Chapter 36: The Promises of A Lifetime

[JEREMY]

When Awuor crossed the lands and went with Malika on the journey to Olyana, the wolves felt it.

They knew the moment the wolf stopped howling and the moment the skies rumbled. Those were occurrences that took place any time that the oaths were broken. Awuor Sicario had broken an oath and there was no one to play judge, jury, and executioner to her this time.

"She left," Alpha Sicario said once they had walked back into the alpha's office. The rejection announcement had been as brief as they had planned or rather unplanned it, and they were glad to have severed ties with her.

However, when the signs began showing, Jer knew that he had made a mistake.

He had lost anything that could give Awuor an excuse to come back for him.

The thing about mates, was that they were sacred. Mates were supposed to be the partners who made life better and without their mates, werewolves always ended up so ruthless sometimes that even the goddess would have to intervene.

As they sat in the office, and felt her final bonds break, everyone in the office was silent. They hadn't expected that she would give up on them too soon. Alpha Sicario wasn't saying anything, despite having been the first to motivate Jer.

Instead, he walked out of the packhouse and went to the hunting grounds. He needed to clear his mind of what he had just done. He knew that his daughter would be more brutal, but a part of him was thankful that she had the courage to break free.

Alpha Sicario knew about what his mate had known of, and just like Razia, he had tried to act on the accusation, but Eniola had stopped him. In the end, his mate died, and his greedy son got to control the sitting alpha.

That was never how he had planned to watch his kids grow up, and maybe that was also why he had given the punishment to Awuor. He knew it wasn't a punishment, because his little girl was a fighter and could battle anyone who tried shit with her.

"And what of you, Jer, aren't you the least bit worried about her?" Elodie asked, her tone growing too cheery. She knew she had to play the part of the girl who wanted Jeremy, the girl who could betray her best friend for a packet of chips and a seat in power.

She had to do it well, otherwise, she would never be able to prove the innocence of her best friend, especially now that there was no way of knowing if Awuor was murdered or if she had just crossed the lands on her own.

If she was dead, then Elodie would get revenge for her, because her friend was the best that anyone would ever get. But if she had gone away, then Elodie would fight for her justice, only that this time, she would do it in her own way.

For better or worse, she would always be on Awuor Hawi's team.

"I bet you love it now that she's gone," Jer said flatly, like he wasn't in the mood for anything else. His thoughts were clouded by his missing mate, even though he knew he would get over the rejection soon enough. After all, his mate could have just died of a heartbreak.

The idea was crazy tough. Thinking that the last thing that could take out the alpha, was a heartbreak was a far fetch, even for him. But what was he supposed to think of now?

"Why are you mad at me, it's not like I forced you to reject her. You're the alpha, and her mate, well ex-mate, but still you had the power to refuse out convictions.

"If you keep complaining about the mate you rejected, your people may think you're a weakling, just saying," Elodie said to Jer who looked at her, like he was trying to find a clue of something or anything. But then with Elodie, there was no knowing what she was planning.

Just like Awuor, she was lethal in her own way, and right now, she was scared that her best friend had died, so she would avenge her in every manner she could. But until then, she had an alpha to guilt trip mercilessly.

"I am not a weakling."

"Then act like it," Elodie said, before kissing Jer on the lips and walking out.