Chapter 6 Numbing the Pain Part Three

London Hale

"Please, I'm sorry. I-I won't do it again, I promise." She choked out.

Fuyu grinned, finally happy to have her right where he wanted her-one more move from him would have her in death's cold embrace, ripping her neck off her body.

"Of course you won't. The dead always stay dead," he sneered.

Vince rushed to my side, struggling to pry my fingers away from her face. Leah wailed as Preston came to her aid, trying to prevent me from killing her.

"Please keep Fuyu under control; she's not worth the kill." He was panicked at my loss of control.

Bryce was by my side, shielding Leah from me. As much as he despised her even more for hurting me, he didn't want me to kill her.

"She's not worth it, London. Please stop Fuyu." He spared her a look of disgust as she cowered behind him, sobbing stupidly.

"She brought another man into our matrimonial bed; what bigger insult is there?" Fuyu screamed through me while I fought to keep him back. "Move before I kill you all along with her!" He growled, baring his canines.

I had a horrible temper but was better at keeping it in check; my wolf, on the other hand, was one to act out his rage. His motto was to eliminate all who threatened his reputation and pride, including those who hurt me. But I wasn't going to let Fuyu fight for me. I brought this upon myself, and I was going to bear the full consequences.

"She's not worth it!" Bryce screamed, shielding Leah with his back.

"Reject her instead." Vince screamed while struggling to hold me back.

'No, let me rip that shameless whore to shreds, London. At least give me that honor!" He screamed in my head, trying to break through my restraint.

He was right. Staring at Leah and recounting every insulting moment since I met her, my heart flamed at the sight of purple hickies on her neck and shoulders. I stared at the crook of her neck where my mark stood, and a fresh batch of rage brewed at the sight of a bright red love bite there.

I closed off my heart as my emotions threatened to drown me with ragged breaths and spat in unison with Fuyu, "Once a slut, always a slut. I, London Hale of the Nightwalker Pack..."

"Baby, please don't do this... You promise to always love me forever, despite all my shortcomings." Her eyes widened as she turned paler than before.

"... reject you, Leah Flesker of the Nightwalker pack." I continued ignoring her.

"London, please, I beg you, give me another chance. I'll change, I promise. Vince, do something; beg your friend. You were present on our wedding day when he made that promise; don't let him break it." She screamed, her body shaking as she gasped, and Vince glared at her, turning a deaf ear to her pleas.

"You're free to fuck who you please now, whenever and wherever you want." I sneered at her and turned to the Alpha.

"She's all yours now. You might want to draft a schedule with Connan and the rest of her conquests to avoid another clash like this. Must be embarrassing, right?" In the midst of my pain was the need to get the hell away from her.

My eyes darted to Preston, who looked away when faced with my deathly glare. Oh, how much I wanted to sink my claws into his heart and rip it out, or better yet, we fight man to man and the loser gets kicked out. But sadly, I couldn't do either of the two, and he could only walk away freely from all this.

At the moment, my blood was boiling, and I didn't give a damn that I would face execution if I went ahead to kill him.

"You get to live another day, Alpha. Thank the fact that I'm your subordinate and Leah is not worth the bloodshed for that," I spat with disgust.

"I sacrificed my reputation and relationship with my mother for you, Leah. I went against Fuyu, for goodness sake, and I deeply regret it. You were the worst thing that ever happened to me, and I never want to see your face again." I screamed at her before taking my leave.

I rushed down the stairs, digging out my car keys from the rack where I usually hang them. I grabbed my black leather Jack and rushed out of the door, ignoring the worried calls of Vince and Bryce.

I needed to get out of there. Fuyu wasn't ready to back down; he was eager to rip her to shreds. Whereas the mate bond is meant to hurt when broken, it was a pain meant to be felt by both wolves and humans.

But considering how Fuyu never valued nor wanted the mate bond with Leah, as he was unenthusiastic to tell me about it, the pain was subtle, as your wolf counterpart is the only one capable of revealing your mate to you. We were basically human without them.

I was hurting because, as a human, I had fallen deeply in love with my now-ex-wife. I really loved her. I threw myself into my car, buried my head in the crook of my arms resting on the steering wheel, and screamed out loud in pain. My heart was beyond broken.

I started the car and immediately drove off, secretly hoping never to return again, as I didn't have the courage to face everyone and the embarrassment to come.

My heart sank, and a mix of anger, sadness, and betrayal engulfed me. I couldn't believe what I had witnessed and hoped it was a dream.

All those warnings, all the signs, and yet I had chosen to turn a blind eye.

I had chosen to accept the mate bond, and now I was made a fool in front of everyone.