Total pages in book: 49
Estimated words: 47126 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 236(@200wpm)___ 189(@250wpm)___ 157(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 47126 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 236(@200wpm)___ 189(@250wpm)___ 157(@300wpm)
Layla stroked her hair as Elle continued to cry.
“What you’ll do is hold your head high and ignore it. It’s all you can do and show Brandon you don’t give a shit about what he has done to you. I’ll be there for you tomorrow. I promise.”
Elle nodded. There was nothing more for her to do. Layla fell asleep while she lay in bed staring at the ceiling. Rubbing her eyes she wiped the tears away. Crying wasn’t going to solve her problems.
You need to be strong. Don’t give in to him. Fight him.
Leaving the bed she walked downstairs to grab a glass of milk. Lewis was sitting at the kitchen counter drinking coffee.
“You should be asleep,” he said as she walked into the kitchen.
“I’m not tired.” Elle didn’t look at him as she drank some milk.
“Shutting everyone out isn’t going to solve anything,” Lewis said.
She froze. “Brandon made his choice. I’m not giving him any part of me again.”
Elle left and slipped into bed. She didn’t sleep, but as the time passed she grew harder and her walls came back up.
Chapter Seventeen
With Crazy Lizzy’s words ringing in his ears Brandon went in search of Elle. The sun was coming up, and several of the pack greeted him as he passed. He ignored their comments and went in search of his woman. He recalled the conversation he had with Lizzy last night, and he was still confused. Why would someone know about Elle? How did they know about her when he only sensed it after her birthday?
Crazy Lizzy had spoken of the prophecies in detail last night, especially when Brandon pressed her for more details. Centuries ago Crazy Lizzy’s birth mother wrote everything down she saw into the future. Her mother didn’t see the near future but the far future. These prophecies were bound and hidden so no one would try to destroy them. Amongst those bound prophecies was the foretelling of Brandon’s human mate. He’d be the first wolf to mate with a human female.
Not only was Elle supposed to be human, but she was destined to be the greatest were-human-queen that lived. She would birth many sons and help Brandon to forge a strong pack that was loved by other species.
Brandon still couldn’t believe his woman was the one to lead his pack into greatness. Elle was so tiny and weak, and yet she was the one.
Lizzy had warned him not to take advantage of Elle and never allow her to leave his side. The people who knew the prophecies also knew Elle was the cause to start a war.
Brandon came out of his thoughts as Lewis came into view. He closed the door to Layla’s house. “Where’s Elle?” he asked.
Lewis held his hands up. Drake and Darcy came around the corner. Neither of them looked particularly happy.
“You’ve broken her heart, Brandon. She doesn’t need to see you. She didn’t sleep at all last night.”
He listened to what Lewis had to say, but he didn’t really care. Elle was his only concern.
“Alpha, you need to back off,” Darcy said.
“She’s my mate.”
“She wasn’t last night. Lori was by your side, and the vamps knew it. They saw through your lie, and I’m surprised they haven’t attacked for your lies,” Drake said.
Several of the pack had made their way toward them. Brandon felt all of their fears.
“I did what I had to do. Nothing is going to change my decision.”
Elle chose that moment to walk out of the front door with Layla behind her. She no longer smelt like strawberries and vanilla. There was a hardness inside her. Brandon watched as she glanced at him and then looked away. She linked her arm with Layla, blanking the wolves as they passed.
He couldn’t smell his mate. His scent was gone from her body. She’d washed him away. Leaving his men behind, he followed her.
“Elle, listen to me,” he said.
She didn’t speak or stop. Both women kept on walking.
“I know you’re angry. I’m sorry. I’m doing this for your own good,” he said.
Nothing happened. She kept walking. Drake, Darcy, and Lewis followed behind him. He knew she was upset, and he hated being the cause of her upset.
“Stop being so fucking difficult, and listen to me,” he said.
His outburst gained her attention. Elle froze. Her spine was stiff before she whirled around and confronted him. Her hazel eyes darkened with her anger.
“I’m being difficult.” She walked right up to him staring him in the eye. Elle poked him in the chest. “I’m carrying on with my life. You have no right to harass me.”
She made to move. He grabbed her arm bringing her up close against him.
“I’m your alpha. You’re my mate.”
Elle slapped him around the face. The crack of her palm against his face echoed throughout the town. Everyone held their breath waiting for what he’d do.