Konstantin: The Heartless Beta novel Chapter 48

Konstantin

Within the time it took me to snap out of my shock, Lily had left the office. “Fuck!” I cry out, following after her and trying to call her over the link, but getting nothing. She can’t have gotten far, and she can't leave the pack since the Bond Anchor is complete.

/“Lily, please,”/ I beg, /“where are you?”/

/“Kon?”/ The voice of my brother came. I forgot that since he’s Alpha, he can hear every conversation over the link.

/“Lily and I had an argument, and she’s run out,”/ I explain, catching the remnants of her lavender scent as I run to my motorcycle.

/“Need my help?”/ he asks, referring to his Alpha ability to bend someone’s will over the link with a simple command, but I say no.

/“I know where she’ll be, don’t worry,”/ I say, then tune out of the link as I make my way to the Estate.

I know my mate, and I know all her hiding spots, especially those places where she likes to be alone. The area that brings her the most peace is right at the lakeside behind the mansion - the exact place I ran to after I claimed her.

Fuck, I m such an idiot. I know she had been suffering from this and tried to help her as best I could, but I wasn’t aware of just how deep her pain and turmoil was. I should have known. I should have been a better mate and stopped the toxic thoughts plaguing her.

Yes, I would love to be intimate with her again; I would love to worship her body once more and feel how she tumbles around me. But it can wait; I can wait until she’s ready for me once again.

Fuck, I love her, I would never do anything that would push her away from me, and now it seems as though I have. So why would she think that I’m impatient and only have sex on my mind? What exactly did I do to make her feel this way about me?

/“It’s her mind,”/ Vulcan suddenly speaks up. /“Our mate’s mind is tainted by her abuse and fears she’s not good enough to be by our side.”/

This just pisses me off even more. Stefan may be dead, but he’s left a permanent fucked up impression on Lily. It just makes me want to kill him over and over again.

At the thought of the cunt, I think back to her words which caused me to freeze up. The demonic side of her enjoyed what Stefan did to her, enjoyed the abuse and pain he inflicted on her. I know I shouldn’t be upset or affected by this, but I am.

Yeah, Lily couldn’t help it because he was pulling in her demonic side, but it still fucking sucks. Besides that, what the fuck must she not be going through, knowing that the Succubus side of her enjoyed the abuse?

/“That’s exactly what I meant,”/ my smartass wolf speaks up again, and I grit my teeth.

/“I know she’s stuck inside her head right now, so we need to show her that all those bad thoughts are unfounded. She’s still as perfect as the first time I laid my eyes on her.”/ I tell him and hear him grunt in approval.

We are near the mansion, but I kick off from the bike and shift immediately when I catch her scent on the breeze. My eyes spotted her little cherry red sports car parked near the mansion and knew I had guessed correctly.

I walk towards the clearing and shift back when I see her pacing the grass next to the lake, naked as if she had been running as well. She shakes her head. “No, you’re wrong! I am fit to be a mother!” she exclaims, hitting her head with a closed fist.

“Konstantin loves me; he wouldn’t leave me and take the twins. We’re his family! He doesn’t just want me because of the Mate Bond!”

/“Go to her, Konstantin!”/ Vulcan urges, his ears flattened against his head at the sight of our mate.