Academy Of Mates novel Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Chapter 108

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When my eyes fluttered open, the immediate need to scream went through me. Everything hurt. Absolutely everything. My hands in particular felt like I had touched a very hot surface, but instead of pulling away like I should have, I kept my hands there until I got blisters and then still kept my hands there as it burned away layers upon layers of my skin, leaving only tender flesh and bone.

And then, my body. It was so painful. Everything felt so painful. It’s excruciating, a constant pain that throbbed from head to toe, rattling my entire body. I could still feel the ghost of the burning from deep within.

Did I bathe in acid?

Because that’s what it felt like.

Like I’ve jumped into a bath filled with acid and stayed there, letting myself melt.

My skin felt raw, my body ached and when I put my hands up they were red and trembling. The sight of my disfigured skin made me unsettled. It was tight and scarred, a deep burn mark, leaving no spot unsoiled by the silver. The worst part of this was that it was permanent.

Damage done by silver is instantly permanent and will never heal completely.

It didn’t take long for everything to come back to me. The small garbage chute that we squeezed ourselves in and slid down from, the torturous fifty floors that went by as we made our escape. Andrew and I fell from so many floors above before skidding to a stop, using our hands and backs to keep us from falling to our deaths and then came the pursuit, running in the deep sludge of sewer water as our bodies burned and protested.

Andrew and I couldn’t stop, not when we were so close to our escape, but we were surrounded by so many and he tried to protect us, but there was just so much… too much for us to handle. He was being ripped apart by his own people, tearing through him.

And I shifted, for the first time in such a long time, fighting back and taking as many city pack wolves as I could before exhaustion pulled at my soul, my vision hazy and my legs trembling.

But he came to save me.

As he always does.

“Sebastian,” I croaked, my voice shaking and choked up. With my vision still blurry, a figure hovered above me. Tall and strong and the warmth that came to me as he leaned closer was instantaneous.

I knew it was him.

I would know him even if I were blind.

A soft kiss was pressed against my lips. “My little mate,”

My entire body lit up with warmth, like a cozy fire on winter nights. I waited for my eyes to adjust, enjoying his warmth as much as I could. I saw him little by little. Part by part. The amber eyes, the dark hair, the sharp jaw line and plump lips. My mate is handsome, towering over me with his incredibly muscled body. “Hi,”

His lips looked to be quivering before he wrapped me in a tender embrace. It was as if the last of his control went out the window because everything seemed to spill out from him like he had been keeping everything in for so long. “Don’t you ever do that to me again. Don’t ever leave me. Ever. Please. I was a hopeless mess without you. And I just can’t… I can’t live without you, Vareesa.”

“I’m sorry.” I whispered, holding him tight even if it hurt to do so. “I didn’t mean to frighten you.”

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Chapter 108

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Sebastian shakes his head and I swear my shoulder became damp… was he crying? “It wasn’t your fault. I shouldn’t have left you. I knew the risks…”

Remembering how we last ended it, I pulled away, my chest tight as I swallowed. “I need to tell you something before we continue.”

My mate peers down at me, his eyes slightly red, but it was probably just my imagination. “What is it?”

It was my turn to explode with words, babbling on without stopping to breathe. “Benedict and I… it sounds silly but somehow we’re destined mates, fated, and it means nothing but that’s what I’ve been keeping from you and I feel awful for doing that. I’m sorry.” I reached for his cheek, running my thumb over his soft skin and the slight bump of stubble. “I’m so sorry.”

His eyes fluttered close and I feared the worst.

“I just didn’t want to believe it at first and when it was confirmed, I didn’t know how on earth I was going to bring it up to you. Saying it now already has me uncomfortable but here I am saying it in the worst possible way.” I sucked in air through my lips, my long monologue making me out of breath. “I just want you to know because I don’t want you to think that I’m keeping this secret to hurt you. I was just so confused about everything and it was all going so fast, but seeing you in my wolf form and when there was only ever you just proved to me that you are all I want and you are who I want to be with. Forever.”

Sebastian has chosen me every single time without fault and I didn’t know how to word that out but he has chosen me and I chose him.

I took his hand and pressed my lips against his knuckles. “It’s us. And I wouldn’t want to be with anyone else but you.”

As if merely waiting for my babbling to finish, I flinched back, dropping my hands from Sebastian as I winced and groaned, feeling the tight skin stretch uncomfortably.

Some of the scars on my hand broke skin again, blood gushing out of my palm and fingers. It was a scary thing to see but I was too overwhelmed to notice too much.

Another figure joins us in this… I looked around now, only realising that I was on a bed in what seemed to be a flimsy tent. “I will bandage your hands in the meantime, Luna. They’re still healing.”

It was a pack doctor. A female one and despite the pain, I couldn’t help but smile. Sebastian really got me a female pack doctor like he requested I have.

But Sebastian was not at all happy, his frown deep and for a while I thought it was because of my confession, but instead he said, “I hate to see you unwell, Vareesa.”

His burning gaze fell on the pack doctor gently wrapping my bleeding hands in white bandages.

“Don’t mess this up or I will have you killed. Do you understand?” He threatened seriously, sharp teeth coming out from his lips. “Take away her pain. Quickly. She’s hurting.”

I didn’t know whether to be relieved he wasn’t mad about what Benedict and I are or amused that he was fruitlessly trying to protect me from a doctor that he chose for me. “Sebastian, please stop threatening the doctor. She’s doing her job.”

“She needs to do a better job then. You’re bleeding.” Sebastian shoots back, his eyebrows furrowed unhappily.

“Sebastian, please,” I whispered, gesturing for him to come closer. “You didn’t even react when I told you about Benedict

and,”

When his amber eyes locked with mine, I lost the ability to breathe all over again. “Benedict had already told me. That’s how we found you.”

Just when I thought I could easily read my mate, I was met with a thick wall of an unreadable expression on his face. I did not know what to say, but I felt like I should apologize, so I did. “I’m sorry.”

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