Chapter 013

Abigail was still shaken from the explosion. At that moment, she had thought she would die. And Ethan was the only one she thought of as the building came down and thick smoke curled into her nostrils and eyes.

If she wasn't a hybrid, if she was some Alpha's daughter, she wouldn't have to suffer all she was suffering. But for Ethan's good, she had to stop thinking about him. Yet, as the smoke thickened, she waited for him to appear just as he had appeared that night when some wolves almost assaulted her that rainy night.

But strange how it was Liam who appeared like a knight in shining armour.

Her body still ached, despite the drugs she had taken last night, from the objects that had fallen from me when the building exploded. But what hurt even more was her heart. 

She couldn't believe Ethan hadn't called. 

Even if there was some stupid video being circulated around about her kissing Liam, didn't he feel any bit of pity or empathy for someone he loved? She hadn't even told him anything. He wasn't even calling to hear what she had to say.

She tried to look for my phone. But it was missing. She had been on a call with Liam when she was kidnapped. 

Fucking Ariana. 

She was an Alpha's daughter. So, she could do whatever she liked and get away with it. Not like killing some orphaned hybrid was going to upset the fine balance of this world. 

She wiped the tears that were already forming in my eyes and settled back on the bed, gazing at the ceiling. If she had a choice, she would resign from her job. But she was so broke. And now, added to her long list of needs, was a new phone.

She rolled on the bed, sniffing and hugging myself. She couldn't deny the fact that she missed Ethan and still loved him. She was angry that he hadn't come to check up on her.

Or, he hadn't heard anything?

She heard the doorbell. 

Ethan?

Her slow beating heart suddenly picked momentum as she sat up from the bed with hopes that the visitor was Ethan. Even just for today, she  wanted him to hold him and comfort her. Then we could be strangers tomorrow. 

She raced to the door. But her face fell when she saw Liam, looking so rugged, standing by the door. He reeked of alcohol and something she couldn't place.

“What are you doing here?”

She was about to slam the door in his face, disappointed. But he raised her phone in the air 

“Before you shut the door…” he said.

Abigail was so relieved. That was one expense off my long list. She stretched for the phone. But he held it away. He was taller than her so it was hopeless trying.

“Can I come in?” He asked. “Everyone knows already…so, it's no big deal.”

“It's a big deal,” Abigail said, correcting him. She folded her arms. “You have a mate, Liam…and I'm not interested in coming back to you just because you saved me.”

He frowned. “But that was enough to make you screw my father.”

If he wasn't holding her phone, Abigail would have shut the door. “You're vile, Liam. And I'm so glad we're done.” She laughed. “I'm so glad Ariana has to spend the rest of her miserable life with you 

He scoffed like she had said something meaningless. “Not anymore, Abby.” He stepped forward. “Ethan actually did me a favour by locking her up.”

Her heart skipped at the mention of his name. Ethan? He had heard?

“He was there?”

Even if he wouldn't answer her, she couldn't help asking. If Ethan was there and had locked Ariana up, why hadn't he come to check up on her?

“Yeah,” Liam responded, much to my amusement. “At the wrong time. If you had depended on him, he would have waited for the firemen to bring out your dead body. You should remember that, Abby, I was the one who saved you “

“And it was your mate who kidnapped me,” she fired back. “You should go and prepare for your wedding to her and stop being a bother.”

He leaned, his stinking breath making her nose twitch. “If you want to start faulting…it's your fault in the first place. You started it…but everything is okay now. Ethan doesn't even care about you. He's in Dark city and Ariana is locked in a dungeon. It's just the two of us.”

Abigail's heart broke with the information. Ethan hadn't even come. He had arrested Ariana, so he knew. Maybe he only arrested her for committing a crime. Not because it was her.

Her headache intensified and all she wanted was to be alone. To cry and wish myself dead. 

“Maybe you should have left me to die in that building,” she said, brimming with tears. 

The sight of her in tears moved Liam and his smug look vanished.

“Abby-”

But she slammed the door before he could say anything. She let out all the pent up pain, crying, despite Liam's persistent knocking. 

She knew leaving Ethan was going to hurt. But she wasn't prepared for this form of betrayal. Her whole body trembled as she walked to her room, her eyes blinded by tears. She fell on the bed.

Just then, she heard a loud sound. It was the sound of her door breaking apart. Abigail was too sad to even bother. 

“What the fuck is this, Abby?! You're gonna cry over that old man?” she heard Liam say. “I told you he didn't love you. At least, you know how breaking up with me hurts. We've been together for years, Abby…and you were choosing some old man over me just because he is Alpha.”

Typical Liam.

Always thinking about himself.

Even when she was breaking, all he cared about was his stupid ego 

“Get out of my house, Liam!” she screamed.