Chapter 17.
Hunter:
I was up all night. My wolf officially hated me. Of course he would, I was killing his mate. Yes, I said his, she wasn’t my mate anymore. I heard her sobs all through the night, but still I fought the urge to go to her.
The sun slowly rose above the hills, and trees, but it felt like forever till it was an acceptable hour to get out of my king size bed and get the pack training, and my hunters out to hunt. Then I would have to drag Kali out of her room, so I can kill her. I felt my heart twinge in pain at the thought but I ignored it and pulled myself into my shower.
Kali:
My eyes were red and puffy, my face red and blotchy from the night I spent crying. Crying for the loss of the love Hunter once had for me, everything except the fact I was going to die tonight. I accepted my death, if Hunter wanted me dead, I was ok with that. He deserved a better life anyway; he didn’t need someone like me in the way. He was too good for me.
I put myself into the shower, trying to improve my pale face. As I washed my body and hair I let my thoughts wonder. They wondered back to the dance, the night Hunter kissed me. How I felt my emotions flare inside me, I didn’t want to kiss him, because of those feelings. I wasn’t used to them. They were too human.
Now, I wished I never pulled away. But I can’t take back the past and there’s no way I can fix this now.
After my shower I changed into some shorts, a top and cardigan. I kept my feet bare, wasn’t like I was leaving my room anyway. Then I dropped onto my bed with a hopeless sigh and flipped through an old magazine, one I’d already read.
A few hours past and finally a little life came near my room. Two mixed scents.
Jake and Sam!
I flew off the bed, dropping my magazine to the floor and sprinted to my bars. My two best friends stood there, looking at me with so many emotions I couldn’t be bothered working them out. Pity, sadness were just some of them.
I wished the bars weren’t there now; I wanted so badly to throw myself into their arms and hug them so tightly they wouldn’t be able to breathe. Instead I reached through the bars and grabbed their hands and squeezed them tight.
“I missed you guys heaps” I whispered as I felt the tears in my throat.
“I missed you too” Jake said stepping closer to me. I wanted to hug them so bad.
“Same here” Sam said also taking a step closer to me.
“I wish Hunter felt the same” I murmured, almost to myself.
I could tell the boys heard me and I saw Jake open his mouth but Josh interrupted.
“Kali!” he said rushing to me.
Sam and Jake gave me a smile and left us alone.
“Josh!” I replied wishing I could hug him also.
“I’m so sorry!” he cried and he repeated this over and over.
“Josh I forgive you” I said reaching through the bars and grabbing his shoulders.
He stops babbling and attempts to hug me through the windows.
We talked for hours, not one of us mentioning Hunter. Josh didn’t reassure me that Hunter wouldn’t go through with it, which made me more depressed, cause now I knew for sure Hunter was going to kill me.
Josh and I were talking about how he wished he would soon find his mate and how he wanted kids. Then I heard the growl. It was unmistakably Hunters; it held the power and authority of an Alpha.
“She is a prisoner, she cannot be talked to” Hunter growled at Josh
“She’s also my sister” Josh defended standing up off the ground we had ended up sitting on.
“I said no talking to the prisoner, now leave before I take you by force” Hunter snarled.
I felt the tears well up in my eyes as Josh sent me a sad smile and left. Hunter stepped closer to me and banged on my bars, causing them to rattle and me to jump back in fright. He growled at me and turned to walk away.
“Hunter!” I called out pressing myself against the bars.
He faced me again.
“Why?” I whispered. I wasn’t specific but he’d figure it out.
“Because you’re a rogue and rouges need to be killed”
“I’m also your mate!” I said wishing I could be closer to him.
“You’re no mate of mine” he snarled
“Yes I am!” I said my voice rising
He growled at me.
“I love you Hunter” I said looking him in the eye.
“Lies!” he shouted
“No! Not lies’ Hunter! It’s the truth! I loved you since that dance, when you kissed me” I confessed a single tear falling down my face
“Didn’t seem that way” he said less loudly this time
“I pushed you away because of the emotions. I hadn’t felt anything like that in 2 years! I was more wolf than human and it scared me Hunter! It made me feel weak, I hated feeling weak. I don’t care how many times I said I hated you, I said it because I felt anything but hate for you, and…and it terrified me. I left because of that! I hated you for making me love you!” now the tears fell fast and I crumpled to the floor.
“Please Hunter. Please forgive me” I whispered.
Hunter:
“Please Hunter. Please forgive me” she whispered.
I couldn’t stand to see her like this, and everything she just confessed to me just made it harder for me to let her go.
“Lies” I murmured turning my back on my heartbroken mate and leaving her there.
“Hunter!” she screamed “Hunter! I love you”
I ignored her and kept walking.