No Goodbye

"All I wanted was to be left alone," I murmur, shaking my head, not making eye contact with anyone, "I’ve already told you a hundred times, don't want to be the Alpha, it's just not in me. I don't want any of this shit."

"It belongs to you," Archie says, making me roll my eyes. We’ve repeated this conversation a lot, "Jace has been the replacement Alpha, but people still ask about you. They think they're safer if you're around. They want you. Beatrice is living here, just waiting for your return. She's your fiancée, Leo, whether you like it or not, you signed the contract and we need the connection now more than ever.”

“She's living here, where?" I ask, looking at Archie. If she’s here, it means her dad is impatient for this union. I guess that’s why they were being so intense about finding me.

"Here, here. In a guest room," Archie answers. I take my hands to my hair in stress and I push everyone away from me because I'm suffocating again. Just five minutes awake in here and I