Psychopathic (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 58

"You don't seem to be doing well." She told him honestly, but he wasn't looking at her.

Instead, he was looking ahead at the distance as if he wished for someone to be there.

"I broke up with Alec."

Seems like this town wasn't done with its surprises as she found herself baffled once more. This was the last thing she had expected Eli to say, and she couldn't help but wonder about the reason that would result in someone to not want to be with their mate.

Her hand went up to wipe away a stray tear that fell from his eye.

"Is that why you have been crying?"

"No." His voice quivered as he shook his head as if he was dealing with an agonizing pain, and it was an agonizing pain paired with an agonizing realization. "It's because he's gone and I still-"

He didn't get to complete his words, and Cassie had front-row seats to watch Ari's poisonous effects in action.

"You still what?" She urged softly giving his head a few gentle caresses and he all but leaned on her to cry on her shoulder.

"I still love him." Came the choked confession that tore his heart apart every time he acknowledged it. "I didn't choose my mate; I didn't want any of this. I just wanted to be with him."

Cassie couldn't help but give him a sympathetic look. "Eli..."

"I know it is stupid. I know it'll never happen. But he said he'd be with me if he could." And Cassie could only hold him as she saw through the twisted lie Eli had been told. "We're both omegas, but did it mean I'd have to be stuck with an alpha like this? Every time I think of Alec, I just feel sick."

"You still have hope he'd be with you." She realized feeling nothing else other than pity.

Even if Ari did feel the same, and even if they did find a way to be together the way Eli hoped, it just wouldn't be an easy relationship to maintain. They'd both be having painful heats, and they'd both end up looking after the other without any real way of stopping it. That, with the addition of remaining without a mark because they'd both be unable to mark the other.

It'll just be a matter of time before one of them is stolen away by someone else be it a tragic accident or the simple fact of incompatibility.

That was just the harsh unfair reality that they faced.

However, Ari never had any intentions of being with Eli.

Cassie guessed that by the time those words had been said, Ari was already Constantine's. Those words were only said to hurt and give false hope of something that was already unattainable.

Slowly, she could understand why the moon made its choice.

"A break can help you sort these feelings out." She said knowing that her words were only like a Band-Aid to broken bones. Seemingly soothing, but completely useless. However, there is still truth to her words despite them not soothing his pain. "In time, you'll forget. Maybe even fall for Alec or someone else. Feelings do change, but for now, you'll just have to accept things as they are."

"Why did he leave me..."

A sigh escaped her as she reminded herself that Eli was young and foolish. He also didn't realize how completely self-absorbed he was that he never considered that Ari might be happier this way. Although he claimed to love Ari, Cassie had a feeling that the one person he truly ever loved is himself.

Because Eli was special, he was an omega, and all omegas were treated like they were the center of the world. Something rare and precious.

She was treated like that, too.

It'll take some time to outgrow, and a lot of self-reflection before he sees that others around him are hurting as well.

A little nudge to the right direction never hurt anybody.

"Alec is probably thinking the same thing. He's blameless in all of this." She told him trying her best to be the antidote to the poison that already spread. "I still think some time away will do you two some good."

The silence that followed gave her a little bit of hope that her words were taken into consideration. It's highly unlikely that they'd have any real effect now, not when Eli is so enamored.

And yet she found herself hoping that Ari was doing well. Even after all of this.

Because there's one thing about Ari that made it impossible to hate him. It's the fact that he truly loved when he is loved back.

And Cassie really did love him.

So he loved her back.