It was a pain that even if I banged my head on the wall to divert it, it would not lessen.
Instead, as ti went by, it got worse.
In the end, I couldn’t endure it anymore and passed out.
I didn’t know how long had passed before I woke up again.
The pain was gone. All that was left was a dull ache and itching on my back where I had been whipped.
’What happened?’ I whispered to no one in particular.
"The bond." A faint voice ca from within my consciousness.
"Lizzie?" I asked cautiously inside my mind.
I didn’t dare to speak loudly for fear of being discovered.
"It’s , Val. Sorry I can’t be around all the ti." Lizzie apologized but I could hear the fatigue in her voice.
"Did sothing happen to you?" I asked in concern.
"Nothing to bother you with. But you need to stay away from Mike. He is your mate and the bond is hurting you." Lizzie warned.
"What do you an?" I didn’t understand. How could the mate bond hurt ?
"The closer you are to him, the more the bond solidifies. This makes the bond stronger. It also ans that if he betrays the bond, you will feel it more intensely." Lizzie explained.
"So, in other words, the pain I experienced was because Mike was with another woman?" I asked directly.
"Yes. As long as he touches another woman, you will feel the pain of the bond being betrayed. And it will get worse the more the bond strengthens." Lizzie continued to explain.
"Then what can I do? For now, I still have to pretend I don’t have a wolf. So, I am not supposed to feel the mate bond so clearly.
I can’t reject him because I have to pretend I don’t know he is my mate. What should I do?" I was confused about what to do.
Was I going to experience that kind of pain every ti Mike decides to have a go with other won?
"For now, you can only endure. But I have to warn you. Never let him claim you. If you engage with him sexually, then the mate bond will be complete and the pain will be ten tis or even a hundred tis worse than what you felt today. So, no matter what he does or says, never let him claim you." Lizzie was more serious this ti.
I felt as if this was more than just being marked or claid but I trusted my companions so I imdiately agreed.
"I won’t let him touch . He doesn’t want as a mate anyway. Even if he wants to sleep with it’s only to conquer and I am no prize for anyone." I reassured Lizzie.
"That’s good to hear. I have to go back to sleep. Be careful during this ti." Lizzie said then went quiet even before Valerie could reply.
"All alone again." I muttered under my breath before getting up from the floor.
I walked over to my dirty mattress and lay down without even applying dicine.
Because Lizzie had woken up for a short ti, her power had already healed the wounds.
Now, even if soone checked, they would only find falling scabs.
The following morning, I woke up at 4:00 am to prepare breakfast for the pack mbers who ate at the dining table.
Today I wasn’t late. But sothing under my skin bothered .
That was the conversation I had with Lizzie. I still didn’t understand why Lizzie would specifically wake up to emphasize on not completing the mate bond with Mike.
Not that I was interested, but I felt that there was more than Lizzie was letting on.
I was just finishing making the bacon when I felt all my hair at the back of my neck stand on end.
Soone had entered the kitchen while I tuned the world around out and worked on autopilot.
Without even turning, the pull I felt coming from the depths of my soul told that it was Mike.
My breathing quickened and my heartbeat increased.
Mike hadn’t co close yet, but his presence was so amplified it made panic.
How was it that the bond seed to have grown stronger after only one night?
I focused on slowing down my breathing. I couldn’t afford to let Mike notice any difference.
I rembered my father and how he would kneel beside when I was younger, teaching how to handle stress and unexpected situations.
He was a top warrior and he needed his mind to stay sharp, because in battle, the slightest distraction could get you killed.
I rembered how my father had taught to stay calm even when the world was loud by just adjusting my breathing pattern, and I implented that.
Like magic, Mike’s presence seed to disappear within my surroundings and I was alone.
I was calm again. And even when Mike moved closer, he elicited no reaction from .
I behaved as if he was just another pack mber coming to tornt .
Since the alpha presence didn’t give any pressure, I could pretend that no one was there.
Mike’s POV
I stood behind Valerie for a long ti but saw no reaction.
Even though I had always thought she was beneath my notice, for so reason today the urge I felt to hold her in my arms was stronger than before.
I wanted to undress her and run my hands all over her body.
However, looking at her almost flat back, and equally flat chest, the desire rising from the core of my being turned to disgust once again and without knowing the look in my eyes turned violent.
What was I supposed to do with a mate who didn’t even have any redeeming qualities?
Not to ntion that she was a slave, she didn’t even have the body to pleasure .
For the three-thousandth ti, I wondered if the moon goddess was playing a joke on .
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