Mated To The Cold Hearted Alpha – Chapter 111
Lucky
The Oracle walked out the door, leaving both Hycinth and me gutted and raw with the truth, utter devastation in her wake.
Unable to make my body move, I slumped in the chair across from Hycinth. Her arms were wrapped around her middle, clutching her belly. Tears streamed down her cheeks. She rocked back and forth. Confusion swirled unchecked in her irises, mirroring mine, trying to wrap her head around the impossible.
er of us couldn’t any make sens
e anymore…
er and your mate because of me?!”
about my mate without breaking down into a puddle on the floor, so I focused on the first part of her statement, hoping to undo just a little bit of the damage don
room. She was losing control. This revelation was just too much for her. She loved our parents. So had I, with my whole heart…
oved me.
little.
ey did.
rom me.
ath had they given her? Had it been quick and painless, or had they been ruthless and showed no mercy? I shuddered at the thought. Th
that anymore- maybe that jackass Alpha Grant’s old beta, Julian, knew something. Of course, that was if the little rat was still alive. Hycinth and I had left in the middle of the battle. We hadn’t seen firsthand who lived or died. When Ever dropped the bomb
t’s all my f-fault,” Hycinth
actically growled. So much pain had been needlessly inflicted. They’d caused so much heartbreak. It had to stop…and it had to stop now. “I’m not going to let you take the
hard shudder running down her spine.
n?”
ontorted, the words dying on her lips. She slumped forward, one hand fisting her shirt right over her heart, and struggled
good for the baby. I worried about the little life squirming in her belly. Lifting her head gently, I held her tortured gaze. “Breathe with me! Slowly. In and out.”
to control her hysteria, sobs and hiccups coming from h
st you could with the information you had.” I squeezed her fingertips and smoothed a stray lock of hair away from her face. “You said it yourself. You thought Leander’s mother’s death was a result of the war. So did I.”
ry day -meaningless. I don’t even know who I am anymore.”
bit of strength I had, I dropped my forehead to hers. “I know…I thought I was a beloved son…but I’m nobody’s son.”
gh my mind.
be played with.
.”
ritted teeth, “I wish it would have been me.”
he searched my expression. “I don’t understand.”
bring them back right now, I would…just so I could stare into their eyes and revel as the life went out of them.”
sper, “You’re right. It should have been you.”
moment until she shook her head and murmured,
No. It will never make sense. The only thing we can do now is move on.”
ivered. “How?”
oices. She had something precious, something I would never have. She couldn’t throw it away. Not for any reason. My goal had always been for her to grow strong enough to return to Leander, to let go of the past and have the future she was always meant to. And during the last few months, she’d been opening up, slowly but surely. She had made progress. But now I realized time should never be wasted. Even one minute apart was too long, not when there was no promise of tomorrow or even the rest of today.
reath at my words