I materialized in a room that looks different, but somehow familiar. This is definitely not my room at my parent’s house. I do not know where I am now. I don’t feel any immediate danger, so I need to first figure out where I am. As I am looking around, two people walk into the room.
“What the hell, Seleste? How did you get here?” Prince Julian asked.
At this point, I am barely holding it together. After seeing Prince Julian, I realized I somehow teleported myself to him. I guess that makes sense. This was one of the last places I felt completely safe and will be the last place anyone looks for me.
I looked at Prince Julian and Princess Violetta and all I can do was cry. Princess Violetta walks up to me and just hugs me.
“Julian, call Alpha Clark. Something has happened. I know I don’t know Seleste as well as you all, but I can’t imagine what could have made her break down like this. You go make the call. I’ll stay here with her.”
Prince Julian walks out of the room. I’m still not able to do anything but cry in Violetta’s arms. This is my life right now and I can't believe it. I have stood on the sidelines and cheered for all of my friends as they found their mates. I watched them come together and be happy. Everything fit together seamlessly with them. Even with Rose and that crazy shewolf who was obsessed with alpha Clark. Garnet completely supported Rose and put that shewolf in her place, but my mate allowed his female to completely disrespect me. I asked him not to take me back there if there was going to be this kind of drama. He promised me and the worst part is that I believed him.
“T, I can’t handle things right now. For now, I need you to take over. I need to rest. I am too broken to deal with this.”
“Ok Lettie. I’ll handle things for now. You rest. I’ll take care of our body.”
I am so lucky to have Tamaska. I can tell that she wanted to say more, but she knows I need this right now. I can feel that she really wants to talk to Onyx, but she won’t out of love and respect for me. I just can’t deal with all of this right now.
I go in the back of our mind and change places with Tamaska. although I can still here and see everything; I don’t even bother to pay any attention. Right now, I'm empty and numb. I don’t know why the moon goddess would allow me to be hurt like this, especially at this time. I need to be at the top of my game. My heart needs to be healed. I need to refocus. For now, I’ll just stay here and heal.
“Violetta, this is Tamaska, Seleste’s wolf. She is hurting really bad right now. Actually, we both are, but she needs me more right now. Our mate hurt us really bad.”
“I understand Tamaska. Is there anything I can do to help?” Violetta asks.
“You are already doing it by just being there for us.” Tamaska says.
“Do you want to talk about it?” Violetta asks.
Tamaska begins to tell Violetta what happens. As she is nearing the end of the story, Julian walks back into the room and he is beyond pissed.
“Violetta, I can’t believe what that idiot alpha wolf did to our friend. I will kill him with my own hands for hurting her like that.” Prince Julian says.
“Tamaska was just telling me about it.” Violetta says.
“Tamaska?”
‘Yes, Prince Julian. Seleste is hurting and needed a break. I am taking over for now while she regains her strength.”
“Tamaska, I am so sorry you two had to go through something like this again. I am so angry and shocked that Alpha Blake would be so disrespectful. The council has called a meeting. I have also called the king, and he wants to talk to you and Seleste before the meeting.” Prince Julian says.
“That is good. I know Seleste wanted to talk to him about breaking the bound between her and Jarvis and me and Onyx. I am not strong enough to break it myself because we completed the mating process,” Tamaska says.
Prince Julian escorts us to his office so we can talk to my king. Before we all have a conference call. Tamaska explains to the king that I want to break the bond between Jarvis and I. Tamaska explains that we have too much at stake for me to be tied to a broken bond. The king first asked if we were sure we wanted to do this. I am sure, but Tamaska is a little hesitant. She wants to give Jarvis and Onyx a chance to explain themselves. I gave him all the chance he needed when I stood there quietly and watch that shewolf stick her tongue down his throat.
The king said that he will take everything into consideration and reminded me I am stronger than this. He reminded me of my ancestry and told not to let this break me, no matter what my future with Jarvis may hold. The king expressed his anger and disgust in the way Jarvis handled things, especially when I told the king that I offered to travel back with my father to allow him time to get things straight at his pack before I came, but he insisted I come with him and promised that he would take care of everything. The king will let us know his decision after our conference call with our Protector team since my relationship or lack of relationship with Jarvis impacts the makeup of the team. As of now, I informed the king that I cannot and will not work with Jarvis. I want him and his pack off of my team as soon as possible. I understand that we have many undercover operations running through his pack, but since the twins run that operation, we can shift to another pack. All I know is that right now, at this very moment, I just want to distance myself away from Jarvis as far as I can.
When Julian left me with Violetta, he called Alpha Clark and ended up talking to my dad and Councilman Bari. They called an immediate meeting. The meeting started soon after my conversation with the king. I really did not want to be in this meeting, since the primary goal was to meet with Jarvis and get his side of things. It is much too soon for this. I stood behind Prince Julian for much of the conversation. I knew that my mate couldn’t see me. Tamaska blocked Onyx so they could not sense of either. It hurt to see him look so broken, but he did this to us. He made the choices that lead to this. He could have let me go to my parents while he cleaned his house.
My dad is beyond pissed. My dad just issued a challenge to Jarvis. I know my dad does not want to be an Alpha, but his love for me is strong enough for him to take that role just to avenge me. Prince Julian told my dad how messed up I was when I came to him and Violetta, and I know my dad is ready to tear this world apart for me. I am glad my mom is there to keep him calm. My dad mentioned the thing that I wanted to discuss the most and that is Jarvis no longer working with my team. My dad understands me and knows that I can’t work with Jarvis after this.
After everyone lets Jarvis know how they feel about him, the king logs into the call. To say that it hit the fan when he did is an understatement. He let it out that we are distantly related and that the Royal Gamma is my cousin. The king lets Jarvis know I want to break our mate bond. The king asks Jarvis to give him a reason he should break our bond. Jarvis has the nerve to say that he didn’t know he was kissing her. I lost it at that point. I can’t believe he used that as an excused. My angered tripled after that. I am so mad, I and shaking right now. Violetta is all but holding me up. I am so done with this conversation. My dad steps in and continues to plead my case. At this point, I just want all of this done. I am not even paying attention to them anymore.
I can see the king in deep thought while everyone else is talking around us. He is focusing on Jarvis. I know he is reading Jarvis right now to see if he is being deceitful. I haven’t even tried to read his aura. Honestly, I don’t want to. I’m just so over all of this. Maybe I’m just meant to be alone.
“Lettie, don’t give up hope. I know it hurt us, but I strongly believe there is more to this story than we know. Now that I am calm, I remembered I could not link with Onyx when everything was happening and he was not blocking me. I could feel him trying to reach out to me, but there was a block in place. He also could not fully connect to Jarvis. I could feel his panic. I don’t know what this all means or if Jarvis was the one blocking us, but we need to find out.”
“I hear what you are saying, T, and I know you want your mate more than anything. I just don’t have any hope left for this. I would rather be alone. I just don’t trust in this anymore.”
“I understand Lettie, I will support you no matter what. We are awesome, with or without a mate.”
“T, did you hear what the king just said about Jarvis being under some type of spell or magical control? How is that even possible?”
“I don’t know Lettie. Let’s just see what happens.”
Now Tamaska and I are both paying attention again. Everyone, including my dad, is looking thoughtful. We all know that the rebels have been trying to find a way to control wolves. They even drugged me and tried to disrupt my connection to Tamaska. The king is going to send a magical ally to Jarvis to investigate. The king will not make a determination about breaking our bond until the investigation is completed. I can understand why the king is hesitant, but I will not get my hopes up. I know the humans say you are innocent until proven guilty. For me, Jarvis needs to prove himself innocent.