The Alpha Prince's Abused Mate Chapter 109

ALANA

I can feel the tight grip of his hands on mine and the pain in his voice when he started talking so I stayed my eyes shut to hear him.  

“I’m sorry, Alana. I know it’s my fault about what happened. I should not have forced you to shift into your wolf. I should have let you follow the natural course to transform.”

I felt William’s lips on my head as he kissed me there with his trembling mouth.

“I will accept all the lashes, Alana. I will accept them all. I just want you to live a life freely. I want you to experience the things you did not. I want to protect you with all of me. I don’t ever want you to have a glimpse of the hell those people gave you.”

I heard how he took a deep sigh and kissed my hands again. I am an inch close to opening my eyes but I kept pretending that I am still asleep because I cannot take it to see the pain in his eyes. I cannot bear to see him keep on blaming himself for what happened to me.

I don’t want to confront the fact that I felt the most excruciating pain when I saw him in his wolf form. I don’t even want to think that I am slowly losing my connection with him.

Because I don’t think I could ever have the heart to leave. I want to be by his side forever.

It was me who matched his heartbeat. It is my choice to shift while he is in my mind and heart. I just wished that my transformation because of his presence would make a significant positive change in our connection. 

“And I promise you one thing,” he continued. “That no one can ever break us. Nothing could ever separate us. I will make sure of that, Alana. Don’t worry. I will find the cure. I will find a way to resolve this.”

I stopped myself from opening my eyes when he mentioned that. A cure? For what? Does he think that I am ill? Does he think that there is something wrong with me?

“I don’t care if you came from the clan of my family’s name. I don’t care if you carry their bloodline. I don’t care if they call you a monster. I don’t care if this love is forbidden. Nothing will ever change the fact that you are my mate and I am yours. Alana, the only thing I could care for now is to be with you in my arms and to forever live our lives side by side.”

I could only gasp silently as his words shocked the very core of me. William knew all along?! He knew that I am from the family of his family’s enemy! He knew that I am the granddaughter of the former alpha king?!

Is that the reason why it took him a long time before he revealed it to his parents that he found his mate already?

To protect me knowing that the alpha king and queen luna would never consent to this once they find out about it?

I got chills all over me when I think about how William must have carried it all alone. He kept it a secret from me to keep me safe and to not give me any burden at all.

And about the cure that he is talking about. He must also know that there is something wrong with our connection that is why he is doing everything he can, all alone, to find a solution to all of this.

He bore it all alone. He kept it all by himself. I cannot think how heavy it must have felt because he has no one to share it to.

He planted a soft kiss on my lips before I felt him stand up from my bed.

“You take a rest here. Sleep tightly, my love. I will only be here to protect you.”

And then he left the tent. Sitting slowly on the bed, that’s the only time that I could let my tears fall.

Covering my mouth to not let anyone hear my sobs, I buried my face into the pillow and let my emotions flow out. I never knew that William had been keeping this all to him.

I did not even sense that he knew all along. I did not even realize that the hollow in his eyes every time he looks at me is because of this.

I felt a presence in the room but it’s already too late to stop the shaking of my shoulders so I just waited for Georgia to speak.

“See how you hurt William? See how you inflict pain on the alpha prince? Is this what you want for her, Alana? Do you really want to hurt him again and again because of your own selfishness? He is suffering because of you, can’t you see that?”

I clenched my hands on my side before I looked up darkly at her.

“And the only solution you can think of is for me to leave him, Georgia? Why? Do you think you can make him happy? Do you think it will be lonelier for him for his mate to leave him during a time when they should be together for better or worse?”

The woman bit her lower lip and wasn’t able to say anything.

“I will never intentionally hurt William. I love him. I love my mate so much and I swear, nothing can separate us from each other. Until the end, we will have each other’s back looking out for us so if I were you, I would stop hoping that you can separate us because nothing can separate us from each other, Georgia. Not even this curse.”

I left her and ran towards the makeshift comfort room to fix myself. I tied my hair up ready to splash water on my face when I noticed something wrong.

I looked at my neck in the mirror and gasped as tears filled my eyes.

“No…” My tears started streaming down my face in anguish. “This can’t be it.”

I shook my head and pulled at my hair when I couldn't accept the truth that is staring back at me.

“The mark…” I muttered and caressed the spot with my shaking fingers. “It’s gone. William’s mark on me is gone.”