5. HER WOLF DIED

“What time is it?” Her memories were a little fuzzy. All she could recall was how cold her body was.

“You have been unconscious for a whole day and night.” He got off the bed and walked across the room. “You are fine now.”

Nessa furrowed her brows while Leon poured a glass of water for her and helped her to drink. He looked upset, and she could feel it.

“What did your mother force me to drink?” Nessa asked after she took a big gulp of water, and the event that had occurred returned. Her dry throat felt better, but her entire body was still aching.

“Nothing.”

It was very obvious that Leon was hiding the truth and that he was very upset.

“I know you know something.” Nessa gritted her teeth. “Why did you drink so much?”

“Nothing,” Leon growled. “Can you stop asking? You make my head hurt.”

“Why are you upset with me?” Nessa was exhausted, but this conversation was long overdue. She ignored how her body screamed at her to get more rest. “You should blame your mother and Abby for that! They literally poisoned me!” Nessa couldn’t take it anymore.

“Don’t blame my mother!” Leon snapped; he stood up, and his figure towered above her. “This is your fault for angering her! You should mind what you said!”

Nessa couldn’t understand what he was talking about, but she was sure there was a misunderstanding here.

“What I said? What did I say to your mother?!”

“Don’t play dumb, Nessa. I have had enough of your attitude!”

“Attitude?” Nessa found the strength to stand up. He was the alpha, but she was still his mate, which made them stand on the same ground. “Your mother poisoned me with the help of Abby! But here you are, defending them even when you know what happened! Don’t you feel ashamed of yourself?!”

Leon was slightly taken aback by Nessa’s sudden outburst. The hatred in her eyes was palpable.

“Here you are, judging my ‘attitude’ when you are the one who cheated on me. I am the one who deserves to be angry here!”

“Enough!”

“What? Do you want to slap me again!?” Nessa gritted her teeth when she saw Leon raise his hand.

Leon balled his fist and put down his hand, but his next word stabbed Nessa harder. “I have introduced Abby as the future luna because you have lost your wolf.”

“What?” She was sure she got his words wrong.

And then the truth poured out.

Nessa couldn’t believe what she just heard.

Leon told her that the liquid his mother forced her to drink was meant to weaken her wolf, but unfortunately, because of what Nessa was going through at that time, her wolf had already become very weak to begin with.

Therefore, her wolf died instead.

She didn’t have a luna wolf; she was an omega, after all; thus, her wolf spirit was not as strong as the other higher-ranked shifters’.

What Kylie had done to her sealed the deal. Nessa lost her wolf forever.

“It was a mistake.” Leon tried to appease Nessa.

It pained him to see her right now. She was in so much shock, as if she had gone through four stages of grief within a few seconds.

“My mother didn’t mean to do that to you.”

Mistake.

His favorite word.

The word triggered Nessa.

“All of this is only a mistake in your eyes?” She narrowed her eyes dangerously at him. How could he be so dumb and readily accept everything was only a mistake? “You cheated on me, and now I lost my wolf forever, and you call those mistakes?!”

Nessa pushed Leon away from her; the sight of him disgusted her so much. She didn’t believe it, but after she tried to sense her wolf, she couldn’t deny the harsh truth.

Her wolf was no longer there. Her wolf died because of ‘the mistake’ his mother had made.

Nessa didn’t even care about the fact Leon had introduced Abby as the future luna of the pack. That information passed through her head. Losing her wolf was way more devastating for her.

The title didn’t mean anything to her right now. Nessa didn’t want to be his mate anymore, but she wanted justice for her dead wolf spirit.

“Calm down, Nessa,” Leon said helplessly. “My mother and Abby regretted it. They apologized to you.”

“Regret?” Nessa scoffed. She was a hundred percent sure they didn’t regret it at all. “What punishment for them?”

“They have apologized, and we tried to find a healer to revive your wolf spirit.”

“Apologized? You let them free with only an apology?!”

“I have scolded them. What else should I do?”

That was the final straw for Nessa. She could no longer take it. She could die one day in Kylie or Abby’s hands, but Leon wouldn’t even blink his eyes.

The harsh truth sent another wave of pain through his body, but she steeled her heart.

“I, Nessa Andrea Harts, reject you, Leon Bill Blackthorn, as my mate! May our bond sever for good!” It was the only way to hurt him: to make him feel her pain.

This time, Leon couldn’t stop her in time, but there was no need for that. He saw this coming. Nessa had tried this before; she would definitely do it again now.

Nessa waited for the pain to come because of the broken bond, yet it didn’t. She didn’t feel any pain at all, and neither did Leon.

“Nessa, you lost your wolf spirit. Your rejection will not work.” Leon explained to her, reminding her that she was no longer a she-wolf.

Hearing this, Nessa lost it. She had lost so many things, but losing her wolf was the worst of all, especially the audacity of Leon when he tried to compromise with her situation.

“Don’t worry, I will take care of you. I will take care of you for the rest of your life. You don’t need to be afraid.”