Chapter 110
Chapter 0110
(Lily POV)
I waited patiently as Brady paused. At this point in the story, I did not know what to think, and I was afraid
which direction the story might go.
Brady did not hold me in suspense long.
“Evelyn was thrilled
to discover that we were mates,” Brady continued, “and a big part of me was happy
too. However, 20-year-old me also panicked. I kept thinking about the fact that being mated to Evelyn.
meant that I would never know what it felt like to have sex with others. I would also never get to
experience the excitement of ‘love at first sight.”
The more my panic set in, the more I realized that I had to get out of there. I turned around and ran back
to the packhouse. Kalen was screaming at me to go back to our mate, but I just couldn’t bring myself to
do so.
Evelyn was not the type of she-wolf who ran away from her problems. She always confronted them
heads on. And so, to her credit, Evelyn chased after me. But I was faster, so by the time she caught up, I
had already made it back to my room.
Huffing and puffing. Evelyn demanded that I tell her what was wrong. I did not know what to tell her, so I
did not say anything. I just stared out the window.
Evelyn then asked me if I was unhappy about us being mates. I hated the pain that I heard in her voice,
but I did not know what to say. I mean, how do you tell the woman that you have loved for years that you
are happy that you are mated to her, but that you are also disappointed that you were not mated to
someone else? Or that you are relieved that she will never be touched by another male, but that you are
disappointed that you will never get to have sex with another female? (2
As I was trying to figure out how to explain it all, Evelyn put her hand on my arm in a comforting manner. I
felt the sparks for the first time, and they were everything that everyone had ever told me about.
I turned around and my eyes met with Evelyn’s. That is when the mate bond really took hold. I felt an
overwhelming desire to kiss her. So I did. One thing led to another, and pretty soon we were in bed
having the absolute best sex that we had ever had.”
I could not help but cringe at this part of Brady’s story. Lcould have lived without many of these details.
“In the heat of the act, Kalen’desperately wanted to mark Evelyn, but I would not let him. And when
Evelyn asked if her wolf could mark me, I refused.
A short time later, while we were laying naked next to each other on my bed, Evelyn asked me why I refused the marks. I decided to just be honest.
I told Evelyn that I wanted her as my mate, and that I was really happy that she was mine. However, I also admitted that I felt cheated that I had not gotten to play the field or experience what it was like to be with
other females.
Evelyn was hurt, but she heard me out. When I was done explaining, she asked me what I wanted to do.
That is when I came up with what I thought was a great idea.
I told Evelyn that I felt like it was really important that I sow my wild oats and get that h orny teenager out of system. I proposed that we reject each other, but only temporarily. I wanted a few months to get the h orny teenager out of my system. Once I did, we could get back together, restore our bond, and mark
each other.
Today, I fully recognize just how st upid and selfish that idea was, but at the time, I truly did think it was
brilliant.
Evelyn, not surprisingly, did not agree. She angrily got dressed and asked me if I would be okay if she slept with other guys during our ‘break.’ I growled and told her that no wolf was allowed to touch what was mine. She looked at me like I had grown five heads which honestly, I probably had- and
responded ‘fine.”
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I should have known that ‘fine’ did not mean ‘fine,’ but she had handled everything up until that point so
well that I st upidly assumed that ‘fine’ meant that she agreed with my plan.
I said the words of rejection, and she accepted. We both passed out. That is not that unusual when mates reject each other, but it was yet another thing I had not thought about when I proposed the temporary rejection. She missed her entire birthday because of my st upidity, just like James made you
miss yours. 2,
Three days later, I woke up in a hospital bed with my father glaring daggers at me. It turns out that Evelyn
had woken up first, and she told my parents and hers everything that had happened. My father was more
pi ssed at me than I had ever seen him before in my life.
My father’s reaction was everything you might expect. He did not want to be alpha for a second longer
than he had to be. Because I voluntarily rejected my luna, he no longer cared to wait to transfer power
until I had one. He told me that I would have to learn to live with the consequences of my own st upid
mistakes, and that included taking on the responsibility of running the pack by myself.