Chapter 15
Clementine:
“Moon goddess, why?” I had sat down while Haiden had been complaining to the moon goddess for the last five minutes.
This was the first time I was in tears as well. Even the bleeding and silver hadn’t hurt this badly.
Exactly, I wanted to know too. Why? Why did she do that to me?
“I’m going to throw you over there so that you die from excessive bleeding. I’ll be rid of a mate—” He gagged after he mentioned us being mates. He clutched his chest, gagging repeatedly until he turned to the side and started throwing up.
Honestly? Same.
I wasn’t hurt that he didn’t want me as his mate. I shared his sentiments. We should have never even been roommates, let alone mates.
It was just so fucked up.
“But it’s alright. You know why? Because my next three to four fated mates will be better ones,” he nodded with a forced smile on his lips. He was good at comforting himself. But what about me?
Women never got two mates. Maybe a second-chance mate after rejection. but the moon goddess had always been stern with us. If we left our mate, our second-chance mate would be messier.
So Haiden was right to think he still had a chance.
“If I leave you here, will you be kind enough to never return?” He made me roll my eyes. and it got to him.
“I’m giving you a chance to go out there and escape me. Do you understand me?” He hunched down in front of me, his finger pointing at my face.
“If not, then you’ll have to fulfill the duties of a mate. Are you ready to do that?” He made sure I felt it when he locked eyes with me.
While Haiden was busy fighting a whole war with the moon goddess, I was sitting on my ass, my hands tied behind my back, my fingers working quietly to pick up something sharp from the ground.
I began to untie my hands, but didn’t show it. I acted like I was frozen in pain. That’s why I stayed still.
“You will not tell anyone, you promise?” He knelt beside me again. This time, his eyes showed more rage than ever.
With my eyes, I gave him a silent reassurance that I wouldn’t tell anyone. Which wasn’t a lie. Why would I tell anyone?
“Good. Then I’ll now let you out on the other side, from where you can run away. You didn’t want to be part of this academy, no wonder you were in the transition cage. So I’m giving you a chance to run,” he said, yapping nonsense.
He really thought I believed his words.
This alpha in front of me was about to toss me over barbed wire into a world where I wouldn’t even survive alone. Not only that, I’d be chased by the academy lurkers until they found me, and killed me.
And who would survive after having their limbs tied, no weapons, and no means of defending themselves against the unknown?
“Okay then, let me toss you over,” he said in a much calmer tone this time. As soon as he hunched down to grab my arm, I attacked him.
He wasn’t expecting that from me, so I was able to catch him off guard and push him back. When he tried to come at me again, I grabbed some soil in my hands and tossed it into his eyes. I then booked it back toward where we had come from.
When he was carrying me and yapping out of his mind, I was actually memorizing the path he was taking. I heard him groan for a while before it went completely silent. I had left him far behind.
’And where exactly are we headed now? Do you think the others will let us into the dorm room?’ My wolf had been so silent lately that when she finally spoke up, she spooked me.
’Jeez, Mint, ring a bell before you show up,’ I said, taking heavy, deep breaths while not slowing down.
’Sure, I’ll send a telegram next time. Why aren’t you letting me transition to heal you?’ she asked, probably wondering why I was running in so much pain when I could transition and help ourselves.
’You asked me where I’m going, right?’ I finally stopped when I had arrived at my destination. It wasn’t the dorm room. It was the main building.
’I’m going to have a word with the headmaster of the academy. I’ll show him my wounds and request a room change. I cannot be in the same room as them anymore p>
I was determined to get them out of my sight. Once I was in another room, I was sure my interaction with them would be minimized.
’Are you running from our mate?’ Mint asked, making me grunt at her.
“Duh—and all the other psychos,” I replied, reaching over to the hall’s window and knocking on it as hard as I could. The minute I did that, the main circular hall started to light up. It looked like a crab’s head, with its legs spreading out to the dorm rooms.
I stepped back when I noticed a Lurker coming my way.
“I just need to speak with the headmaster,” I started to back down when I realized he wasn’t in a good mood. He was hostile, marching straight toward me.
“Look, I’m hurt,” I hastily raised my shirt to show my flat stomach, and he stopped. I hated showing my body to anyone, but right now, I was reporting bullying, and I was determined to do it the right way.
“I just need to speak with the headmaster,” I repeated myself, watching him slowly step back and pull out a mobile-like device. It had a few buttons, which he pressed. The alarms of the main hall deactivated. Then he hit another button, and the door to the main hall opened. With a hand gesture, he let me in.
He continued walking and led me to a basement behind the kitchen counter. I took a deep breath and stepped after him, realizing there was a whole different world in the basement.
I had come this far to finally tell the headmaster about the boys, and well, it did not seem like I was very welcome when I saw about 3 women and two men standing with their arms folded, watching me.