Chapter 31

Marissa’s POV

It was the day after, I had a good night sleep to think about today. I texted Alex last night and told him that I was awake, we made plans to meet up today. But I didn’t say any more than that. He was supposed to meet me here today. It was about mid afternoon now, Alex was supposed to be getting here in about an hour.

“Marissa” I heard my voice being called form downstairs. I groaned but rolled out of bed. Since I only woke up last night I was still in some pain whenever I moved around. I took my time getting down the stairs. I walked into the kitchen where a number of people were. There was the new girl Laura, Derek, Claire and Zane.

“Did you guys need something?” I asked somewhat irritated, I’d been on edge the whole day, I didn’t even want to deal with Zane today.

“We just wanted you to meet Laura, she’s new.” My brother said. His eyes gave me a look saying ‘be nice’.

“Hi I'm Marissa” I said sweetly with a smile. I waved quickly. She smiled quietly and waved back.

“Oh and my dad wanted to see you” Zane spoke up after a couple more seconds. I groaned because somehow I knew this was going to be about that stupid training school. “I'm coming with you” Zane said, his voice was hard and held some anger. Obviously he didn’t like the idea that his dad had.

“Ok well let’s just go now so we can get this over with” I sighed and walked out of the kitchen with him following behind me. “I'm not going you know I plan on staying here with you” said quietly to him.

“I'm not going to let you go either, my dad needs to understand this” Zane said through gritted teeth. Obviously this made him mad too. I walked up to the office door and knocked twice before entering.

“Hello Marissa, I wish to speak to her along Zane” The alpha addressed us. He was sitting behind his desk with a serious expression on his face as usual.

“Actually dad we need to tell you something” Zane shut the door with his foot and stepped inside his dads office. The alpha raised an eyebrow but didn’t challenge it. I took a seat across from the desk as Zane took the one beside me. “Dad me and Marissa are mates plain and simple. I'm not going to let her be shipped off for two years” Zane said calmly.

“You two are mates really?” the alpha laughed and sat back in his chair. Unbelievable- he didn’t believe us.

“Yea we are alpha, we’ve just chosen not to tell anyone” I said sternly. “We both knew on Zane’s birthday but we had some minor issues so we did not begin the mating process” I explained. That was the best I could give away without telling him that Zane rejected me.

“And what was the minor issue?” The alpha asked. He seemed completely interested in this, as if this was a little game to him.

“Zane rejected me, he didn’t think I was good enough to lead this pack” I said it, I didn’t want to lie. I had nothing left to hide. So I said it. Zane looked at me with wide eyes as if he didn’t want that to get out either. It exposed both of us, people might think less of me, and for him, well he rejected his future alpha female.

But that’s over now, that stuff doesn’t matter anymore because we’re both past that. “Zane is this all true?” The alpha said to Zane. Zane nodded carefully, but didn’t say anything. I think we were both praying for the same thing right now. we just wanted to be left alone so we could figure out our life together.

“Ok I will give you two the benefit of the doubt since no one would really be crazy enough to lie about something like this. But you two can tell the pack this – this is your story to tell. And I don’t know if I can cancel Marissa’s whole enrollment to the academy” The alpha said un-sure.

“Please we will handle everything by ourselves, I just can’t go their ad leave my friends and family for two years, I have a mate now. You said that was the exception!” By now tears were slipping down my face. "This isn’t fair!” I screamed at him. The alpha frowned sadly at me.

“it’s not like you two will never see each other again, in a couple years Zane will be inheriting this pack and you will be here to stand beside him. Two years won’t kill you two, plus it will only make you stronger Marissa. It is set and you will leave tomorrow” the alpha said calmly. How could he say that!

“No you can’t do that to us!” I stood up and yelled but Zane reached for my hand and pulled me back down.

“Marissa my dad is right, two years won’t kill us.” Zane shrugged as if it was no big deal. It was hard to believe that only a couple minutes ago he was completely opposed to the idea of me going anywhere. I yanked my hand away from his and stared at him with hurt eyes. I can’t believe he was taking his dad’s side on this. After all we’ve been though and after how hard I fought to be with him, he’s just going to let this happen.

“There then it’s set. You will be leaving here to go to the airport tomorrow at noon. You two may go now” the alpha said happily. I gave him a hard look before walking out of the office, not bothering to wait for Zane. I don’t think I will ever be able to forgive the alpha for this. He went against his word and tricked me into doing this.

“it’s clear that you don’t care about me as much as you said you do Zane, maybe we should just postpone this for two years since it won’t bother you he slightest that I'm going to be gone” said to him. Tears were pouring out of my eyes and I was hurt, but what he said hurt me even more. He just didn’t care enough, and that was enough to make me unsure.

“Come on Marissa you know I love you but this is something we can’t help. If course I’m going to miss you but I’ll be able to visit you every couple months” He tried to take my hand but I ripped it from his grasp.

“After all I fought through for this you’re giving up already. It’s fine Zane but I'm not going to hold onto you for two years. Mostly because I don’t believe in us right now. It’s just too hard to believe you love me while you’re just giving me up like this” I shook my head and walked away. I just couldn’t do this right now. I ran up the stairs with tears streaming down my face. I guess I was a fool for playing right into Zane as soon as he wanted me.

I ran up to my room and slammed to door behind me. I don’t know how long I laid there crying on my bed but when I heard a knock on the door I wiped my eyes and stood up. “Who is it?” my voice cracked slightly, there was only about two people I would let in this room right now.

“it’s Alex you brother said you were up here” his soft voice came through the door. I sighed, things had just changed drastically in the last hour. I was no longer breaking up with him, I was going to give him the decision and I was going to tell him everything. Even what I did with Zane.

“Hey, I have a lot of things to tell you” I patted the seat next to me as he walked in the room.

“Oh come on that much can’t happen in one day” he teased, but when he saw my face his smile also dropped.

“Made a mistake Alex” I started off. Sometimes I don’t know what courses through my mind that makes me make these decisions. “When I woke up Zane was there, I was ready to be with him. I was going to be with him and break up with you today but that’s all changed. I was supposed to be going to a werewolf fighting academy against my will and me and Zane were going to change that. But he sided with his dad and completely betrayed me. so know I’m set to leave tomorrow for two years. I let Zane go too, So this talk ended up just being a confession. In a way I feel like I betrayed you. The decision is yours though, I won’t hold it against you if you don’t want to be with me anymore” I finished. There It was, the whole truth. It was all up to him now.

“Wow so a lot did happen in one day then” Was his response. I looked at him with a un-believable expression on my face. After all I told him that’s what he says. “Well what do you want me to say Marissa? You chose Zane for that short period of time and if he didn’t mess up then this would have been a different talk. I kind of feel like I'm a second choice” He stared into my eyes and I could see the raw honesty. I guess I really did hurt him.

“I know I did. For some reason I had this idea in my mind that the mate bond was right, but I'm going to be honest with you here. I really don’t know, I don’t know who I'm going to end up with. And right now I still want to be with you but in two years, I really don’t know what will happen. I'm the one who hurt you after you’ve done nothing but be good to me. It’s your choice” I looked down at my hands, I was close to tears again. It just felt like I was on some kind of losing streak where everything just kept getting worse for me.

“I really like you Marissa. And I want this to work. That’s why I'm going to say ok, I don’t know for sure if you’re going to still be with me a month for now but your to special to just give up without a fight” Alex said with a small smile on his face. He was really going to forgive me!

A smile appeared on my face as I launched myself at him. “I really thought you were going to leave me” I yelled to him. I was happy now, it was my last day here and at least one thing went my way. I still couldn’t say that it was a good day because it certainly still was a shitty day but now I don’t feel like giving up.

“I have some stuff to do today so I can’t stay that long. so why don’t we go downstairs and I can say bye to everyone and rub this in Zane’s face” I chuckled at Alex’s words but nodded. I got up and followed him out of the door. A smile was actually present on my face. As we walked down the stairs I saw Zane, Derek and Laure in the kitchen. But Alex stopped right in front of me making me crash into his back.

“What?” I asked him. I looked over to where he was looking and noticed Laura was holding eye contact with him. “Oh no” I whispered to myself. The smile was completely wiped off my face, I couldn’t even look at Zane for a reaction because I was that horrified.

Laura started walking towards him and I had to look away. I'm guessing he didn’t see her on the way in or else what happened up stairs would have been completely different.

“Your my mate” Laura’s soft voice came. I knew her story and I knew she had a rough past. I guess she does deserve some happiness to her life.

I walked down the rest of the stairs and straight out the door. I don’t expect Alex to reject her, they both deserve happiness. It just really hurt. I stood outside the house hugging myself from the cold and crying. Just as fast as my happiness came it was gone. I heard the door open behind me and I didn’t bother looking behind me, I could smell him.

“Marissa I don’t have to be with her” He said. I wiped away my tears and turned to face Alex.

“No Alex I don’t expect you to do that. I want you to be happy and you don’t know how much that girl in there deserves it” I pointed towards the door. “you’re going to be really happy with her” I chocked out.

“You know I still love you Marissa –

“I know just as a friend” I finished for him. I smiled sadly and pulled him into a hug. “So go in there and get your mate” I tried to be happy for him but it just hurt too much right now.

“Are you sure you’re going to be ok?” he asked and I nodded. “Thank you so much Marissa” I nodded again and waited for him to go back in. He deserved happiness even if It wasn’t with me. I turned away from the door and stared into the snow covered ground. I guess it was a good thing I was leaving tomorrow. I could get away for a while, even my mom will have to go back to work. What did I really have to stay here for?

My brother had a life of his own and I would be able to see him every couple of months, my mom wasn’t going to be there all the time. And Kyle and Sean, well they were two more I would miss but what I had to lose. I sighed and reached in my pocket and smiled a little when I felt the keys. I could go for a drive right now and clear my mind, the only problem was that I had no shoes on. I had on a simple hoodie with a pair of old jeans. But that didn’t stop me, I hoped towards my car and got in.

I was due for a joy ride anyway.

Zane’s POV

I stood there the entire time wondering if I should be happy or sad, happy that he was off Marissa now or sad because she was heartbroken. When she told me that we were done, it hurt. I didn’t mean to side with my dad but I didn’t know what to do with the situation. I will miss her of course but I was so un-sure.

I don’t want to lose her when I just got her. She’s leaving tomorrow so I may have limited amount of time but I need to make it happen. I don’t think I could live without her.

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