Chapter Fourteen

CHRIS

I had hoped for a disconnection of our mate's bond too when Lucy pronounced those words. At first, I felt like my heart was going to shred apart for a moment but it was gone within seconds. She ran away into the woods with teary eyes when she realized that her rejection wasn't going to change anything about our fated bond.

"We need to leave now my lord," Glen said. "We need to leave before anyone notices that you are gone from the pack."

He was right, besides it was the death ceremony to honor the Omega that had lost his life during the attack on our pack weeks ago. The ceremony was to be held in a few hours and my absence would cause a fuss in the pack so we returned.

Preparation had begun, everyone painted their nails with charcoal and mud and red clay in mourning.

The time for the ceremonial rite began. The body of the late Omega was brought out and laid on the pyre we had prepared. The mage came forward to perform the spiritual rites, then he handed a torch to me.

I lacked