The Brutal Alpha's Tender Daughter novel Chapter 58

Until today I had not known which purpose in life I had, but just one look into her baby blue eyes and I had known. She was my sole reason for being alive.

And now, I had no idea if my life had any meaning at all.

Sophia

I had wished for nothing more than for Nathan to be happy.

Well, that was a lie.

I had wanted him to be happy, but I had never thought about the possibility that he would already have a family.

I had wanted him to be happy and single.

I had wanted the same meeting between mates I had observed between Silas and Milena.

I had wanted the same sparks between us, the same longing, the same need.

And there had been.

I had seen how his eyes had widened at my sight, how the bond between us had strengthened, how he had desperately wanted me.

However, I had also noticed his breathtaking smile when he had exited his house, with her crushed to him. It had been clear how precious she was to him. And when their son had joined them I had realized that I was unnecessary.

Nathan already had his picture perfect family. He did not need me.

He was happy and I would just destroy his happiness.

Mates were supposed to be together and the bond between us would ensure it, but not if I could stop it. I could reject him and would just be a distant memory anymore. Of course, Nathan would be confused at first, but with time he would get used to the feeling and go back to his life.

His life with his family, with her and his son. Their son had looked so much like Nathan that it had physically hurt.

My wolf had demanded to mark him, right here right now, to let everyone know who Nathan belonged to. But one look at Nathan's happy smile and his son and I knew I could not.

So I had done the only thing I could think of, I had run off.

I had no idea how long I had been running, but when I realized that every new step hurt, because my paws were bleeding I stopped.

I laid down on the forest floor and closed my eyes. I had no idea where I was and a part of me screamed at me to be vigilant and watch out for any threats, but I could not seem to care.

When your mate was already in love with someone else little did your own life matter. It seemed like a very bad deja-vu. First Levin and now Nathan.

"I've no idea what to do with her.", my future Alpha told me at a loss as to how to help the beautiful white wolf in front of us.

I had never been called for something seemingly as mundane as a shifter not being able to return to their human form. First I had been enraged, because I did not offer my services for some stupid juvenile wolf who had not paid attention in class. However, I also knew that if I wanted to keep my position as head witcher in the Full Moon pack I had to follow the orders of the future Alpha.

I was a powerful witcher, but nothing was more powerful than the protection of a pack. Hence, me obeying to help.

However, when I had first seen the white wolf I quickly realized that it was neither a juvenile wolf, as it was full-grown, nor was the problem that the woman did not know how to shift back.

My eyes widened when I clearly felt the hurt and agony rolling of the whimpering wolf in waves.

"What happened?"

My future Alpha shook his head and responded, "I've no idea. I found her while patroling."

The she wolf whimpered again and my eyes instantly locked with her gorgeous blue ones. I could see in how much pain she was, but I had no idea if the wounds were physical or mental.

However, then I could clearly smell the scent of blood in the air and cautiously in order to let her know that I did not mean any harm I stepped closer to her.

When I was almost in front of her, I noticed that her paws were bleeding, probably due to running, but for the life of me I could not figure out how she had not realized her injuries sooner. Usually a shifter and their wolf were in tune with each other, alarming them about everything that did not seem right, but it seemed to me that the wolf and her human were not balanced anymore.