The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate (Jason and Laila) by Caroline Above Story novel Chapter 399

Chapter 399

I worried, if I shifted, would be able to shift back? Jason could have coaxed me back, but he wasn’t here. It was too dangerous now.

Inwardly, I apologized to my wolt, and she chuffed but rested, dormant. She understood my fear.

“Someday,” I said.

Riley frowned at me. “Is this because of Jason?” Because she was my best friend, of course she could read me like a book.

William stood. “I will get us another bottle of wine.” Grabbing the empty bottle, he went into the house. Softly, I heard him asking the servants where the wine cellar was.

It was easier to speak about Jason without him here, knowing how much he hated him.

“Aren’t you happy?” Hannah asked. “You have a whole pack now. You don’t need Jason.”

“I’m grateful and I’m blessed by the Moon Goddess,” I said. “But am I happy?” I couldrr’t answer that. To say yes felt like a lie, but no wasn’t something I wanted to admit. Not to my friends, but especially not to myself. “I can be. I will be, in time.”

“You could… leave,” Riley suggested. “I’m sure there’s someone else around who could run this pack.”

“I’m rightful heir, and the people need stability,” I said. “I can’t just leave them, not even for… love. Especially for a man who makes it a habit to abandon me.”

“Bullshit,” Riley said bluntly, startling me. Maybe I’d gotten too accustomed to being an Alpha, I needed a best friend to call me on my lies, especially the ones I told to myself. “You could leave if you wanted. You could go to him.”

My heart split. “It’s an impossible choice. I love Jason, I do, but I have to let him go. He had his choice. He could have stayed, but he chose to leave. I have to make the same choice and stay. He could have stayed with me. One of his parents could have led until they found someone else…”

Riley and Hannah glanced at each other.

Something, I felt in my gut, was very wrong. “What? What did I say?”

Riley leaned forward. “No one told you.”

“Told me what?”

“Laila,” Riley said softly, gently. “Jason’s father is dead.”

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