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Chapter 66 - Lachlan
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2025-03-06 17:29:54I saw Seren frowning at me. Confusion written all over her delicate features. I mean the fact she was saying there was nothing else to stay for instead of offering herself to me like she had been doing previously implied she had figured out last night was better as a one off, right? We had both allowed ourselves to experience the matebond. The connection it brought us. Yes, that had been fucking mindblowing, of that I can't even lie. I had experienced nothing like that before. And I had a feeling I likely never would again. But, I know the feelings I held toward Seren, the resentment, the hatred, would mean a relationship would simply not work. Not in the real world. Matebond or not. She may be young, but she had to know that right? She hated me too, I was sure of that.
“You decided we made a mistake?” I said calmly, hoping she would take this okay. I mean she had been relatively calm so far. She had been amazing last night, and I did not want to spoil that. I wan
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The pain in my chest was unreal, but I needed to hear no more, and I had no need to say any further words. I walked away without looking back. Lachlan had seen me as a mistake. Fulfilling the destiny of our matebond was little but an error within his mind. No matter how he appeared to enjoy it, he saw it all as a blunder. A fuck up. He had surrendered to the desires he was feeling, and now he regretted it. I had been used. I should have known better. He had already made it clear that he saw our matebond as nothing but an error from the moon goddess herself, and that we would not work. I had been naïve to cling to any hope of anything else. Well, not any more. Now was time for change.I strode away from Lachlan's family home with irritation pulsing through my body, and tears stinging at the back of my eyes. I had truly believed he had changed. How rediculously foolish of me. That ass was not capable of change. But I was. I could change. And I was going to. I was not about
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I had been given no chance to rest, nor to allow my mind chance to proccess everything properly. I had been called into the office to help deal with the situation with the warrior. Seeing him punished would be good for me. I needed to see him get the harsh reality he deserved. The sick scenes I had walked up to last night still replayed within my mind and they enraged me. He was lucky he still breathed. But, I had done the responsible thing. The thing expected of me as Beta.I glanced down at the notes given to me, taking another sip of my hot coffee as I did. I was tired. My brain was a befuddled mess. This was not good. And now, I had Marcus talking at me once more, while I was struggling to focus. I had no clue, yet again what my friend had said to me, and I think it may be beginning to irritate him. We were meant to be working on this side by side. As Alpha and Beta of our pack, and one of his major bug bears was people not listening to him, but today I
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I turned to look at my friend with a roll of my eyes. I swear since he had settled down with his mate he had grown soft. If he thought for even a moment I was about to go into details about how I was feeling he was wrong. We had never sat around and discussed feelings, and I was not about to start now.“No.” I said emphatically.Marcus shrugged slightly. “I know you are like me bro, we look out for her like family. It had to have been hard on you walking into that last night. I would have wanted to kill him.”Hearing Marcus say that, at least I could say I was not the only one. Maybe it had not simply been the matebond that had caused that response as I had initially assumed it was. It could be the connection we all shared from growing up alongside one another. From being as close as family. Marcus was right. We did all look out for one another. For one another’s families. That was just the way we were. The way we were brought up. But still, I
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The moment I had focused my mind, and wiped my eyes, I took a deep breath, standing from my space upon the floor. This had to be a chance to move forward. I now knew what it was that I wanted. The hopes I had clung to were discarded as they should have been in the beginning. There were no hopes when it came to Lachlan Lamont.I made my way to my bed, kneeling down upon the floor there, sliding out the storage boxes that sat underneath it, so they were now in front of me. I found myself yawning, as I stretched. I was beyond tired, unsurprisingly so considering the very little sleep I had received last night, but in this moment I was on a mission. Sleep could wait a moment longer. There were things that I needed to do, and I was going to do them.I lifted the lid from the first box, rummaging for the memory box that I sought. Realising it was not in this box, I pushed the box to the side, and reached for another. Quickly finding the pale blue gift box q
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I sat looking across at Marcus as he told me that he had, in fact, agreed to Seren, my fated, going travelling. It felt like my blood was boiling. I took a deep breath, trying hard to control myself because under no circumstance did I need to bring any suspicion to the man in front of me. He was the Alpha of our pack, and had every right to raise questions. Questions I did not want to answer. It was better things were left unsaid.But, as friends of her brother, and having been like family since growing up, it was not like unlike either of us, Marcus included, to act like her protector. That was what was expected of us. All our father's had said so, and that was what we had done. Less so me, as the years had developed, and my resentment for Seren had grown. The less time I spent around her the better, in my eyes, but I could still use this to my advantage right now... “You think she is ready for that responsibility?&rdq
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My eyes could not leave Seren. Once again she was at her most vulnerable, but I did not know why. I could sense her frailty through the matebond, and I needed to help her. I did not like seeing her like this. Last night had been hard enough, but this? This was a different kind of pain... pain I could not explain. But, as my eyes drifted over the she-wolf in front of me, I could not tear them away from her. But, I knew I needed to, because she was naked. Also, because she now knew of my presence in the room, but instead for a moment, it felt like time had stood still. The two of us frozen in time, simply looking at one another. That connection of the matebond fizzling at it's highest... Until Seren simply shrieked.“Get out!”I felt my whole body tense at her words, but instead of doing as she had asked, I moved toward her, offering her my hand. I did not want to get out. I did not want to leave her. I wanted to help her. I needed to help her. The matebond p
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My body trembled at Lachlan’s words. He wanted me to stay? That was what he was saying? He wanted me here in pack with him. That was what his words had to mean, wasn't it? I knew I had a habit of seeing thigns that often were not there... seeing the good in things, as my Mum often called it, but Lachlan had literally just said he wanted me here. That had to be a good sign for the matebond, didn't it? But, as I looked at him, there was a blankness within his eyes that confused me. He was impossible to read. Nothing made sense anymore...Moments before he said my mate wanted me, he literally had said he didn’t want me. He had made it clear, despite the fact he could not tear his eyes from my body as he spoke… though, was that simply because I was naked? It was too hard to say, and trying to read the signs from Lachlan was proving impossible. Yet, now he was begging me to stay? He was so back and forth with his thoughts it gave me whiplash!But those bi
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I had spent the last few days ducking and diving, trying my upmost hardest to avoid everyone that I could while trying to come to a final decision on what it was I wanted to do. I knew my Mum and brother would never agree to the travelling plans, but with Marcus backing me, they would have little come back.However, the words from Lachlan had hung heavy in my mind. I knew he did not want me, and while it hurt, he seemed to be protecting me. From what, I had no clue, and he seemed no closer to telling me… But his arrogance infuriated me. Seeming to know no bounds. He deemed his beliefs as the correct ones, and that had decided that he knew best, and that I should bow down to his orders, whether I liked it or not. And, he was not willing to listen to anything to argue with that, not that I had even had an oportunity to argue it, because he seemingly was choosing to avoid me at all cost now.I had tried multiple times to speak to him. Both via min
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I drove away from pack, tears within my eyes. The mindlink to Lachlan remained unanswered. He had done it once again, and I was not willing to allow him to get under my skin any more.‘You know where he is, go and visit.’ Maia urged. And, she was not wrong, I did know where he now hid out. Dodging his pack duties as Beta. But I had no intention of going to visit him. My day of staying in pack as requested to ensure my heat was in fact over had been filled with my mother making far too much fuss of me, and my brother being on my case demanding details of how Lachlan had treated me.Having to go over those details had made me think of Lachlan, in turn resulting in me mindlinking him a number of times, all of which were met with silence. As were my text messages. I don't know what I wanted to gain from contacting him, but had hoped perhaps if I did he may try to reach out. Speak to me more. Explain his feelings again. But there had been nothi
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Lachlan’s words meant a lot, and I could see the genuineness of them as he spoke. That meant as much to me as his previous apologies. I should have taken that opportunity to talk to him. Especially now that my mind was beginnig to feel like my own again, but my brother was sweeping me out of the cabin and toward the car before I could respond. Cole wanted me away from Lachlan, or away from the conversation that was developing. So, I was marched to the car. I had expected Lachlan to follow. Assuming he too would be ready for a break from the cabin. But, once again Lachlan did what Lachlan did best, he stayed away. Or, more specifically, he watched me walk away...I would not lie, there was an unexpected ache in my chest as I was ushered away the short distance to the car by Cole. Maia whimpered as she quickly realized the footsteps behind us belonged to Marcus and not to Lachlan. A brief glance back told me he had not stepped foot from the cabin. He was
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I had walked away from their argument unable to listen any further. Anger bubbling beneath my skin. I wanted to say so much but knew it was not my place. Marcus and Cole already appeared to think so little of me, I did not need to make things any worse. So walking away seemed the better option. But I sat upon the chair on the decking looking out across the forsest. The front door remained opened and I could hear every word that was being said. Hearing Seren come to my defence shocked me to my core…The words of the man who was meant to be a friend invariably hurt, but, this was his sister he was trying to protect; and in his mind this was no more than I deserved. He believed I had treated her badly, and he wished to see me suffer. Yet Seren came to my defence time and again. Giving her brother the reasons why the things I had done were not as bad as they may seem.In truth, as I sat there and listened as our past was discussed everything hit home. Hard. It truly was as bad as it seeme
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Lachlan opened the door to the cabin, by brother and Marcus strode inside. Neither one looked happy to see him, nor did they acknowledge him as they passed him by to stand inside the living area. I had not wanted them here, but Lachlan had taken it upon himself to assume that I did. He had not answered my question, instead choosing to tidy up and avoid me at every opportunity. Which considering the size of the small cabin was quite a task…His eyes had expressed a thousand words the moment they met mine, which I think is why he had quickly averted his gaze, and moved away from me. He knew that I would be able to read his thoughts from his eyes. I knew Lachlan too well. In choosing to rush around the cabin occupying himself he was only silently allowing more secrets to be revealed. More things had been said between him and my family, I was sure of it, and one way or another, I would get to the bottom of it.“Aww, Ren, you look better.” Marcus offered
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Seren was acting oddly. No. Not oddly, sultry. Needy. Not that she hadn’t been acting like she wanted me the past few days, because she had. She had been in heat. Wanting me was all she had had on her damn mind, but this seemed different. The alteration in her tone told me her wolf was pushing forward too. My own wolf had done that enough in the early days, I knew what it meant...Tyr may have been lingering here and there while Seren was here, but he was not back. Not fully. So he was not able to communicate with Maia I didn’t think, so maybe Maia was hoping to connect with me? Either way she appeared to want her mate.But her wanting to encourage the two of us told me something was off. She had always been quite supportive of Seren’s choices, but it seemed right now she was defending me. She was pushing for things to work for us. And while I would understand a wolf wanting it's mate, she knew how bad I wad for Seren. She knew the things I had done.
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I woke with a start, shocked to find Lachlan looking down at me, an unreadable expression upon his face. He was leaning against the wall of the cabin, his arms crossed, and those big, beautiful dark eyes of his were watching me intently. Should I be freaked out he was watching me sleep? Maybe... yet oddly, I found it almost reassuring... I rolled over on the bed to face him, stretching slightly as I did, and his eyes observed every slight movement of my body“What is wrong?” I questioned, noticing for the first time since my arrival here that the rush of heat upon waking had lessened. I had to hope that could only be a good sign...Lachlan offered me a questionable smile, before shrugging slightly. “Nothing, Ren. Why would something be wrong? I just came to check you were okay. You have been asleep a while.”I nodded. That seemed plausible. I had no clue how long I had been asleep. It felt like sometime since I had come
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I walked back through the now familar trees surrounding the cabin,my phone to my ear. "So you don't think it was as strong?" I questioned.The supply drop had been completed a short while earlier by Colton, but I had waited until Seren was resting until Ileft the cabin to go and collect, as I had done each time previously. I did not want to leave her when she needed me, nor did I want any other wolf in close proximity to my mate whilst she was in heat. But, from what my friend was telling me, that may not be too much of an issue now."The scent has certain dissipated. I think another day and it will have gone. Is she feeling any better?" He asked.I chuckled. "I don't think she would tell me either way, Col, she is making me guess at best. Anything but admit she is struggling. Shows weakness, right? Seren will not let me think she is weak." I told my friend, who in turn began to chuckle too."Damn, that sounds like somebody I know. Hmmm,
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Pain. Heat. Tenderness radiated through my body. As did warmth. No, not warmth, boiling, temperatures. Hours? Days? I did not know now. I was in a state of confusion. Agony. Discomfort. Sobbing. Screaming. Crying one moment, yelling the next… I did not like this. How was this a normal state for anyone or anything to be in?!‘Why won’t he help us?’ I wailed to Maia. She was our wolf, why could she not talk to his wolf? Surely he could convince Lachlan to surrender to the matebond again. He had done it before. This good-boy image did not suit him. If he would surrender to the matebond we could ease this pain. Put an end to this suffering. It may even bring us closer...‘We have gone over this. So many times.’ She snapped, and she was right. I had begged her so many times, and I had argued this point with Lachlan too. He was not about to give in to me. He was determined to do the right thing. Why he deemed this the ri
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I saw pain and anger flicker across Seren’s face at my words. I had expected nothing more. I had known the moment I had chosen to say those things that it would be the last thing she would be wanting to hear. She had sought me out for a reason. I was her mate. She knew the relief her mate could bring when in heat. Angry with me or not, she was willing to bypass that to gain the relief she needed. But, I was not willing to sink to that. And, no matter the pain nor anger I was causing her, and hating that fact, I knew I had to do this. It would be too easy to give her what she craved. But it would be wrong. We were not together. Yes, we may be fated mates, but we had agreed not to be together. I had surrendered to the matebond before, and in doing so I had hurt Seren and regretted that massively.I knew she saw this as me trying to hurt her, but it was me trying to do the right thing. Thankfully, with Tyr being absent resisting her was somewhat easier as
