Chapter 44
Reuben
I found her, curled up in a corner of the hallway, eyes closed lookingpletely innocent and
lonely. My hand slowly slid across the warm soft skin of her cheek as I rubbed my thumb under the
corner of her eye where a tear was stuck. Earlier she had been fine when suddenly I had felt her
emotions fluctuating through our mate bond. I knew she was crying, but I did not know why. I felt
her pain and knew she was fighting with it alone.
Scooping her up into my arms, I headed upstairs, only to ce her sleeping figure down on my bed
as I settled beside her under the covers. Our bodies were in contact along the entire length of our
bodies as I wrapped my arm around her and k*ssed her forehead.
“Willow, why were you crying? Am I the reason for your tears again?” I murmured, closing my eyes
and leaning my forehead against hers. “I am sorry,” I whispered, wanting to steal away all of her
pain and suffering. I did not know how long I watched her before I fell asleep listening to the steady
rhythm of her breathing and heartbeat.
Unbeknownst to me, Willow opened her eyes as soon as my breathing steadied into the rhythm of
sleep. She had only had her eyes closed the entire time.
The next morning my internal rm clock woke me up at five, but I found myself alone in bed.
Willow was gone though her scent lingered on the nket as if she had. been there only moments
ago. How had I not woken up when she left? At this point, I realized that whenever I slept with
Willow I would sleep peacefully. Getting out of the packhouse, I checked on her through her window
to find her working on her design, which the dummy was wearing.
She was exceptionally beautiful when she was engrossed in her work. Without disturbing her, I went
for my morning run, attended the pack’s morning meeting, and went through a couple of files that
required my signature. Upon my return hourster, I found Lori ying in the front yard with her
toys.
“Daddy, daddy!!” Lori raced happily toward me, as if she hadn’t seen me in months. I immediately
pulled my little girl into my arms, relishing the attention from my child.
“You didn’t go to kindergarten today?” I questioned, wiping the smudge of dirt from her little cheek.
She shook her head in response while Wyatt’s voice came from behind us, “Mommy said today was
our wee party, so we got to skip kindergarten today.”
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I nodded, ncing up at the window to Willow’s room. The lights were off and I couldn’t catch a hint
of her scent. “Where is mommy?” I asked.
“Mommy went to work with Uncle Walter,” Lori replied in a childish voice.
Had she gone with the hunter? I looked for her car but it was absent from the parking lot.
Without her, my heart felt empty.
Wee party*
As the evening unfolded, the clearing radiated a newfound splendor, bedecked like an exceptionally
beautiful bride. Excitement, merriment, and the rhythm of music enveloped the pack, drawing in its
well–dressed members who had gathered to revel in the party.
Seated at the bar in elegant ck attire, I ran my finger over the small, round, white object before
me then slid it toward Oran’s wine ss. He silently picked it up then closely examined it as he
inquired, “So, this is the pill Willow had. You want to know exactly what its purpose is?”
I nodded in response, raising a wine ss to my l*ps while keeping a watchful eye on the pill. If my
little mate believed that she had deftly swiped the pill box from my pocket unnoticed, she was
unbelievably naive. Anticipating her move, I had already secured a pill from that pill box. What
intrigued me was the necessity for her to travel. to a neighboring city to obtain this specific
medication. She seemed perfectly healthy in my eyes, prompting questions about the purpose
behind her taking these pills.
Moreover, her peculiar reaction upon my discovery of these pills added anotheryer to the
mystery.
I couldn’t ignore the unusual flush in Willow’s cheeks most of the time. Was she unwell? The mere
notion of Willow being sick tightened my muscles. Werewolves weren’t
prone to easily falling ill. If they did it often signaled a serious ailment. Dex grew alert in my head
and I could not stay calm. Tilting my head, I said to Oran, “Find out what this pill is as soon as
possible.”
“You got it,” he affirmed, securely stowing the pill away in his pocket.
“Why are you two sitting here?” Bix finally made an appearance at the party, sporting a bad–boy
look that seemed to have taken more time than any woman’s attire. “Not. diving into the fun with the
rest? You’re already acting like old men,” he teased, slinging an arm around Oran’s shoulders.
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Unfazed, Oran paid little attention to Bix, while I managed a light smile, albeit not a genuine one.
“How about you join the fun, young man?” I gestured towards the side where she–wolves, who were
the actual organizer of this wee party, forced the men to dance together to romantic songs as a
punishment for losing the games they had been ying. Laughter echoed through the party as the
men engaged in aically awkward zombie–like dance yet a bitter frown settled on Bix’s face..
“Women are truly peculiar creatures. They derive pleasure from the oddest things,” Bix remarked.
I shook my head with a chuckle while keeping an eye on Wyatt and Lori in the buffet area of the
party cating cupcakes with other children. They were sure enjoying themselves.
Oran and Bix followed my line of sight as Oran questioned, “I have not seen Willow since this
morning.” My expressions changed right away which he failed to notice, “This wee party is for
her. Where is she?” he asked, taking a sip of his wine.
“Why not ask me?” Bix stated, snatching the wine from Oran. “I saw her leaving the pack this
morning with the hunter. It seems she forgot about her own party or maybe the hunter is more fun
for her,” Bix remarked.
Thest sentence made me frown. Bix shrugged his shoulders innocently in response, walking
away.
“That’s mine,” Oran growled at Bix for stealing his wine and followed him away.
I sat there listening to Dex’s growling in my mind. He could not bear that our mate had been away
from us for so long.
Especially when she had left with that hunter. I could smell that his intentions towards Willow were
not pure. His eyes when they fix on Willow were not as a friend. His words. did not match his
expressions. And his smile…it had countless hidden intentions, one of them was probably directed
to Willow. I could feel it! I could not bear him around Willow for even a second let alone letting him
stay in my pack. He should have been. dead the second that he stepped foot onto mynd yet my
hands were tied due to the promise I made to Willow. If I broke it then she was going to hate me.
I guzzled down the wine in one go out of the frustration that was growing with every passing second
due to Willow’s absence until my nose picked up her scent.
People’s chattering died down and everyone started calling her name, “It’s Willow!”
“Willow is here!”
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Still holding my wine ss, I nced to the side to find Willow entering the party. My hand holding
the ss paused abruptly at the sight of her dressed in a S*xy sleeveless dark blue gown. Her
sleeveless dress revealed her smooth skin yet it was the deep n*eckline and her curves that held
my undivided attention.
The women surrounded her like ants swarming a cupcake, congratting andplimenting her.
As she turned around and bent down slightly to hug Mia’s 5‘ frame, my eyes slid down to her long
flowing hair that brushed her hips, causing my b*dy to react with her unintentionally seduction. It felt
intense as I saw her smiling and giggling with her group of friends until her eyes met mine.
The smile on her face slowly melted away as we stared into each other’s eyes in silence while she
also eyed me up and down just like I had done to her.
Just as I decided to get up and walk over to Willow, Walter appeared at her side. I froze. in my seat.
His presence immediately distracted her attention from me.
“They seem to havee together,” Emented, pouring herself a ss of wine.
I did not bother to spare her a nce as I kept staring at Willow whose eyes kept moving back to
me when she epted a congrattory wine from Walter.
“Mommy, you are back,” Wyatt and Lori chirped.
“Yes,” she smiled and k*ssed both of their cheeks.
“You two are looking so cute,” Walter bent down to rub both of their heads, “Who dressed you two
up?”
“Daddy took us shopping this afternoon. He dressed us up,” Lori revealed excitedly.
Willow immediately raised her eyes to look at me in surprise. Following her line of sight Walter also
noticed me at the bar counter, a sudden smile appearing on his l*ps. “Mommy and I have bought
you two a lot of surprises. I will show you if you two give. me k*sses,” he pulled both of them up into
his arms.
Wyatt and Lori immediately covered Walter with k*sses. The sight of that ying out right in front of
me caused a tornado of emotion in my brain. The feeling of something being stolen from me
stabbed my mind as everyone surrounded them.
“They look like a family,” Emented, this time I could not ignore her.
“Try to say that again and see if you will be able to step foot in my territory for the following second,”
I growled lowly, ring into her eyes with my wolf’s.
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“Reu… Reuben,“sShe waspletely taken aback by my reaction and felt embarrassed when a
passer by heard me and gave E a second. “People are watching,” she stammered.
“So what? Don’t expect respect from me after what you did a few days ago!” I made a disgusted
expression, refusing to even name what she had done as a k*ss or confession. “After what you did,
I don’t see you as my friend. The only reason I am allowing you stay in my pack is because of those
fucked up marriage papers of yours. That’s it. Don’t misunderstand the situation, I have not
forgotten your actions just because I have not said anything. I have not forgotten a single thing and
never will. I have marked that incident down as your first andst mistake that you will ever make in
my pack. The next time, you do something that fucks with my rtionship with Willow trust me you
will not like the side of me that you will unleash,” I warned, getting up from my seat to leave.
“How can you say such cruel things to me?” she mumbled, crushing the ss in her hand. I nced
at her, finding tears rolling down her check. “I… I have waited six years for you, Reuben!” she
raised her voice, her eyes teary and red.
“I have waited for Willow every day of my existence,” I countered sternly.
“But has she waited for you?” E suddenly chuckled.
“What do you mean?” I frowned at her expression then she sent a message to my phone.
“Willow has moved on with her life, Reuben,” she stated.
I slowly shifted my gaze to the screen of my phone tapping on the article about Walter that had
popped up. He was seen exiting a hotelte at night with a woman that was rumored to be his
secret girlfriend. My eyes got stuck on the woman’s back. She was wearing a beautiful backless
dress. Walter was hiding her face with his coat as they headed to his car.
My hand shook when I realized Walter’s girlfriend was…Willow.
That’s when E sent me a private photo of Walter and Willow having a candle light. dinner as she
added, “She has abandoned you, she is nevering back to you….”
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