Healing The Ruthless Alpha

Chapter 23

"Asena broke the connection from my end so our mate bond is severed as far as I am concerned," I shrugged at Kade's words.

How dare this bastard open his mouth to tell me he loved me? This same man that bullied me throughout high school, laughing as his former goons would rip my books apart and shove me about? How dare this man who did nothing but cause me pain and humiliation say anything about loving me?

He bragged about keeping boys away from me, calling it 'shielding' when, in reality, he did it out of wickedness to keep me alone. Who was he to speak to me of love when everything he ever did to me in all my life was to show me how much he hated me?

I felt nothing but spite from him and I had spent many nights in bed crying because of him. He made me wonder what was wrong with me, why he hated me, why I was so unlovable. After my father, Kade was the next person in Silver Moon who could make me feel as if I was a waste of space whenever I breathed.

"Sihana Asena, I've wronged you from my naivety. Yes, I have no excuse for how I acted all these years and maybe, if you never got a second chance mate, if I was never confronted with the thought of losing you, I may have never accepted my feelings but I can't deny them." He took my hand in his. I tried to wrench it out, disgusted by the gesture, but he held on firmly.

I always knew Kade was a possessive little shit because even as a child, he used to rough up kids that dared to touch his toys. His possessiveness wasn't new but ver thought it would affect my life in such a huge way. The thought of 'losing' me made him accept his nonexistent love for me when I had never been his. Our mate bond was broken within five minutes of us finding it out so we never truly belonged to each other.

I felt a spark of anger ignite in my chest that spread throughout my body, warming me from inside. I was hurting too much for him to come to me with such nonsense. My wolf howled for Cahir and my heart did not beat right. Kade was the last thing I wanted to throw into the mix of my emotional turmoil.

"Let me tell you the truth, Kade Flint." I held his gaze without flinching even if it took a lot of willpower to hold the gaze of an Alpha as an Alpha's eyes show their strength. "If you had not rejected me, I would have rejected you." I spat. A knot in my chest loosened as his eyes widened in surprise. "I want nothing to do with you, whether as an Alpha or as a mate. Because of you, I suffered as no one should. You put me through hell every day and while I suffered, you laughed. You took pleasure in my pain and yet you think I would want to give you my forever?" I tasted something salty before I even realized tears were streaming down my face.

"You want me to believe you love me when all my life I have felt nothing but hatred from you? Kade, if you were sick and dying and I was overflowing with healing mana, I would rather allow the mana to consume me than use it on you." He sucked in a sharp breath that had me smirking. "That is how much I hate you, Kade Flint."

"Sia –" Tears glistened in his eyes but I felt they must be fake. This bastard must have picked up his father's tricks of pretending.

"Alpha Kade Flint, I have said it before and I will say it again, I, Omega Sihana Asena, daughter of your Beta, accept your rejection. I acknowledge our bond is broken now and forever." He doubled over, pushing his palm against his chest as if he felt the sting of a breaking bond.

Whatever he felt, I did not care.

I left his room with his teary eyes following me. On getting to the shithole I called my room, I allowed fresh tears to wash my face. My room was the same scattered mess I left behind while trying to run away after Kade stole all my savings. That same Kade now came to profess love to me.

Cahir –

"I miss you." I choked into my ratty pillow. "You're an asshole who abandoned me but I miss you and I don't know why. I don't want to." I sniffed into the empty room.

Cahir left me behind in this pack. He did not want to mate with me and I could not even fault him. He got a good deal from the Silver Moon pack in exchange for not mating with me. I would have only become a hindrance to him, a Luna who could not lead beside him. Even knowing this, trying to convince myself that we were better off without each other, I could not help the tears pouring down my face and soaking my pillow. I could not stop my wolf's howls and whimpers of grief and I could not stop my heart from longing for him.

I fell asleep in the early hours of the morning with a wet pillow and a weight crushing my heart. The next morning, my body woke me at the crack of dawn as it always did. I got only two hours of sleep but ver slept past five a.m in my life so even without an alarm, I was awake before most members of the pack.

Tears fell from my eyes a few minutes after I opened them. Wiping them, I got out of bed and gathered myself. I wouldn't wait for Maria to come screaming at me, I had to get busy to take my mind off my recent heartbreak.

There was a warrior stationed at my door when I walked out. He jumped to attention when he saw me and then he offered me a smile. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"Good morning, Sihana," he said in a courteous voice. This was the same man who had pointed a gun at my head and captured me when I tried fleeing Kade. Why was he trying to be courteous now?

Whatever his reasons, I ignored him and went on my way to the kitchen. He came from behind me to block my path.

"What is it?" I demanded.

"The Alpha says you have to rest for much longer. You are no longer required to work in the kitchen or to clean the pack house." He beamed at me as if he was announcing my promotion.

I tried to sidestep him to continue on my journey but he blocked me again.

"Can't I at least get myself a glass of water to drink?" I snapped at him.

"Whatever you need, Mike can get it for you." He turned to the side and barked out, "Mike!" A stout man rushed out from a room two doors away from me. "Mike will attend to you for now." The taller man said to me.

Kade had spoken the words, so no matter what I said or how I protested, the men ignored me. I had to stay in my room feeling like a prisoner.

"Do you know who I am?" I heard Felicity scream outside my door. "Let me through!"

"I know you're the Alpha's sister but he has instructed I let no one, not even his father in here. I can't let you pass." My new guard said.

"So I can't see her!?" Felicity demanded.

"Of course, you can see her but she must be asleep now. If you are her friend, you can come back later or text her." The guard continued.

"Her friend!?" Felicity sounded as if someone poured a pile of shit on her shoes. "I am not her friend! Let me see that bitch!" The ruckus outside grew louder and I was thankful l didn't have to deal with that at least.

"Felicity." I heard Kade's growl rattle from outside. "You are testing me."

"K – Kade –" I heard fear in her voice. "What are you –"

"I gave you three strikes. You have one left. Speak to my mate with disrespect again and you will find yourself without a pack."

"Your – Your mate?"

Everything became muffled after that and I buried my face into my pillow to block things out. Then I heard a knock before my door opened a fraction. Kade poked his head in to see me glaring at him.

"Rather than work as a maid, I have arranged for you to work at the hospital as our healer." Those words were his greeting to me.