Killian’s POV.
I marched into my chamber in fury, my palm hurled into a painful fist.
Everything happened so fast, It felt like an illusion.
Why would Elena choose to shatter my heart in the most brutal way? I have done nothing but treat her well, shower her with so much affection, and reciprocated her love. She had absolutely no reason to be involved in such crime.
I badly wanted to believe that she was innocent but the evidence was right there, and there were witnesses all over as well.
It was more infuriating that she wouldn’t admit to anything, if she was forced into the act, all she could have done was confide in me, but she chose to look me in the eyes and lie to me.
I tried to shut the pain out but it was an epic fail, the agonizing pain shot through me, swallowing every bit of me. How do I ever get through this?
It was more painful digesting the sad reality that I won’t be setting my eyes on her anymore, I had thrown her away by myself, into the scary outside world that held nothing for her, a decision that would forever hunt me.
I hadn’t intended to banish her even if she hurt me badly, but the elders, the council, and the rest of the pack members, they would question my power if I did otherwise, her crime isn’t one to be pardoned. The elders had earlier suggested that she’d be executed. Banishment was the only option I could raise to offset the former.
My sharp fingers dug painfully against my skin as I relished our adorable moments together, why did she have to ruin everything? I thought she was different, how could I have been so foolish to fall for her charade? I should have seen right through it, but I was lost in her ever-charming eyes, her smile, so magical, swept me off my feet. Her laughter sounded like a beautiful melody through my ears and her touch sent ripples of ecstasy through my body. She was too good to be true, if only I hadn’t realized this too late.
My heart particularly bled for the innocent wolves caught up in her evil claws, they’ve suffered an ill faith. The injured ones have been rushed to the pack’s clinic where the healers have been working tirelessly to revive them the best they could.
Everything has been thrown in a state of jeopardy and I doubt if we could ever move on from this easily.
Suddenly, I felt wet liquids on my cheeks which was remarkably strange.
Raising my trembling hands to my checks, I realized they were tears, I was shedding tears. It ft rather too strange to me, why would I shed tears for such a horrible person?
Maybe because despite her atrocious act, I couldn’t still hate her as much as I should, there was still a part of me that still wanted her here and that infuriated me further.
Suddenly, one of the pack warriors ran into my chamber at a breakneck speed panting heavily.
“Alpha Killian, few of the injured wolves at the clinic are awake and…” I quickly sprung to my feet before he could finish his sentence leaving him behind and bolted towards the clinic.
“What is this good news I hear about the injured wolves?” I roared rushing into the clinic.
“We’ve managed to revive two of them, while the rest are yet to respond to treatment,” the chief healer replied.
“Show me to them,”
She quickly turned around, heading towards one of the wards.
My heart bled as I beheld the condition of my subjects, they looked terrible.
“Alpha,” one of them surprisingly called out to me and I rushed towards him.
“Be strong champ, put on the heart of a warrior,” I urged and he nodded.
“I’m sorry she did this to you, all of you,” I muttered.
He stirred slightly to stare at me, confusion visible in his eyes. “Who?”
“My mate, Elena Salvador,” I replied. “She did this to all of you,”
“No, she did not,” I furrowed my brows as the words hit me hard across the ear.
“What?”
“The wolves that had attacked us weren’t from our pack, the smallest of them wasn’t even close to being an omega wolf,” my mouth slightly parted as the words filtered into my ears. “I saw her walk into the scene before I passed out, she looked terrified, if she’s being accused of it then it might be a setup,”
I sprung to my feet rapidly, almost crashing into a nearby table. His words furiously running through my head. “She looked terrified, it might be a setup,”
It really is a setup.
My mate was truly innocent. How could I not have believed her?
The pain that rippled through my heart like a sharp dagger was second to none, It was taking everything in me to keep me standing on my feet.
Elena was freaking telling the truth the whole time and I couldn’t be the perfect mate to believe her, I had shut her out, and heaped the most horrible punishment on her. I rejected her, I fucking rejected her as my mate, and worse, I banished her, I drove her away. Out of my life… Forever!.
Without uttering any more word to anyone, I stormed off, in search of my mate.
I had instructed the guards to dump her at the pack boundary, it had been few hours but I had a tiny gleam of hope that she’d be somewhere around the corner, she was extremely weak, she couldn’t have wandered far.
I almost tripped following how blindly I was running, I needed to get to her before it was too late.
I ran all the way to the pack boundary, it was freezing out here making me wonder if she had survived, everywhere was dead silent with no sight of a living being.
I spent several minutes scouring through the ground literally turning every single grass over, yet no sign of her.
I tried to pick up faint whiffs of her scent sprinkled all around.
I continued searching through the ground while inching forward until I was deep into the thick dangerous woods.
There was no longer any trail of her scent.
I stood rooted in my track with a heavy heart, a loud howl of pain and terror erupted through my throat as the sad realization suddenly struck me.
I’ve lost my mate!