Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
Uncle’s eyes widened, “You don’t care?”
“That’s correct, because I don’t believe what he said about Willow is true,”
I replied, turning around to leave.
“What if everything he said about your soulmate is true and that what is coming can damn well wipe out all of us?”
This question froze me on the spot.
“What do you mean?”
I asked, turning around to face him.
“Do you know anything about your soulmate? Like which pack she grew up in before you brought her to your own, how she lived, what she did, or who her parents were?”
he interrogated me.
“Her past never bothered me and I never asked her about it because all I cared about was Willow. Not her past,”
I responded firmly.
“Great,”
uncle chuckled in frustration. “You don’t give a damn about those things, but you must know her surname, right?”
he raised his brows.
When he asked, I turned mute. Since I met Willow for the first time, she never told me her surname. She simply introduced herself as Willow, even in school and college, she never used her surname. The time I saw her hesitating about her surname, I never pressed her to reveal it to me but why was my uncle so agitating over her surname?
Uncle chuckled, “It seems you don’t know the true identity of your own soulmate. Let me tell you what I found out after digging into her past.”
He passed me a paper that turned out to be Willow’s primary school certificate. “Look at your soulmate’s surname with your own eyes,”
uncle stated, looking at me seriously.
I shifted my gaze from her given name to her surname only to fall into shock. “Willow Rathbone?”
Uncle nodded, his expression changing. “Yes, she is Rathbone. The same Rathbone family that has been wiped from the realm eleven years ago!”
Reuben
“Yes, she is Rathbone. The same Rathbone family that has been wiped from the realm eleven years ago!”
he explained. I looked at him in surprise as he continued, “She is the Rathbone that is the reason behind these mysterious incidents in the realm, even our royal family has fallen into danger thanks to her. I’m sure you’ve realized by now that the attacker is after her, and this destruction won’t stop until he claims her. Every claim Elder Frank made has turned out to be true. This woman is bad luck, on top of that a very dangerous shadow is lurking after her, willing to wipe out every obstacle in its way to get to her. She will become the reason for both your and the Kingdom’s demise,”
he took a step closer, locking eyes with me. “Now it’s time for you to make a decision, Reuben. If protecting the world means getting this woman out of your life, then that’s what you must do,”
he stated, waiting for my answer.
I slowly lifted my head, touched my forehead, and closed my eyes. Uncle looked at me, holding his breath. Suddenly, I received a mind-link from Bix. “Reuben, Willow and the children have not returned yet,”
he said urgently. My eyes snapped open as he added, “Ella has something to tell you. I am linking her with you. Hear her out.”
I frowned at the sudden mention of Ella but listened to her first. “Reuben, I think Willow is in danger!”
“What do you mean?!”
I mind-linked back with a growl.
“The other day I encountered a man at a restaurant who caught Willow’s scent on me. He started inquiring about her. Sensing something was strange about him and his aura, I lied that I did not know Willow. I then tried to get away from him, however, the whole restaurant caught fire! I escaped but was unconscious for two days. I think that man is the one who is behind these mysterious attacks and he has found Willow
The mind-link abruptly ended before she could say more, and my mind went blank. The image of the man’s shadow that I had seen in the footage immediately crossed my mind. Suddenly, I felt a third person’s touch on my mate’s mark on Willow’s neck, and my whole body felt as if I was thrown into a pit of acid.
“Willow ”
I murmured her name under my breath and immediately turned on my heels to leave.
“REUBEN!”
Uncle yelled. “Are you going to save that woman? Are you choosing her over the world?! Is this your answer?”
he demanded.
I stopped in my tracks and turned to look at him. “Uncle, don’t tell me you think I am some kind of hero who is willing to sacrifice their love to save the world,”
I raised my hand, which started to glow as I gathered my internal powers that were in my blood. “Of course, I am not the villain who burns the world either,”
I stated as an energy gathered behind me, stunning uncle.
“What the hell are you doing?!”
his eyes widened as he watched my aura darkening with the power I had been summoning.
“I’m Neither hero nor villain ,”
I locked eyes with him as I declared, “I am a monster that only awakens for her.”
“Reuben, don’t! Stop for a minute to think about this,”
he growled, wanting to get closer to me but the shining energy stopped him. “Are you thinking of using our royal family powers to save that woman?! Don’t you know you can only use it once in your whole life and you should not waste it on that woman. You should only use it when your life is in danger!! “
he barked, looking at me in disbelief.
“That’s exactly what I’m doing, uncle. I’m fighting for my life, that life is only possible with her ”
I began as Willow’s screams calling my name reached my ears.
Willow Hot tears rolled down my cheeks as I felt him close to entering inside me. Pressed under another man on the verge of ruin, only he came to my mind. His touch, his smile and his love “REUBEN ”
I whispered his name, deciding to end myself after this ruining was over. That was until I felt Dex making a connection with Ceri.
I opened my eyes, feeling Reuben’s presence through our bond, and immediately shifted into my wolf form. With a surge of adrenaline, I ripped off a large section of the man’s hand, causing him to move away from me and raced towards Wyatt and Lori at full speed in my wolf form.
“Ughh ”
he growled slowly at the sight of his bloody hand, then lightly glanced at me running away. “It turned out you like it messy and bloody the same as me,”
his chilling voice entered my ears, carrying a double meaning that sent a shiver down my spine. Though I couldn’t see his expression, I could feel the smirk behind his words.
That’s when a sudden surge of fire ignited around me as I raced towards my unconscious children a few meters away. My eyes widened at how the fire appeared and from where. One thing I knew for certain was the fire was real and my children could die in it too. They lay pitifully on the ground, vulnerable to the encroaching flames. With each step, I pushed myself to the brink, feeling as if my bones might shatter with the strain.
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