In the Shadows of the Past (MXM)

It Couldn't be True...

Chapter 12 - Present - Richard

Richard already knew that nothing about his Mate was usual. However, confirm it with one of the doctors of the Pack made him think about what kind of situation he had put Callum on...

... Would the man who had an everyday life back then want any of it?

Questions teased his mind as he tried to think about the best way to help his other half that had already learned about the tragic end of his family due to William's carelessness.

He knew Liam didn't mean to do such a thing, but it just made things hard for his adoptive father, who had so many unsaid things to tell his Mate that no even young man knew about.

"... So the only thing that we can do for now, it's to wait, Alpha. We need to observe your Mate for a little longer to give a clear explanation about what is happening to him... But again, it's doesn't mean we will find the answer too." Bringing him back to reality, Richard remembered that he was yet talking to doctor Park.

"I do understand what you mean with that, doc. So, don't worry. I just want to make sure that everything is fine with Callum and that nothing about this magic recovery of him will affect after Cal later." And once more, sharing his concerns with the Korean man who knew about this kind of stuff a lot more than him, Richard was open like a book with his words.

Yet before he could talk a little longer with the doctor, they were suddenly interrupted when one of the pack nurses appeared, saying they needed help with the Alpha's Mate.

... Honestly, the young man went there after their leader's help, but in his mind, he had been truly lucky when he noticed that Park was in there too...

"RAY! RAY! RAY!!!" Before they even got to the room where Callum was, the Werewolves could already hear him calling for Richard. 

... Emotions being hard to tell in his voice as angry, sadness, and even worry were mixed in it as he called for Coleman's Alpha...

"RAY!!! RAY!!! RAY!!!" And like this, the man kept yelling his friend's old nickname in a way that Richard never expected before as he went to him.

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"I'm here, Cal. So, please, stop this, or you will hurt yourself." Passing by the scared nurses at the door, I soon told Callum, going to his side as he continued to fight against the handcuffs and chains that kept him stuck in the bed.

"WHY THE HECK AM I CHAINED LIKE A ANIMAL AGAIN?! WHY THE HECK ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME, RAY?!" Angry more than easy to notice now in his voice as a weak yellow glow could be seen in his eyes by everyone present in there when he looked at me.

"This is not something that I want to do, Cal. But you need to calm down if you want me to release you." Holding him against the bed, I tried to make him stop hurting himself while everyone else was too afraid to walk into the room.

And as I was talking to a child... As I was talking to the young William again, I said such words in the most soothing tone that I could...

"WHY THE HECK?!" However, despite everything, it didn't seem to calm him down as once more, he tried to released himself, fighting even against my hands now before tears started to show up in his eyes and Cal's voice started to lose power. "Why the heck didn't you tell me anything?! Why didn't you tell me that my family died because of me?!"

Honestly, I already expect such questions from him after Liam told me that he had mentioned to his father that the others were no longer alive... Yet, nothing seemed to be good enough to answer him, who was more than broke before me.

"Why the heck didn't you say anything?! ... Is it because I become this weird monster... Is it because I become what I really am? A monster who killed his own family, this is why you didn't tell me anything, Ray?" He suddenly mentioned that, to my surprise, stopping fighting then while staring at the wall beside him, trying to hide the tears that I could see running down his face.

 ... Perhaps, anyone would say then that my Mate ruined... And I could stop thinking that it was all my fault when I begged the Gods to bring him back to me...

When I begged them to allow him to remain at least another day by my side, no matter how cruel it could be for him.

... I had already once seen how hard it was for William; however, I couldn't stop my selfish desires of wishing Callum all for myself, despite knowing that his heart didn't belong to me...

He was my Mate, yet it didn't mean anything to him... The one he missed clearly would never be me, and maybe it was just another confirmation to me that sometimes mistakes could happen.

... That despite I can feel the bond that connects us two, it didn't mean anything as everything else seemed to prove that he belonged to someone else, and I had just broken him down while trying so hard to keep Cal here with me...

My Mate... 

... My best friend... 

... He was utterly broke before me without even know the whole truth... And as much I did want to think that it couldn't be true... I knew it was just my fault for wanting him to myself...