I take a much needed breath, before making my way down the stairs.

It's supper time and anything can happen.

Entering into the dining room, curious gazes once again are thrown my way, but I ignore them. I settle down on the only remaining seat left, which is on the other end of the table, opposite the alpha.

I don't know why I would be placed here, it just gives off too much attention, and I can't even imagine meeting his eyes every few minutes.

It will surely be torture indeed.

The alpha makes his presence known, his face blank as always.

Once he settles down, that's when I sense it, something is brewing inside of him. I don't know what it is, but he's doing all he can to suppress it.

I'm worried.

Soon, dinner is served and I have the urge to help the ladies.

" Alpha." I speak up, for the first time.

All heads snap in my direction, the alpha's being the first.

"Could I be excused for a moment? "

"Is there a problem?" He asks.

" No, I just need to assist at the kitchen." I tell him, looking only at him and no one else.

" Did they ask to be assisted?" He's challenging me, in front of everyone.

" Sometimes, one doesn't need to express that they need help, you simply know."

" And how do you know?" Something about his question irks something in me.

There's a double meaning behind his question, I can't seem to detect it, but I know he's asking for some type of reason.

" I just know. " My own intention drips off my answer.

" Alright then." He nods, releasing me.

I nod my thank you before leaving the table.

"Could I help you with anything?" I ask the ladies, who are looking so flustered at the moment.

" Oh, um, we are ----------"

" Just tell me what you need and I'm all yours." I tell them with a kind smile, showing them my intention.

"Are you sure?" The youngest omega asks, hope shining in her eyes.

" Yes, now shall we get started?" I ask, earning enthusiastic nods from everyone present in the kitchen.

It had been a long time since I'd been busy in the kitchen, doing something productive.

The ladies and I decide on making a simple, but delicious dessert, in this time I get to know the ladies more, their personalities shining through. The thought of tomorrow reminds me of my brother Ronan. We didn't leave things on a good note, and I don't know if he is still mad at me.

I still haven't forgotten how we left things, the promise in his eyes when I disobeyed him, and came along with alpha Mica.

I'll have to call him and see how his mood is like.

Tomorrow I leave, with no progress and with nothing, just like when I arrived here. The alpha wants nothing to do with me yet his wolf does, he's conflicted, and his only option is to drive me out of his life.

I could push, but then it would drive him further away from me. This would leave me with no other choice but to give him space, to leave him be, and only be hopeful, though the hope is slowly diminishing.

For the rest of the night, I decide to help the omegas, helping out in the kitchen, and daring not to go back out, into the dining hall.

It doesn't feel right going back in, I decide on spending the rest of my time in the kitchen, keeping my distance. Being left alone in the kitchen, the omegas having knocked out for the night, I'm left alone to finish up with the muffins, we'd all baked for tomorrow morning. I've volunteered to look after the last batch, before heading up to sleep.

Tomorrow I'll leave, and never come back. He will never see me again.

I take a breath, relaxing on the stool with a glass of water in hand, as I stare out of the window, looking at the beautiful night sky. These are the moments I treasure most, the quiet ones, where I'm left alone to think.

His scent invades my nose and my body tenses up when I feel his presence close. His eyes bore a hole at my back and that's when I sense it, the same feeling I had earlier, is still present now.

"You're seeking something." I say, glancing over my shoulder.

"And you'd know this, how?"

I sigh, getting off the stool and turning to face him.

" I just know." I walk on to place the glass in the sink. " Tomorrow I leave." I turn to face him once again. " And once I do, I'm never coming back." I add, walking on to stand in front of him.

"Does that not matter to you?" I ask.

"No." He says.

A twinge of pain hits at my chest, but I still hold on to my emotions, not willing to crumble now.

I nod, stepping around him and intending to walk out, only to be stopped by a hand on my wrist. Sparks trail up from my hand to my arm, my lips part at the good feeling I'm receiving, at just a touch, such a calming sensation.

"What do you want to know?" I ask, glancing up at him.

" Where's your wolf? Why can't I feel it?" My body tenses again.

"Why do you want to know? "

" I deserve to know." He says.

"You have no right." My sentence is cut off by him slamming me against the wall. I gasp at the action and my eyes trail up to his face, so I look into his eyes.

" I have every right to know." He grunts, his grip on my wrist tightening.

He's trying to calm himself down, though it's a little too impossible, I can feel it.

"Why?"

"Because........" He holds back his tongue, a small growl of frustration rumbling from his chest.

" I am nothing to you." I tell him.

His eyes narrow, shifting in colour, confliction evident in this moment in time.

"We are not alone." He releases my hand and takes a step back, all the while blinking his eyes, until they are back into their original colour.

He is now frowning at me, feeling confused, and I can't blame him, because what I've just done, shouldn't have happened.

Neither one of us is supposed to mind- link without having marked each other, yet here I am, having done it. I've just confirmed everything to him, that I'm different.

He takes a step forward but I shake my head, making him stop, to not take another step.

I take a breath, before I try again .

I hope it works this time, with me being fully aware.

"Meet me outside, in 30 minutes." This time his lips part.

"Goodnight alpha." I mumble, walking out of the kitchen and leaving him alone.

Outside. That's what rang in mind, I'm not even sure why anything would be leading me outside tonight, I don't have all the answers, but once I do what's needed tonight, I'll know.

Heading up to the room, I stop in my tracks, right in the hallway, when I feel that I'm not alone.

"You can come out now." I say, right outside a door.

The door squeaks open and two heads peek out.

Evan and Travis.

I cross my arms, arching my brow at them.

"Well, goodnight Luna." Evan quickly says, rushing off.

He didn't even give me a chance to say anything.

Travis and I are the only ones left and I turn to him. He leans against the door frame, crossing his arms. We stand in the same position, just staring at each other.

" Did you mean it? What you said back there, that once you leave, you're never coming back?"

All I do is stare at him, feeling tongue tied, words getting stuck in my throat.

" I know that look, I remember it. You can't tell me, can you?"

'I'm sorry,' I say with my eyes.

I nod not only my goodnight, but goodbye too. I don't know why that is, why now, and not tomorrow?

                            *******

I stand out in the silence, waiting for his arrival. I've been out here for a little over 5 minutes, I've not received any answer for why I called him out here.

We should be resting and I should be prepared for my leave tomorrow, yet here I am, outside, and waiting for my mate to show up. I've put a trail right past the patrol without being seen, I've also made sure to get him by, without being seen too.

If I could describe how I was able to do this, I would be lying, for what I behold is like no other, and each time I use a part of me, my ability, my life span goes down.

Time will run out without my mate, being part of my life, with the way things are. I've tried to give him the space he wants, yet he always finds himself in my way.

I don't want him to be obligated to be near me, I need all of him to be present and wanting. That's why I've come up with another idea, to see if I can be of help without intruding, as his mate.

The first step could only be taken by him at this point, somehow I doubt he wants to do so. Right here, right out, might just be the only time we'll ever get to be alone, and I don't want to waste it on unnecessary stuff, but important things.

The air is a bit on the cold side and goosebumps threaten to form on my arms. My nose picks up his scent, just when I hear something snap behind me, but I still don't turn around to face him.

It's his wolf, I can sense it.

I feel him step closer and I choose this time to turn around, so I face him. My actions causes his steps to faulter.

His eyes are trained on me.

Looking into his blue-black eyes, I tell him, I tell him to not come any closer.

He ignores that and takes another step towards me, but I take my own back, making good on my promise, that if he so much as come any closer to me, I'll leave.

He growls lowly, not liking this one bit.

I wait patiently for him to make a decision.

His wolf and I keep our eyes on each other for a few seconds, before he turns around and heads over to change behind a nearby tree.

I don't know if its his eagerness, curiosity, or annoyance, for being here that gets him back into view fast, but whatever it is, I'm grateful.

The first thing I notice is his blank face, with cold and determined eyes, before his half naked frame, with dark coloured, basketball shorts.

We are both matching with black, my hair tied into a loose ponytail, leaving a few hair strands coming onto my face. He opens his mouth to speak but no words come out.

I'm forced to prevent him from speaking. He knows I'm doing something to him, yet I'm not showing it with my actions.

I walk over to him, taking his hand in mine, but all too soon he snatches it back.

' Brother, I need to speak to you.' Kylie says, entering into the Alpha's study.

' What is it? ' He asks, looking up from his laptop.

' It's about your guest,' she says, settling down on the seat in front of his desk.

' Not again with this,' he sighs, leaning back and looking at her.

' There's something off about her, she's strange and ---------'

' Kylie,' he warns.

' No, I thought you'd listen to me the first time, and throw her out of our territory but she's still here. You, as the alpha should protect one of your members.'

' Are you questioning your alpha?'

She sighs, bearing her neck in submission. ' I'm not, I just would like for you to look into her. Something about her doesn't sit right with me, behind that innocent face, I swear that she's a little -------'

' Kylie!' The alpha snaps, banging his hand against his desk. This makes her to stagger back in shock.

' W-why are you acting like this? Why won't you do anything?'

' She's leaving tomorrow, you'll have nothing to worry about, she'll be out of our lives for good.'

Everything goes blank, preventing me from seeing any further and I'm knocked back into the present.

A gasp close by, reminds me of Mica, who stands close to me. I watch his eyes blink twice before they grow hard and cold like before, he marches over to me in long stride, his hands grab my arms, letting his fingers to dig into my skin.

"No wolf would do that, no normal wolf would do that. What are you? Are you some type of witch, a sorcerer, or are you some sick and twisted person, huh?......So what. The heck. Are you?" Each word that's thrown at me, is like a knife cut into my chest.

It's painful.

" I'm your mate." I say, blinking back the threatening tears.

"No, no!" He shakes his head stiffly.

"You can't deny what's been destined for you."

"Shut up!" I flinch back, but his tight and bruising grip on my arms, keeps me in place.

"You're no mate of mine, no. My mate wouldn't belong to the same people who murdered my family!" He shouts, shoving me back that I land hard, with my back on the ground.

I stare at him, wide eyed.

Through his young eyes I see it. A young boy , the same age as Mica. A man stands behind him, tilting the young boy's head up, though his eyes are trained on Mica, telling him it's okay and that he's the best brother.

Mica won't listen, he won't accept it, because it's his brother that's badly beaten and bruised, held by the enemy, one of my own.

He is right, it is one of my own that destroyed his family.

I can feel it, every emotion little Mica is feeling.

I can't see the man's face, because Mica is only focused on his brother.

The man's hand holds something shiny in hand, a knife. He raises his hand and just when he brings it down -------

"You have no right!" His voice rings in my head, knocking me back to the present.

The same present, where his hand grips the side of my neck, pulling me up as well as block a part of my air supply. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing comes out.

I look into his eyes and reach out my hand, to touch the side of his face. I breathe in and out through my nose, closing my eyes for a moment, as I pass on a part of me to him, opening up a passage and letting him through, to feel what I feel and see what I see. I take us back to the root cause of the blockage, that denies him any relief or peace.

I'm using a lot of energy for this but I don't care, I'm his helper and I want to help him. I want to give him that platform to vent, to release what he's compressed for years, even if it means I get hurt in the process.

My energy is slowly sucking off that anger, that poison which is slowly killing him emotionally.

" I'm going to kill you." His mind releases, making me gasp.

I'm picked up into the air before I'm thrown somewhere across the forest. I land hard and painfully on the ground. I cough a few times, trying to take a breath even though my side is hurting, since I land hard on it.

I tilt my head up to look at him, where he advances towards me in a predatory manner, his eyes unfocused and glazed over. He's not in his right state of mind, he's only in a zone which I mistakenly opened, and allowed for him to be under.

He's taken back to that time when he was hurting, that time his family was destroyed, and him having witnessed everything. He is blinded by all emotions and vision of that time.

He can't see me, he won't see me.

In sight, I'm the enemy, his enemy. I've taken the place of the one responsible, and only one thing the enemy deserves.

Death.

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