Chapter thirteen

Sophia POV~


I immediately burst into tears after my mates left the room. To be honest, I am very confused right now. When they came in earlier, I was afraid of them approaching me but as soon as they told me they were giving me space, my heart began to break. A part of me was happy that they were giving me space, but a greater part of me wanted to hold them back when they stood up to leave. That’s why I burst into tears because I didn’t understand how to go about it.


“I am so confused, Rose. I am so confused. I don’t know what to do anymore.”. I said this while still crying in Rose's arms.


“Shhh! It’s going to be fine, okay? Everything will be fine. Stop overthinking about it. Your friends are sending a therapist later on to come and see you. Please cooperate with her, okay?”. Rose cooed at me, and I nodded my head at her.


"Okay, now have a nap so that you won’t get any headaches.” Rose stood up, took my lunch tray, and went out of the room.

After lying and looking at the ceiling for almost an hour, I finally slept off.


When I woke up, it was already evening, and the maid attending to me explained to me that the therapist had been waiting for almost two hours now. I didn’t understand why she had to wait that long. Right now, I am not ready to see any therapist, and so she is wasting her time.


A knock at the door brought me out of my thoughts, and an elderly woman made her way to me with a smile on her face. Well, I guess that should be the therapist.

“Hello Sophia, nice to meet you. My name is Grace, and I will be your therapist.” She introduced herself, and I gave her no reply. Heck, I didn’t even look in her direction at all.

“How are you feeling now?”. She asked me when she saw that I didn’t give her a response. I still didn’t answer her but kept on looking at the ceiling as if she weren’t present. After talking to herself for almost an hour, she stood up and left. That was easier than I thought. I am not some broken plate; I didn’t need a therapist at all. I wanted Aliyah back.



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"Seriously, Sophia, you need to cut out this behavior of yours. It’s not helping matters at all.” Rose scolded me as soon as she entered my room. I gave her a look that said, “What behavior?”.


“Don’t give me that look as if you don’t know what I am talking about. This is the third day your therapist is coming over, and you refuse to talk to her.”. Rose spoke out.


“But I don’t need a therapist!.” I screamed at her.

“O yes, you do! Take a look at yourself in the mirror. If you continue doing this to yourself, you will soon lose yourself. Please just for once, listen to the therapist and talk to her. Keeping everything inside of you is not going to make it better. You need to let it out. Even not because of anyone but for your own peace of mind. Do it. Okay?”. Rose gently said and I nodded my head in acceptance. I now see why she is a doctor.

“Good! Now promise me that you will talk to her when she comes today”. Rose showed me her pinky finger.

“I promise!”. I said and we made a pinky promise to seal it up.

“Now that you have promised to see her, let me call her in. She is already here!”. Rose said and without waiting for me to reply, she rushed out of the room as if she were afraid that I would change my mind. Actually, the therapist has been here for three days. And just like the first day, I refused to talk to her at all.


“Good evening, Sophia I guess you are in a better mood today, right?”. Mrs Grace said as she entered the room, smiling. I


“Good evening to you, Mam!”. I shyly said,.

“I know that I am not a young lady, but you didn’t need to call me Mam. It makes me feel older than my age. Please call me Grace”. The therapist said to me,

“Okay Mam. Sorry, I mean Grace!”. I feel so uncomfortable calling her by her name. In my old pack, you dare not call someone who has a higher rank than you by his or her name. If, for any reason, you do that, you will face a great punishment.



“So are you ready to talk today, or should I just get going?”. Grace joked and waited to hear my responses.

“I am ready to talk.” I responded.


“That's good, then. Feel free to share with me whatever you want to say.”. Grace said as she sat down and looked at me attentively. I kept quiet, looking at her too, because, honestly, I didn’t know where to start.

“I can see that you are confused about where to start. Just start from wherever you are. It doesn't matter.”. Grace explained when she saw the look of confusion on my face.

After being silent for two minutes, I cleared my throat and began to talk: “It all started when I was fourteen and didn’t shift like the rest of my age mate.. I started saying, and I went on to tell how my parents abused me physically and emotionally and how I was bullied at school. Then I finally shifted four years later into an omega, and my parents found that a disgrace to their beta lineage. Then the Alpha banished me from the pack, and I was attacked by some rogues. I was saved and brought into the pack, and I stayed with Rose and her mate for a week until the Alphas returned. I also told her how the other Alpha reacted when she found out that we were mates, and then Aliyah, my wolf, shut herself up. By the time I was done with my story, both Grace and I were in tears, but one thing I am sure of is that I suddenly felt free and my heart became light for the first time since I don’t even know how long.


“Poor child! You have passed through a lot!”. Grace exclaimed as she wiped away the tears from her eyes.


“How do you feel now?” She asked me.

“Honestly, my heart feels so light, and I personally feel as if a burden has been lifted up from my chest.” I truthfully explained it to her.


“That’s very good. It was right of you to let everything out. Because the more you keep it inside of you, the more it eats you up.” Grace explained and then went on: “From what you told me, I noticed that you are dealing with self-blame and fear of the future. I want to tell you this: It’s not your fault that you passed through all this. Nobody deserves to have such an experience, but I want you to take it as a test of life. For as long as there's life, troubles will always come our way, and the best way to overcome them is by not giving them the opportunity to have control over you. Secondly, you have to stop allowing what happened in the past to affect your future. Just enjoy what the present has in store for you.
And lastly, concerning your wolf, she left as if her mates didn't want her. So if at all you want her back, you must be free with your friends and allow her to feel their love, or you may lose her forever.”. Grace explained, and I nodded my head in understanding. I am now happy that I actually talked with her. She made me understand a clearer picture of everything.

“Now I want you to promise me that you will try to make things work between you and your mates.”. Grace insisted.

“I promise!”. I smiled at her, feeling very happy about the turnout of the event.

“Good girl. That will be all. Whenever you need me, I am only one call away. Don’t forget to keep your promise.” Grace hugged me, stood up, and left the room. I actually felt a little bit sad that she left. I was enjoying her company. To think that it was the same me that refused to talk to her for three days. I laughed it up and went to sleep, thinking about how I was going to build a relationship with my partner. After all, I deserve to be happy.