All Chapters of His Forbidden Human Mate: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

*Grayson*I leaned into the leather armchair, cradling the worn book about werewolf lore in my hands. Reading about myths and stories about my kind was one of my favorite past times. I would usually spend hours in my bedroom, reading one book after the other but after rediscovering my sanctuary, I couldn't help visiting the study whenever I wanted to read. I tried to focus on the words before me but my mind, however, kept drifting to Keera. I checked my phone for what felt like the hundredth time, my thumb hovering over the screen. My message to Keera still showed "delivered" but not "read." I frowned, a pang of concern creeping in. After Ria's outburst the previous day, she had seemed overwhelmed but not angry at the situation. I'd gotten he feeling that she'd only needed space but I wasn't so sure anymore. Usually it didn't take long for her to read the messages I sent to her and text back a reply.I re-read my message: "We need to talk as soon as possible. Please. Let me know when

*GRAYSON*My eyes met Keera's, taking in the worried look in her eyes. Lexi, Conall and Joe emerged from the shadow their faces set in determined lines. I stared at Gusto, sizing him up. The idiot. Did he think I was scared of a bullet? The game was over. It was time for justice. Joe immediately pointed his gun at Gusto. Gusto's eyes flicked between us, his gaze calculating. Elena took a step back, her eyes darting between Gusto and me. Conall immediately stepped forward, pointing at her. Her eyes bulged and she raised her hands in surrender, knowing she was trapped. In a swift turn of events, Gusto moved the direction of his gun from me to Keera.My stomach dropped.The bastard must have realized his mistake. He smiled wickedly when he caught the troubled expression on my face before I had the chance to hide it. His gaze shot to Joe. "Put the gun down, Joe. You don't want to hurt anyone." Keera met Joe's eyes, shaking her head subtly. She didn't want Joe to listen to him. I knew Joe

*Grayson*I took my seat at the head of the conference table, checking the time on my wrist watch. There was a lot to be done today and I didn't want the meeting to take longer than necessary. The council members were already seated, and I couldn't help but note that the table was incredibly empty. Only seven out of the ten seats were filled. Right now, the council didn't have a healer, a seer and a Luna. The first two, we could easily rectify, the last one... I barely managed to stop my thoughts from drifting to Keera.I had decided to give her some time to think things through.I wasn't letting her give up on us so easily.I cleared my throat, gaining everyone's attention. Unlike the other meetings we'd had, there was something different about this one. The tension that came with knowing a serial killer was on the loose, had completely disappeared. In it's wake was the desire for a new beginning. "We have to get the pack a new healer and seer, after Elena and Ria failed them." I beg

*Grayson*I leaned against my bed stand, Ryan and Ginny standing only a few meters away from me. Keera and the rest of the team were preparing to leave, and I knew what Ryan and Ginny had come to talk to me about even though they both hadn't said anything yet. My conversation with Keera yesterday had been living rent free in my head for the past eighteen hours. Ryan, ever the voice of reason, spoke up first. "Grayson, you know what needs to be done." He said softly, sharing a worried look with his mate. "You can't mate with someone else if Keera's still considered your mate."I nodded, completely understanding the pack's laws. Ginny's voice was even softer when she spoke. "You have to reject Keera publicly." Major events like banishment, inauguration and rejection were, as a law, to be done publicly with the pack members as witnesses for them to have any effect. I rubbed my temples, feeling the tension build. I hadn't been joking when I'd let Keera know I had to reject her before she

*Grayson*A soft breeze danced around the woods, the sound of rustling leaves the only noise I could make out. It had been six days since Keera had left the pack with her team. Six days since I'd forced myself to accept the harsh truth; that she wasn't coming back. Not for me to end our mate bond, and certainly not for me to turn her. I'd spent the first two days of her absence, hanging on to the hope that my phone would ring from a call from her, or beep from a text that she'd sent. I'd wished for the goddess to make her realize the depth of her feelings for me.I'd done everything but accept that this was the end for us.But then two days had turned into four and four had turned into six and I'd had to come to terms with the fact that we were truly and completely over. If she wanted to, she would have been back to the pack by now. The fact that she hadn't returned and she hadn't bothered reaching out spoke volumes. I could only imagine the peace and clarity she'd gotten from spendin