Kael's POV

Sometimes, Talia drives me mad, really mad. Other times she's just plain confusing. I'm not even going to deny that I did feel some type of way walking in and seeing her snooping through my stuff. If there's one thing I've kept asking myself, it's ‘where do I draw the line with her? She was eating me up and she knew it. I carried her rent free in my head everywhere I went. I wonder how the girl I love so much would still be doing stuff like this.


It all just really reminds me of how Karl always made fun of m when we were younger for always loving the ‘fucked up ones'. Before we met anyone we really felt the mate bond with, we had both gone through a series of sexy looking females, and I, unfortunately, was always attracted to the ones with issues. Karl made a sport of spotting what issue the next girl had. I did not want to think I was jinxed, I could have pure love. Then Isla came by and was literally my spit in Karl's face, till he and Landon happened . I've told him that no matter how much he wants to buy me back, I could never forgive him for that. I may also have let it slip that while I would always continue to remember how he tore Isl and I apart, there was someone else. I saw his eyes genuinely light up for me like they did when we were younger.

I like the bridge he was trying to reconstruct between us. It's been ages since we last had a civil conversation, and it felt great to finally have people in my life. Did I tell him too soon about Talia? I had all these thoughts in my head, but I also couldn't really process because I was living it, and taking any actions based on the conclusions I've made in my head would just amount to rushing and rewriting our destinies.

It seemed logical to believe that she was for me. I don't know how, it just does. She literally has my mates body on, she was in a place no one else could've found her alive, and so far, we've been cohabiting just fine, well, we were doing quite alright at least. It's these insecurities she keeps projecting that would be the end of us really. It's hard for me to think about, but I've been swallowing every shit Talia has thrown in my face and this the one last one I just could not anymore.


I remember the look on Karl's face when I had just asked him about how things were going with Moonstone, or should I say, Landon. There was a lot he had to say. Firstly, corroborating Talia's story that third Luna had indeed died, but then, Nadia was Luna. It kinds sent chills down my spine. She was Landons mate last I remembered. I hate to admit that we made out while we were both caught up in the moment a while ago, she was the one sucking their Alphas cock. I swore to myself that if Talia ever heard of it, it wasn't going to be through me. I also didn't let Kael know anything about Talia. He's obviously pissed with Landon, and I haven't related with him enough to decide if he was safe or still a risk, but I could trust him with stuff like that for now.

The whole thing kept ringing in my head all the while. I kinda also made it my life's mission to protect her from what was happening in the outside world, her pack especially. I don't know what happened, but it smelt like a really fucked up stuff.


Which is why it hurts more when she keeps testing me. I hate how she doesn't see that all I'm trying to do is love and protect her. Snooping through my stuff is one thing, to be honest, I loved the view of her on my naked bed. Heaven knows I'd been dying for weeks to bend her over that bed for the first few weeks after she came.

'And how's Landon?" I remembered my exact words, ‘cause I practised them before getting there. Karl was both an alcoholic and quick tempered, once he smell shit, he'd bring the roof down.

'Oh, that bastard. He came here days ago talking shit about how I shouldn't have sent my boys to Moonstone." He was spilling it all like an opened tap, and for his sake, I began to fancy alcohol. It really made one a different person entirely.

'Why did you do that?" I asked him, hiding the smile that was already creeping on my face.

'The bestard," He started, I noticed he had taken to renaming Landon, I had no problems whatsoever with that, 'broke out of our deal." He answered.

'See why I said to never trust him?" I did not plan that, it just came out.

'Oh, well, fuck you. You weren't here to protect me. You ran off and hid somewhere safe and away from everyone." I wanted to remind his that in fact, he was the one who exiled me, but that was of no use now, 'And you're welcome, some months ago, we discovered someone was listening in on our pack meetings. Those who went after said person came back with descriptions that pointed to one person. Told ‘e to leave it, that I'd handle it myself." I was lost for words. I really just meant that Kael knew where the cottage was.

The cottage was left to me by a rogue farmer who wanted to be away from his pack and all other packs after his wife died unjustly and he lost his wolf. We had something in common at the time and so he just couldn't feel more relieved to have handed it over to me.

'Thank you." I said to him.

'Come on, little brother. We're really going to be that formal now?" He opened his eyes and gave that disgust face that I remember so clearly. It's the second time his eyes lids snapped open since the beginning of this conversation.

'I really have to go now. I'm keeping her waiting." I had just two reasons for telling Karl that there was ever a ‘her' with me. Firstly, as a surprise, he'd always thought I'd wind up single and lonely, secondly, because it actually felt good to have someone to go home to. I've waited all my life for moments like this and I wanted to relish it.

'Alright, puppy." He teased me, laughing a very throaty laughter. 'I hope this one isn't sick in the head?" it hurt a little to hear that, considering all that Talia had been through, but it was just one of his cruel jokes and I got it. He offered me some wine which I drank in goodwill before heading back. It was commendable that he had upgraded the palace staff clothes and they now looked more modern and less starved and hungry.

After all that and I get back to this? Getting casually questioned about my nightmares like we were discussing a fucking movie? I just can't get a break from my misery.

My head hurt so bad from all the thinking, I just stripped naked and strode into the bathroom. I resisted to urge to drown myself in the tub and just lay there, letting the water deep into my bones. In a short time, it wasn't cutting it anymore, the pain was in my head not my body. So I got our abd stood under the shower. For a minute, it felt like I had transition med to some other realm, the water beating down on my head was magic. I closed my eyes to take all the sensation in and hold it there. I felt I heard a sound and opened my eyes to see what it was since I threw the door open anyways. But I began to feel unsteady and my feet felt like thay just could not do it anymore.

The last thing I saw before blacking out was my blood, although I did not know where from flowing to my legs. It looked like a pretty decent amount but I could not even call for help.