The Lycan king-Chapter 74

*Leonora*

"Okay fine. It was Claire."

It was like my world stopped. No sound, no movement. Nothing. I waited for him to laugh and tell me it was all a joke. I wanted to hear that he was just trying to get a rise out of me but nothing.

He just stood there, one hand in his pocket, the other stretching the back of his head like he hadn’t just done one of the most shattering things in the world. It wasn’t just the things he said, it was the way he said it like I was just an object for his personal use. I was meant to be a rag doll that he can play with whenever it pleased him. Like I wasn’t a person.

"I need to leave." I said, trying to go around him but he blocked me. I walked back to the middle of the room and sat down on the chair. I rubbed my hands over my face, wishing that he hadn’t said anything. He walked over to the edge of the bed and sat down, watching me.

"Why do you keep hurting me?" I asked wondering what exactly I did to him. "We just mated all through yesterday and you went to have drinks with Claire. I think it was a big mistake."

"What was a mistake?" He asked, unsure of what I meant.

"Us being together. We’re toxic. You’re toxic. Who leaves their mate to go have drinks with someone else after fucking said mate senseless?" I asked and he pursed his lips, holding himself back. "You know what, you’re right. I literally should shut up."

He got up and walked to me, kneeling in front of me. "No, please don’t shut up. Please. I like you a lot, Leo and I spoke to Claire because I needed some advice. That was it."

"And you left me." I pointed out. "Jax, please I want to go back to my room."

"No, you live here now. You can’t live there." He pointed out and I sighed. I wish I could run away. I wish I could go far away from him. I felt a lump form in my throat as tears gathered in my eyes. I swallowed hard, trying not to cry.

"I don’t want to stay with you." I said and I watched as his face fell. I felt a wave of sadness wash over me and I knew it was our mate bond. I was feeling everything he was feeling. I wanted it to stop.

"Please don’t say that." He said his voice a lot more softer than usual. "I’m sorry for everything I said. I shouldn’t have g-"

"You’re right. My job is to fuck you, have your kids and shut up. The only thing I ask of, is space. Just give me space and I’ll ask like all these never happened." I bargained. If he wasn’t going to let me leave the mansion, he should at least, let me have my own room.

"Leo-"

"Jax, I don’t think we should talk much. Just give me another room and this argument will end. I’ll also share the room with Bethany too." I quickly interjected. I wasn’t going to sit by and let him treat me like what I didn’t know. "You know what, we should have rules so that I’ll know my place."

"I don’t want things to be like this." He said, taking my hands in his. "Do you think it would be good for us?"

"It would definitely be good." I said and he nodded. He let go of my hand and moved back to the bed. "You can have your space to do your things. I wouldn’t have to worry about where you went to or who you talk to. I think that’s what I want." I felt another wave of sadness and this time it felt suffocating. How was he feeling like this and still acting so strong. He just sat there staring at me like I didn’t say anything to him. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Okay then. I’ll send some people over to get your things and Bethany’s." He said as he got up from the bed. I could literally feel how he felt and it made my eyes water. All I felt was deep sadness like it was choking me. "You can stay here until the room is ready."

"Thank you." I said and he marched out of the room. I don’t know why this felt so final. This felt like my first ever heart break. Like my world was shattering. This was the end. I was stuck in a loveless toxic relationship because I didn’t think. I didn’t stop to think. I let my urge to mate consume me and my thoughts. I should have thought things through. I should have thought about our relationship before I agreed to mate with him.

I should have thought about what it’s like to be his mate. To be his queen. I should have thought this through.

My mind was buzzing and all I wanted to do was cry but I couldn’t. I didn’t want to. I wasn’t going to be his weak rag doll. I didn’t want him to come back and meet me bawling my eyes out over a decision I made. Well, I didn’t entirely make the decision on my own. He played his own part by saying all those demeaning things.

I would definitely miss our time together and how he held me to sleep. I wasn’t sure we were going to have that bond anymore. It sucked that our mate bond cannot be severed. We were bonded to each other whether we liked it or not.

I couldn’t reject him anymore and he couldn’t reject me. That option was thrown out the window the moment he sank his teeth in my collarbone.

I really should not have agreed. I should have stayed in my room. I should have been more careful. I should have prepared but now everything was biting me in the ass.

This was the end of our short lived love story.