Chapter Three

After revealing everything to Charity, I felt so much better, especially after she embraced me and I cried like a child in her arms for hours. Charity did not say anything at that moment and just let me cry and let it all out.

“I never want to date any guy again, men are not worth the whole energy,” I scrunched up my nose. “And the whole mate thing is a sham.”

Charity shook her head. “It’s not a sham, Megan.”

I scoff. “So, how could he just reject his mate like that? He did not hesitate one bit before destroying our bond.”

“The goddess gives us a gift and it’s left to us if we want to cherish that gift or not,” She sighed. “It’s unfortunate that some people don’t know how beautiful this gift is.”

I look away and clench my hands into fists. I wasn’t going to fool myself and dream about things like mates or happy ever after. I had been shown enough times that it was all delusion and I don’t plan to spend any more of my time daydreaming about stuff like that. My wolf whined but I ignored her.

“I don’t care about that anymore.”

Charity got up from my bed. “Look, f**k Micheal and that alpha mate of yours,”

My eyes widened at her words, Charity never swore.

“Do you really want to spend all your time in your room because two stupid men don’t see how amazing you are?”

She walked up to me and took my hands in hers. “Don’t let them take your life from you, you deserve better than those assholes.”

No way was I going to let myself waste in my room because of a guy. I’m Megan Good Love, and even if my love life didn’t reflect my name, I never let anything get to me. It was time to end the pity party and get back to living my life.

“How about going shopping?”

***

Shopping was truly the solution for everything and after Me and Charity had gone shopping, I was back to my old cheerful self.

It’s not like I had forgotten about my boy problems but I was busy now so it didn’t take up my thoughts. I had gone back to working at my small bakery and business was bustling. I had no time to think about men and I was focused on grinding and making my life better at the moment.

“Miss Love, I’m going home now,” Liam announced. “See you tomorrow.”

Liam was a nineteen-year-old college student who worked as a part-timer at the shop and he usually attended to customers and took their orders behind the counter.

It was already past seven pm and Liam had stayed at the shop with me because it was a hectic day and there had been a lot of customers today.

“Sure, take care Liam and you can come in later in the afternoon since you helped so much today.”

Liam grinned at me. “Thank you, boss. You’re awesome.”

I chuckled as the blonde-haired boy left the shop with a hop in his steps. I had an idea of what he planned to spend his morning doing, the kid was obsessed with video games and he’d probably spend his morning playing games on his phone.

Finally, alone at the shop, I made sure everything was in order and tools had been put where they belonged and there was nothing that would cause a fire hazard. I carried my handbag, switched off the lights, and stepped out of the bakery.

A gust of wind blew in my direction and I frowned. The weather was cold tonight and I would have been shivering badly if I was a human but I’m a werewolf and we had thick skin that made us immune to cold.

I locked up my bakery and headed toward the parking lot where my Audi A3 was parked. My car was the only one left in the parking lot and I sighed.

Next time I shouldn't keep the bakery open this late.

I reached my car and was about to open the door, my ears perked up in alert, and a strong metallic smell drifted into my nose.

There was someone else in the parking lot and they were injured. I followed the smell of blood and found the injured.

It was a man and the sight was not pretty.

He was in a sitting position and his back was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed shut. He had been pierced with a thick rod and it was sticking out of his heart, and I froze.

All my life, I had never seen a murder. My life as a werewolf was no different than any human and although I had the advantage of strength and a longer lifespan, I lived fairly like any other person. My Werewolf senses tingled and told me to run, that I was in danger but I just couldn't bring myself to leave.

I cautiously knelt in front of the man, he had long white hair and I couldn't get a good look at his face as it was smudged with blood but that didn't matter right now. Who the hell would kill someone brutally like this?

Pull out the rod! Pull it out

My eyes widened and I glanced around the parking lot. It was dark and empty with no sign of life. Who the hell spoke just now?

I looked back at the dead man and I swallowed.

Walk away, Megan. Go home and forget about all this

I should have listened to my rational side but I had come so far to go home and forget about everything. I grabbed the rod and without any thought, I pulled it out of his chest. The strong smell of blood assaulted my nose and my face scrunched up.

I flung the rod away and my gaze went back to the man. He wasn't moving, I don't know what I was expecting but I was disappointed.

F**k!

Instead of calling the police and informing them about a murder, I had also pulled out the murder weapon and did a good job of becoming a murder suspect to someone I had no clue about.

Nice going, Megan.

I should get the fuck out of here and call Charity, she would know what to do in this situation. I turned and started walking towards my car and a strong gust of wind blew past me. My body trembled and the biting cold filled my lungs, I let out a harsh frosty breath and shivered.

All my senses were alert and everything in my body warned me of the danger behind me and still I turned around. You know what they say about Curiosity killing the cat…

Red fiery eyes glared at me and I stopped breathing. The dead man was not so dead and the killing intent rolling off him was so strong it almost suffocated me.

There was a dangerous low rumble and the man growled. His growl shook the whole surroundings and all the windows shattered. My legs gave way, and I fell to the ground. My jaws clenched.

I should have minded my damn business