No Reason Left To Stay

MALIA

Lily stiffened and sharply looked up at me, her eyes so distant and full of shock. It was as if she was looking at a ghost.

"Y… you can't be serious, right?" She asked breathlessly, staring at me with sullen eyes.

I sniffled. "How could I be joking about such a thing? Lily," I squeezed her shoulders. "You've been my best friend for like forever. I hope you can do this one thing for me. Just this one thing. Please."

Lily staggered backwards and lowered her gaze to the floor, her shoulders drooped. She looked to be in thoughts but at the same time, looked like she was battling with her emotions. The sight of her this way broke my heart. It left tears streaming down my cheeks. Been a while I cried this hard.

"Please." I whispered.

"Malia," she slowly looked up at me, meeting my gaze. "I know you are going through a difficult time, but do you really think running away is the best solution? You are the Luna of the pack, or the soon-to-be Luna, how can you abandon everything and run away?"

"Me? The soon-to-be Luna?" I laughed amid tears and rolled my eyes at her. "Don't act like you don't know everything. Victoria has a wolf, she is beautiful, now she is pregnant. How can the Luna title be passed over her to me? That is far fetched. See, my mind is made up, are you helping me or not?"

"I'll miss you." She didn't give me a yes or no answer. But that response was enough.

"I'll miss you too." I retorted and pulled her into my arms, hugging her so tight.

She reciprocated, hugging me back.

"It would be full moon tomorrow. Celebration, mating and all other shenanigans would be at its peak. Since Alpha Zade has Victoria now, I doubt he would seek for you. He would probably seek for her instead. That would be your shot at escaping. Escaping the pack house. Meet me at the creek. I'll take care of the rest."

A smile found its way to my face as I listened to her. I made no mistake relying on her to help me escape.

"Thank you." I whispered.

She disengaged from the hug and caressed my face. "My heart feels empty knowing you are leaving. I just hope you are making the right decision. I'll run along now."

She walked away without waiting for my response. Her steps were for the first slow, so slow that I could practically breathe five times before she would take a step.

I watched her till she disappeared from my line of sight before turning around.

I didn't feel like going back home now. If only I could, I wouldn't even go back to that pack house. I would stay here till tomorrow night.

But wishes weren't horses after all. If they were, my curse would surely have been broken. I lowered myself, sitting on the floor and distantly staring at nowhere in particular, my heart so heavy.

It was dusk when I finally felt like going back home. I slowly stood up from the floor and dusted my pants, walking away.

I felt eyes on me as I approached the pack house. It had always been normal for the people to look at me that way but this time, their gazes were different. They were looking at me like I was some monster.

I couldn't understand why. I was anything but a monster. But then it dawned on me.

The issue of the morning. They must really think I pushed Victoria.

I was suddenly so saddened that they could believe I would do such a thing.

I wasn't that heartless!

Lowering my gaze, I made my way into the house, directly heading for my room as I couldn't bear to see Zade or Victoria...

But as I crossed Zade's room, our master bedroom, I was forced to stop in my tracks and walk back, standing in front of the door.

I knew Zade wronged me in the morning, I knew he had changed since Victoria came back into our lives, but I still loved him and if it was just for the last time, I wanted to see him. I was reluctant at first, but what could be the worse that could happen?

With that thought, I grabbed hold of the doorknob and twisted, pushing the door open and walking in.

"Zade, I..." The rest of my words were left stuck in my throat as my gaze took in the sight before me.

I swallowed a lump of spittle, my heart clenching and tears welling up in my eyes.

"Zade," I whispered in disbelief. It couldn't be him. Yet, it was him. Victoria was laying on the bed naked with her legs spread and Zade, my Zade was in between her, feasting on her pussy. He was eating her with so much vigor. For the years we'd dated, I couldn't remember anytime he ate me like he was eating her. He wasn't just cheating, but he was doing so with a lot more vigor than he'd ever done with me.

My heart was on fire. It felt like it was about to consume me. I was a mess.

A fucking mess.

Though I was behind them, they didn't even seem to notice me. Victoria was pressing a pillow over her face, seemingly to mask her moans. Guess it was why I never heard anything before walking in.

"Malia?" Victoria's voice snapped me back to reality. I turned to look at her just as Zade stiffened on her. I suppose he was too shocked to realize that I was in the room.

"OMG!" I was forced to look back at Victoria as a gasp escaped her vocal cord. I kept my gaze on her as she frantically pushed Zade away from her and clasped her hands together. "Malia, it's not what you think. We were... We....," she trailed off and sighed before adding, "All I'm trying to say is that we didn't mean to do this, it was a mistake."

"A mistake?" I chuckled darkly. "So Alpha Zade mistakenly pushed you to the bed. You mistakenly stripped naked and spread your legs and he mistakenly began eating you out?" I turned to Zade, my voice betraying me as instead of shouting, I whispered, "Zade? Why are you still kneeling there without doing anything? Won't you stand and try to explain to me what is going on?"

"I've explained to you, Malia that this was a mistake. I swear, we didn't mean to do this. We didn't mean to hurt you!"

"Shut up! I wasn't referring to you!" For the first time, I lost it at her, tears streaming down my cheeks. "Zade." I walked to him, crouching down and grabbing his arm. "Talk to me. Tell me it was all a mistake. Tell me she seduced you. Talk to me!"

He remained silent.

He didn't even bother to look at me.

"So this is it?" I stood up and let out a dry laugh. As if getting her pregnant wasn't enough, he had to do this also…

I laughed again. Even to my own ears, it sounded dry. "Okay. Enjoy." With tears running down my face, I ran out of the room.

All day, I'd been wondering if I was making the right choice by choosing to run away. Now, I knew I was. This place was no longer my home. Not anymore.