Chapter Seven.

LYRA’s POV

The sky was somewhere between purple and gold. The cool breeze against my skin and the birds humming above me. Something about this place made me feel a little better.

Just a little.

It would have been more than a little, but the memories that this place brought were bitter-sweet because I had discovered this place with Kade. We liked going for walks and one day, we had decided to try a different route and voila, we found this street.

There was something magical about the street that made me come here whenever I felt bad. I liked how it was quiet enough to hear my thoughts.

Then, it seemed like we were the only ones who knew of this street. Now, hoped I was the only one who knew. Thankfully, Kade was Kade. He definitely forgot about the place.

I shook my head. I came here because Conan hurt me. Kade should not be the one on my mind. Conan should. Not like I wanted to think of him, but it was weird thinking about an ex of years after breaking things up with a fiance.

Maybe coming back to this pack was not a very good idea. My two heart breaks happened in this pack. This very same pack. I heaved a sigh of frustration, sobering if I was overreacting for leaving Conan.

I frowned at the thought. It was definitely not an overreaction. He was getting married to another woman. He was making me a second choice. He wanted me to share him with someone else and I definitely was not used to sharing things. I mean, I was my parents’ only daughter.

The top of the icing was him calling him less. My father as a Beta was far more respectable than his who was an Alpha. That was how big this pack of heart break was. ‘

How dare he call me less.

At that moment, I felt something. I felt someone’s eyes on me. It was a strange feeling but I could actually feel someone watching me. Someone else must have found this street?

I turned to look, but there was no one around. Just trees around the one I was sitted under.

“Maybe I was overthinking,” I muttered to myself and sat back down, but the feeling was still there. Then, I heard rattling against the dry leaves everywhere.

Someone was definitely here.

I stood up on my foot and looked around. “Who is here?”

No answer. I took another look and since everywhere was silent, I decided to sit down. I sat still, anticipating and immediately, I turned back.

Boom.

I saw Kade. He was behind the tree behind mine the whole time. Caught red handed, he froze, then he raised his hands up in surrender.

“What are you doing here?” I was annoyed. A part of me was relieved and I wondered why. What was relieving about seeing Kade here?

He had a smile on his face. “You remembered this place?”

I glared at him. “What do I have to remember about this place? What are you doing here?”

His face fell. “Like you. I come here whenever I’m sad, remember?”

“The last time I saw you, you looked overjoyed.” I sounded bitter.

A small smile appeared on his face. “We both know that it was not in a bad way.”

I rolled my eyes and looked away. He joined me under my tree. “You deserve much better than Conan.”

I snorted.

“You deserved much better than what I gave you when we were…”

“Can we please not talk about that?”

He nodded.

Seconds passed. Minutes passed. Hours passed and we said nothing to each other. We just had our thoughts to ourselves. It made me wonder what was going on in his head. Something bad must have happened to him.

I frowned.

Not like I should care. “What are you thinking?” I asked anyway.

“I’m thinking of banning arranged marriages.”

“Please do, so the sweet she-wolf that is arranged for Tim can escape? She deserves much better. I cannot imagine her with Timren. Tim is a bigger jerk than you are.”

“Tim would be happy if I do so. He does not want the arranged marriage, remember? Your parents are the one forcing it on him.” His voice went quiet. “I wonder why they do so.”

“Yours is forcing a she-wolf on you?” I asked. I shook my head. “Poor girl. You should definitely ban arranged marriages. We cannot have two victims.”

He nodded, a smirk on his face. “You’re right. Then, I can get married to who I really want.”

“You’re thinking of getting married? No she-wolf deserves such punishment.”

Kade laughed. I hated the way his face lit up. I hated the way it made me feel rather. “Punishment? You’re definitely the only she-wolf alive who thinks marrying me is punishment.”

Without saying anything in reply, I stood on my feet to leave. Kade stood up too and I frowned at him. “Are you thinking of following me?”

He stood so close that our face almost touched. I should have stepped back but I just could not. I wanted to do the opposite so badly.

I had to remind myself of how badly he had treated me back then. What made me think he would treat me differently now? He was acting nice just so he could put me in the position that I had once left. I was definitely not letting him do that.

He took a step forward and I felt every single strength I had left leave.

“Do you want me to leave?” He asked, his eyes on mine. They were getting darker by the second. His hands snuck up around my waist. This was definitely not a fair game. I swallowed.

“If you want me to leave without following you, I will do so,” he added. “Just tell me if you want me to leave.”

The right answer was yes. He should be nowhere near me. “No. Please, don’t leave.”