VALERIA For this journey, two carriages were preparedQuinn and Celine rode in one, while Aldric and I shared the other.
Truthfully, things had been tense between us these past days.
I suppose thats inevitable when there are so many differences and secrets in a relationship.
Thad thought of countless ways to resolve it, but all of them led back to the same conclusion: I needed to tell him the truth, to be honest with him.
Yet every time his hate-filled words echoed in my mind, my confidence crumbled.
Watching the forest pass by, I remembered when I used to run through these woods like a lost soul until I reached Golden Moon.
As the landscape became more and more familiar, memories of the past flooded my mind.
All the pain and humiliation I felt that night when I lost my pup.
Are you going to keep giving me the cold shoulder forever? A low whisper tickled the side of my neck.
felt the weight of Aldrics head resting on my shoulder, his long hair brushing lightly against my arm.
He had moved closer, pressing his thigh against mine and surrounding me with his slightly unsettled pheromones.
What do I have to do to make you forgive me for yelling at you? If only it were as simple as his tone of voice.
Its killing me to see you wont even look at me.
Dont think I didnt notice you trying to ride with Celine instead of staying here with me.
What, do you hate me that much? His hand gently cupped my chin, turning my face toward him as his fingers caressed my cheek.
I drowned in those cold, silver-gray eyes so distant yet so beautiful.
Hearing him plead with me made my heart ache.
Iwasnt angry at Aldric, not really.
Iwas angry at life, at my destiny.
Didnt I deserve to be happy with someone? Pm not mad at you.
Im not that petty, I said softly, raising my hand to touch his sharp, masculine face, smoothing his reddish stubble with my fingers.
Its just...
I guess I feel a bit melancholy about returning to my old pack.
Not that anyone there should remember meI moved away afterward.
---- You've never told me which pack you moved to.
You know, the one that bastard belonged to the one Id like to dig up just so I could tear him apart with my bare hands, he said through gritted teeth, making me tense up.
I didnt want to give him any details.
He only knew a distorted version of my past, the one I had chosen to share.
had never gone into specifics, fearing it would expose too much.
Who would believe that a mere omega like me had killed a powerful Alpha like Dorian? [ dont want to talk about something so unpleasant.
It has nothing to do with the pack we're going to, I confessed with a sigh.
Heaned in to give him a soft kiss on the lips, but as I tried to pull away, he held the back of my head, deepening the kiss.
He leaned further into me, pinning me into the corner of the carriage.
His passion, his desire, the intensity of his feelings for methey all poured into that kiss.
It told me he loved me.
But would his love be enough to accept who I truly was?