Chapter 35

Chapter 35
No
No
No
Please no, this can't be happening. I feel my guts rising and I quickly turn sideways to puke.
Fuck.
I never knew things were this serious until now, reality just set in and it's bitter.
Aiden silently rubs my back but he can't stop the tears from flowing down my face, or the pain piercing through my heart.
Oh no!
The said King knows just how to hurt someone and he has done it to me.
How can I forget about this? How can I erase this picture from my head?
He's taking away people that have been there for me since childhood, and this one hurts the most.
He didn't deserve this, he was so innocent and with a pure heart.
He never hurt someone, even after I broke his heart he just walked away. He didn't even argue with me.
Jake loved me so much that he let me go.
How could he hurt him in this manner?
How could he kill him and send his head to me?
I close my eyes and release a loud wail of pain. I fall down clutching tightly at my chest, cause I feel like my heart is being ripped away.
Everything around me shakes due to the scream but that is nothing compared to my breaking heart.
He was there when no one was, he was not just my boyfriend but my shoulder to lean on whenever I needed him.
He didn't deserve this painful death.
I wish I could take it all away, reverse time and prevent it from happening.
I can only imagine how scared he was, and how helpless he felt when they took his life away.
God no.
Why did you let him do it?
Why didn't you save him, please?
I grasp at my stomach coughing out violently.
"Baby please, calm down" Aiden whispers and I push him away, he doesn't understand.
He doesn't feel what am feeling.
He knows nothing.
He didn't know Jake and what he meant to me.
"Oh goddess Mel" Liam whispers kneeling beside and I quickly hug him.
"How could they Liam, he was so innocent" I cry burying my face in his chest and he draws comforting circles on my back.
"Am sorry" he mumbles in a broken voice.
He still had his whole life in front of him. He was only 19 for fuck sake.
The only mistake he made was becoming my boyfriend.
I turn my head to look at the box again and I spot a note in the corner.
Jake's eyes are wide open and are so lifeless. How can someone be this cruel to a human who won't even hurt a fly?
Who isn't even aware of werewolves' existence?
My heart is in great turmoil.
Apart from that dream, I never knew how hard it was to lose someone.
I secretly grab the note and clutch it in my palms.
"Ace, take the box away" Aiden instructs his gamma and it's only now am noticing the pack members surrounding us.
"Am sorry sweetheart come here?" dad says lifting me up from the ground and cradling me in his arms.
How did they know about jake? They just found out about me recently.
Did he do a background check on me? Of course, they did what am I even thinking.
So that means am never seeing Jake anymore? I will never get the chance to tell him sorry.
Fuck.
"Everything will be okay honey" dad whispers lowly but I disagree with him.
Everything will get worse, nothing is okay now nor tomorrow or the next day.
Things will only get messier.
I untangle myself from my father despite his objection. I want to be alone right now.
Possibly in the bathroom, and cry every drop of tear in me. Because when am done, I have to do the right thing.
"I will be in the house" I mumble walking away.
I feel them walking behind me but keeping their distance, am grateful for that.
Along the way, I spot a familiar figure laying on the floor crying.
Lily?
She must have felt bad for Jake too.
They have known him as long as they have known me, so they are well acquainted.
My legs carry me to her and when I place my palm on her back, she flinches pushing me away.
What's wrong with her?
"Lily?" I carefully whisper
"Oh! Mel" She falls in my arms crying harder and I gently pat her back.
"Am sorry, am sorry, please forgive me," she says between hiccups and I wonder what she's apologizing for.
"It's not your fault Lily" I mumble blinking away my tears.
Whoever did that, will suffer the same fate.
I have never physically hurt anyone in my life, but these people are pushing me. If they want to see what I can
do, I will show them just that.
I have so much to lose if I procrastinate.
"He is dead. Oh! goddess, Jake is dead, they killed him" She wails harder and I don't know what to do.
Thankfully, her brother arrives on time and offers to take her inside.
"Sorry about that" he mumbles lifting her up and she hides her face in his chest.
Liam said she has been acting weird, is something wrong with her?
I stand up cringing at my white dress, it's all dirty with spots of blood and soil.
Jake's blood.
Jake's blood is officially on me.
His mum is surely not aware that his only son is dead and all because of me.
Am really a terrible person.
I can't imagine if that head belonged to Aiden. If he killed Jake because I care for him, what would he do to the one I love?
I can't let him take anyone anymore.
Opening the door to our room, I completely strip before remembering the note.
I open it with shaky hands to read its content;
'I am happy you got my little gift, Melanie. I wonder who will be next if you don't bring yourself to me, Will it be Aiden or Tyler? Maybe both'