Chapter 83: Torn Between Loyalties
LYRA'S POV
"You mean to tell me that you put validation of your father over me? That validation is better than the love we share?" I asked him as I honestly could not comprehend what he was saying to me. "No, it's not like that. it's just that I haven't seen my father in years and you can't really consider Ryker as a father because he never acted like one. I am just confused." Kyle said in a low voice. "Okay, okay," I nodded as I looked at him.
"I am honestly trying to explain my ordeal to you and I really need you to believe me when I say that I love you," Kyle said looking at me with a desperate expression.
"It's not that I don't believe you. I am just think about how much love you have for me because our love is so weak that you are weighing our relationship and your father's wishes," I said shaking my head. We were still talking when Aria and Merida walked in.
"Are you both really my friends?" I asked them feeling deeply hurt.
"Yes we are your friends." They both nodded but I shook my head.
"No, real friends wouldn't do what you did to me, what any of you did to me. You knew about this for a long time but what did you do? You went ahead and you lied to my face. You made a mockery of our friendship pretending to be my friend while you hid an important message from me. You knew how much held my parents dear, you knew the man I considered my father was still alive but you didn't tell me. I didn't know that the man I considered to be my father for many years was planning to get me killed.
You watched me make a fool of my self, holding on to memories that do not exist. When I told you about the dream you didn't say anything new or different. Instead you let me go to battle and kill my real father. I had hatred for my real father and I never got to know the kind of person he was.
Aria you claimed to be my friend and you know how many night I cried myself to sleep thinking about how I will never meet any of my parents. How cold you do that to me," I cried.
"Lyra, I am sorry. I wanted to tell you but I knew it would hurt you. I didn't want you to get hurt," Aria said with tears in her eyes.
"Famous last words," I laughed.
"I'm sorry Lyra," Kyle said.
"It's not going to fix anything. It still fucking hurts and nothing can be done about it." I said angrily.
"Lyra, I am really sorry. I didn't tell you. We were waiting for Kyle to tell you. We were all scared," Merida said and I understood their point of view but I was still very angry.
"I know you were scared Merida, but it doesn't change a thing. I don't want to hear sorry anymore. I just want all of you to know that I would have never done that to you," I said to them as I sobbed.
My wolf was howling in my head and my heart was breaking and everything was spinning.
I got up from the bed and detached the wires that was connected to my body and I went straight to my home to start packing my things. I could not stay here anymore.
"Lyra please we could work something out, going away doesn't change the problem," Kyle begged.
"Yes the fuck it doesn't but at least it gives me time to heal. I cannot continue pretending that I am fine and all is well because it is not and this is the biggest let down I have ever experienced from all the people and I love and trusted it. It is because I didn't think you all could do that to me. Even when all the spirits tried to warn me, I didn't think it will be all of you to do this to me and even when I constantly got pity looks from all of you and saw the guilt in your eyes, I didn't still think it was because of the dreams I was having and the one time I thought like that, I ignored it because I thought you will tell me when you felt like it." I said.
"I wanted to tell you, I tried. I swear I did but every time, something would interrupt our conversation and when the wedding drew nearer, Aria and Kyra told me the full thing and I couldn't bring myself to tell you. I was scared that I would lose you and I was so selfish and I still am because I am not willing to let you go." Kyle looked at me as tears rolled from his eyes.
"You have no choice right now because I have to go. I cannot stay here and watch you call that man your father and watch him become the alpha of free town because I know you are not going to duel him, instead you will step down for him and he will be the alpha for and lead this pack," I looked am him and he bowed his head in shame.
"I am sorry Lyra,” he repeated.
"I know," I said for the hundredth time.
He moved to me and he hugged me. We just stood like that for a long time and my wolf calmed down so did his because I felt it from our mate bond.
"It's time for me to go," I said to him.
"Lyra please, we can work it out. We can find a way to be together. I don't think my wolf will survive it. And I honestly don't think I will survive it either," he said to me as he held my hand.
"I know you will," I said and I left crying with a broken heart.