Academy Of Mates novel Chapter 96

Chapter 96

Chapter 96

How quickly he changed. One moment he’s telling me his deepest thoughts about me and the next it’s like he’s forgotten it all.

Whatever happened between Benedict and Sebastian must have shocked both of them.

I do not dwell, not bothering to fight someone who has already gone through the worst. My feet automatically walked towards where Sebastian went. I didn’t have to go far. He was among the bare trees near the house, staring into the moon high above the sky, his arms crossed over his chest.

He did not speak. He did not move.

But he looked so shaken, so vulnerable.

Deceived.

And when he finally looked at me, I thought he might cry, but he didn’t. For he wasn’t Benedict. He was an Alpha, a man that had cried all his tears at the age of eight. “You came to him.”

I was ready to tell him everything then, to confess this heavy secret that’s been weighing me down, but I remember Benedict. I remember Sebastian. This would ruin both of them. “I wanted to make sure he was okay.”

Sebastian’s eyes darkened to a soulless black. “I asked you once if you were my mate or Benedict’s.”

My hands reached for him. “You are. I’m yours.”

He steps away from my touch and it hurts more than anything else. “Then why does it feel like the opposite? Why does it feel like you’re both lying to me? Are you still in love with him? Is that it? Do you regret choosing me, Vareesa?”

“Of course not.” I quickly defended. The ground under me feels unsteady but I know it’s just me panicking. “I don’t regret choosing you. I want you. You’re who I want. That hasn’t changed.”

“You’re lying!” He growled so loudly it truly shook the earth this time. With his hand on the tree beside us, he easily broke it, the tree snapping in two as his fingers were deep into the hollow. “You’re lying about something. Either you want my Beta the same way he wants you or there’s something else you’re not telling me.”

I was breathing hard, ready to tell him everything. Absolutely everything. “Sebastian…”

“I have loved you all my life, Vareesa.” He whispered, sounding winded with every word he spoke. “I have loved you for a very long time. Longer than I’ve loved myself. Do not do this to me. You are the only one I have. Tell me the truth.”

“And I love you, Sebastian.” I have never said those words to any man before. But it was true, and it burned deep down in my chest. It burned when he was away, and it burned even more when he was near. It burned when we spoke loveingly and it burned when we’re fighting.

It burned and it burned, a wildfire that never stopped consuming me.

More than it ever did for Benedict.

Even if my soul was made for Benedict, I know that my life, my whole being has always been meant for Sebastian.

“Benedict and I,” I began, but Sebastian flinched, like I had stabbed him with silver.

How can I continue?

How can I say more when the mere mention of Benedict has him in pieces?

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“I should have known better.” His jaw clenched tight as his eyes fluttered close. Too hurt to keep them open. “I knew… I knew from the moment I saw you with Benedict that you loved him. I saw the way you looked at him because it’s the same way I look at you. He wants you and you want him. I was a fool to think that would change. I was a fool to be so selfish.”

“That’s not it, Sebastian.” I explained, taking his hand and holding him tight. “Please, just listen to me and don’t let what you know or saw in the School of Love cloud your thoughts. Let me explain everything and I promise you, it’s you. No one else. Sebastian, my mate, please.”

“I don’t want to hear it.” He cuts off, his body beginning to blur again. “I can’t- I need to, I’m losing control,”

His wolf was taking over, the pain that he must be feeling triggering self defense- self preservation.

He was a survivor after all.

I watched it happen, this fierce wolf replacing my Sebastian and running away from me, leaving only pieces of fabric in his wake.

Hunching low, I pick up the pieces. He has plenty of clothes but I just… I somehow couldn’t just leave them there, so I pick up every single one of them, hugging them close to my body and feeling a phantom of warmth from it.

All that I was was his, and all that he was was mine.

It was only a fight.

Our first.

Mates fight.

It’s normal. A misunderstanding. That’s all it was.

He will come back like he promised me and then, when he’s calmer, when he’s less guarded by everything that’s happened today, we can finally talk.

It’s not easy for him and it’s all my fault.

Coming here was a bad idea.

He had to be here where people didn’t like him, where my father was interested in his Beta, where Benedict is forced to follow me to keep me safe. And then Jeff reminded everyone of the School of Love- reminded him of the School of Love which is a sensitive subject.

It was too soon.

For everyone,

We all haven’t had time to breathe.

Benedict needed time.

Sebastian needed time.

But Sebastian was too busy giving me what I wanted to care about anything else. As always, he prioritized me, putting everything I wanted above all.

“Luna?”

I looked up, a little startled as I kept the pieces of fabric close. “Yes?”

Two of the nameless pack were standing a few feet from me. I recognize them as the ones that always stayed near Benedict,

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the ones that help guard me. “The Alpha asked us to take you back to the house.”

“Oh. Okay.” I stood, giving them a small smile. “Thank you.”

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