Chasing His Betrayed Luna novel Chapter 44

ALPHA RAIDEN

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I wore the fake smile regardless of the blinding pain eating me away.

I kept my eyes on them even though seeing them and their kids together broke me. I felt a painful twitch in the depths of my soul when she muttered, “Yes, I’ll marry and mate with you.”

Don’t break right here. Don’t, Raiden….

I chanted to myself while almost everyone in the arena cheered in celebration of what I never had with Aurelia… No. I had it. I just threw it out the window with my own hands.

My eyes stung as pain and anger mixed perfectly together within me when Tristan pulled her into him, kissing her deeply and slowly… as if they were oblivious to the presence of the rest of us.

I could sense my pack’s grief as my members witnessed another man claiming my destined mate whose rejection I still haven’t accepted. Gosh! My soul hurts. It has been since yesterday. I tried to but I couldn’t put an end to the grief.

“This is your fault! We shouldn’t be feeling this pain–” Lex didn’t hesitate to put the blame on me once again.

His hatred for me has grown even deeper since the devastating discovery that made it clear that Aurelia would never give me another chance… not when she is the mother of Tristan’s kids…. Not when he was kissing her like that.

Fuck!

“I agree. It’s my fault.” I muttered to my wolf, turning around to save myself from the pain of watching Tristan eat Aurelia’s face… Heck! I had never kissed her but that asshole got to kiss her. I should be the one holding and kissing her. “We lost her–”

“You chose not to kiss her even when you claimed her body over and over again just like you chose not to mark her. If you had marked and cherished her, the bond wouldn’t be punishing us.” Lex growled, sharing his pain with me and causing my legs to buckle under my weight. “Can you make it stop? I can’t bear it.”

If wolves could cry, Lex would have broken down in tears since last night. In fact, if I could, I’d wail right here while the little masked boy jumped energetically around Tristan and Aurelia who were still clinging to each other like fucking lovers…

“There’s one way to put an end to this pain. Only one.” I uttered to my wolf, embracing our emotions.

Lex gritted in response, “Don’t even dare, Raiden!”

Although I hadn’t voiced my thoughts to him, he could tell. “But that’s the only way. She’s lost to us forever, Lex and I can’t keep holding on to a broken bond.”

“You won’t be accepting her rejection, Raiden! I won’t let you!” Lex growled ferociously and my skin pricked as he tried to dominate my mind.

It was obvious that I’d suffer greatly if I was to accept Aurelia’s rejection. I could lose my wolf and strength.

“No, Raiden.” Lex chimed, still very much angry. “You’ve to fight for her.”

“I’ve fought enough if you ask me. This is the point where we both accept defeat. She’s a mother and she just accepted to marry that fool.” I was getting angry too. It was almost impossible to know if I was angry because of Lex or because of the wave of happiness rolling off Tristan and straight into my nostrils. “She kissed him and she–”

“I recall you kissing Larisa’s face many times in the past but you still don’t love her… you didn’t even mark her.” Lex argued.

“What is that supposed to mean?” The mental argument between my wolf and I was becoming unbearably long but it was the only thing keeping my mind off Aurelia and her happy family.