Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
I was torn between you and our baby, unable to make a choice, and that internal conflict tormented me the most. My emotions overwhelmed me, leading me to speak hateful words to you, words that I never wanted to utter and still regret to this day. Even in the midst of our argument, as you cried and spoke about our baby, my mind raced with thoughts of how to navigate the situation. Suddenly, I received a mind link from my father. He demanded my presence in his office. I didn’t know how, but he had somehow learned about your pregnancy, and even the royal family was aware of it.
The royal orders had been issued, and the unthinkable was about to happen. You, along with our baby, were scheduled to be beheaded in a matter of hours, and the thought was something I simply couldn’t accept. When you followed me out of the house, crying, and I shouted at you not to follow, it wasn’t because I wanted you to stay away; it was my way of trying to protect you by keeping you confined in the house where no one could find you. I knew you would retreat into the safety of the house, and that’s what I needed before I could resolve the situation and come back to you. I was willing to make you cry for a while if it meant I could save you.
Upon leaving your house, I immediately headed to my father’s office, where another ugly argument ensued. It escalated dangerously close to turning into a deadly fight between father and son because neither of us was willing to back down from our desires. I couldn’t tell you how long our argument lasted, maybe an hour, but throughout it all, my mind was consumed with thoughts of you. Through our mate bond, I could sense your cries, your fear, and the anguish in your broken heart. The pain you were enduring became unbearable for me, and I found myself losing my grip on reality.
At that pivotal moment, when my father remained resolute in his decision and refused to intervene against the royal decree, I made a life-altering choice. I declared that I would leave the Emerald Bright Pack with you and renounce my surname, severing ties with my father and everything I had ever known. In a fit of rage, my father ordered his warriors to stop me from reaching you. I can’t recall how long I battled them that night or how many lives were lost in the chaos, but when I returned to your home, ready to depart the pack with you and start our life together with our child in love and peace, you were gone. You had fled from the pack, leaving me behind, and you never returned,”
Reuben recounted, his voice trembling with the weight of painful memories as he shared his past with me.
Tears streamed down my cheeks uncontrollably as I listened to Reuben’s heartbreaking past I did not have any idea. It was almost unfathomable to believe. Reuben had sacrificed his position, his surname, and everything he held dear for me, for someone like me? Then if that night if I had not run
I bit my lip, struggling to comprehend his words. “But what about your fiancée? The Alpha’s daughter you brought to the pack?”
Reuben’s frown deepened. “I never brought an Alpha’s daughter or any woman with me,”
he clarified firmly. “I arrived alone and immediately came to meet you at your home. That day marked the end of my bond with the royal family, and I had earned my freedom to lead the Emerald Bright Pack after my father. I officially abandoned my claim to the crown. When I had our future together secured in my hands, after five years of relentless effort, why on earth would I bring a fiancée to the pack with me?”
His words sent my heart reeling with confusion. How could this be true? If Reuben never brought his fiancée with him, then why did Ella claim otherwise when I was leaving the house to meet him?
Blinking back tears of confusion, I gazed up at him and asked, “Then why did you sign a marriage contract with Ella? If it wasn’t to secure the Alpha position, why did you sign that contract in the first?”
Reuben’s expression transformed instantly into emotionless one when I broached the topic of the marriage contract.
“It’s true, I signed the marriage contract first, but I was coerced into it. I had to make that choice in order to secure my freedom because without signing that contract, I couldn’t claim the Alpha position of the Emerald Pride pack. As an Alpha, I would have had the power to act freely and it also meant I could look for you without anyone’s interference. Every decision I made was with the sole purpose of finding you. When Ella was presented with the contract to sign, I made it explicitly clear to her that we were only engaged on paper and that there would be no romantic feelings or relationship between us. I told her that my heart belonged to my soulmate. I gave her the opportunity to back out of signing the contract before she did so, but she accepted everything. She signed the contract fully aware of her place in our fabricated relationship. After drawing that line between us, I intensified my search for you. There wasn’t a corner or spot in this country where I didn’t look for you, whether it was for six days, six months, or six years. But I could never find you because you left me with no intention of returning. You despised me. I’ve been consumed by guilt and regret every moment since then. I’ve been living in torment without you,”
he confessed softly, his heart broken just like me, his hand gently caressing my cheeks.
“You are my past, my present, and my only future, Willow”
he continued, tears welling up in my eyes once more at his heartfelt confession. “I’ve never betrayed you, Willow. I’ve only ever loved you.”
Alpha Adam
Under the cover of darkness, a couple of predatory eyes of my wolves set their sights on the only house in the woods for a good distance, while I impatiently paced the open areas of my office, waiting for news of the death of that wretched she- wolf.
It had only been two minutes since I had received a message from my Beta Roman about her. We had chatted and I had given the orders to proceed yet I couldn’t help but glance at the message again and again.
Roman: “Alpha, we spotted that she-wolf driving into this forest and entering the only house in these woods. She has been inside for half an hour and has yet to come out. It seems she has been hiding here!”
Me: “Are you sure she is alone in the house?”
Roman: “We are maintaining a good distance so that she will not pick up our presence or scent. However, I can’t smell any one else within our range, and oddly no voice can be heard coming from the house so far, so I believe she is alone! Please give us the order!”
Me: “Finish her!”
That was the last message that I had with my Beta, I had been walking on pins and needles even since. It was perfect that Alpha Reuben had not found her yet. Now, even if he found her, he would only recover dirt and ashes!
Now I was just waiting for the good news of the woman’s death, when suddenly Ella barged into my office. “Ella? Why are you here? What about the treaty?”
“Uncle, did you send someone after Willow?”
She shrieked, walking in.
I frowned at her sudden arrival and her knowledge of my plan that was supposed to be a secret. “How did you know?”
“Uncle do you think you would send me to another pack and play behind my back, so that I would not know what you are doing here?!”
she demanded.
I straightened my back and proudly admitted. “Yes, I did. By now, she will have departed from this world. You don’t need to worry about her anymore.”
“You sent someone to kill her?!”
Her eyes widened to the size of saucers. “What the hell did you do, uncle?!”
she screamed, her face flushing red and her eyes filled with anger.
“Why are you shouting?”
I growled at her, never accepting disrespect. “I did what I should have done a long time ago. I helped you by removing that she-wolf from your life. You should be thanking me!”
I claimed.
“I should thank you?”
she frowned bitterly. “For what? For killing Reuben along with Willow?”
she demanded.
“What?”
My face paled, I felt as if a sledge hammer had been slammed onto my whole being. “I did not kill Reuben. That girl was alone in that house ”
“Reuben has found Willow. They were together!!”
she screamed at the top of her lungs, and her desperation was a clear indication that she had been looking for Reuben, so she found out about it.
My whole body turned cold with the revelation. “How is this possible?”
Hadn’t she driven there all alone? Hadn’t she been alone in that house? So how could Reuben also be there?
That’s when I got a notification on my phone. Roman had sent me a video. Ella hurriedly came to stand beside me while I quickly clicked on the video, only to find a video of the house engulfed in flames. My wolves had set the fire using patrol.
Roman also sent a message, “Alpha, I have set the house on fire. That she-wolf will burn to death, and people will think she was wiped out by one of those mysterious attacks that have been happening recently.”
The hand holding the phone shook weakly. What the fuck had they done? But wait, hadn’t I asked them to do it?
I slowly turned to look at Ella’s pale face, she was too shocked to speak after seeing the house on fire. “They set the fire,and Reuben was also ”
she took a step back, losing her sanity.
“Ella ”
I tried to touch her, but she angrily shoved my hand away and left the pack.
“FUCK!!”
I threw my phone, cursing loudly.
Willow
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