The Rebel
Chapter 23

“We suffer now to say sorry tomorrow.

We hate to give our love tomorrow.

We work in the present in the hope of living tomorrow.

To realize one day that the day we spent thinking about tomorrow will never come back.

And that the tomorrow on which we left everything, might never become today. »

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The Logan’s POV:

I stared at the most powerful figure in our werewolf kingdom with my head held high.

His eyes were cold while mine were frozen.

Emotionless and indecipherable to a viewer.

“Where is she, Logan?” Don’t involve her in our affairs,” he said, with the desperation of seeing his daughter in his voice.

I casually put my hands in my pocket.

I nodded at Ben.

He understood my order, my wolves were to surround this area. He wouldn’t leave there alive unless he accepted what I offered him.

“She is resting at the moment, but you will not be allowed to meet her until we have talked and concluded a negotiation. »

He approached, with anger in his eyes.

“I said I needed to see it with my own eyes. What if you’re bluffing and she’s not my daughter? »

I moved even closer, our chests almost touching. The wind blew in his direction and I smiled.

The smell of him coming from me was enough.

A father never forgets the smell of his puppies from the day they were born.

In our country, the scent of wolves is the first proof of someone’s identity.

The color of his eyes changed and I knew he had smelled her on me.

I smiled in victory, but he only grabbed my collars.

My guards raised their weapons, but I made a mental link to stop them.

He couldn’t afford to hurt me.

“What did you do to him, you bastard?” Why is his scent mixed with yours? »

“Did you think I was lying when I said I had him in my arms?” Try to remember, King Alpha. »

“I’m going to f*****g kill you!” How dare you ? he said, holding my neck as I smiled at him.

” Of course. Go ahead, King Alpha. But remember.

The man you are threatening to kill is your princess’s companion. And I don’t think anyone knows better than you what it’s like to lose your partner. »

His hands came off my neck that very moment and I adjusted the collar of my shirt.

Smiling to myself.

Just as I had planned. Perfect.

“C… Companion? “, he asked, shocked, walking away from me.

“She is your mate…And you are using her in this revenge game?

I know what happened was wrong, but don’t do this. She’s already suffered a lot, believe me. »

I wanted to listen to her, but it wasn’t her I wanted revenge on. But from him, it will start with him and it will also end with him.

“But, you don’t have Arthur.” You didn’t feel what I felt all these years. »

He looked down, running his hand through his hair and sighing.

” Forgive me. But don’t do that to him. Tell me what you want… This crown? This kingdom? This empire? he said and I could see his soul through his eyes.

He was ashamed and willing to do anything for her.

“Say it and I’ll give it to you.” But, don’t make this mistake I made. »

He did it? From what I understand of the story, his partner committed suicide.

Did he really do it?

“I’m not a loser like you, Arthur.” It doesn’t matter what you did to me and my family, it doesn’t matter that your dirty b***d runs through his veins. I will never hurt him. »

He nodded at me. Sadness engulfed us.

His current energy, weak and defenseless.

“Until you don’t hurt him and you love him.” I, King Arthur, promise to give you everything you ask for.

However, the day you do it, young one, mark my words. This father will show you hell on earth. »

His energy completely changed, the aura around him became deadly.

But, that wasn’t the only thing that had changed, the air around me became heavy and I found my wolf struggling inside my mind.

It seems like everyone felt it, because the next second, Arthur pulled away from me to look at the castle.

Something was wrong, but what?

And that’s when I felt a mental link touch my barriers, I lowered them and the voice I heard froze my body in disbelief.

“Goodbye, Logan. »

Vera? But how is this possible?

How can she be awake?

I just checked on her before coming.

She was burning and too weak to get up.

No it’s impossible. I must be dreaming. It must be a hallucination.

My thoughts stopped when I felt a stare on me.

As I looked up at its source, I forgot to breathe.

She stood there at the window, watching us.

But, her brown orbs, they wanted to convey something else.

I knew she was going to hate me at first, because after all, I had marked her without her will.

But in the long run, I did it for his sake.

She would understand me and forgive me. I knew it.

But in those eyes, there was no anger or even disappointment.

Instead, they glowed with determination and indifference.

“Vera?” I said, unable to believe my eyes, and that’s when I heard another voice next to me.

“Zara?” »

Arthur saw her. And I could see she had sent him a mental link.

The heaviness of the air increased and my senses warned me of danger.

Danger held in the palms of my companion.

A lighter.

Whore !

Heaviness! It was propane! It spread like wildfire and I felt the source was near the first level.

At his level. The ground she was standing on right now.

Shit !

“Vera!” What are you doing with this! Leave that ! I shouted, but she just smiled at me.

“She’s crazy! Why is she smiling? Unless… …

No! She can’t smile! She can’t, that’s all!

My Vera is stronger. »

The words I said earlier echoed in my head as I looked at her desperately.

The lighter in his hands made my heart pound in my chest and that’s when my wolf spoke, rendering my senses numb.

My partner’s wolf asked for help. The human has taken over! The human challenged the bond between the two.

How could she? Was she so weak? How could his human be so strong?

It’s impossible to control your wolf… Only a few in history have been known to do so.

Or has she always been this strong? Was she pretending this whole time?

Hiding his true strength from us?

“You lost the only chance you had, Logan. I’m afraid our story must end here,” she said, drawing the curtain closer and my heart sank.

“I won’t f*****g let her!” She can’t leave me! No !

There must be something! I have to reach it. »

“No! Stop it, damn it! What are you doing ? You’re crazy ! I shouted as she smiled at me, bringing the curtain to the lighter and lighting it.

“Vera!” …No… Please…. I’m begging you… No… Why are you doing this?

“Has she started to hate me so much that she prefers death? “

What did I do ?

Did I hurt her that much?

How can I…”

“Zara! My child ! Stopped ! I’m here, girl… I won’t let anything hurt you… Stop… Please! »

“It’s too late, Dad. Zara has been dead for a long time, today I’m going to put an end to her. »

“No!” I have to stop this. »

My wolf thrashed in my mind, begging to be released. To let him save her, but I knew he wouldn’t be able to do anything.

I had to take control of all of this… But how?

Yes…I had to block the gas leak first.

“Veraaaaaa!” I shouted at him, hoping his eyes would soften.

She looked at me, but there was nothing… No love for me… No regrets… No hate… Nothing.

Just numbness.

I hated myself. His eyes… They made me hate myself more and more.

“Goodbye”

Those were her last words as she turned her back on us and I yelled at her.

“Veraaaaaa!” No Please ! Listen to me ! Veraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! »

I saw the entire curtain burn, the flames spreading throughout the room in seconds.

The room burned and in a few seconds the gas leak would be illuminated by the flames.

Whore !

” No ! This can’t happen! Not in front of me!

I can’t lose her! I love her so much that I can’t lose her like that!

A single mistake of mine shouldn’t have such repercussions! »

Without thinking, I ran inside, hearing Ben and the others yelling at me from behind, but I didn’t pay attention.

I had to save her. She couldn’t die.

Not like this. Never !

“Veraaaaaa!” Shit ! Whore ! », I shouted to him as I entered his floor. The gas was too strong, I couldn’t breathe.

“Alpha!” Go outside ! The place is going to explode! »

I heard Ben’s worried voice in my mindlink, but that didn’t stop me.

“Even if I have to do it today, I will save her.”

My Vera will not die. Not until I apologize for my mistake at least.

Not until she forgives me. »

As I hit the door with my body, I saw a few wooden logs falling from all sides.

Shit ! The place was burning.

My worried eyes searched for her, but she was nowhere.

Where was she?

How could she run? Was she too weak?

The answer to my questions was given by a strange stench in the room.

My wolf sensed it before me and I felt my steps stagger so that my body hit the wall behind me.

I picked up the paper near my feet and smelled it.

” No ! It is not possible !

It’s Elysium.

No, damn it! For what ?

She won’t! She is the strongest woman I have ever known!

Yes,

Never ! My Vera will never be able to do it! »

“Alpha!” Go outside ! NOW ! Hurry up now! »

But, I was too shocked to move a single muscle.

“My Vera cannot die…

But, even if she survived… She is doubly marked. She’s going crazy without me. Her wolf will hate her and hurt her.

How can she survive this?

She can not. She’s going to die,” my wolf said and I felt a tear fall from my eyes.

The unfolded paper fell from my hand to be burned in the fire around me.

“She will die and no one will be able to save her.

Not even you,” said my wolf.

And that was it, I was completely broken. The idea of ​​escaping this fire no longer occurred to me.

I did it.

I killed her.

I deserved it.

The second tear fell from my eyes and I closed my eyes.

I felt the heat of the fire at my feet.

“Alphaaaaaaaaa!” ! »

That was the last thing I heard before a loud explosion echoed through the halls and my body was struck by a force that threw me out the window.

Welcoming the numbness, I let the darkness consume me as I imagined his lifeless eyes.

His name, the last thing that came out of my lips before my body hit the ground and entered a state of nothingness.

“Vera?” »