not up to you, Gannon,” he’s my mate, not yours. He growls at me, and the angered look on his


    face frightens me.


    “No, you don’t understand. He is not a good man; he-”


    “I don’t want to hear your lies. First, Liam tells me he is married and has a family, and now you want to


    try to get between us too, mates don’t cheat on mates! Liam said it himself regarding the King. He


    would tell me if he had a family before me.” Gannon steps closer, but I step back.


    “You’re wrong. But you need to listen to me. Kade isn’t who you think he is. I have known him for


    years-” I hold up my hand, having heard enough, and he stops, and I open my mouth to say something


    but then close it, not wanting to say something I will regret. Instead, I walk down the stairs toward the


    kitchens.


    “Abbie!”


    “No, Gannon. I don’t want to hear it,” I tell him.


    “He is married!” Gannon yells at me, and I stop spotting Liam waiting by the doors. I growl, storming off


    to find rice.


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