15|Hiding

[Axel]

I called many times, but Ryder did not respond. I felt him somewhere within me. It was the only sign I still had him. I did not get it. Why did he not answer my call? I did not feel any disappointment or anger in him toward me. So, why did he do this to me?

I should have felt excruciating pain when Cora rejected me, the same pain when Rory did it. Ryder was the source that I could feel the agony because the rejection affected him. I hurt because he was hurt.

I was incomplete without him. I was an Alpha because of him. If he was no longer mine, I did not wish to survive this life. I had no one, no home, nothing. Oh, Goddess. Why did I survive the assault? Why could I not join my parents in the afterlife?

Someone interrupted my thoughts by knocking on the front door. I dragged my feet toward it and opened the door. A knuckle came fast to my face. Fortunately, I dodged it in time. I heard a growl, and someone tried to hit me again. Garret. Why did he strike me?

“I told you to