The Fact He’s Been Fighting–2
My breathing was still rapid, anger burning beneath my skin. There was another male, around Thea, who might become like Kane, entering her life, becoming part of her existence. This possibility was tearing at me in a way I couldn’t comprehend.
“Yeah, what did Leo say to make you so angry?” Roman cautiously asked.
“Just about their new neighbor being all cozy at Thea’s house, making her laugh,” I said through gritted teeth, clenching my fists, feeling my nails pierce the skin of my palms, the scent of blood mingling in the air.
Roman and Damien exchanged a look, then burst into laughter. Their reaction made my wolf even angrier, but I forcefully suppressed the urge to shift and punch them.
“Obviously, Leo was trying to make you jealous,” Damien said after they stopped laughing. “It’s no secret that kid wants you and Thea back together. He was just testing you, and from your nearly shifted state, it only proves how much you care about Thea far beyond your own recognition.”
I glared at my brother, wanting to contradict him, but I couldn’t. If I were to be honest with myself, then yes, I was jealous. A pure, primal jealousy that almost exclusively exists. between werewolves and their mates.
She is ours, my wolf confirmed again, his voice more certain this time.
I wanted Thea to smile at me. Wanted her to laugh because of me. I wanted to be the one helping her set the table in her house. I would even deign to help her plant that damn. vegetable garden, just to ensure no other male approached her.
The thought shocked even myself. I was Sebastian Ashworth, heir to the strongest Alpha bloodline, yet I wouldn’t mind kneeling on the ground, hands covered in dirt, helping
Thea plant her garden. As long as I was by her side, as long as I was the only man in her life, nothing else mattered.
“Do you really want Thea back?” Roman asked seriously, looking at me.
The question caught me off guard, but I didn’t have a fucking answer. How could I explain this sudden emotional shift? How could I describe this intense possessiveness and protectiveness that completely contradicted my cold attitude toward Thea for years, to
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the point where it confused even me?
And why now? Why not years ago?
Because you’ve been too stupid, too stubborn, my wolf mocked, you’ve been refusing to accept
the truth.
I growled, standing up and refusing to answer. Ignoring the confused looks from my parents and Margaret, Leo’s smug expression, I strode toward the house.
I needed space. Needed to calm my wolf down. I had thought that getting away from the crowd would give me a moment of peace, but I was wrong.
Aurora was sitting alone in the living room. When she saw me, she immediately stood up.
“Sebastian, please, talk to me. Tell me what I need to do to fix everything between us,”
she pleaded again.
I didn’t like hurting her, but continuing to give her false hope would only bring her more severe pain again and again. I didn’t want to mislead her. Especially when deep down, I knew I didn’t feel the same anymore.
Maybe she didn’t feel the same either. It had been so many years. I would bet her feelings had changed, but like me before, she refused to let go of our teenage love.
“You can’t fix anything, Aurora,” I said directly, feeling an unprecedented relief, “I don’t want to hurt you, but the truth is, our relationship is over.”
Her expression froze, disbelief and heartbreak in her eyes. “Are you telling me you don’t love me anymore? That you’ve fallen in love with that wolfless Thea?”
My wolf let out a threatening growl at the word “wolfless,” but I chose to remain silent. Not because I didn’t know the answer, but because the answer was so shocking that even I
needed time to accept it.
With that, I turned and left, leaving Aurora alone.
However, I couldn’t help asking myself that question I had been avoiding:
If I no longer loved Aurora, did that mean I had fallen in love with my former Luna, that my wolf and I had chosen her as our true mate? And I, all along, had been too proud and
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stubborn to admit this fact?
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