Sienna POV

Eva spent another week in the hospital. Callum tried to come by, but luckily either Ben or I stopped him from entering Eva's room. Eva was slowly coming back from the devastation of losing the twins. Hopefully, I will never have to go through the pain she is going through.

Eva asks me to look into apartments in the nearby town for her to rent. She insists on renting a four bedroom - one for each of the girls - Devaney, now 8, and Zoey, Eva and Callum's only daughter, now 3, one for her and one for when I want to come over and stay the night - who am I to deny my best friend what she's wanting.

"How are you going to afford this?"

"I've been saving for a rainy day. Callum hasn't been paying much mind to our personal financial books lately. He spends money on his fancy cars, and I put my portion away in a savings account. Something told me that one day a nice savings account would come in handy."

"And I suppose now is the time?"

"Si, I can't live with that man any longer. Do you know that he's even slept with someone while I've been in the hospital?"

"He's what?!"

"It doesn't even bother me anymore. I've become almost numb to it. This is just another reason why I am leaving this relationship. Have you seen him much?" She asks but there is no concern in her eyes.

"Not really. I think Ben's even had to step in a few times to cover for him. His drinking has gotten out of control - even more so after the loss of the twins."

"He didn't even know I was pregnant. I went to tell him right after I found out, and the asshole brushed me off. Told me he had too many Alpha duties that day to deal with my petty issues." She sobs.

"Oh Eva, that jerk doesn't deserve you."

"He doesn't come to any of the therapy sessions that have been suggested to him. Even little Devaney comes and helps me sometimes with my nightmares. I don't let her sleep in the room with me because I am afraid that I will hit or kick her. The little angel comes running in to try and help any time I wake up screaming."

"Would you like to talk about it now? You've never told me the story."

"Remember I dated Martin before he was banished."

"Yeah, he was cute but arrogant - I never knew what you saw in him." I respond.

"Si, I was the girl he sexually assaulted." She confesses.

"Oh Eva, I'm so sorry."

"I was so ashamed that I didn't do anything to ward off his attack more. I linked Ethan and he showed up with Sam, Jack and Gray. Thankfully before things went from bad to worse. Anyway, when Delano kidnapped me, he did some of the same things and this time he was using magic to keep me from using my powers. Again I felt so helpless. Anyway once I got back here, the doctor suggested therapy, not just for me but also for me and Callum. The doctor thought it would be a good idea if Callum knew about the past. I'm not sure it really helped much. Oh, we were better for the first year after we started therapy - which was months after I came back - but things deteriorated again not long after Zoey was born. Honestly, I think Callum would have rather had a boy than a girl. I guess that is why I was trying again to get pregnant. Maybe if Callum got his boy, things would get better."

"Eva you have put everything you can into this relationship. The fact that it failed is all on Callum."

Eva POV

Coming home after getting out of the hospital wasn't necessarily a good idea. The memories of that night - the pain and the loss - I just couldn't handle it anymore. Callum came in drunk - once again - something that was becoming all too familiar. All of a sudden I broke.

"What have you been doing lately? Or whom?" He slurs.

"Callum!" I yell.

"Don't take that tone with me Evangeline. You've never been supportive." He hisses. And I am starting to see 'red' again, and I know my wolf is taking over.

"Evangeline is taking a nap." My wolf growls. Oh shit.

"Evangeline is taking a nap? Figures." He scowls.

"Callum Walsh, I'd watch my tongue if I was you." My wolf warns.

"And what if I don't?" He taunts.

My wolf is beyond aggravated by now, and she stalks closer to Callum - eventually backing him into the wall.

"Remember Delano?"

"And?"

Next thing I know, my wolf kicks his knees so he buckles, and I have my forearm into his throat - cutting his air off slightly - only enough to make him uncomfortable.

"My recommendation - mate - is that you go sleep this off, and we will talk in the morning. You cared nothing about the pups I was carrying, and I have had about enough of your treatment."

"I knew nothing about the pups!" He roars.

"And. whose. Fault. Was. that?" She spit out, and I could see Callum's eyes getting bigger.

"What's wrong with your eyes?" He stammers.

"If they are now red, my suggestion is that you go sleep this off before I do something that Evangeline will have to pay for and might regret. I bet that these eyes were the last thing Delano saw before I shred him to pieces." She hisses with a malicious smirk.

All the coward can do is nod, and my wolf let him fall to the ground where he picked himself off and went towards the bedroom.

"No! The guest room. I'll be damned if you sleep in the bedroom in your state!" She growls, and he didn't fight. Good. I needed to calm down, and I'd be damned if I slept in the guest room. This was just another reason for me making my final decision.

He woke up the next morning groaning about a headache. Serves the asshole right.

"Callum, we need to talk." I say with confidence.

"Right now?" He whines.

"It's not my fault you decide to hide behind a bottle."

"Fine." He huffs.

"Callum, all you've done is hurt me lately. You accuse me of things that you know damn good and well that I have never done. You don't trust me. You shut me out. You don't want to spend time with me anymore. You wouldn't even take the time when I was excited weeks ago. You had no idea that we were expected another child. And you will never have to experience the profound disappointment and pain that comes from going to being so excited about becoming a mother to being completely devastated because you've lost that child, well children in my case. I have lost a pieces of my heart that can never be replaced, and you aren't making my life any easier. I love you Callum, but you quit putting into this relationship a long time ago." I rant.

I look at Callum, and he is speechless. That was it for me! In that moment I knew what I need to do for myself and ultimately for my girls. My girls deserved more than having a miserable mother, because their father couldn't keep it in his pants when he wasn't at home. After renting an apartment on the outskirts of the pack territory, I rejected Callum.

"I, Evangeline Leah Gray, Luna of the New Dawn Pack reject you Callum Laine Walsh, Alpha of the New Dawn Pack as my mate, now and forever.'"

Seeing the pain and regret in Callum's eyes was difficult, but he knew he had done more damage to me than Isaiah Newport had ever dreamed of doing. The best thing he could have done for me, he did - he set me free.

"I, Callum Laine Walsh, Alpha of the New Dawn Pack, accept your rejection, Evangeline Leah Gray, Luna of the New Dawn Pack as my mate, now and forever."

With those words he fell to his knees. Me on the other hand, had already suffered so much pain at his hands, it didn't seem so painful to me.

"See Callum. You caused me so much pain that this rejection feels like nothing. Remember that when you remember me. Remember the pain you are feeling right now, because my pain was worse than this every time you slept with someone else."

With that I walked away.

"Where are you going to go?" He whispers out.

"I already have an apartment for me and the girls."

With that his eyes got big again.

"You don't think I would have done all this without a plan - do you? After everything you've put me through - you expected me to stay?" I laugh out. "And don't think about trying to take the girls from me." I stalk back towards him. "My wolf won't hesitate to protect her pups. Plus you come home quite often a stumbling mess. Do you realize how much Devaney has to take care of me because you couldn't? I'm not the only one you damage with your actions."

"I didn't know." He mumbles.

"Of course you didn't because, anymore, everything is about Alpha Callum Walsh. Not anymore Callum - not anymore. The girls and I are going on vacation. I hope one day you remember everything you've done and feel bad. I was nothing but a devoted mate to you - but I guess I was never enough for you." I cried and walk away - this time not looking back at the man still kneeling on the floor.

The pain of my failed relationship was too much, the girls and I needed a break from the New Dawn Pack. Packing our bags, we headed out for new adventures. After spending four months with my parents, I went to the only other place that felt like family - the Blackrose Swamp Pack - plus Asher and Nila were there. Yes, Asher found his mate, Nila Diaz at Blackrose, a few months after I met Callum, while visiting the Blackrose Swamp Pack. He was learning other ways that he could heal people. He said it was his calling to heal people. Mom even told him about a dream where he was destined to be a great warrior and healer one day. Scarlett also knew of my heartbreak, so she invited me and the girls to visit Asher and Nila and their three kids, Catalina, Caymen and Yara. Enjoying every minute I have been there in the past, my chosen option was clear. I planned on a week's vacation.

Little did I know it was the start of a new adventure. Only a week's stay and plenty was going to happen. New adventures were getting ready to take place.

Did I mention that Callum kept calling even though I refused to answer? Once he realized that I wasn't going to answer, the guy actually left me a voicemail saying he was sorry about everything that happened. That he regretted accepting my rejection, and even claimed he wanted me to give him another chance. Another chance? Pfft. After the first woman he slept with, I gave him another chance. Not going back to that kind of life for myself was the best decision for me - as a person and a mother. I needed to be a good mom for my girls, and I had started to lose part of my identity while I was with Callum. After making my decision, I chose to not be in a relationship where I had to change who I was to please a mate - no more of that! So after his voicemail, I changed my voicemail greeting to Jo Dee Messina's song "My Give A Damn's Busted." Maybe he would get the hint from that they next time he called and tried to leave me a voicemail.