Chapter 18

(Alexander POV)

When I turned away from Owen I was still fuming. I couldn’t believe that this guy who was supposed to have some special wolf bond with Amelia, that was supposed to be one of the strongest bonds in our world, was so easily going to walk out on her. I wanted to punch him, but that would have only played further into the idea that my kind are ruthless and violent. I walked through Amelia’s door and was taken aback to see her sitting up in bed with red puffy eyes looking back at me. She must have heard everything.

I walk toward her and her tears begin to fall again. I wrap her in my arms, and she cries into my shoulder.

“Shhh…it’s ok love.” I whisper to her as a stroke her back gently.

“He doesn’t want me. What is happening? Why is everything falling apart?” She says in between sniffling. “We were supposed to be so happy together, and everything is just different.”

I wasn’t entirely sure what she meant but I didn’t want to ask right now since she seemed too upset. When the sounds of her crying started to die down, she lifted her head and glanced up at me.

“I’m sorry.” She says with a shaky voice.

I look at her in confusion. “Why are you sorry?” I ask.

“For crying like this over Owen, I am sure it doesn’t make you feel very good.” She says pulling away from my hold to sit up straight.

I could see why she would be worried, Owen and I didn’t get along, but I understood. He is her mate, and even though I am too, their bond is different and unique just between the two of them. I could not expect her not to have any feelings or attachment to him.

“Hey, don’t apologize. You have every right to be upset.” I tell her brushing her hair away from her face.

“I just don’t know what to do, because I don’t blame him for not wanting to be a part of this. It is a lot and before, our bond had already been strong before any of this happened. Now everything is happening at once, and we don’t have that solid foundation yet to keep us strong.” She says.

I decided to ask her to explain. Over the next hours she tells me everything. Everything that happened in her vision from the fates, what they told her about the future, what she really is and more. I was stunned at her words! I had never heard such a crazy story before, and it made me realize how hurt she really must have felt. She had a memory of a life that could have been hers but was only a dream in a sense. She was expecting a completely different life and ended up with this mess of a situation. Unfortunately, that included me. I tried not to overthink things, but I had wished that maybe in another life I would have been there too.

“Your right, you and Owen don’t have that strong bond that you had in the other time. You guys are basically strangers still, and in honesty us guys tend to be a little overwhelmed by situations out of our control. He is afraid he can’t handle it all, and it’s easier to run than face your problems. The only difference between me and him is that I chose this, and I have nowhere to run to. But I am scared and confused just as much as he is!” She looks me in the eyes and just watches me for a moment.

Looking back at her with those tears stained glossy eyes, I felt heartbroken. She looked tired and hurt, and I just wanted to hold her until she knew how much I wanted to see her smile again. So, I did. I moved toward her and pulled her into my lap and held her. She melted into my touch instantly and I knew even if this was all I could offer her, then it was more than enough.


(Owen POV)

After being talk down to by the Blood Beast, I felt angry and confused. I stormed off after being denied access to seeing Amelia. As I was walking back to my room, I looked up to see Isa standing by my door waiting.

“What are you doing here?” I ask her not in the mood to see anyone.

“I wanted to talk to you about Amelia.” She says.

I glare at her for a moment but ended up letting her in. I turned on the light above us and offered her a seat.

“What did you want to tell me?” I ask her as soon as she is seated.

“I overheard your conversation with Alexander, and I feel like the only way you can see things the way Amelia sees them is if I show you everything, we showed her.” She says.

“Can you do that?” I ask.

She nods. “It may help you realize just how hard this all has been on her. I know she told you some of what happened to her, but I am sure it was not nearly enough. She probably left some things out so as not to overwhelm you, but in order for things to move forward you need to know everything. My abilities as a fate are now limited, but this is something I can do. Would you like to see what your future was meant to look like?”

At first, I want to tell her there is no point. That seeing what could have been wouldn’t change what was happening now, but then I thought about Amelia. I thought back to all the moments we have shared. She has been on edge and although she has tried to seem cheerful and happy, there was this sadness and fear that lingered around her. Like she was carrying a tremendous burden, and she was trying so hard to not show how hard it was to carry it alone. I need to know what she had seen, because at least then we could carry the burden together.

“Ok.” I say finally.

Isa nods and extends her hand and places it to my forehead, but before anything happens, she says, “I have to warn you! You may see things that are difficult to accept.”

Without a second warning a feel like I am suddenly falling into darkness until images begin to flash through my mind. Images of Amelia and me meeting for the first time, our first date, when I brought her to our new home, when we mated, after she had emerged, when she found out she was pregnant with our son, her growing belly, and her yelling at me to run before she is gone. I am pulled back suddenly and tears are falling from my eyes.

“This is the future she saw with you. But something or someone has changed it, and she is lost because nothing is the same. She is hurt because she missed all these moment with you, and she wants to fix herself so that she can get that life back. Do you understand now? She is fighting for that life with you!” Isa says.

I feel my heart clench at everything I had seen, that in that other life I had lost her. And here I was so willing to walk away from her forever while she is fighting to give us that happy life. I saw our children in her arms, I held them before I watched her die. She was lost and I had given her a home where she finally felt safe, a family of her own. Why was I so afraid now to fight for her?

“So, what will you do now?” She asks me.

I look to her. “I won’t let her go. Not now. Not ever.”

She smiles. “Good, because this is only the beginning."