Greymoor Academy: I Accidentally Bonded With Four Lycan Royals! novel Chapter 46

Chapter 46: 46. Sloppy Seconds

My lips parted.

It had been a couple of days since Alpha Dante showed up at the pack with his proposal. Admittedly, I’ve been too busy with training with the Lycans, while still trying to keep up with my classes to really notice Cole.

I knew he was there. It was hard not to when Regina kept mentioning that he kept staring at my ass like he wanted to eat it.

But I was no longer hyper aware of him. He was no longer the first thing on my mind, and I no longer woke up screaming because he was sleeping with someone else.

In fact, the bruises that used to decorate my stomach from my wolf hurting me were completely gone.

What I did notice, however, was that Lana was skipping a lot of classes, and when she was around school, she was trying to be around Cole. And receiving the cold shoulder.

The news of their breakup was now the most talked about topic, competing with the spot on the rumors of my possible engagement to Cole.

It was drama I tried so hard to stay away from, but it seemed to have followed me all the way to CrestHill.

Cole took one step forward and I took three back. It dawned to me then that I was alone in the dark with Cole.

His eyes were raw. "Maisie, I am fucking miserable. My wolf is restless. I can’t sleep. Can’t breathe. Can’t think straight without you." He took a shaky step closer. "I’m sorry. For everything. Please come back."

"Go tell someone else your bullshit story," I said. "It’s wasted on me. I’m never coming back. Please leave. You’re trespassing and the Lycans really, really love their space."

His jaw clenched. "So you’ve moved on?"

I rolled my eyes. "Please. Spare me. We were nothing to each other. You made that abundantly clear, so I’d appreciate it if you didn’t speak to me like I was your ex or something."

"My engagement with Lana is broken," he offered, like that meant something.

"Well, my deepest condolences. If you’re looking for a shoulder to cry on, I’m sure your mother would be more than happy to volunteer."

"Maisie, don’t be like this. I made a mistake. People make mistakes all the time—"

"Yours would’ve killed me!" I finally snapped. "And you didn’t care. You would’ve trapped me as your mistress, while simultaneously sleeping with my sister, even if you knew it would kill me slowly. You saw my bruises and it still turned you on. You are a sick bastard."

Cole’s eyes shuttered. He looked like he was wrestling with something. His next words were all over the place. "Our engagement is being fixed. It’s inevitable that we end up together. I’ll mark and mate with you like I should have. So stop being difficult. I don’t want Lana anymore. I only want you."

A part of me almost felt sorry for Lana. That she had tried so hard to keep a man who would abandon her at the drop of a hat.

My lips curled with disgust. "I’m not interested in my Lana’s sloppy seconds."

Cole’s eyes went from green to gold in a blink of an eye. In a blur, he surged forward, careening into me and slammed me back against a tree, pining me with his body. "You don’t get to say no to me. I am your mate!"

I tried to access that strength inside, shoving at Cole, but I found that I had drained myself of it. I tried to wake the creature sleeping inside me, but she didn’t budge.

My training with Mercer kicked in and I slammed my foot into Cole’s shin, eliciting an angry roar from him, and when he staggered, I rammed the heel of my palm against his nose, drawing blood.

I didn’t wait to see more as he fell back. I took off.

Without access to the Lycan strength, I was still, very much, just Maisie the Omega. And Cole happened to be the most powerful Alpha heir in my generation. It was completely foolish to think I could beat him in a fight.

Mercer did say that when faced with an opponent significantly stronger than you, it was important to incapacitate and flee.

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