Mated To The Cold Hearted Alpha – Chapter 100
Ever’s POV!
Four weeks had gone by since Hycinth had left and as expected, Leander had deteriorated quickly. His righteous anger and fury that Hycinth had chosen her dead parents over her soulmate, knowing their cruelty, had worn off, leaving only abysmal devastation behind. He couldn’t think or function past his pain. He didn’t want to.
I stood to my feet when Sydney and one of her apprentices, Heidi, entered the study. Crossing the room to them, I asked quietly, “What news do you have?”
tion and then back at me. “Should we talk about this…here?”
y, when the night terrors hit, he’d destroyed some part of his room, whether shredding the sheets with his claws or putting his fist through the nightstand before I even break through the door. Only to find him curled in a ball on the floor, sweat covering his naked body, and tears streaming down his face with the realization that his waking existence was so much worse than the nightmares could ever be. Rocking his body, seeking comfort that never came, the same desperate chant muttered incoherently from his lips, “She’s gone… She’s gone… She’s gone…”
broke my heart.
hen I was at my lowest with no hope left. He’d stood by my side without exception, holding me from falling apart when I couldn’t do it myself.
he tables had turned…
r freedom so that I could have the one thing I’d always wanted most.
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all frame was just becoming rounded with our pu
s too far g
hilled me to the bone. I’d never mentioned it again.
oke me from my troublesome thoughts.
trying to clear my cluttered thoughts.” Yes, it’s okay to talk here.” No matter what, Leander was still our Alpha, and I wouldn’t take anything else away from him after he’d already suffered such a loss.
face unreadable. Standing again, Heidi inched closer to the slumbering Leander.
ridiculous and beyond my understanding. Interestingly enough, if I’d had to wager a guess, I would have thought Sydney to be at the front of the line, but she wasn’t one of them. Over the weeks, she’d maintained only the highest professional, interacting as her job required but no more.
t the border but lost scent after a few miles.. They couldn’t catch them for interrogation.”
gritted through clenched teeth.
e no other reason to get so close and then run.”
to protect. There had been whispers of potential threats coming from Hycinth’s pack. News had traveled quickly
They were evil through and through. I’d argued with Leander, but he’d been adamant. Maybe a part of him instinctually knew he couldn’t leave Hycinth with nothing if he ever hoped to win her favor. Her parents had to be put down. No exception could have been mad
hadn’t mattered. Hycinth had
it…
pped out his heart.
d for wh
ct our pack, he’d paid the ultimate price.
et again, his good intentions were c
remaining ruling hierarchy or orphaned juveniles sought retribution or if they just wanted to continue fighting over the land and wealth they lusted after.
be taken into consideration. Leander had wanted peace, and he’d achieved it over the last three years…until now.
s had been docile, not willing to take on the violence that was Leander. But that was over now. They were testing our borders, testing our strength, seeking a way in. It was only a matter of time.
mage Hycinth had done to Leander, but our enemies fu