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A rock dropped into the pit of my stomach. Madi had no idea how wrong she was. Fate didn’t choose me for Nyte. I was running from the one they had chosen for me while trying to figure out how to break the ties woven by fate. What if Katya was right? What if she and Nyte were truly fated mates? What if he, like me, was looking for a way to break the bond between them?
If that was the case, I could understand her anger, but if Nyte wanted her as his mate, he wouldn’t have agreed to help me.
“If Nyte had ever wanted you, he would have made certain to have you,” I finally said, turning away from the angry she-wolf, no longer feeling the desire to continue this fight. “Nyte isn’t the kind of man not to take what he wants.”
“She’s right,” I heard Madi chuckle from behind me. “Nyte always gets his way. And he never wanted his way with you. Just get over yourself, Katya. You aren’t ever going to be the Luna of this pack.”
Madi came to my side, leaving the commons with a farewell wave to Diego and the other children. They had paused their movie, looking between us and the other two women with curious eyes. I could hear the two sisters talking in their native language, with Katya snapping back at whatever her sister had asked. I didn’t look back, however. I was done. I wasn’t going to sit around and argue like some teenage girl over a boy. I didn’t even do that as a teenager, so why would I stoop to that level now as an adult?
“You, okay?” Madi asked.
I smiled back at her, nodding my head. “Yeah, I think I just need a nap. How much longer do you think Nyte will be on patrol?”
“Probably about another hour or so. Do you want me to hang out with you till he gets back?”
I shook my head. “No, that’s fine. You should probably rest up before your turn to go out. I’ll just lock the door and rest. I don’t know why I’m always so tired here lately.”
Madi chuckled. “Katya could have something to do with it. Just being in the same room with her exhausts me on a normal day.”
I smirked, slowly taking the stairs, a chill running down my spine. I looked over the railing, feeling eyes on me, and found Chase watching me with a smile. His gaze moved from Kataya to me, raising his brow before I turned away.
“But seriously,” Madi said after the next step, pulling my gaze away from Chase. “Don’t let her get to you. You were absolutely right about Nyte. If he had wanted anything to do with her, he would have. I doubt even the fates themselves have much sway over him. I can see it in his eyes. Fate or not, you are his chosen mate.”
I smiled back at her, her words soothing my true anxiety about not being chosen for him. As much as he loved me, and I loved him, the thought of his true mate coming forward worried me.
She wouldn’t know my fear about that. She would only think that I was worried about Katya and her claim that I ruined her life. She wouldn’t know that I was more worried that if Katya wasn’t his true mate, there would be another to come, and that woman could be the one to steal him away. But the thought of Nyte defying fate was, well, realistic. I chuckled to myself, reaching the top of the staircase.
“What’s so funny?” Madi asked, smiling as we approached Nyte and my room.
“Just picturing Nyte fighting the old ladies from the Disney movie.” Madi snorted a laugh, no doubt now picturing the same thing.
“That is a great way of picturing him defying the fates. It’s a good thing that he loves you. He doesn’t have to fight the inevitable then.”
My smile fell, my hand pausing on the doorknob. “What?”
“It’s fun to say, and I have no doubt he would absolutely try if he had to. But you can’t fight the fates. You should know that better than anyone as a seer. Once the fates weave their threads, only their golden sheers can cut the bonds.” She giggled, turning to leave me in my room. “That sounded way too poetic to be coming from me.”
Grimacing, I entered the bedroom, doing my best not to throw up as a wave of nausea hit me. This time, I knew why I felt so sick. Only the fates could sever a bond. There was no way to escape what they decided for you. So all of this, all these feelings that have grown with Nyte, didn’t matter because the fates had chosen a psychopath who chased me through the cliffs and beach with a clear motive in mind.
My mateship didn’t hold the love that my relationship with Nyte had forged. It was an obsession. He wanted to possess me more than love me. I could sense it in his voice as he teased me with a display of a big bad wolf chasing little red riding hood through the woods. I had been trying for weeks to find anything to help me break a mate bond to escape him. And maybe, just maybe, offer Nyte the same choice to be with me no matter what the costs. But there was no way around it. The golden sheers which unbound one’s fate were as tangible as the fates themselves. My fate, and Nyte’s, were sealed.
A sob bubbled from my lips; my back pressed against the door as I sank to the floor. I never cried. I hated crying. Crying didn’t fix anything. It seemed like I was doing more of it lately and even crying when Nyte brought me an extra box of cereal yesterday morning.
“Why am I so emotional?” I sobbed, burying my face in my hands.
We know why.
I jerked my head up at the sound of the ethereal voice, recognizing it immediately.
“Where are you?” I called out, wiping my face and pushing myself back to my feet to look around.
Over here.
Let us help you.
We’re right here.
The voices were coming from the walls, my hand running along the surface, following their sound as they called to me. My fingers traced over a small indent, just below the mounted TV. From a glance, you couldn’t tell anything was there. The compartment is perfectly flush with the rest of the wall. I traced along the edge, finding each corner and the hinged end within the wall itself.
