The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate (Jason and Laila) by Caroline Above Story novel Chapter 401

Chapter 401

Slowly, 1 lowered it back down to the cradle. Swallowing hard, I tried to pretend like I wasn’t waiting for it to ring again.

“Are you sure you are making the right choice?” said my mother from the doorway. How long had she been eavesdropping? She didn’t even look all that guilty about it. Not sheepish at all. Instead her eyes were filled with worry, likely meant for me.

“I made the only choice,” I said.

“If you want to be with Laila, you should go to her side.”

“Don’t start this, Mother,” I said. “You know better than most all of the reason I can’t do that. I was born and raised to be the Alpha of this pack. I can’t simply abandon my people now.”

“Your heart is bond to her. She is your mate, your other half. You will not be whole without her at your side.”

“I can’t leave this pack, there is too much that I am needed for, especially with father gone.” Truly, I had never felt so alone as when my father died. I still had Mother, for which I was blessed, and I was surrounded by servants and advisors. As Alpha, I could call anyone in the pack at any time for answers. Maybe even conversation. But that did not feel the void of the loss of my father.

My father might have gotten older, but to me, he was always the man I looked up to most. No different than when I was a child. He was my compass, my path builder, my greatest source of advice. He wasn’t perfect by any means but he was the man I trusted and admired most in this life.

Now he was gone, and I would never have that advice again. Neither would anyone else in the pack.

“I’m needed here,” I said again, more adamantly.

“Pack is important,” Mom said. “I will not tell you otherwise and lie to you. But it is not and cannot be the only source of happiness and fulfillment in your life.”

“My duty is to my people,” I said firmly.

Mom looked at me more closely. Softly, she said, “Your father and I put too many expectations onto you.”

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