My parents exchanged hesitant looks with each other , neither one of them speaking a word , almost as if they were afraid to tell me . Why were they all quiet ? I turned to Maya , unable to hide the desperation from my voice this time . “WHERE IS SHE ?” I repeated .
Maya shook her head at me, tears trickling down her cheeks . ” She’s gone .”
Gone ?
What the hell was that supposed to mean ? for Maya to look this upset things had to be pretty bad , it meant Lucy hadn’t just went on some trip , no she had to have went somewhere very far . My wolf paced once more at that thought , I felt him trying to rise , fighting to be set free .
“What do you mean by that ?” I asked taking a step closer , searching my sister’s face .
“She left Austin for good .” She snapped . ” And she’s not coming back .”
I staggered back at her words nO!
That wasn’t possible she couldn’t she wouldn’t . Panic filled me as my eyes scanned my surroundings , this had to be some kind of sick joke . My mind refused to come to terms with Lucy leaving but I couldn’t deny the broken looks on each member of my family’s faces nor could I deny the fact that her scent was definitely faint and she wasn’t anywhere to be seen .
“W-why?” I stuttered .
Maya narrowed her eyes at me , the look of disappointment on her face making me wince . “You know why.” She accused .
My heart clenched at her words , nothing compared to the pain I felt there , in fact not even the feeling of having a knife put straight through my heart , over an over again could compete with the pain I felt now . Even with all of the evidence , I still refused to believe she had left me I wouldn’t believe it until I had seen it for myself , until I had searched every inch of this palace .
I raced up the stairs , ignoring the calls of my brothers and pushed the room door open with so much force that it slammed against the wall . My head was spinning as I scanned the room for anything that belonged to her nO!
Gone , it was all gone .
‘If I have to see you with her one more time Austin I swear to God I’ll leave this place and you’ll never see me again .’
Lucy’s words rocked my brain as I fought to keep my composure , fought to not lose what was left of my sanity . How could she have left me so easily , without so much as a goodbye ? Was it that easy for her to let go of me , when the thought of losing her alone sent me into a frenzy ? How could she have done this so easily ?
HOW!
IT f*****g HURT ! BURnED LIKE A MOTHERfUCKER .
I was angry , hurt , distraught . Panic was making me lose my s**t and my heart wouldn’t stop throbbing , feeling like it might explode any second now if I didn’t see Lucy anytime soon If I didn’t know in what state she was ,if I didn’t know whether she was happy or whether she was safe .
Everything within me was spinning out of control now that Lucy wasn’t here , she had left me left me and took my whole heart with her .
nOT JUST MY HEART SHE f*****g TOOK MY WHOLE LIfE ALOnG WITH HER !
Clarity struck me harder than anything ever did in my entire f*****g life it was her .
God.
It was her .
It was Lucy.
LUCY WAS MY MATE!
Lucy was my f*****g mate .
Lucy not Ariana .
Lucy.
Lucy.
As soon as the recognition hit me a stabbing pain attacked my head and I doubled over , crashing to the floor . I held my head as I g*****d out loud , feeling a force within me completely shatter . I stayed like that for a few minutes , unable to move through the pain .
The moment the pain stopped I felt something lift from within me .
I froze as more clarity shocked me , my body turning to stone .
Ariana.
I felt nothing nothing at all for her . All of the feelings had just magically disappeared like if all this time she had never meant a single thing to me as if all of the feelings was never even there in the first place .
I stiffened .
What the f**k ?
Eric’s POV:
As I made my way inside the receptionist’s area , I noticed the way the patients and nurses ducked their heads in fear . One of the spies I’d hired to track Lucy’s every move had reported that she visited this doctor recently and I was more than curious to find out why .
I totally disregarded the head receptionist and stormed into the doctor’s office , I spotted him looking through some documents on his desk . He looked up from the files and froze as soon as his eyes fell upon me .
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