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“Is it, though? The goddess gave him to me.
He’s supposed to be the best person for me,” she looked more miserable as she said that.
“What if rejecting him turns out to be the worst thing I ever do? I’ve waited for my mate for a while too, you know?” Her eyes were b***d red when she said that.
“If you don’t want him, then you don’t have to be with him but if it’s trauma that you haven’t dealt with stopping you, then we will get you help, I promise.” She looked away from me.
“I know he is a good man. He is dedicated to his duty and will never compromise his honour,” she sounded like she’d said this to herself countless times, as if she was trying to convince someone, perhaps the part of her that didn’t see a reason to be with Jabari,”I don’t I don’t know what to do.”
“Celeste, what did your parents do when Mr.Vann abused you?” Her hands shivered and she clasped them together. I put my hand on them, squeezing.
“They- Well, they made him apologize to me, then the Alpha had him whipped and he was subsequently banished from the pack with his teaching license revoked.”
“What did they do for you?” I emphasized thelast part.
“I got to choose what they used in whipping him and and how many stokes he got. My mum got me a doll and my father got me some device it was to use to defend myself in the future.”
“How often did you get to speak about it?”
“We went to the oracle and I got to vent to the goddess.” I gawked at her.
“And what did the goddess say?” I asked, incredulous.
“What? She only speaks to her oracles. She said nothing.”
“In a nutshell, you never got help,” I concluded.
“How do you feel when you see Jabari?”
“He makes my skin crawl,” she said without her hesitation. “He looks too much like Mr. Vann. I try to tell myself that he’s nothing like that but I they look the same.” She buried her face in her palms, letting out a small scream.
“Help me, Aysel. I’m confused.”
Celeste fell asleep close to midnight with me hugging her. I was dozing off when a text lit up my phone screen, startling me. I opened it to see a message from Valens.
“When are you coming to bed?” It read. I yawned as I typed out a reply.
I’m not. I don’t want her sleeping alone tonight His reply came in a flash.
“What do you mean you are not? What about me?”
‘What about you?’ I stretched as Celeste turned.
You want me sleeping alone?’ Another text followed that. ‘Come to bed.’
‘I can’t. She’s going to wake up soon and I don’t want her crying alone in a strange room.”
‘How am I supposed to sleep?’ I blinked at the text. Then a smile stretched my l!ps.
‘You close your eyes, babe. And dream of me.’
‘Ok.’ I laughed a little at that reply. ‘Goodnight.’
‘Are you upset?’ I asked, holding back a giggle.
‘No.’
‘Oh my goodness, you’re mad at me.’ I added a bunch of emojis to the text, hit send, and readjusted myself in bed.
Celeste turned again, her breath hitching as if she was crying in sleep, before evening out again.
I am texting my mate while we are under the same roof. Ridiculous.’ His response had me grinning wider. Another text came in a second later, ‘Come to bed, little moon.”
Celeste g*****d beside me as I made to reply to his text. She turned and the expression on her face was heartbreaking.
“I don’t want him,” she muttered in her sleep, her brows scrunched. Tears leaked out from underneath her eyelids and I considered waking her from her nightmare but thought better of it. She turned again, going into another short round of peaceful sleep.
I sighed, staring up at the ceiling. Celeste was always so happy and helpful. Everybody liked her and she constantly received praises for her looks, her kindness, and her intellect. She was the Beta’s beloved daughter. I was everything that she wasn’t. The outcast, the one without a family, no one’s beloved anything. Because she didn’t have my problems, I foolishly thought she didn’t have problems of her own.
Yes, there was a disconnect between our realities but I’d been wrapped in a delusion all this while. She was constantly there for me and I didn’t know she needed someone to be there for her too.
I thought back to all the years we’d been friends. Despite everything, she remained my best friend. She was pretty and kind enough to have a long list of friends but I realized that she stuck with me. I was her friend while everyone else was her acquaintance. She had the opportunity to make more friends so why hadn’t she?
I thought then that she may have been scared.
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