Chapter Seventeen
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*Leah's POV*
How did this happen? What is going on? I have two mates!? This isn’t possible. After seeing Wyatt, it all came rushing back. I fall to my knees and place my head into my hands. It isn’t but a few seconds later that I feel strong hands against me helping me up and hugging me tightly.
I look into Wyatt’s eyes. "I am so sorry. I don't know what is going on, but I have to tell you something."
He kisses me softly on the forehead. "It doesn’t matter what you tell me, I am just happy to have you in my arms again."
I gently remove myself from him and back up slowly. "Wyatt, I have another mate. I don't understand it and I don't know what happened, but I do."
He looks at me with confusion. "What do you mean you have another mate?"
"I don’t know. I need questions answered just as much as you do. My other mate, Allen, took me to a witch before I knew he was my mate, and she must have erased the mate bond I shared with you. Because right after I woke up and saw Allen again our wolves were drawn together."
He steps closer to me. "We will figure this out together my love, just come home with me."
My lip begins to tremble. "I can't. I need answers from Allen. My wolf feels like she is being torn into two pieces. Both you and him have done wrong and have made a lot of mistakes. I am going to have to choose between you two. I am glad I have not been marked yet."
He tries to grab my hand, but I pull back. "He lied to you; it shouldn’t be that hard of a choice."
"He lied and you are the reason I was taken. They took me to fix that fact you took Allen's sister. I need to figure this all out. Please don't leave until I do. No matter what I decide I will come back."
Shifting into my wolf I take off back into the forest to head back to my pack. But is it even my pack anymore? How do I choose between two mates? Allen has a lot of explaining to do. How do I know our mate bond is even real? The witch could have done this to me. At least what I have with Wyatt is real. It hurt to leave him. I know he lost his first mate and for him to think he may lose me is probably killing him. But I must choose. Wyatt was the reason I got kidnapped. But Allen is the reason I forgot about Wyatt. Running through the woods and feeling the wind on me helps me to clear my head. I stop at the gate to let the guards see me before the let me back in. They look confused on how I got out, but I have no reason to stop and tell them what happened. I rush back home to see that Allen is already there. I shift back and walk inside.
He comes rushing downstairs. "I couldn’t find you anywhere I was about to send out a search party."
He tried to hug me and I back away. "You have a lot of explaining to do."
"What do you mean?" He asks curiously.
"I just got back from meeting with Wyatt. Want to explain to me what is going on?"
He looks shocked. "I used the witch to remove your mate bond. I did it because I could feel something with you. I just didn’t know what it was. I knew I wanted you to myself. I didn’t know we were mates until your mate bond was lifted from him."
"How do I know what you are saying is the truth? How do I know the witch didn’t place a mate bond to you on me?"
"I promise she didn’t."
"I can't trust you. I need space. I have two mates and I am going to have to choose between you two."
He tries to grab my hand and I pull away. "Please don't leave me. We can figure this out together." He speaks to me.
I turn to leave. "No. I need space away from both you and Wyatt so I can figure things out. I will stay at the pack house until I can figure things out."
He grabs my arm and pulls me to him. "You are not going anywhere." He speaks as he shoves a needle into my neck.
Grabbing at my neck I can feel myself starting to sway. "You injected me with wolfsbane? You just keep it in your pocket?"
"I keep it on me in case I ever need it. Looks like it was a good idea."
He catches me as I fall. "How could you do this to me?"
"I’m sorry. but I can’t let you leave. You are my mate and Luna, and you will act as such."
"Exactly I am your mate and Luna. This isn’t how you treat me." I speak as my eyes get heavy.
"I will treat you the way a Luna used to be treated. I am your Alpha, and you will respect me and obey me the way you should."
"That will never happen. I am a royal wolf and the daughter of an Alpha."
He laughs at me. "You will learn to obey me." He speaks and kisses me on the forehead.
"Don't touch me! Let me down." I say and fight against him.
He drops me and lets me hit the floor. "You and I will be marking each other in just a few days in front of the pack. That will bind you to me forever. You can be a good Luna and learn your place or you will learn the hard way. The choice is yours."
I try to speak "I will never follow your orders. In fact, I Leah of the Midnight Moon pack re-" before I can get it out, I am backhanded. I feel another stick in my neck and everything fades to black.
Once I wake up, I have no idea how long it has been. I am in Allen's room. I am weak. I have a lot of wolfsbane in my system. I feel something cold against my neck. Feeling around my neck I realize I have some kind of collar on, and I can't get it off. I need to reject him. If I could get the words out to him our mate bond would break. I stumble getting off the bed. Allen must have heard me get up because he comes into the room.
"You are finally awake darling." He says and places a kiss on my lips.
I pull away. "Don't kiss me. Don't touch me."
"You better watch your tongue, or I will show you how that collar works. It was a great invention my father made for my mother."
I gather the courage to try and repeat my words from earlier. "I Leah of the Midnight Moo-" All of the sudden I feel a sharp pain in my neck and my legs buckle beneath me. I just got zapped. It was strong enough to bring me to my knees.
He starts laughing. "Like I said you shall watch what you do or say. You will be a loyal Luna to me, and you will give me pups. We will mark each other in a few days and after that you will give me an heir. You will be faithful to me and this pack. Do you understand me?"
I say nothing and after a few seconds I fall to the floor grabbing my neck. He has shocked me again.
He repeats himself. "Do you understand?"
"Yes" I mutter out.
"Good girl. I will leave you for a little while so you can think about everything."
When he leaves the room, I just think to myself that Wyatt will come to rescue me.
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