Chapter 193

“Her roommate, is a chemist and witch, masked her scent, but the serum he created, dulls her wolf senses, changed her scent completely. She didn’t want to be tracked or hurt; since they weren’t in a pack, plus not being mated and rogues… they just lived like humans.” “Man… just…” “There’s more… but … there’s nothing to say… I know… I lied from beginning to end. I moved out a few days ago, sat everyone down, and told them that we were divorced. Then sat down with Mylene and explained that I no longer loved her mother but I loved her and me moving out has nothing to do with anything she did. I love her, her mother loves her, and I just don’t love her mother.” “Where was Artemisia during this talk?” I laughed knowing what a bitch she was. “Crying to anyone that will listen that I forced her to sign the divorce papers. That she signed but had wanted, hoped that I would over time come around because she’s loved me since she was 17 years old.” “Vic,” I shook my head, trying to laugh, “she lost her mate and clung to you because you were friends, it’s the same shit that happened with Francesca. Your family were friends, but your mate… she was always out there but you put up lie and after lie. Worse though, you lied to yourself. You never wanted to mark her so you told her it was barbaric. Deep down you wanted to find your mate but you were scared. You get a divorce, but you two kept sleeping in the same room… granted you told me you slept on the couch, but you said it was for Mylene. What were you teaching her? That she should remain unhappy for the sake of others? For appearances?” “Gab-” I put my hands up to stop him. “No let me finish… then your mate… you said she lasted ten minutes…? Please I’m willing to bet that those ten minutes felt like 10 hours, 10 years even to that poor girl. I’m not the best mate, at all. I’ll be the first to tell you, I fucked up. But nearly 10 months of lying, and she tried to tell you the truth, building and winding this girl up? When she told you about her kid… that’s when you should have told her about Mylene. She has no family, but you’re lying about yours? Telling her she’d have your only child? Be your wife… that’s just cruel, even if she wasn’t your mate. And you said she’s gone… let’s say you find her, to Mylene, Emily and your new baby, she’ll think that they pulled you away from her mother.” “You think it can’t get worse than it is now? You’re fucking kidding yourself. All you’ve done is put yourself in an impossible situation with your daughter and the child your mate Emily is carrying,” I finished and he seemed to be contemplating what I said. “I’m sure Mylene would understand.” “Uh huh. The fuck she will man,” I replied. “No, I raised her, she’s mature…” he said a lot less confident. “Righttt! She’ll understand that her father found another woman, has children with her, left her mother and her since you never fucking moved out. She will be accepting Emily and your new baby easily with open arms, while her mother who is crying to anyone, probably even her, about how much she loves you,” I summed up expressionlessly. Yeah and I thought you were a stupid human… Max thought, dreamily focused on his mates. “Fuck,” Vic said, rubbing his face roughly. I snorted, “Yeah, that’s what you are.” I replied, knowing he said there was more but not divulging in the information just yet. . . . For the rest of the ride, it remains silent, until we are walking into the house, well mansion… I could see that almost every Alpha was in attendance. As if they were awaiting something, many turned in my direction; swiftly returning to their conversations. That wasn’t weird I thought, my face blank. Not obvious at all, Max agreed. . . . On the stage, were Elders Caelum, Tallon, Thierry, Sylvain, Lucian, Ethel, Grace and Sarah. “We shall begin,” Elder Caelum spoke, and silence filled the hall. “Everyone found a seat, Vic and I choosing to sit in the back. I had already figured that this entire Summit was to discuss Chelsea. To all these people I knew only a few wouldn’t see Chelsea as a free for wall water supply. “We thank all of you for coming this long way and I know many are disappointed that the White Wolf, that the Goddess has gifted us did not join us,” Caelum said pausing as he gave time for his words to fester. “Did you not request her appearance?” Alpha Rikards from a pack in Canada asked standing up. “News has traveled up near my parts, her blood heals and my pack has lost seven people in the last month because of vampire and hunter attacks. Why should her mates pack have access to her but not others?” Rikards asked boldly, in mid-outrage, adding fuel to the fire but I was barely hanging on. I felt two hands on either side of my leg, holding me down, forcefully putting pressure. “Maybe if your pack wasn’t so lazy and trained you wouldn’t need to rely on her blood,” I said, despite the two hands trying to hold me down, fuckers couldn’t keep me from speaking, and what I said was true, his pack was lazy. Shocking me, “Rikards, she is a child. She healed my wife and nearly died. She was not given as a gift to play blood bank for every pack. The Goddess would surely give us more white wolves if she meant for them to work as healers,” My uncle Marx stood, his words cooling me off. A bit. But not Max.