BETA'S FATE

Chapter 5

Pearl's POV

I sit on the couch and watch Vincent play with his toy remote cars. He is obsessed with them and I think it is because the first ever toy he loved, was a remote car. The one that Shane bought for him.

Thinking of Shane, I didn't see him since that night. How come Conrad is here but Shane is gone? Shouldn't it be the other way because the Alpha should be there at pack at all times?

"Maybe he is here because he still has a mate that won't talk to him?" Mist comments but I don't reply to her.

Vincent's laugh brings me back to this ugly reality. If there is one thing beautiful about my reality, then it's Vincent himself.

"Do you need anything Vince?" I ask him and he looks at me.

"Snack?" He asks and I nod.

"Candy?" He asks again and I nod walking to the kitchen.

He is forming sentences now a days. Small sentences and the rest, we should fill them ourselves and guess what he is trying to say. But mostly, he finishes talking in one simple sentence with one single word.

I give him a piece of chocolate that Selena made it for him. Also, I am a terrible mother. I am a first time mother but also a terrible mother. I know nothing about being a mother. Neither do Nova or Selena even though we all love kids.

Someone rings the doorbell and that has Vincent's attention now. I walk to the door and open to see Ryan. I smile at him but he is just glaring.

"Since when do you lock doors?" He asks walking inside.

"Since when Conrad is around and always knocking the door" I say and he nods walking to Vincent.

"Ryan see" Vincent screams and Vincent's toy car hits Ryan at the same time making Ryan glare at Vincent too. The glare is playful because Vincent seems like he is having fun operating the remote control and hitting Ryan again and again with his car.

"You little man" Ryan says and chases Vincent across the room and Vincent is already running away.

I sit on the couch again and see them play with each other. I used to play with Vincent a lot. But ever since I met Conrad, I seem to live in a reality where I have no idea what to do about it.

The door opens and I see Nova walk in. She smiles at me and then runs towards me. Now the more I see her, the more I see her brother too. I don't know if they got their strong genes from their mom or dad, but they look alike a lot now it's scaring me.

"I am so sorry for whatever my brother did to you" she says as soon as she walks in.

"Huh?"

"He told me that you are not talking to him. I don't know what he did to upset you, but I am sorry. He can come off as crazy. But please understand that he is twenty six and you are his first chance" she says.

"Yeah. Yeah he told me about it" I whisper.

"You two talked? Wow" she says and she smiles.

"Talked?" I whisper and think about it. That was the one and only time we had a conversation like civilians, "you can say that"

"So, he is leaving to his pack in a few hours. Talk to him once. For me, please?" She asks and I just stare at her.

"You were always up for setting someone with me. Now since it's your brother, are you taking advantage of that?" I ask and she scoffs.

"You think? I am a Werner and I do what I do okay?" She says.

"Jeez! Now you just sound like him. His presence has its effect huh" I smirk and she smiles.

Wow did I just talk on his behalf?

"I am taking this little man out to have some ice cream. Nova would you join us?" Ryan asks.

"Give me a minute" she says and keeps an eye on the main door.

What will a minute change? I am about to ask her that but the moment I take the notice of scent of pine in the air, I know what a minute would change.

"Yep. More than excited to go out and have some ice cream" Nova squeals and walks out.

"Pearl. My brother is all alone at the pack house so can you accompany him for an hour till we get back? Thanks" Nova says and walks out with my son without even turning around.

I roll my eyes and scoff but Conrad just walks in and sits on the chair opposite to me. We are sitting just like how we sat the night we talked. For the one and only time as of now.

He just looks at me and I look at him. His green eyes sparkling as he looks at me. We would have had a different story if he and I were first chance mates to each other. But not just that, but my entire past with Trevor thing blew us off too.

No matter what, I cannot seem to trust the concept of men and love again. Two heartbreaks are enough right? Why would someone wish to have more?

"I am leaving this evening" he finally talks.

"Yeah. Nova was talking about that" I say.

"I don't see Shane by the way" I say again and he nods.

"Shane, his brother, his mate, and my mom all of them left the next morning. I had to stay behind" he says.

"And why is that?" I ask him and he tilts his head looking at me.

Oh! He found his mate. Nova told me about that too. Wow what a way to get sheepish, Pearl.!

"I have heard this pack's Beta is a beauty. So I stayed back to watch it" he smirks and I scoff but I have no idea why I am smiling right now.

"I see. Whoever told you, they have no taste" I smirk back.

"Oh really? It was this little boy who said that. Mommy is beautiful is what he said.! Vincent, I guess" he says again and my smirk turns into a smile.

Okay. This guy is really a sweet talker. I just hope we can cut this conversation short or I am afraid I will give into the mate bond. Mate bond does this and it is slowly starting to get creepy.

"Can I have some water?" He asks.

"And coffee?" I ask too. Where the heck is my manners?

"You mix water and coffee?" He asks and I roll my eyes. Let me forget my manners because this man doesn't seem to be deserving anyway.

I walk into the kitchen and fill a glass with water. I see another piece of chocolate lying on the kitchen counter and grab that too. Not just Vincent, but I like Selena's chocolates too. I walk out to see him looking around the house.

I give him the glass of water. He takes both the chocolate and water from me. I sit on the couch again and watch him eat chocolate and then drink water.

"So, what happens after you leave to your pack?" I ask him.

"I don't know. I know we are not going to reject each other. You know we are not getting any closer too. I only think that this mate bond is a lost cause" he says and I nod.

Surely seems like it. He coughs a little but smiles at me. He coughs again but he is still smiling.

"Do you need some water?" I ask him but he shakes his head.

"If I die here, what would you remember me as?" He asks out of blue.

"Excuse me?!" I almost scream at him.

"Excuse me? That's not even my name!!" He screams back with a smirk he is trying to hide and I am done with the quota of his sick jokes for today.

Slowly he starts coughing vigorously and now this is getting scary. I give him an entire bottle of water but he won't take it.

"You need anything?" I ask him and he nods.

"What is it?" I ask him.

"Kiss me before I die" he says and I resist the urge to smack him.

I mindlink the pack's doctor to come here and he says he is already on his way. I look at Conrad and I see small red spots forming on his skin.

"Conrad!" I call him and hold him in my arms looking at him.

"Well, Conrad is better than excuse me" he smiles and he starts coughing again.

"What's wrong? Your voice doesn't seem good too" I say and I don't even know why I am crying right now.

He doesn't say anything. He is just looking at me.

"I am dying, Pearl. This is my last day. And I wish to spend it with you. I like you that much" he says and I scream at him to stop saying that.

Why is the doctor taking so long? I look at him in my arms and his state is worsening.

"What happened?" I ask him.

"The.. " he pauses and looks at me before saying, "the cancer"

Cancer? Oh My God! Why did not he tell me that before? I start crying. Why is Moon Goddess doing this to me? I know I don't have any hard feelings towards Conrad, but I just met him.

I didn't even get to know him well. And she is already taking him away? I think hard again and decide to call Nova. Maybe she knows something about this.

"Nova? Nova please come home. It's an emergency. Your brother is dying" I mindlink her and she doesn't even mindlink back.

I only hope she is on her way here because I don't even know what to do.

"Don't cry, my darling. I will be a star in the sky and watch you shine everyday" he says and I cry a little more.

"You didn't even tell me about this. Does Nova know? She told me you are going back to your pack" I tell him.

He starts coughing again. He couldn't even answer me. And his voice is getting worse too. I cannot stop the tears anymore. He was fine. He was really fine. He ate a chocolate and we had a small talk too.

Doctor Gabrielle walks in with a first aid kit in her hands and she looks at the scene before her She runs to us and I see another male nurse walk in. He must be new. I don't know him.

"I want to vomit" Conrad says and I show them the way to the guest room downstairs that has an attached bathroom.

The make nurse takes Conrad and walks to the room quick. I hear Conrad vomitting just as he entered the room and the doctor screams it's fine and he did it in the bathroom and not on the floor.

To be honest, that's the least of my concerns right now. He is dying? He has cancer? He wishes to spend his last few hours with me? Am I such a horrible mate?

Warm tears still continue rolling down my cheeks and I don't even dare walk into the room that the doctor is treating him. I notice someone walk in and it's Nova with Ryan.

"Vincent is with Selena. You said it was serious so we couldn't bring him" she says.

"Your brother is dying and you didn't tell me?" I scream at her.

"What? What happened?"

"He has cancer, Nova! A cancer. And he is in there with red spots on his body. He is coughing and now he just puked. God! I feel horrible" I start crying again.

"I don't seem to follow what you are saying. My brother has cancer that I never knew about?" Nova asks me again and now I just want to punch her too.

Her brother is dying and she doesn't know. She thinks he is going to leave to his pack in couple of hours. Or he didn't tell her? Maybe he did not tell her because he didn't want her to worry.

The male nurse walks out and he bows first.

"All of these later. What is happening?" I ask him.

"The doctor wants to see you and explain what happened" he says and nods.

I rush in to see Conrad on the bed and he is staring at the ceiling. He looks at me and I smile weakly at him.

"Alpha, Luna and Beta" Doctor bows to us before breaking the heartbreaking news to all of us.

"He probably ate a chocolate that has peanuts because he puked all of it. He is allergic to peanuts and that is it. I gave him a shot for that and everything will be fine soon" she says and bows again before walking out.

I just glare at Conrad as he smirks and winks at me. I can hear both Ryan and Nova laugh out loud and Conrad here is smiling and I seem to be the only one in the room who is mad enough to kill an entire army!