Chapter 5 Mate's meeting
“How dare you question me, Beta?” He said superiorly, that reminded Harry of his place. His face showed he had numerous things to say, but even if he faced a young werewolf, he remembered that night clearly, and the memories made him take a step back. He took a deep breath, then nodded.
Asher turned his back to him and left him without a word. He was near to his father’s room when he smelled the bittersweet scent he had tried to forget for so long. He closed his eyes in disbelief, standing at his father’s door, as he knew the scent’s owner was in the room too.
Asher clenched his fist first. He just couldn’t believe he couldn’t avoid listening to the drama. He lowered his head, taking a few deep breaths to make himself mentally stronger. After knocking loudly, he opened the door to see his father in pain, and the she-wolf, who ruined his whole life, who was ashamed and fooled him.
“Asher, welcome home.” Lucy stood up when she saw him, while greeting him kindly. She was a gorgeous woman. Her slender figure looked strong, but still made men want to protect her. Even though she was thin, the Moon Goddess gave her the shape that made the opposite sex want to inseminate her madly. And her long, blonde hair, blue eyes and beautiful face just made these feelings more intense in each male.
Asher only had a glance at her, and he walked to his father.
“I just gave him some painkillers you prescribed…”
“Get out.” She heard Asher’s command in her head. Her eyes widened, and her face showed pain mixed with regret. She lowered her head and left without a word. So many years had passed, and she expected their bond to be strong enough so she thought Asher would forgive her, but she was wrong.
After Lucy left the room, Asher tried to focus on his father. But it was hard. Seeing and feeling Lucy near him opened his scars, and he couldn’t get rid of the picture in his head of his beloved, beautiful mate’s scared face when he found her in a room, naked, under another pack member.
Asher, after beating the other so badly it died in the prison, rejected Lucy once more, officially, but she never accepted his rejection. She was always around him when he visited his father, begging for his forgiveness, but Asher stubbornly ignored her. He felt like after what he saw, he wouldn’t be able to touch her anymore, not even if he would feel an unbearable lust. He thought he would rather take an Omega as his Luna, who would be willing to satisfy him instead of touching this filthy woman.
As the years passed, Asher happily realised his rejection worked for him, even if it wasn’t accepted.
When he found out Lucy was his mate and he accepted her, he couldn’t think of any other she-wolf. He only longed for her. That was the mate bond, he thought. Therefore, he couldn’t understand how could Lucy be with someone else. If she would have felt the same for him, she would have let no one else to touch her.
Therefore, he didn’t believe Lucy at all. Asher believed that the mate bond between them eased, and finally he wasn’t in need of her closeness. He missed her even less. He wasn’t in love with her anymore, and he had no desire for her body, either. In his eyes, she was nothing more than a sl*t who he foolishly loved once. It was just the emptiness that tortured him, but in the end, he got used to that as well.
After Lucy left, he stepped closer to his father, who looked at him sadly. He believed Lucy, but he didn’t let his son know about that. He pretended he understood his son, but he often tried to convince him to consider forgiving his mate.
“How do you feel?” He asked his father.
“Better, son. I think the painkiller took effect.”
Asher took the oxygen mask and covered his father’s mouth and nose with it.
“Breath.” He said.
The father obeyed his son. He closed his eyes, and soon he breathed steadily. Asher gave him some medications, that was for humans, but they seemed to be useful for them as well, and he stayed with his father until he fell asleep. Usually, they talked a lot when he came to see him, but this time his father was so weak, he didn’t want to make him suffer more.
After about an hour passed, he decided to leave. He took his belongings, and he had a last look at his father, then he walked to the door. He wasn’t surprised to smell the familiar scent, so he knew what to expect.
As soon as he stepped out of the room, the familiar pair of eyes stared at him. Lucy leaned against the wall and looked at him pitifully. He just wanted to walk on, but she stepped at him and she hugged him from behind. Asher got free from her embrace immediately.
“Do not touch me.” He whispered with anger.
“Asher, please. We are mates. I need you. We should be together. Please don’t leave. Just give us a chance to talk, at least.”
“I don’t care about your lies, and I am over you. We have nothing to talk about.”
“Asher, how could I make you believe me? I felt so ashamed. How could I tell my mate someone had forced me to…? How could I….” She covered her mouth like she couldn’t talk anymore while her eyes became wet.
“Bullshit!” Asher shouted at her. “You are just a whre like to be fuked!”
Lucy held her chest, like Asher’s words made her feel physical pain.
“Don’t say that.” She gasped. “I was the victim. How come my mate doesn’t understand that? Asher, I am dying without you. I need you so much.” She cried.
“Shut up, you liar bi*ch"!”
“Asher, you must feel horrible without me. You are still my mate.”
“I rejected you.”
“And I didn’t accept it. Our mate bond is still alive. We belong together. Just give us a chance. Please. I can’t take this any longer.” She begged.