Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
I murmured, feeling goosebumps breakout over my skin at the thought of my encounter with him. I knew he was trouble, especially considering Walter’s reaction when I had mentioned him. It seemed he knew there was a dangerous man out there. I took a deep breath, “I can’t sit still after seeing this. I have to do something,”
With that, I pulled out my phone and started to walk away, only to be stopped by Walter.
“What do you think you can do in your current state?”
he grasped my arm, “Do you have the manpower?”
He raised an eyebrow. I paused, my heart burned at his words. For a moment, I had forgotten how close I was to losing everything. I had come to terms with that reality, but whenever he reminded me, I felt a sickening sense of shame.
“I don’t have resources, but I have a brain,”
I snapped, attempting to pull my arm back, but his grip was firmer than I had anticipated. It felt as though he wasn’t human, but rather a beast beneath that well put together exterior! “I can inform Bix and Oran about the attack and the disappearance of Reuben and Willow. I can go to the head warrior and advise him to prepare for any possible attack on the pack. I can ”
“In other words, you want to help and absolve yourself of guilt from any past misdeeds,”
he interjected.
Once again, his words wounded my heart, but this time I confronted him, saying, “True, I don’t want to live with the guilt. I can’t change what I did, but I can help with my two functioning arms and legs,”
I remarked.
He gazed deep into my eyes for a few seconds, the emotions flickering in them indecipherable. Suddenly, he moved closer to my face and whispered, “If you want to be more useful, how about coming with me?”
he proposed.
“With you?”
Before I could respond, he took my hand and began leading me out through the backdoor of the packhouse. “Hey! Where the hell are you taking me?”
I panicked and struggled to avoid getting into his car, but he managed to get me inside. Once again, he intended to drive out through one of the less frequented paths of the pack.
“I am searching for someone for Reuben,”
he responded, getting in.
“So why are you bringing me along?”
I asked.
The corner of his lips twisted, “I need a woman and it had to be you.”
What on earth! Did I just see a hint of wickedness in his eyes?! He needed a woman for what?! And why did it have to be me?
Willow
Leaning against a tree stood a man with a familiar figure. Bleeding from wounds that were all over his body; the intruder was none other than Sky.
“Sky, what happened to you?”
I rushed over to him in a panic then glanced at Bix, “Did you beat him?”
“No!”
he protested immediately, “He was already in this state when I caught him trespassing. He stubbornly wanted to go in and meet with you. I just forced him to wait here seeing he could be a threat to the pack. Well, do you know him? Who is he?”
Bix questioned.
“He is Alpha Benjamin’s son,”
I replied quickly but did not fail to notice a bitter frown come over his face at the mention of the Alpha.
I didn’t dwell on his frown too much and turned my attention back to Sky, “Sky, look at me. It’s me, Willow,”
I attempted to rouse Sky, but his eyes were unfocused, darting in all directions.
“I think he hit his head combined with the blood loss, he can’t stay fully conscious,”
Bix splashed water on Sky’s face from a bottle then handed it to me, “he made it to Emerald Bright in search of you in this condition, I wonder why he’s so desperate.”
I silently agreed with Bix as I gave Sky the water, which helped him regain consciousness. “Sky ”
I tapped his face.
“Willow ”
he whispered.
“Yes, it’s me!”
I exclaimed. His once bright face was now pale, as if he were fading away. His shoes were gone, his feet were bleeding. It seemed like he had narrowly escaped from something. I grasped his hand and inquired, “Why are you in this condition, Sky? Why were you searching for me?”
He shifted slightly, reaching under his dirty, torn jacket. From it, he retrieved a diary. Grimacing in pain, he placed the diary into my hand. “Look at it.”
“What’s this?”
I questioned, opening the diary as Bix squatted curiously beside me.
As soon as I opened it, old photos came into view. I took a closer look at the pictures, which were slightly blurry. There stood a group of men and women, more like a group of pack members, standing in front of a birthday cake. In the middle, there was a couple holding a child. Beside them was “Alpha Benjamin?”
I recognized him immediately. He looked younger.
I looked between photos and the Sky. “Are these Alpha Benjamin’s photos and diary?”
I questioned. Sky just stared at me, silently asking me to look at everything.
“Doesn’t this child resemble Lori?”
Bix pointed out. I looked down at the child attentively and nodded in astonishment.
“She truly does resemble Lori ”
I whispered, feeling puzzled.
“It’s Willow ”
Sky’s sudden revelation startled me.
“That’s me?”
I gasped, scrutinizing the image once more. I appeared to be around 4 or 5 years old in the photographs. Sky confirmed with a nod. My gaze shifted to the couple in the center of the picture, cradling me. Though the image was somewhat blurred, the more I looked, the more a sense of familiarity washed over me, akin to the figures in my dreams.
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