I immediately bring my arm back around Hannah's waist and I open my mouth to say something, but then Anya is right in front of me, and I look into her eyes for the first time in five years. And that's it. The world fully stops. It stops, starts again, rewinds, and does a bunch of other shit, and I'm still standing there like a dumbass, looking into her eyes. But she's looking right at mine too. And I feel... like shit. I feel like I'm in deep, deep shit. Because my wolf is having a whole revolution inside my head, claiming Anya is his mate. His fated mate. He’s sure of it. He knows for certain Anya is his. My ex-wife, Anya. The girl who hates my guts the most. The girl I treated like shit from start to finish. She's my mate. And I'm extremely confused and disoriented, but I know I'm in deep shit.Me, having a fated mate? Now I know for sure the world is unfair and broken. I don't deserve love, especially not this kind of never-ending, true love. And especially not from Anya.Th
"You fucking stay out," Jae says and pushes hard as fuck on Klein's chest before closing the door right in his face. I gasp and try to open it again so my boyfriend can come in, but as soon as my hand moves to grab the handle, Jae's black eyes are on me again, dark and heavy. "Don't. He has no reason to be here."I want to argue, but then I bite my tongue and decide not to. Why make this even harder than it has to be? The last thing I want is for Klein and Jae to have a confrontation, so I just nod. Jae finally relaxes a little bit, but I can't do the same, not if his Alpha wolf is still present, making my whole body vibrate with feelings I don’t want to feel and the need to submit to him. To let this moment be the sweet reunion it should be. But he doesn’t deserve a sweet reunion. He doesn’t deserve anything. "I want you to be fully human, Jae. Push your wolf away," I order, trying to stop my voice from shaking. Jae just looks at me for a couple of seconds before nodding. A second
"Anya!” Austin gasps, he's looking at me with a shocked frown as if he’s offended in Jae’s behalf, "That's... that's not... why would you want to throw away something so beautiful?! This is not an everyday event, dear. It's a miracle to find the one person destined to love and care for you completely.”That makes me laugh and look at Jae again. He hasn't moved yet."You haven't told Austin the whole truth about us, have you?" I laugh again. Jae swallows and slightly shakes his head, "I don’t think Jae is capable of loving anyone… but especially not me. And he would never care for me. This bond is worthless and we have to get rid of it.""Austin... please take Tate and leave," Jae orders in a voice I've never heard before. He sounds almost in pain."No," I let out, my heart starting to race with fear, especially when Austin nods and goes to grab my son, "No, Austin. Please, don't leave me alone with him.""I won't hurt you," Jae says, but I shake my head and try to walk to the door. Ja
{ Jae }The more I talk to her, the less I want this conversation to be over. I want to keep it going and going and never leave this place.I want her back. I can't spend another second pretending I don't fucking want her like I've never wanted anything before.Anya has been IT for me since she let me touch her that first time, in her stupid pink room and then she squirted all over my hand. She ruined me then and I didn't even know the extent of it until now, because even if my wolf is the one throwing deep, mushy feelings at me... I'm the one excited.I'm the one who has missed Anya the most. I can finally admit this openly: I fucking hate sex now. I hate it.I've been miserable and my dick has been sad for five years. I've tried my best to overcompensate and fuck as many girls as I can, but I don't feel anything anymore. I haven't since her.Because, of course, how normal it is to find someone so compatible? To that extent? That's not every day shit. She was special since the beg
{ Anya }I leave the room with shaky legs and a loud mind. There are a lot of eyes on me even though everyone is sitting down, eating dinner."What the fuck happened?!” Klein exclaims, walking up to me as soon as he sees me. He looks wild, as if he had run his fingers through his hair a million times, "Are you okay? The council fuckers forbade me from entering."I raise my hands to stop him and I let out a hysterical chuckle, completely unable to believe that I'm really in this situation. And, by the way, the sight of Klein’s face is irritating me much more than it should. I want to tell him to leave me the fuck alone.I want to go back inside with Jae, make him stop looking so sad… but especially, I want to make him get up from his knees. My arrogant, strong Alpha doesn't belong on the floor, kneeling before anyone. Not even me.Or at least that’s what my wolf thinks. I don’t give a shit about him… not that much. Or at least I’m trying not to. "Where's Tate?" I ask, looking around
"Darling, can we please leave this conversation for later?" I beg, probably sounding as tired as I feel. Tate looks at me and grabs my face in his little hands."You smell so sad, mom, I think you should just marry my dad. He would make you happy," he says before kissing my nose the way I do to him. The fact that he's so extremely wrong makes me cry for real, but I hug him before he can say anything else and lift him up to walk through the parking lot to my car.Klein is leaning against it, smoking a cigarette andlooking extremely angry."It's about time," he mutters with a tone I hadn't heard from him before, tossing the cigarette to the ground before walking to the driver seat.{ Jae }I don't know how much time has passed but at some point the door opens again and Austin comes in, finding me sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall, hating my life."Uhm, you okay there?”"Sure, super okay," I reply, looking straight ahead because I don't have the strength to move."You've be
I spend the rest of the night talking to my parents, something I had never done before, then I end up sleeping in my old room… actually, I just lay in bed looking at the ceiling and fighting the nausea.I can't stop thinking: are they having sex right now? Is Anya asking Klein to mark her? Is Klein's wolf coming out to claim my woman as his forever?"Fuck, damn it," I mutter and sit on the bed, leaning my elbows on my knees. I stay in that position until the sun starts to rise, unable to disconnect my brain for even a second. I keep thinking about that day when Anya told me she loved me and I pretended to be asleep. Or the conversation when I told her the only thing I loved about her was her pussy. How much of an asshole can someone be?Why am I like this?Honestly, I never believed for a second that she could love me back then, and, I hate to admit this, but I still don't. Maybe she felt the same attraction I did and she let her tender heart think that was love, but it wasn't. Or
"It's her," I say out loud, looking at my parents in complete shock. "Should I answer now or play hard to get?""Answer the damn phone!” my mother growls, so I clear my throat and answer the call."Hello, Anya," I answer, trying to sound normal. "Is everything okay?""No, not really," she says with a small, shaky voice that sets off all the alarms inside me. I immediately ask what's going on, "Jae... I'm so sorry. I promise this wasn't my intention..."I feel weak, so I have to lean on the table to stop myself from falling to the floor. Is she going to tell me that he marked her? Is she going to tell me that it's too late and I don't even have a chance to make this right because there's no bond anymore?Panic grips my throat and I don't know what the hell to do, but then she keeps talking."Tate is very angry, like in a trance," she continues, her voice breaking at the end. That stops the panic that was choking me, but it makes me furrow my brow in confusion. Anya keeps explaining fr