The Forgotten Heiress novel Chapter 79

"I'm not going to let you go, we are mates. We'll talk about it. I know it looks really bad but I swear I was going to talk to you about it tonight. Let me explain, you will see that it is not as bad as she made it seem."

Jessica wanted to laugh but she couldn't. She knew that if she did, it would lead to crying. And she felt that once she started crying she would never stop. She'd never felt such pain before. She couldn't even compare it to what she had felt growing up feeling unwanted by her real parents.

Jessica took another deep breath, trying to control the anguish that she felt spreading through her body and fought to get out of Nicks embrace.

She stomped on his foot with enough force to surprise him and he dropped his arms. "You no longer have the right to touch me," she told him without an ounce of emotion in her voice.

Nick fisted his hands and looked at her, his face set in taut lines. "I'm not letting you go."

"You don't have a choice," she told him coldly. Without waiting for a response she turned to look at Axel and Christian. "You once pledged your loyalty to me. Was that a lie too?" She asked them in the same flat tone.

They shook their heads.

"Prove it," she demanded. "Prove it this one time and after that I release you from your pledge. I want to go. Hold him back don't let him stop me. If my friendship ever meant anything to you, keep him away from me." She looked at them, allowed them to see the torment in her eyes. "I want to go home."

They didn't say anything.

Christian and Axel relaxed their stances and allowed her to walk past them and when Nick took a step towards her, they blocked his way. It would take the two of them to hold Nick back. It would hurt, they knew it would but they owed it to Jessica. The pain they had glimpsed in her eyes speared them right through to their hearts. They'd never imagined that their actions would hurt her so much.

"Get out of my way," Nick snarled.

"Let her go," Axel murmured.

Axel and Christian didn't miss the desperation in their Alpha's eyes but the pain in Jessica's had undone them. They would help her get the space she needed.