Chapter 40: Chapter 40

Chris slowly shifted his eyes to see the silver bullet lodged into the tree very close to him and with wide eyes he looked back at Jeremy, his beautiful, sweet omega holding a gun as his hand trembled. A gun pointed at him.

"Jeremy..."

"Let us go Chris" Jeremy said pleadingly "you taught me to use this gun to protect myself, don't let me use it against you"

Chris's shoulders slumped, everything dawned on him that instant, his years of romantic fantasy with the man he really loved was over and so he watched without a fight as Drey slid his bloodied hand over Jeremy's to collect the gun. Then he whispered something to Jeremy who let go of the gun and turned around to be in Drey's arms as he cried.

"I might not be able to make you pay legally because of the situation"

Because sueing him would only expose Jeremy and their bond

"But if you ever come close to him again..." Drey raised his gun to Chris's head "Then I'll kill you myself"

With that he took Jeremy by the hand and walked towards the car. Jeremy turned to look at the man he once believed was his mate for over two years.

He felt sad because there was a bond between them, one that was wrongly built on. Chris knew him inside out, he felt more like a brother than a mate, why did he have to do this?

The car shut close once Jeremy got in. Mica and Oliver already took the driver & passenger's seat while Drey and Jeremy joined Jaden behind.

As the car kickstarts to life, Jeremy looked one last time at Chris who stood defeated as a tear ran down his face. Oliver stepped on the brakes & the car drove away.

Chris had lost his love.

Chris stared at the empty gateway with his hands hanging uselessly at his sides. He could feel his wolf whining pitifully for a mate, instead all he got was an agonizing pain blooming in his chest at the loss he was feeling

"Oh how the mighty have fallen" Tara's voice rang causing Chris's eyes widen, his fist tightened until his knuckles were white, his fangs bared and he turned slowly to see his ex mate standing by the stairs, a smug smile on her face.

"what the doing here?" Chris growled "Get out!"

Ignoring his growl Tara walked leisurely down the stairs in her long silk gown to stand in front of him, taking him in his form with a tsk

"I have to say, watching today's scene go down was the most entertaining thing I've seen in all my life, from you rushing in from the airport thinking your omega brother would still be yours, to this..." she gestured her perfect manicured fingers at him "you standing here alone, defeated and broken"

"Get out Tara" Chris snapped, his eyes flashing a dangerous red "Don't make me hurt you"

Tara smiled as she took a step back, her eyes shining with malice "You left me feeling the same way Chris, You threw me away and broke my heart, all so you could play house with your own brother" she scoffed "you disgust me"

"You fucking bitch..."

"I spent the last six months planning and executing all just to get to this day ever since I found out your dirty secret a year ago. I wanted you to lose the one thing you desired more than anything else which is Jeremy's love" she said as she threw her head back and laugh.

Her word hit Chris like a rock and rage filled his blood, with a quiet roar Chris lunged at her but before he could lay a finger on her, two huge alphas emerged from the shadows and held him down

"Bad timing right? Just when you're so weak" Tara said laughing at his overwhelming form.

"You'll pay for this Tara!"

"No, you're paying for what you did Chris, and this is just the beginning, your precious Jeremy isn't going to get past the world government this time" with that she walked away with the sound of the two alphas pounding down at the soldier.

He didn't fight back, honestly not having the will to anymore. Soon, when the alphas felt they had their fun they walked away, leaving a very bloodied Chris to lay in darkness as he stared at the ceiling numb.

Once again he let a tear slip, not that he felt the physical pain of his wounds, instead the constant reminder that Jeremy was gone just because of some string the moon goddess conjured

He stood up with an effort, shifted into his wolf form and ran into the woods, up the mountain and howled at the moon in pain.

Tara's car was driving away when she heard the distant cry, she looked up at the moon and knew it was Chris's and so she smiled. Not her new favourite type that seemed to be laced with malice but a genuinely sad one "I howled to the moon goddess too because of you Chris, and no matter what you do, she won't give him back to you, just like she didn't give you back to me"

"Can you please stay still, I'm trying to clean these wounds as quickly as I can. What? You think I want to stay here with you all day?" Mica snapped trying to hold Drey down so she could clean his injuries but the alpha seemed snappy his legs tapping fervently against the floor boards impatiently.

"He's been out by the balcony since we got back..."

"And?" "he might catch a cold or is tired or hungry..."

"Or needs some space time alone, after what he's been through. Have you thought of that"

"No, he shouldn't be alone especially because of that"

"No he should"

"Could you please just hurry up?"

"Can you not rush me"

"And can you both fucking keep quiet, Jaden's sleeping" Oliver snapping shut Drey's next speech, making Mica look him over as she mouths "That's my man"

The blond alpha rolled his eyes, but a soft pink dust his cheeks

"I'll go check on Jeremy"

"No wait I'm almost done" Drey was going to oppose as Oliver got up to leave but mica held him down again

"Why does he get to go"

"Shush, just be quiet"

Oliver closed the balcony glass door effectively shutting off the noisy duo. He sighed and looked up to see Jeremy standing by the rail in a simple shirt and short that belonged to Drey. The wind was heavy but Jeremy didn't seem to mind as he looked up at the moon.

"It's cold out here, you should go inside" Oliver said as he pressed his back to the rail, side glancing at the other. Jeremy didn't say anything for a while and a peaceful silence fell between them until Jeremy scoffed suddenly and broke it.

"I am such a bad mate and a bad friend" he said

"Why would you say that?" Oliver asked in a worried tone as he inched close to the omega.

"I forgot you twice Oliver and I forgot all about my mate, my mom, my dad, my pack"

"Don't feel too bad about that, they all thought you were dead and frankly, it's better off that way for now... but how do you know you forgot me twice"

Jeremy let out a sad sounding laugh as he turned to look at the alpha.

"I don't know if it's the blond hair or your scent that triggered it, but once I saw you at the house I remembered my life from the moment we had that melodrama in your cottage by the sea, I remember was kidnapped by Chris' goons and he drugged me again" a tear slipped past his eye "but my memories don't go back further and it's scary, I want to remember but I can't... I can't..." Jeremy had his hands in both sides of his head like he was having a panic attack.

"Jeremy..." Oliver caught both his wrist and bent a little so he could look straight into his eyes "Hey take things slow for now, you've been so strong all this time without even knowing, but for take things slow"

Jeremy's lips quivered and then he let out a soft sob as he dived in for a huge hug, Oliver embraced him in his arms, tightening the hug, feeling emotional and thankful to have come to Netherland even though Drey disagreed

"Fuck I'm so happy you're safe, it's all my fault that Chris took you, if only I had stayed in the hospital"

"That bitch had been lingering around so it's not your fault

"Jeremy..."

"...But I'm still a bit mad at you"

"what... why?" Oliver asked confused, releasing the hug

"Why didn't you tell me about Drey then?"

"I told you why, everyone was suspicious"

"He's lying" Drey said suddenly, as he grabbed the blond by his collar and peeled him away from his mate "he only wanted to keep you to himself"

"And why would he do that?" Mica asked also coming to the balcony to stand beside Oliver.

"Beats me, everyone wants to take my mate from me, it's not my fault my mate is so cute"

"Well I know my man was only trying to protect his friend"

"That's what he told you" Drey scoffed

"You man" Jeremy said.

And choosing to ignore Drey, Mica smiled at Jeremy

"He's my mate"

"But you're an alpha..."

"Yes I am, just like you, I am special"

"How did it...?"

"Maybe later Jeremy, your alpha has been glaring at me for some time now, so let's talk about it again when you've rested and your alpha has had enough of you"

"And if he bothers you..." Oliver started gesturing at Drey who glared at him "you can come find us in the next room"

Mica dragged him away before Drey could kill him with his eyes.

"Why do you look so pissed?" Jeremy asked once they were all alone, making the black haired alpha turn around the opposite way with a scoff.

"You remembered Oliver, but not me"

Jeremy smiled at that as he wrapped his hands around Drey's waist from the back, his chin resting against the alpha's wide broad back.

"But I don't feel the way I feel for you with him, maybe it's the mate pull but I like being with you"

Drey smiled as he removed Jeremy's hands from around him and turned to hug him, staring at him with so much love in his eyes.

"How do you feel for me Jeremy"

"Well..." Jeremy turned aside his face burning red his heart hammering like it always did whenever he was in the other's presence "I... I... It's none of your business how I feel"

Drey chuckled, he had somewhat anticipated that answer.

He pulled the brown hair man into his arms

"Well I like you Jeremy, and we were in the process of trying things out when you went missing"

"Really, I don't remember" Jeremy pouted, burying his face in the alpha's neck

"We can start afresh, you, me and Jaden" Drey smiled, wraping his arms tighter around the omega making him sigh.

"I like your scent"

"Hmm, I can show you something you liked more than my scent"

"And what's that?"

"I can't show you out here, let's go inside"

"Why, what's it?"

"It's something private come on" Drey answered and with a mischievous smile pulled the omega into the room and bolted the door close.

In the balcony above their room, Tracy pressed hard against her wine glass until it shattered in her hand, a mix of blood and wine dripped down her hand, she had heard and seen everything and that... was the last straw.

"Hello is this the police? There's a male omega at Hotel de Luna who also has a child"

Tears dripped down her eyes.

There's no way she was allowing that man take Drey away from her.