Academy Of Mates novel Chapter 76

Chapter 76

Chapter 76

I did not know what to say.

But I couldn’t look away from Benedict, feeling myself aligned with him in a way that had me shaking. I could feel him so clearly, so surely, like I’m finally centered and it was terrifying.

It wasn’t possible. Whatever we were wasn’t possible.

Destined mates are extinct. No one in this world has one.

Yet here we stood, staring at each other with both amazement and shock. How was this even possible? How did we not know until now? What did this mean for us?

For the future?

And then I remember the head only a few inches away from us, staring right at us as if to remind us of what became of her.

“I can’t trust you with her.” He said to his Delta, to the girl that was with him through everything.

He took her life because she was a threat.

What more would he do to us, to Benedict, if he found out about this?

And what do we even know? What if it’s not what it is? We could be wrong. It could be friction from the walls that caused it.

I felt numb all over, as I had been left with no other choice.

Benedict straightens, his eyes still wide. I can tell he’s thinking, weighing his options and trying to understand our situation. He visibly swallows, his expression tense and just before he makes a decision, a tall, daunting figure looms behind Benedict and materializes into Sebastian.

And my heart drops at the sight of Sebastian’s face, marred with the blood of his Delta.

Another reminder of the fate that could befall Benedict.

My mate did not look amused as he took sight of Benedict and I pressed against a small gap between two houses. Without a word, Sebastian took me by the waist, his lips pressed thin.

He doesn’t speak, pulling me away from between the houses and leaving Benedict behind. I didn’t look back, frightened to see the look on Benedict’s face if I did. But I could feel him, his gaze burning the back of my head and following me until 1 was far away and out of sight.

Sebastian all but carries me out of town, purposely avoiding the center where the fire of bodies burned. His hand is possessively on my waist the entire time, keeping me close. And it shook, I could feel the slight tremor in his fingers.

Was it from anger? From regret of killing his Delta? Or from surprise that I saw everything?

I couldn’t tell. I could never tell with Sebastian.

It didn’t take long for us to get back to the house and when the doors closed behind Sebastian, he releases his hold on me and stands by the door, staring at me with a look that makes me look down at my hands. I wish he would shout, tell me I was wrong or remind me of my place, but it doesn’t come.

Only silence and his stiff unmoving posture.

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When he finally speaks, it is in a monotonous tone that had no emotion at all. “Did you see everything you wanted to see?”

As always, I cannot read him if I try. “Yes.”

His dark eyes narrowed. “And?”

“I don’t regret it.” I told him, feeling a little brave. “I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you, but I don’t regret seeing what I saw. I had

10.”

“What about the monster?” He said in a tone of such mockery. Like his label weighed him down.

Caught off guard by this line of questioning, it took me a second to reply. “Do you think I care about that?”

Sebastian’s black eyes didn’t waver. “I think you do.”

It was hard to forget the blood, the bodies, the way his Delta pleaded with him for mercy. “I won’t lie. I was surprised.”

“I would do that all again. And more. Worse.” A cruel smile played at his lips but his eyes… they were sad, worried even. He wanted to reach for me but he didn’t. “Do you hate me now, Vareesa? Do you regret us?”

Distracted by a movement in his hands, I looked down to find him holding himself tight, keeping himself from visibly shaking. “No. Of course not.”

His expression was stony, rigid, but for the first time, I could tell he was doing his best to keep himself together. “I’m not like Benedict.”

“And I don’t want you to be.” I reached for his shaking hands, holding them with mine. “Sebastian,”

He interlaced our fingers, holding me tight as if scared to let me go, and the next words he said made me stop breathing. “I know you and Benedict had something in the School of Love and that I got between you two. I know you wanted him first, hat you wanted him to choose you. The pretty boy.”

Sebastian knew.

Everything.

swallowed, feeling gravity shift under me.

But you ended up with me, the monster, instead.” He laughed but it was a dark one, an angry one… a hurt one. “The reason why I didn’t want you to see what I was like is because I was worried that if you did see, you would realize your first choice with Benedict was right. That you were better off with him and not me.”

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took my time to answer, pondering over everything he said and I could tell my silence was getting to him, his jaw ightening with each second that passed,

With my free hand, I reached up and touched his cheek, feeling the soft skin and the rough beard. I stared into his eyes, hoping he could see the genuine affection I had for him.

Understanding everything as best as I can, I believe that things happen for a reason and what happened these past few days was designed to happen. The bad, the brutal, the good. Call it destiny or fate or whatever it is. Sebastian, Benedict and I all made our decision at the end of it and I wouldn’t change anything.

We were in a very difficult situation. We really were and if what Benedict and I learned today was real, it would only make things more complicated.

But looking at Sebastian now, the man who has always chosen me, who has done everything for me, I know that I cannot let Benedict and whatever we were break it.

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