The Gift she never wanted to give

“Are you going now?” Lynn asks Natalie and watches her prepare her things. Natalie glances at her and nods before smiling at her; she then puts the ring that Norwan gave her after their mateship one year ago in a small box.

“Yes.” She answered and watched the ring in the box for a minute. She never expected in her life that she would have to return this ring to Norwan. For Natalie, this ring signifies his love for her, and this is the special gift she received from him.

“What are you going to do? What gift do you say you will give to Norwan?” Lynn asks and sits in front of her friend. Natalie looked at her with a fake smile.

“I will give the gift that I never wanted to give,” Natalie said, suddenly remembering how she was happy with Norwan even though it was the opposite of his feelings for her.

“I always wanted to be a perfect wife for him and a good wife simultaneously. But knowing these things will happen because of the wrong accusation, I will live alone again, away from him.” Natalie said and swallowed as she stopped herself to cry in front of her friend.

“Are you really dedicated to your decision now?” Lynn asked. Natalie nods at her and smiles bitterly. 

“Letting him go doesn’t mean that I will fall into silence after what they did to me,” Natalie said as she remembered how Dixie, Cora, and Norwan treated her. Dixie constantly criticizes her and even insults her in front of so many visitors on their wedding day, but Natalie ignores that as she wants to do at that time is to love Norwan. Even though his mom and his sister dislike Natalie, now Natalie is done and can’t take anymore. She has already awakened herself from Norwan, never giving her the love she wanted. She knew to herself that Norwan married her for the sake of the protection of his clan.

Natalie knew from the first place that Norwan didn’t love her, and her hopes were just high, and her expectations ate her away from reality.

“Oh, Natalie, I didn’t want to see you like this. This is not what I wanted to see.” Lynn said and held Natalie’s left hand.

“I am now ready to terminate my mateship with him as I know this won’t go far good anymore,” Natalie said and sighed. 

“I already made up my mind to end this. Besides, I will be the next Alpha of our clan, so I don’t need to worry about his clan anymore.” Natalie added and looked at the big picture hanging on her room wall. This picture was taken after the ceremony of their mateship. Looking at the photo makes her remember how the tradition goes by and how they both pray in front of the altar of the Moon Goddess.

“I will see Norwan today and ask him to see me in front of the Altar of Moon Goddess, where our mateship ceremony was held, so that we can start to do the termination of the mateship ceremony, and after that, the bond between the two of us will vanish in the air,” Natalie said and stood up from her chair.

Lynn follows her with her eyes and smiles bitterly to her friend.

“If that’s what you want, then I will support you. Just take care, okay?” Lynn said and stood up from her seat. Natalie smiles at her and nods before she walks away from her friend.

After a few minutes, Natalie arrived at the Northan Pack place and saw how those eyes from the werewolves under Norwan’s power looked at her with disgust and full of criticism. But then she ignores their stares and whispers as she walks towards Norwan’s place, where he is also looking and watching her approach him.

“She’s the one who pushed Ms. Cora off the cliff, right?”

“She really has a thick face; she still goes here after what she’s done.”

“KILLER!”

Natalie stopped walking as she was already in front of Norwan, who was looking at her with cold eyes.

“Why are you here?” Teodor, beta of Norwan ask. Natalie didn’t turn to look at him; instead, her gaze was fixed on Norwan.

“Let’s see each other at the place where our mateship was held,” Natalie says to Norwan. Everyone looks to Norwan, who is emotionless while looking at Natalie.

“We will start the ceremony for the termination of our mateship.” She said with her cold voice. “I will wait for you there.” She added before turning her back to him and starting to walk away. Norwan, on the other hand, watched her walk away from him and smirk.

“You can’t live without me, Natalie.” He said, which caused everyone to laugh at Natalie and criticize her again. Natalie didn’t stop walking until she reached her car and entered it. Her heart is aching after she hears what Norwan says. Norwan knows how much Natalie loves him, but he doesn’t know how much Natalie is hurt by his actions.

The night came, and the light from the moon reflected to the Alter of the Moon Goddess. Natalie arrives in front of the Altar of Moon Goddess, where their mateship ceremony was held one year ago. Seeing this place right now hurts Natalie again because she saw her old self marrying the wrong person. She never wanted to do this, terminating her mateship with him, but this is the right thing for her as she wants to seek revenge for what they did to her, especially to Norwan, who always hurts her, not physically but mentally and emotionally.

A black-tinted car stopped nearby, and Natalie saw it was Norwan’s car; she turned her back from the car and ready herself for what would happen next, knowing their mateship would be successfully terminated any minute now.

“I didn’t know you were really dedicated to these things,” Norwan says. Natalie didn’t turn to look at him. Instead, she grabbed a little blade from her pocket and started to cut her arms, which caused blood to come out from her arms; she then looked to Norwan, who was watching her, and gave the blade she used to cut her arm. Norwan smirks as he accepts the knife and starts to cut himself, too. After that, she throws the sword away and looks at Natalie, who is watching him.

“Just so you know, this is what I really wanted to do for a long time,” Norwan said. Natalie ignores him, closes her eyes, and starts to pray to the Moon Goddess, who gives bounds to them. Norwan laughed a little before he began praying to the moon goddess; after a minute, Natalie opened her eyes and looked at Norwan. Her heart was tearing apart while looking at him, but she kept herself calm as she didn’t want to cry in front of him. Norwan finishes his prayers, and with that, the bond that connects the both of them vanishes, and a little mark on their neck is erased automatically, which means that the termination of their mateship is successful.

Natalie took a deep breath and looked at Norwan.

“Thanks for everything.” She said in her cold voice. Norwan suddenly looked at Natalie’s neck and saw that the mark on her neck was already gone; he didn’t know why, but seeing the mark not on her neck made him feel something strange.

“I knew you couldn’t live without me,” Norwan says. Natalie just laughed at him and smiled bitterly.

“If that’s what you believe, go, but I have words for you, Norwan,” Natalie said, looking into his eyes. 

“After this, you’re no longer welcome to my life again, and I swear in front of the Moon Goddess Altar that you will chase me one day… and if that happens, I will just laugh at you like you did to me back then,” Natalie said and turn her back to him.