Chapter 52

Arielle’s POV:

I was fleeing, away from Richard, away from any more questions he had to ask of me, and away from the pull of this damned mate bond.

By the time I left the intense and distracting Alpha’s home, I was breathing heavily, my steps taking me towards the park where I had only brushed past whenever I was on a morning run.

Now, instead of watching the beautiful meadows and people playing from the outside in, I entered the park through the small metal fence, and walked right to where o could sit. I had a lot to think about, and I had no idea where to start.

Trying my best to breathe in and out as slowly as possible, I considered everything that I had both said and heard from Richard himself today.

First and foremost, I couldn’t help how utterly relieved I felt seeing him safe and sound. By how Darren has come on beaten and bruised, I feared that Richard was in a worse shape than he actually had been in. I had at least managed to accomplish that.

But everything else... had simpl