Chapter 0335
“Dylan… be careful… and don’t forget that you are so much stronger than you believe… I love you… I love you so much.” Obviously it wasn’t a final goodbye, I mean we would see each other again in a few weeks time, and we had used last night to truly say farewell to each other, but now that we were actually about to part from one another, I felt my chest go heavy. I didn’t want him to go.
“I…” the words got caught in my throat, I wanted to say it back, I wanted nothing more than to express to him just how much he meant. to me, he may have fallen for me first, but I undoubtedly fell harder for him, however now that the time had come to say those three words, they stopped in my throat. The few people that were present as an audience shouldn’t get to witness me saying those words, not the first time I say them anyway. I should also be done when we aren’t departing from one another. No… I would save my declaration for when we got back, for when we were alone. “I’ll miss you.” I gave him a huge squeeze of a hug, and felt his lips at the top of my head.
“I’ll miss you so much more.” We broke apart and I felt cold at his absence, the mate bond truly was a powerful thing, but I couldn’t help feel like we made our own choices, that without that magical bond, we still would have found each other.
I sighed, turning my back to the love of my life and meeting Olivers shocked gaze. I glared at him, hatred clouding every inch of me as I slipped the backpack that rested on my shoulder off and threw it at the poor guy. “Ye can carry the bags.” I left no room for argument as I began to walk away from the farewell party.
He must have scrambled to pick the backpack up because he fell into step next to me quickly, both bags testing one on each of his shoulders, as we walked to the first pack on my list, the one I had
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already been to, alpha Daltons.
We were silent as we walked, I took the scenery in and refused to look at my pack mules face. That was what I had decided he would be, a simple pack mule, carrying the bags and performing anything I may require. He was after all lucky to have even been allowed to
accompany me.
“Look… before we go any further, there’s something I need to say to you.” He gently placed his palm on my lower arm and sighed when I instantly flinched out of his grasp. I wasn’t in the mood for talking to the likes of him, and so I simply continued walking, not at all
bothering if he was following me or not. “I was wrong…” he blurted out quickly and loudly, his words made me stop in my tracks and I turned to the loyal beta in front of me. His lip made its way between his teeth and his eyes met mine. “I was wrong…” he repeated, stepping towards me testing my response to his closeness. “Vee is my mate… and I couldn’t for the life of me, ever imagine doing
anything to invoke pain, or sorrow onto her.” He allowed his eyes to meet the floor, and his feet fidgeted in his shoes. “What King Josh did to you… everything that he did to you, was wrong!”
“Yeah… I fucking know that!” I spat at him, as he stood their staring
the obvious.
“But I didn’t…” he went on to say. Holding his head low in shame and regret. “I thought your mate was supposed to give you the things you wanted, no questions asked. We were told that Your mate belongs to you, so you could do whatever you desired too, but after finding Vee, I now know that, that is just not the case.” Ok, I may not like the guy, but the admiration swimming around his orbs at the mention of Victoria was a shock. He held genuine affection for her. “I could never even imagine hurting Vee the way Josh hurt you. I just don’t understand now how he took things so far. Even before I met Vee, after the death of your mother, I began suspecting that the goddess Luna had other plans for you. I’m not sure why the goddess paired
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you together, but I’m certain that she chose you for a reason. Not to mention she has obviously given you and Lewis her blessing to mate. I respect her judgment, and hope that in time, you can forgive me for lacking mine.”