Why My Mate Cries
Chapter 72

ALIYAH’S POV

I wasn’t able to sleep that night, visualizing how our plan would turn out to be a success. The next few hours passed in a blur. Before I realized it, the next day had finally come.

It was the time for me to escape. Although my body seemed very heavy because I was feeling under the weather, I reminded myself that I must replace the strength in me to carry out the plan. Otherwise, there might not be another chance like this again in the future.

“The meeting time will be at one o’clock in the afternoon. You should be near the gate before one, but far enough for the guards not to see and smell you,” Jaxon reminded me as we had our breakfast. “Remember, you have to sprint in your wolf form and never look back once you cross the gates.”

I kept nodding my head while Jaxon made a couple of reminders, as I didn’t want to make any mistakes. If I made one, there would be a high chance that Shawn and Samarra would be suspicious of Jaxon, and I didn’t want to put his life in trouble just because he was helping me.

“I hope I can return this favour to you in the future,” I said.

He took a long sip of coffee, and then he smirked. “Just run as fast as you can. I think you being alive after all this are the best return of favour you can do.”

“Fine, I will do that.” I leaned my back on the chair and tried to relax, even for a bit. “Please also know that you’re welcome in the Jewel Pack. Just in case some things become uncontrollable, you should escape too.”

Jaxon sat up straighter as he chuckled. “I thought you wanted me to become the Alpha of this pack? Now, you want me to become a fugitive in your new pack?”

“There’s no harm in having more options,” I said without any hesitation.

He then nodded his head, seemingly satisfied and amused at what I said, as his lips curled into a smile. This was the only time I had carefully looked at him. Jaxon was no doubt attractive inside and even more so outside. I prayed that he’d have a great life ahead of him after all this mess. I mean, after what happened to his mate, he deserved happiness… a second chance mate.

“Wow.” His eyes radiated delight. “I’ll take note of that, Luna Aliyah.”

My face fell. I don’t think I could still consider myself Luna without my Alpha. My shoulders sagged at that thought alone, but Jaxon cleared his throat, which piqued my attention.

“Cheer up.” He grinned. “You’ll never replace a rainbow if you’re looking down.”

When Jaxon finally went to work, that was the time for me to prepare. Before he left, he gave me a black cape that I would use to hide myself. It was around eleven o’clock when I decided to start walking my way near the back gate of this land.

It was fortunate that Jaxon’s cabin was only an hour and a half away from the gates. I was careful as I walked on the rocky road since I was pregnant. My eyes could not help but survey every corner of the place, ensuring that no one was following me.

Breathless, I finally saw the gates.

I had a strange feeling in my chest. It was a sort of hope. Although I could see the guards on the gates, I felt this small flush of excitement rush through me; an excitement about getting back to my real home—to where I met Reid.

I took a deep breath and looked up at the sky. Deep down I prayed that this plan would work, and that the Moon Goddess would spare me just this once.

I hid myself behind an enormous rock. The last thing I wanted was to be spotted early on. My heart was beating wildly as I watched the guards’ movements. I checked the compass clock that Jaxon provided to me, and it showed twelve-fifty. In just a few minutes, the guards should be leaving the gates.

I could feel the frantic mess in my chest as I patiently waited. At the same time, my hand did not leave my abdomen for a second, as I wanted to assure my body that everything would be okay.

Finally, the time for waiting is over. When the clock hit one, I watched how the guards shifted into their wolf forms and ran to the forest, where Jaxon would be meeting them. I waited for another minute, until the gate became unguarded.

“It’s time, Aliyah…” I said to myself.

With all the courage and strength in me, I ran as fast as I could toward the gates, feeling like I was chasing my freedom and the bright future of my baby.

I ran… and never looked back, as Jaxon had told me. When I reached the gates, I crouched, my hands touching the ground, and I forced myself to shift into my wolf form. In an instance, I felt my claws digging deeper the wet soil, my fangs started to grow out, and I could feel my veins enlarging as I howled.

“Aliyah….”

But then I heard a familiar voice behind me, which made me stop from fully shifting. It was the voice I’d been meaning to hear. It was the voice of the man I’ve been meaning to see… hug… live with.

“Aliyah….”

I struggled to breathe. Slowly, I stood up and spun around.

And then I saw him… he was really there behind me.

In the flesh, alive and well….

And just like that, my world brightened again. My heart was pounding wildly inside my chest, my head was spinning. I had no idea what to say—or how to say it.

“R—Reid…” I called him with my fainted voice, shocked, but I could feel something within me rise from death.

I stood across from him, facing him. He was looking at me, and he looked like he was about to cry. I felt my hot tears roll down my cheek. It was him.

It was really him…

“Reid?” I slowly walked towards him.

“Aliyah.” He opened his arms for me.

Dang! If it was a dream, please don’t wake me up. Please don’t…

I closed the distance between us. With the adrenaline pumping through my every vein, I engulfed him in a tight embrace, crying both in happiness that he was alive and fear of losing him again.

“Reid, you’re alive,” I cried and pulled away to cup his face. “Oh, my goodness. You’re alive…”

“I am, Aliyah.” He then smiled at me, caressed my cheek, and pulled me into another hug, tighter this time.

“I thought I wasn’t going to see you again…” Tears rapidly fell down my cheeks as I buried my face in his shoulder.

“And you fell into my trap again.” His voice changed. From its usual low, deep tone, it transitioned to the wicked voice of a woman. “So foolish of you, Aliyah…”

In a flash, the fear crept into my body. I froze in her hug, the creep consuming me. I eventually began trembling and found myself in a petrified mess.

The witch found me.

“S—Samarra…”