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Chapter 51

Jace's POV 

She stepped closer, tears streaming down her face, "You just told the mother of your child that she isn't capable of raising your son... Your heir, whom she raised alone in her womb for nine months while you didn't even know he existed."

Something flickered in Denis's mind. He stepped back from her. 

"You think I am no one without you? But I t-thought... I t-t-thought I am your m-mate." These words struck my wolf like a spear. 

Guilt exploded over him like a storm cloud. Feeling the weight of his mistakes, he moved back in the deep recesses of my mind, leaving me alone to do the damage control. 

'You overly-conceited beast, I'll deal with you later.' I screamed at him before I sought after scooping up like the broken pieces of a precious heirloom. 

But Jenna had already heard enough. She wiped her tears determined then her eyes settled on me. 

What were soft sapphire pools before had now frozen into icy lagoons. 

"Don't worry, Alpha King Jace. I won't take your heir with me. And what you said was right— I can't raise him alone. I don't have your money or strength. They will harm him the minute I go out." 

She began her march towards the door. Jenna looked back at me one last time with that 'I may not be dead physically yet, but you killed my soul' look, and stepped out. 

"Jenna, don't go." I hastened to go after her. 

In the corridor, I found myself alone. She perhaps used super speed to get away from me. 

'Jenna, please—' I tried to connect with her on the mind link, but some other voice pushed its way in and said, 'Jace, Jared was playing with his toys. He swallowed something and he's choking on it. Please come here."

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That was mom's voice. Jared was with her. I ran to her room to the sight of my son struggling to breath in her arms. 

I immediately picked him in my arms and held him upside down. I tried to take the miniature stuff out while my stomach was numb. 

My wife had just left the room, claiming that she was leaving; and here my son's life was in danger. 

I held him upside down and slapped his back harder and harder. I was probably not doing it right given Jared's choking never stopped. But it was slowly making my blood stop circulating. I could feel my son's heart struggling. Could feel his ragged choked breaths.

All sorts of negative thoughts unfurled in my mind. 

"Jace!" Oakley yelled from the door. "I got the doctor here."

He ran inside the room and took Jared from my arms. I felt like I was electrocuted when I looked at my baby's face. It was dark pink. He was struggling for his life. 

"P-please save him. Please..." I choked on my own voice. 

Luckily it was the senior doctor of my kingdom. He assured me everything will be well and used a different technique to unchoke Jared's throat. To all of our shock, within seconds Jared coughed out the miniature chair along with a lot of foamy saliva. 

"There's nothing to worry, Your Majesty. Prince Jared is safe." The doc handed him out to me. 

My son desperately clung to me, his little arms spasmed around my neck. I held him tight like he was a piece of me and sobbed quietly. My baby was shaking. I rubbed his back and shushed him to calm down. 

"Mamma. Mam-Mamma." He cried. 

"I also tried to mind link Jena beside you and Oakley, Jace. She had blocked me out. Where is she? She should be here with Jared. Look at him. He's shaking badly." Mom said. 

I hugged my son tighter as I pressed my lips together. 

(Fifteen minutes later) 

Jared had slipped into sleep while crying in my arms. I gave him to mom and ran out in my wolf form. Jenna's scent was still in the air. It pumped my blood with desperation. I galloped out onto the street in search of her. 

I looked everywhere I could find her. Alas, she was gone. She really left me. 

Denis was searching around madly too. The fear of going through that grave pain of a breaking mate bond was harassing him. Moreover, he loved Jenna too. 

'I won't complain if you inject yourself with wolf bane to punish me, Jace. This is my fault. Jenna left because of me.' He sobbed. 

I could've done worse to him. For starters, I honestly desired to run into a tree or drag him to the farms where wolfsbane was grown for medicines and bullets. The pollen grain filled air would serve him right. When they would go into his system with air, it would hurt more than the excruciating pain of third degree burns. 

But doing that meant taking myself down that road that led to grave. 

And I didn't want to die. I have a son and a wife. Though the latter was severely heartbroken, I had hoped that if I got a chance to explain my situation to her then she would understand. 

(Five hours later) 

I searched everything— including in the woods and the royal park. There was no trace of her. 

Pain ploughed through me as I returned home, feeling like I just came back from a cemetery after burying a loved one. 

"Did you find her?" Mom caught me on the door of the room. I had come back in my wolf form. 

I motioned with my head to say no. 

Her eyes brimmed with tears. She didn't say anything but she held my wolf's face in her palms and put her forehead against mine. 

"Everything will be alright. Jenna will come back, okay?" 

I wish that too. But I know that's not happening. 

"Your dad is in the gardens with Jared. Don't worry about him. He's our responsibility unless you find Jenna." 

I made a sound in the back of my wolf's throat to say that I acknowledged that. Then I came to my room. I turned to my human form. My body was glistening with sweat, soil and the smell of loneliness. 

I dropped on the bed in my naked form, my feet planted on the floor. My hands were extended wide beside me as I stared up at the ceiling. 

It was over. My life was over. 

All the dreams I saw about growing old with my chosen mate were shattered. 

Jenna is a dignified woman. I know she would prefer to die rather than coming back to me. She loves our son more than her own life. But because of what my wolf did... I did in his force, she would even forget him. 

Torrents of salt slipped down the corner of my eyes. I closed my eyes and laid there. My body was hot and aching from all the hasty running. It needed a hot relaxing bath. 

But what is relaxing without your mate? What is relief when she's not around? 

Pain like a thousand blows bruised and battered my heart. I completely lost the sense of my surroundings. I lost the sense of hearing and feeling. I became so vulnerable at that moment that I failed to heed that someone knocked on my door. 

Tbc…