“At most Sabrina, you have a week.” My father says to me. Being a beta comes with experience as he was the one to deal with council laws before it got to the alpha so he knew the process.
“Thank you.” I say as I stood up and decided to walk back to my room.
I bumped into Arianna who was making her way to my room too.
I motioned for her to come in and she did then close my door. I checked on my son before sitting on my bed waiting to hear what Arianna had to say.
“I know there’s nothing I can say that will make you feel better but I have a way I can ease the pain.” She says to me.
“I’m listening…” I say to her.
“I can have your mark removed. It’s a painful process but it will break the connection and ease your hurt. Your soul will still be tied to his until you get marked.” She says to me and I don’t even care about that at the moment.
The mere mention of easing my pain trumps over anything at this moment.
“Do it.” I say to her and she raises her eyebrows at me asking if I’m sure and I nod my head.
She placed her one hand on my chest where my heart is and one on my mark.
“I will be removing his essence from you and sending it back to him which will also have your essence removed from him and back to you. He marked another while he had your mark and essence so his newly marked mate will also experience pain due to the fact that your essence flows through her and that is why you are connected to her.” She says to me.
It all makes sense as how I was able to see her memories and all.
“She is weaker than you and Max so this will take a toll on her. It might even kill her.” Arianna warns me but before I could stop her as I didn’t want to kill anyone else, she sent an electrical surge through me and I felt pain like no other.
I fell back on my bed as I scratched on my mark that was burning me. It felt like someone had placed a fireball on the inside and I had to get it out.
She removed her hands from me. I felt a rush of sadness and guilt as it wrapped around my heart. These were Max’s emotions taking over me. I was feeling his heart break in to pieces as he watched his new mate fall to the ground clutching her mark in pain. His memories swimming in my head of us together.
One memory that kept replaying in his head was of him kissing my belly one night when I was asleep and he was talking to my son. Excitedly so.
He was telling our boy how he loved him already and that he was going to be a better father than his ever was. Well, he turned out worse than uncle Deacon.
He fell to his knees clutching his heart as he most probably felt my sadness and my memories played in his head of my love for him. He was having a fight of dominance with his wolf as his eyes shifted between him and the wolf.
I could hear people around him shouting at him but he wouldn’t listen. Tears fell on his face and he shifted into his wolf and I broke out of that trans knowing he’s on his way here.
The pain was still there but I decided to let it fester on. It would be the last time I would feel a connection to Max, which made me feel alive because I knew I’d feel dead once I was healed. I touched my neck where my mark used to be and there was nothing. As if it was never there.
I ran to my bathroom and looked at myself through the mirror. My neck didn’t even have a scar, there was no trace of him on me. My scent was mine again making it final. It was over now.
I walked out to see Arianna standing with Cj speaking in hushed voices.
“You both know if I wanted to listen in I could, right?” I say to the both of them.
“Max is here and he would like to talk to you Sab.” Cj said to me.
Straight to it.
I walked out of my room and searched for his scent until it led me to the living room where Josey was throwing daggers at him. She felt my presence and walked out to give us privacy.
“Max…” I say to him so he can say what he wanted to say and be gone.
“Sabrina what did you do?” He says looking at my neck. A flash of hurt crossed his eyes but just like that, it was gone.
“I did what I needed to do.” I say to him.
The fuck did he think he was right now!?
“My wolf is not happy with you right now Kimberley.” Max said. I scoffed in annoyance and he growled at my disrespect.
“You think I care what your wolf thinks? You think I care about you and your happiness after what I went through?” I say to him. He walked up to me seething in anger.
“She’s dead now. Are you happy?” He says to me. I knew this would happen but I wasn’t prepared for the guilt that took over me for that tramp.
“I was tired. Every time you had sex with her, I felt it.” I said and I could feel the sobs coming.
” Every damn time. How do you think I went into early labor? If I didn’t have healing powers, our baby would’ve died!” I say and he looks away from me.
“But that was your plan, wasn’t it? You give me hush money so you can change pack laws and take my son’s birthright right from under him? I won’t let that happen.” I say and he looks at me.
“Sabrina, haven’t you done enough? Don’t you think you’ve caused enough heartache in the pack that welcomed you with open arms and accepted a Luna that isn’t a Lycan?” He says to me.
There he goes again blaming me for everything.
“You saw my memories, you felt my sadness and hurting. I don’t have to explain my reasons as to why I did what I did. You can leave now.” I said to him and turned around to walk away but he grabbed my waist and my back hit his body.
I didn’t like what being so close to him was doing to me.