Chapter 98 Chapter 98
How the hell was he just denying our love and his voice didn't even show any sign that he cared. Was he just going to break my heart? This made no sense.
My legs were so wobbly as weakness overtook my balance; my vision was blurry with the tears that welled up my eyes.
I turned around and hurried back to his bedroom and dropped the tray randomly.
His words kept reeling in my head and I just wanted to storm back to slap him. How could he do this to me?
I definitely remembered that he had vowed to make me his just to crush me but I didn't expect it to be to this extent. This wasn't making any sense at all.
My whole world had just come crumbling down. There was no sign of falsehood in his voice. Did he just want to get into my pants before breaking my heart? How could his relationship seem so genuine yet he'll sound while denying his love behind me?
I didn't know what to do right now. "My family members were right, they were right. This is so fucking crazy. Why does it have to be me?" I burst into tears.
Why'd he want to take revenge now? It made no sense, I thought he was over that phase. How could he have been lying to me for so long? "Jane," Rylee called as she walked into the room.
I quickly wiped my tears with the back of my palms and turned to her. "Do you need anything?"
"Yes, I want to- are you crying?" she arched an eyebrow.
"Crying? No way!" I scoffed, drying the remaining tears on my cheeks with a fake smile.
"You are. Goodness, what's wrong?" she asked, sounding really worried.
"Rylee, I said I'm not crying!" I snapped and realized I was just being unnecessarily mean to the poor child. "I was chopping onions earlier, so it affected my eyes." I lied. "I'll head out now. Be a good girl till I'm back, okay?"
"O-okay." Uncertainty shook in her tone.
I couldn't take it anymore; I needed to head out to cry my eyes out. I hated Keegan so much for crushing my joy this way. How dare he do this to me? I grabbed a jacket and headed out of the room, ignoring Rylee's glum stare. I just wanted to be as far away from here as possible. Nothing was getting into my head. My brain was so void of anything else than hurt.
I was sitting on the ground with my face buried on a rock as I cried my eyes out. I had made sure I was very far away from the pack house, I didn't even know whether I was still in pack border or not.
It made no sense. Why'd he want to ruin my life so much? Why'd he agree to be my mate just to fulfill his stupid aim? How could his attention and love be fake? I lifted my head from the rock, wiping my tears and sniffling. "I need to speak with him. Something has to be wrong somewhere."
"Nothing's wrong." Freya spoke.
I flinched to see her out of nowhere, standing in front of me. "Where did you come from?"
"I was passing by and saw you crying. And I'll guess it's because of Keegan?" she shoved her hands into her coat pocket.
I didn't want to let her know anything yet, judging from how I had defended Keegan so much last time we met but when my eyes couldn't take it in anymore, I burst into tears again.
"It's okay, it's okay." She quickly stepped closer to me and pulled me into a hug.
I sobbed in her chest as she gently stroked my hair. "It's fine. We're your family, we'll always be here for you regardless of whatever state you're in."
"I can't believe Keegan could do this. I thought said he loves me, he made me crazy for him." My voice vibrated as I spoke. "Now he claimed that it was all an act for revenge? He said he's only using me for now to know what it feels like to have a mate and I'm nothing but a mutt to him. He wants to crush me. Why? Because I rejected him out of the fact that I thought he was extremely terrible and didn't want to be hurt by the rejection pain? That's stupid, it's nothing but stupid!. If his voice wasn't so serious and cold like that, then I could say he was lying to her when he said these terrible things, but with that tone, he sounded like he meant every single word. My whole life and future expectations are so ruined. I feel so hurt beyond words can express." I sobbed so much.
"I know it's sad." She pulled away then rested her hand on my forehead. "You have a high body temperature now. Please don't cry anymore. Let's head home; you need a good rest."
It felt like my soul had left my body, I didn't know what to do anymore, I just wanted to go anywhere, so I let her lead me.
She had to hold me to go through the dark passageway route. This time, I didn't bother to scream, I just drowned in the darkness while it lasted.
The moment we were out, Mom, Dad, Grandmother, Darion, and a lot of people were around.
"What happened?" Mom asked, pulling me to her.
"Keegan broke her heart. She overheard him saying that he doesn't actually love her and he's only using her; he's taking revenge on her for rejecting him back then and just wants to crush her." Freya summarized.
"This man is so fucking stupid." Dad said with clenched fists.
"I feel like strangling him for making you cry this much." Mom drew her lips into a snarl while my incessant sobs couldn't let me breathe properly or speak
"Why'd he do that to my poor baby?" Grandmother said and pulled me into a warm hug that just made me cry even more. "Let's head inside so you don't draw attention to yourself."
I felt so lifeless as she held me inside, I didn't feel in control of my body, my entire soul had been crushed. My mark burned so much and it worsened my tears by constantly reminding me that I was mated to him.
Mom made me lay on the couch with my head on her lap as she stroked my hair while I cried my eyes out.
Her hand stroking my hair made it seem like a heavy block was on in my head and it only made me more mad at Keegan. I felt like storming to him to hit a sledgehammer on his head till it crushed him completely.
"He said he loved me..." That was the last thing I remembered uttering before I cried to sleep.
"Do you feel any better now?" Grandmother asked, extending a glass of water to me with Freya and Darion behind her.
I nodded, sniffling and accepted the glass to take a gulp of it. "Thank you." I muttered.
"Don't worry baby, it'll be fine. It'll all pass and you'll be happy again." She assured me and Mom and Dad walked into the room.
"She's awake?" Dad asked before glancing at me then wore a small smile. It was weird to see a smile on his arrogant-looking face but I appreciated it.
"Are you hungry?" Mom asked, stepping in front of me.
I shook my head. I had no appetite for anything at all.
Remembering Keegan made a new round of tears roll down my face. My body was aching for his touch and my mark was throbbing for a kiss from him. "How is it supposed to be fine when I still feel this way towards him?"
"It'll pass." Mom said.
"I'll be your second chance mate." Darion said. "That asshole doesn't deserve your tears."
"Because you've allowed him to nark you, the heartbreak would hurt more. We can help you get rid of the mark if it still makes you feel affectionate towards Keegan." Freya said, frowning at the mark." Darion is a good man-"
"And I'll never break your heart." He assured me and when he held me, I felt a strange sensation from my hands to my entire body. "Forget Keegan, he's a damn that douchebag isn't worth it." Freya said and patted my head. I suddenly felt really agitated against Keegan and the need to strangle him. "Now that you know he's truly terrible, will you proceed with the revenge and not remain weak by crying?" Freya asked.
"Freya, don't bother her." Grandmother frowned. "She's clearly not ready for any nonsense plans-"
"I will proceed with revenge." The rage burning in me was a great encouragement to get revenge on Keegan and his pack.
Freya clapped her hand twice then a short and fat man came in with a big circular glass that had a glowing orb inside it.
"Now, you'll have to extend your hands over this glass and vow that you will destroy him and his pack so you won't be able to go back on your words and let him fool you anymore." She said.
It didn't make sense either that I was willing to take a vow to destroy him. I could just let it slide and start a new life, but I was very distracted by the tiny glow of the orb in the glass and it just filled me with conviction that it was the right thing to do.
With a frown, I extended my hands over the glass and the heat that came from it burned a bit, but all I wanted was to make sure I laid a promise to get my revenge and get him off my mind.
"Vow that you will carry out this revenge no matter what." Dad said.
"I, Jane Williams, vow to-"
"Okay, stop." Dad said, snapping me out of my focus on the orb.
"That's also an issue. We don't know how you had that surname, but you've never been a William. We're your parents, you're not Jane Williams, your real name is Jane Ardolf, you're an Ardolf. We're the Ardolfs."
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