His Moonlight

Chapter 6

Liam's POV

I stood on the balcony of my apartment overlooking the city.

The lights of the city were always my escape...

From here, I could hear the sirens of the emergency vehicles and the nightclub that never seemed to sleep.

I couldn't sleep, yet I was dead tired.

It's been like this for almost two years... from the day I requested that my mate choose her own mate and stay clear of me.

I let out a heavy breath, hoping that it would release the agony from my body... but like always, the feeling never leaves.

My beautiful mate's face is the demon that haunts my dreams, forcing me in agony to relive the best day of my life, every night.

Her pure raven hair still looks so soft that I wished I could drag my hands through it. Her forest green eyes still sparkle like diamonds out of excitement finding me... then... just like that... it changed...

I took the best thing that bonded us, and I made her break it...

The excitement in her glorious beautiful face had changed to sorrow, and her eyes sparkled and were replaced with a dim light followed by rivers of tears and agony...

She was so pure, so innocent... so young!

My heart ached, and the extreme piercing pain made me scrunch into a ball.

I was used to the pain... the longing and the loneliness...

I had no other choice... I told myself. I could not live with myself, destroying her!!

I shook my head, trying to shake off the feeling I had lived with, and went upright.

A beast like me would only destroy and corrupt such a pure, innocent, and beautiful creature.

"I will not allow it!" I sneered through gritted teeth. "I will keep her safe!"

For some reason, both my mind and heart knew that tomorrow night would be her transition.

I could feel it... smell it... and hear it... it was calling me like a siren at sea... compelling me to answer her call... and be there when it happens...

Her seventeenth birthday will make her the legal age to take and claim a mate... it will also make her scent stronger... the pull towards one another unbearable...

But that's not all... I knew what she was, I could smell the beast that roamed inside her... she was strong... more powerful than most wolves...

I knew she was descended from Royalty... that potent smell ran deep in her blood.

But that was not what made me turn from her... it was who she was... she could be the one who would destroy me... or be the one that would have to choose between good and evil, her mate and her family, her pack or being a rogue...

I refuse to make her choose...

I sighed, the short time that I could call her mine made me happy...

She calmed the beast inside me... the evil that I have been born with.

I had forgotten for a moment who I was... what I had been created for.

My mate's perfect face flashed before my eyes, and a small smile appeared on my lips... she was so uncertain of herself when she recognized me as her mate, and I could understand why.

I, myself, felt the same way...

How was it even possible that I could be blessed with her?

Mother Moon had made a mistake... there was no way that she could have been mated to me. Our wolves found it wrong... it was a mistake!

I already knew the outcome so I should have stayed. I knew what would have happened if we had claimed one another.

I sighed.

I refused to follow my destiny. I would fight every day to stay away, just to keep her safe.

I suddenly wondered if she had changed. Did she outgrow her small, fragile girly appearance?

She was still a child when we found one another.

Would she remember me?

Did the magic her gran use to break the bond work on her?

I let out a sorrowful breath as I pulled out a cigarette from its box and lit it.

I took a long drag, feeling the smoke burn down my throat.

I wish it could burn my feelings for her away.

Day by day, the pull has become worse and worse.

My heart and soul ache for her.

Douglas, my wolf, had accepted our faith... he knew that we could never be near our mate... not that we didn't want her, not because of the story we had made up to ensure her safety, but because of who we are...

I took another drag of the cigarette and flicked it off into the unknown below.

My soul was broken for what I had done, but I had no other choice.

If she found out who I really am, it would have more dangerous consequences than having her forget about me and move on.

I sighed.

There was no way of stopping it.

This was my curse, my deadly destiny.

I sat with my face in my hands... feeling the wetness of my tears on my fingertips.

What if I found a way to change my destiny?

What if I break my dark curse?

Would I be able to claim my rightful mate?

"Liam, you promised to stay away," Douglas growled in my head.

"I know, but..." I tried to reason, "she belongs to us... don't you want to feel loved?"

"Yes, but you know what we have decided. We promised to keep her safe!"

"What if we just check on her? See if she is safe?"

Douglas growled at me, shaking his head. He knew what would happen, the longing in his eyes was there too.

"Just one little peek?" I begged, "just one... then we leave..."

"What would you do if our mate recognized us as her mate? You know what happened to your father's true mate..."

I huffed in annoyance, knowing the consequences, and my mind raced about how my father had to keep me safe...

You see, my father was born and bred to help the darkness take over the immortal realm... when he died, that responsibility fell onto me...

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