Glen’s POV
I walked to where my car was parked and got in, tears running down my cheeks. I shut the door and covered my face with my hands, crying.
I realized he didn’t like me much by the way he talked to me, but I had no idea he wanted me dead. What was worse was how I perceived Lorin.
I thought she hated me, and I even showed her that I didn’t want her in control at times, when she loved me as much as Berta did.
She chose me over her wonderful life and suffered on my behalf.
My heart was aching badly, and I felt like I would jump off a damn bridge and die.
“Us dying would only hurt our family members,” Dominic whispered.
He was hurting terribly too, and he had no idea how to comfort us.
When I picked up Harley’s scent, I dropped my hands.
A knock on the car window made me turn and look at her.
“I won’t take it anymore if you say anything terrible to me, so please leave me alone. My mind and stability are hanging by a thread,” I said loudly.
When she knocked again, I slowly opened the door and stepped out, standing in front of her.
“Please, if you have something you want to say, say it some other time because I don’t feel like I can take any more pain,” I said as she smiled with tears in her eyes and then wrapped her arms around my waist.
“I’m so sorry for your pain, but please live,” she whispered softly.
I looked up at the sky and then sobbed silently.
I didn’t want her to feel taken advantage of, and at the same time, it hurt knowing she was doing this out of pity.
“You don’t have to do this, Harley. Sky is right inside the house,” I said in a husky voice as I grabbed her shoulders and gently pushed her back.
I could still feel the tingles throughout my body, and the pain I felt was becoming very bearable. Although she was rejected by Dominic, she never acknowledged or accepted it. The bond was only ever going to break once she had accepted our rejection.
I was grateful for her care, but I didn’t want her pity.
“I will go wherever you go,” she said, surprising me.
“What?” I asked in a low tone.
“I said I will go wherever you are going,” she repeated.
“Sky…”
“He’s okay with me being here because he asked me to be,” she answered, cutting me off. “He’s the one who gave me the courage I needed to follow you when I was hesitant.
Why? Why would he do that when he knew how hard it would be for me to let her go if I took her hand now?
“I won’t die or kill myself, so you can go back and tell him to be at ease. It was stupid to think about wanting to die,” I said, then smiled before turning and going back into the car.
“Keep it in, keep it in, don’t break in front of her,” I said to myself silently, then closed the door.
I was surprised when she quickly went around the car and got in, sitting next to me.
“Why are you doing this?” I asked after she had shut the door.
“Because I want to,” she answered without looking at me.
“Is it out of pity? Or do you just want my mother to love you for being kind to me?” I asked sadly.
She turned and faced me seriously.
“I want to hold your hand when no one else will, and I want to offer my shoulder for you to cry on not because I pity you, but because I understand what you’re going through, and I want to be there for you,” she replied.
I wanted to yell at her to leave, but my heart already belonged to her as much as hers belonged to my brother.
I started the car and drove out of the compound in silence.
Tears were still running down my face because the words said by Lorin couldn’t stop playing in my mind.
She moved her hand to my thigh, gently patting there.
I was grateful, and I wanted to thank her, yet words wouldn’t come out.
When I reached the small bridge that led to the hill I was going to, I parked the car and stepped out as she did the same.
We walked on the bridge and began climbing the hill.
After a few minutes, we reached the top, where I wasted no time sitting.
She sat down next to me and looked at the stars with a low sigh.
I looked at them too and then raised my hand.
“Thank you, Harley,” I said in my mind.
“That pattern of stars looks like a giant shark, don’t you think?” she asked, then pointed at them.
“They look like a box, I think,” I answered softly.
“Well, some sharks do have a square head,” she said as I laughed softly.
“No way,” I replied.
“I’m telling you the truth; even in my dreams, sharks have legs and they walk on land,” she said as I laughed loudly.
“Are you kidding me? That’s a weird dream,” I replied and then dropped my hand.
“I’m happy to see you laugh,” she whispered after she had dropped her hand.
I looked at her seriously and then moved my hand to her cheek, waiting for her to push it away. When a few minutes went by, I leaned in with a rapidly beating heart and kissed her cheek.
“He is lucky to have you,” I said honestly after I pulled back.
There wasn’t anything I could say at the moment besides the words I had already said.
If I were to beg her to take me back, a part of me knew she would feel compelled to because she was very kind. Dominic and I didn’t want to take advantage of that same kindness of hers.
“Here,” she said loudly, and then patted her lap.
“What?” I asked softly.
“Don’t you want to take a nap on my lap?” she asked.
I smiled and then lay down, resting my head there.
“Thank you,” I whispered and then closed my eyes as she began brushing her hand through my hair slowly.
I wished for the moment I was in to last forever. Sadly, it wasn’t going to happen because she wasn’t my mate anymore, but his.