Chapter 11

(Kyle's POV)My mother said, "Do you know why she left?"I sat across from her, head down."Because you never made her feel important."I wanted to argue. But I couldn't.Because it was true.On her birthday, I said I didn't like giving gifts. Too formal.But I bought Lina a moonstone pendant.When she wanted a ceremony, I said we were real and didn't need that kind of proof.But I took Lina to that restaurant. The one Selina had said she wanted to go to for so long.She made a "Mate's Seat" cushion. Took her a whole month.When Lina sat on it, I didn't even think anything was wrong.I said, "Lina has a bad back. The passenger seat has more room. You can sit in the back."I told her to sit in the back.She was my mate.I told her to sit in the back.My mother was right. I was the stupidest man in the world.No, I wasn't stupid. I was an asshole.An asshole who was so used to being loved for seven years that he thought that love would never disappear.I went back to that apartment again

Chapter 12

(Kyle's POV)Later I heard she was with Cole.A friend told me. He saw them on a mission down south. They were walking together, Cole carrying her suitcase, and she was laughing — really happy.My friend said, "Kyle, I've never seen Selina that happy."I said, "I have."The day she first came to the pack. Wearing a white dress, standing in the moonlight. I walked toward her, she looked up, and smiled at me.That was the most beautiful smile I had ever seen.Later, I rarely saw it.Because I stopped walking toward her.She started chasing after me. No matter how fast I walked, she tried to keep up.I thought she could.Now I know — she wasn't keeping up. She was holding on.Holding on for seven years.Now she doesn't have to hold on anymore.Someone is waiting for her. Someone walks toward her. Someone remembers what she likes to eat, what she likes to do, every word she's ever said.Not me.It was never me.My mother said, "Do you still miss her?"I sat in my usual spot, looking at the

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