Chase Me Alpha (Daria and Caleb) novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74

Daria’s POV

I couldn’t breathe.

The sobs that had wracked my body had turned it into a quiverig mess.

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Suddenly it all came back to me. Once again, over and over, hitting me like blows that wouldn’t fade away for years.

I don’t know how I got the strength to run. All I knew was that I wanted to get away.

And I did, for a short time. I didn’t know when the rain began to all. All I could do was shiver and cry my heart out in that small cave I found myself in, wishing I could be buried in there.

What had I done wrong, Moon Goddess, to be cursed this way?

Each time I thought I was done with the mess and drama, each time I tried to take a step forward and forget it all, something sinister would reach out and pull me back. Each time I would be reminded of the past, like it was a purgatorial punishment.

What had I done wrong?

Sabrina’s defense of me didn’t matter. Nothing mattered anymore. I felt ashamed. Ashamed that I had lost Ashamed that all my deepest, darkest shame and fears were exposed in front of everyone to see.

my

child.

And now, this.

Just when I thought I was alone, just when I thought I could relax

He appeared once again.

His eyes were sharply glowing in the dark as he blocked the only path of moonlight streaming through the dull clouds into this cave.

My feet felt unstable on the floor of the wet muddy cave, and I leaned against the wall to help steady myself.

“Hey, be careful, love,” his quiet warning didn’t calm my heart one bit.

I hissed as his hand touched my arm, and I pulled back instantly His touch felt like knives slashing my skin.

“Don’t touch me,” I snapped at him hoarsely. My throat hurt from crying, and my eyes still stung.

I wished I could inflict all the pain on Caleb. I wished he would see exactly how he had hurt me and I would feel some satisfaction from it.

But seeing his eyes red rimmed with pain and regret flickering i them, I didn’t feel anything.

No pain.

No regret.

My heart rate sped up, a staccato best that brought blood rushing through my head.

“Daria-”

“Don’t say my name! Just go Caleb’ Leave me alone!” I yelled atm, feeling my wounds exposed.

Would he be angry with me this time? Would he finally changes face and return to how he was before?

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I turned my face away and shuffled closer to the inner parts of t cave walls, but there was only so far I could go.

“Please, just go….” I trailed off weakly. I felt exhausted, bone tired But stuck in this cave without warmth or food, I knew I could only hold out for so long.

Then, his words came in a whisper.

“Is it true?”

It echoed through the cave, small as it was, and hit me right in theart. My chest ached, and I grit my teeth.

“Is WHAT true?” I demanded of him defiantly.

“That-that you-“It was almost, painfully and bitterly laughable That Alpha Caleb, strong and ruthless alpha of the Wisteria Pack, couldn’t say the words that we both knew he was thinking.

“That I was pregnant back then?” I kept my voice cool even though on the inside I was burning. Burning with all the hatred and pain and anger I had held inside me since I had left this pack for what I felt was forever years ago. “That I had lost the baby because of you?”

He flinched

Full on flinched like I had just struck him on the cheek.

“Don’t-” he started but I cut him off with a broken laugh.

“What she said was correct,” I declared with venom. “I was pregnant with our child. And back then, I hoped you would finally love me. How foolish I had been.”

“No.” he insisted, his head shaking repeatedly. “You weren’t, Dar. I was the foolish one. If I had known-”

“If you had known?!” I yelled at him, and somehow tears filled my eyes again and blurred my vision. “If you had known. would you have changed?! Would it have even mattered?!”

He swallowed heavily, his eyes fixed on me. As if he was afraid that I would disappear from his sight.

“I’m sorry,” he finally said. It was hoarsely spoken. “I’m sorry I wasn’t there. Believe me. Why can’t you just fucking believe

me?”

“Why would I believe you now when I had no reason to before?” shot back at him. It was cruel, yes, but I didn’t care.

I wanted him to feel it, every single blow I had taken because of im tenfold. I wanted him to understand exactly what he had put me through.

“You think you could ever make up for what you did to me, Cale? When you neglected me, put THAT WOMAN above me.. did you think that I deserved to be loved?”

His silence was an answer, his shuddering breath easy to pick up in the tense, closed atmosphere.

Crickets began to chirp around us, and the sounds of nature can alive in the aftermath of the rain. But what was left was the two of us, locked in a trance.

“You’re right. I fucked up,” he started out of the blue again. “I wish I could have done better back then, love. I wish I could have understood back then. I was stupid. And I hurt you. And buse of that, you went through hell

He dropped to his knees in front of me. His eyes were locked oo mine and I saw there were tears in them just like there

were in mine.

“All I ask is for you to give me a chance to make it up to you, Da. A proper chance this time. I beg of you.”

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His words felt so sincere, yet so strange.

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