Chapter 5: Pain

Her name was Caitlin. I was suddenly piecing it together however I still didn't understand. She was Alpha Caitlin from the neighbouring pack but I still couldn't make sense of what introduction they were talking about. Who was her mate?

"Of course, you already know this is Oishin's fat help."

"I'm Oishin’s mate, not the help." I corrected it.

The man laughed dryly and looked at his sister in an I told you so way. Caitlin merely shrugged and smiled back at him. I could feel my cheeks heat up.

"If you're his mate, then you haven't been doing a good job. He's been between my sisters' legs every chance he gets. He's practically fucked her everywhere on our pack grounds."

At first I thought I didn't hear right. I could feel my insides clench and my breathing got heavy. This is when I started to fall apart, when my very world started to dissolve before my eyes.

"That's a lie."

He smiled menacingly and a shiver ran down my spine.

"You're no longer his mate or Luna, Caitlin is, and this lovely party he had you slaving away to plan is her Luna introduction."

"What?" I whispered out.

It felt like the rug was pulled out from underneath me. It was my voice but I couldn't remember saying anything. I shook my head slowly, refusing to look in her direction.

He was lying.

"No, Oishin wouldn't. You're lying. He was just overseeing things," I said confidently.

I trusted him down to my last breath. It was right in front of me but I couldn't believe it. I didn't want to believe it. He'd never do that to me.

"I tell a lot of things but never a lie,” he countered smoothly.

"Moon Goddess you're fucking stupid,” Caitlin cuts in. "He gave you a gold wedding band and promised to update it but he never did. I guess in truth he didn't value you enough to change it."

She flashed her long fingers with the huge glistening diamond rock. They were all true. Only truths one person could have known.

"You really thought he was working all those days and late nights? Do you know how many of your calls he ignored while he was deep inside me?"

I could feel a heavy sharp pain in the pit of my stomach as I stood there, ripping me apart. My body felt light and I swallowed against the building nausea and pain. He'd been with her? No, he wouldn't. I could hear my own breathing. My wolf was thrashing around, in pain and anger. The pain was too much.

"Do you know how many times I made him cum?" she asked coyly. The gold glittering on her. She no longer looked like an angel.

"Does he fuck you as hard as he does me? Does he whisper how perfect you are when he takes you slow? He tells me all the time how perfect and tight I am."

I could hear the loud whispering and gasps around me. It was shattering me to pieces.

"Does he make you call him daddy? He likes when I call him daddy,” she taunted in a honeyed voice. It was clear she was enjoying my pain and she smartly had all the cards. It was cruel.

"Lesly. Honey."

It was Luna Camilla calling Lesly from the edge of the crowd. She sauntered out of the limelight.

"Don't look at me like that. I tried to tell you to shapen up. But people like you can only do so much," Lesly smiled as she passed.

So much for family support. I was alone.

The crowd that had formed around us pressed in tighter to witness it all. I could feel my hands shaking but the pain was unbearable. My wolf wasn't dealing with the pain of it well and it sliced through me like a sharpened blade. Nothing could have prepared me for this and I don't think anything ever will.

I felt like I was under a heavy spotlight and rendered naked.

It all made sense but I didn't want it to make sense. The way he had been acting, the things he had said. The pain burned through my chest like liquid fire, his mark on my neck feeling like it was set on fire and I couldn't breathe. Harsh cramps overtook me as my mind reeled around it all. My mate had been with another, and then he'd discarded me, inviting her into our home. My body shuddered as I tried to take in a painful breath. My breaths came out in pants.

She walked over to me, her steps elegant, well-paced and showcasing a flash of thigh. My thighs would never look like that.

"He's mine. I'm his choice. He loves me and I know this must be hard but he chose me over you before the entire world. Oishin got his use out of you and he doesn't want you anymore. He's an alpha from a prestigious line and you're lowly common trash from a pack that even a hundred years from now no one is going to know. You couldn't have expected any different," she paused for a bit, her eyes bright. "But seeing you now and how you're dressed you do look like the help. You could be my little helper. I know you're good with the iron. But right now you're ruining my party and introducion, love."

The room was swimming before me and I blinked. I could hear my name and when the crowd parted he pulled up short. Looking at him hurt.

"Aine"

Oishin walked over to me and I still didn't want to believe it. I wanted him to tell me it wasn't true.

"Is it true?" I croaked out, feeling my throat burn.

I searched his green eyes, why hadn't I searched them like this before? I didn't think I ever would.

"Is it true?!"

"Aine, just behave and don't cause a scene," he said sternly, his eyes were hard and I felt all the blood drain out of me.

Don't cause a scene.

That's all I was worth. I wanted to laugh at his words. All the air felt like it had left my lungs and my ribs ached. It seems I had forgotten to breathe. Even my heart felt like it was slowing down, pounding painfully against my chest.

I was fighting to stand as the pain of it all wanted to bring me to my knees. I bit my tongue so hard I tasted blood. I grimaced as the pain lashed through my body and my thighs ached. I felt dizzy. A quick glance around the room and I could see everyone just watching, but Luna Camilla and Alpha John didn't even look surprised.

Apparently, I was the only one who didn't know. He'd done it for the whole world to see.

When my eyes came back to him they flitted to the crimson mark on his neck. I felt faint. It wasn't a bruise, it was a love mark she had given him. The blatant proof of it all tearing everything apart inside of me. His lies from earlier were ringing in my ears.

There was remorse in his eyes as he saw the direction of my gaze but it didn't matter. Not anymore, nothing mattered. He opened and closed his mouth.

"Aine, listen."

Oishin moved towards me and I did the only thing I could. I slapped him so hard my palms burned and there was a cracking sound. Pain radiates up my arm as he flexes his jaw. I should be surprised I had even made an impact and I covered my mouth as I choked on a sob, feeling my body shake. He'd ripped our bond apart.

"How dare you?!" I asked him, feeling the anger and humiliation burn through me like wildfire.

Tears were streaming down my face and I felt sick to my stomach. I was disgusted by it all. His eyes widened in surprise.

"How fucking dare you?"

He looked at me and for a second there was a moment of silence between us before I turned and ran. I needed to get out of here. I hurriedly moved through the crowd, people quickly moved out of my way.

"Aine!"

He was coming after me, a dark blur. I didn't understand why. I needed to get away from him. I could hear her calling him back to the party but he didn't let up. My heart pounded erratically in my chest because I knew he would catch up to me. But I had the crowd to my advantage. Moving through it might slow him down.

"Ai! Aine!"

His voice was filled with desperation and it reverberated through the hall. People muttered and gasped, moving out of the way as I ran past them towards the door like hell was behind me.

"What is going on here?!"

It was my father's voice in the middle of the chaos. I almost tripped as the hem of my dress tangled with my heel and I tried to keep my balance. He must have confronted him because there wasn't a blur behind me anymore.

"Aine!"

It was a roaring scream. I didn't look behind me. I didn't stop. Even him calling my name made the pain inside me roar to a high point like a fever. Everything was blurry. I finally made it out and the cool night bathed my skin. I sucked air into my burning lungs. Stone and dust kicked up around my heels and I didn't know which way was which or where I was going. I just kept running.

"Aine!"

He was outside now and I could hear his footsteps. I was desperate, I needed to get as far away from him as possible. The ground loomed up before me and I tumbled forward. Small stones bit into my skin and I cried in frustration. I almost couldn't get up from the crippling pain in my lower stomach as I tried to find my bearings.

"Aine,wait!"

"Oishin!"

It was Cian’s voice.

I looked up and I was in front of Lindsay's house. Somehow my feet had led me here. I pushed past the pain and scrambled inside. He was so close but I ran into the powder room closing the door behind me. I felt like if he touched me it would burn into my skin. I crashed to the floor and curled up into a ball. Cold sweat bathed my body. I was panicking. Was I dying?

"Aine! Open the door!"

The door suddenly rattled violently and swayed on its hinges. I sobbed loudly on the floor, closing my eyes tight. I was terrified it would all collapse on me.

"Alpha!" Cian called. "You're going to rip the bathroom apart!"

"Aine, I can explain! Just open the door! That's all I'm asking!"

I screamed when he hit it twice.

"Aine please! Open the fucking door! Aine please, I'm begging you! Just open the fucking door!"

Splinters fell on the ground around me.

"Alpha!"

It was Lindsay screaming.

"Daddy!" cried Eion, his voice rang out among the chaos and my body froze. He was awake. The commotion must have woken him up.

"Eion…" I whispered silently.

I needed to get him but the unimaginable pain was too much. My wolf was in so much pain. It had paralyzed my body. I couldn't move. I fought against it trying to get up and I had to bite my lip hard when it knocked the air out of me. I shakily clutched my stomach. The room swam around me, small dots appearing and my vision was dimming forcing me back to the cool floor.

"You're scaring him! What is going on? Why is Aine in the bathroom?!"

Oishin ignored her and I can hear the door creak loudly as he leans his frame against it.

"Oishin, just open the door so we can talk."

"Can somebody tell me what happened and then maybe I can try to get her out of there?"

"She's right,” confirmed Cian but it all fell on deaf ears.

"Aine why won't you talk to me!"

He slammed on the door hard and a few screws fell. Eion started screaming and my heart wrenched that no matter how much I tried I couldn't pick myself. All I could do was cry. I could hear his footsteps leaving.

"It's okay. I got you."

"Daddy!"

I could tell he had gone to take him from J

Lindsay. He was screaming his lungs out and hiccupping.

"It's okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry bud. I didn't mean to scare you. Ssssh, I'm so sorry. Let's get you back to bed."

All I could think of were all the times he told me he loved me.

He lied.