“I’m sorry, I have to go.”
“I don’t understand. Did you and Hunter not spend the night together last night? How did you go from that to this?” She demanded.
I sighed. “none of that matters right now.”
“At least let us take you to wherever you’re going.” She offered.
I looked back for Hunter and was disappointed when I didn’t see him out here begging for me to come back. I should be happy. Even if he’d begged some more I wasn’t about to stay unless he got rid of Maggie and told me that he wanted to be with me. I knew that would never happen and that’s why I was leaving today.
“I already called someone to come get me. I can also just shift into my wolf, which would be even faster. I really don’t need any transport.”
Esma pulled me into her arms and held on almost as tightly as her brother had done. “Please take care of yourself Isabella. You’re like the sister I never had.”
I smiled against her embrace. “You are my sister Esma, you made my life here a lot easier than it was. Goodbye.”
I took one last look at the house I’d once called my home.
This was it.
My story with Hunter was now coming to a close.
Even if Hunter didn’t recognize me as his own, I always would see him as mine even though we couldn’t be together.
Goodbye my mate. I’ll always love you.
I know I couldn’t face my brothers and parents right now. They would ask too many questions and they would want to also start a war with Hunter. I didn’t want that. I didn’t want to bring any harm towards Hunter. He did no wrong. It wasn’t his fault that he was in love with Maggie, it wasn’t his fault because he couldn’t help who he wanted in his life.
I was forced into his life … Maggie wasn’t.
This is what happened when you tried to force someone to love you the way that you love them. It never works out. They need to figure it out themselves. It’s the only way that you’ll know its real.
I didn’t think that Hunter would come running towards me however. He had Maggie now. The woman he wanted all along. He may care for me but not as much as he cared for her.
I sighed as I looked at the palace in front of me. I’d decided to come to Lucy and Eden. They would also be pissed with Hunter but not to the extent that my brothers would be. I could also beg them to listen to me but my brothers would not listen to me no matter how much I begged.
The guards took one look at me and opened the gates just like they were taught to do.
I tried to control myself as I entered the compound but it was difficult to do. Every time I closed my eyes I saw Maggie and Hunter together. now that I was gone they would no doubt be happy. I felt my heart squeeze at the thought of him holding her at night. That was something that I treasured so much, being held by Hunter. He always made me feel protected. I never once felt unsafe in his presence. At every turn my life was put in danger he made sure to save me, even if it meant putting his own life at risk.
I shuddered as I remembered what it felt like to have his lips on me. There were so many beautiful memories with Hunter that it was hard to move forward. I didn’t think that I would ever be able to move forward from losing him. no one would ever be able to take his place. He would always hold a special place in my heart. And I would always wish only the best for him. Even though I wasn’t the woman for him, even though I wanted to be her so badly, I still wanted him to be happy.
I wiped at the tears as soon as I heard footsteps heading my way.
“Isabella?” Maya asked as soon as her eyes fell on me. “Is something wrong? You look like you’ve seen a ghost!” She whispered as she wrapped her arms around me.
I didn’t know what came over me next. I dropped to the ground besides her and buried my face in my hands. I couldn’t stop bawling and crying in pain.
This was what it felt like to have your heart completely broken and torn into a million pieces. It hurt. It hurt so much.
Why couldn’t Hunter just love me? Why couldn’t he choose me? Why was I not good enough for him?
But more than any of that, why did I not hate him? Why was he still the sweetest person that I knew? Why did my heart still pine for him?
“Isabella!” I heard Maya shout my name in alarm.
“What’s going on?” I heard Lucy ask in alarm. “Isabella? What’s wrong to her?”
“I-I don’t know.” Maya stuttered. “I found her outside here and the moment she saw me she just fell to the ground in tears. She didn’t tell me what’s wrong, so I have no idea.”
Lucy pulled me into her arms and rocked me back and forth like a child. “It’s okay. I’m here.”
“Maya get Eden!” She shouted above me while continuing to hold me tightly against her.
I wanted to say something. I wanted to tell my sister that I was okay and not to worry. But I would be lying. I was most definitely not okay. I couldn’t even stop the tears from flowing long enough to speak a single word!
A few minutes later I heard more footsteps and I already knew that they belonged to Eden without even having to look up.
“ISABELLA!” She shouted as soon as her eyes fell on me.
“What’s wrong to her?” She demanded as she took Lucy’s place and held my body against hers. “Tell me what’s wrong Isabella. Why are you like this? Please, please talk to me.”
I buried my face against her dress and kept on crying. I could feel the tension in my sister’s body as she begged me to tell her what was wrong. However, I still couldn’t open my mouth to say a single word. I didn’t know where this weakness and pain came from, it just hit me out of nowhere and I didn’t know how to get away from it.
I wasn’t sure what happened next. Shouting was happening all around me and I couldn’t even pay attention to it anymore. I was too consumed by my grief to know what was taking place. All I knew was that one minute I was in front of the door crying and the next I was placed into a bed.
I kept on crying and crying until there were no tears left inside of me. I didn’t know how long I was like that for but eventually I did look up and see that everyone was looking at me with panic in their eyes.
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