Dead Luna – Chapter 11

Leo’s POV

I need to find peace in my heart before I do something stupid or permanent, I think to myself as I sit on the ground and stare blankly at the lake before me. Tears fall unchecked from my eyes. I doubt I’ve ever cried so many tears in my entire life. I don’t recall crying much even when my dad died, but I was quite young at the time, and didn’t understand. And my mother DeeDee spoiled me rotten ever since that day. She had so much love in her heart, and there was only me to give it to.

My life is so f****d up right now, and I don’t see how I can possibly ever fix it. I’m supposed to somehow help Amelia to choose a new mate, and I’m still in love with her! Not that she would actually believe me if I told her that. I was such an a*****e to her over the years. I knew that she cared about me long before she turned 18 and she scented me out as her mate. And I was even attracted to her long before then, as well, so I tried to get her into bed to fool around with me several times. But she refused me because she was waiting for her mate. Then it all came to a head on her 18th birthday, and I finally scented her out as my mate.

I refused to let him. He and I fought for weeks about it, the mate bond being so powerful that I nearly gave in on more than one occasion.

finally did it. I rejected her, and have regretted it ever since.

d barely stand me most of the time.

ell like my mate any longer, but I can still tell that it’s her. I still feel a little of the sparks left of our mate bond, but they are weak compared to what we used to share. Why couldn’t I have just been content with Amelia as my mate, and give in to the mate bond?

ther of us say anything for a while. Eventually, though, I can’t stand it any longer and I have to say something. Bu

arks, don’t you?”

I feel right now is almost unbearable.”

least you can do is feel this way for a few weeks while we sort things out.”

I’ve lost your love forever, haven’t I?”

ife striking me deep in the gut. “Moon goddess had to remove all the love as well as all the pain and trauma from my past, or I wouldn’t be able to help her in return. I’m no longer the Amelia you knew

until the task is over. And only if I grant you another mate.”

pleading with her to take it away, even if it’s just a little bit.

a, or her wolf. And I felt some of the pain instantly leave my body.

ve you.”