When We Were Mates (Demetra and Emris) novel Chapter 217

Chapter 217

Luna Demetra.

I am not able to make it to my bed.

My knees find the floor first and I sink my face to the side of the mattress and let go of everything I’ve been holding since 1 walked into that meeting room. I let out heart–wrenching tears as i hold onto the sheets. My whole body is shaking. My chest is caving in. I feel arms go over me as I cry.

I feel arms around me so I bury my face in Silver’s and weep, feeling him speak to me, but I can’t hear a word. From crying. I can feel myself wheezing. That damn pain in my chest is getting worse and worse until all I can do is groan!

“It’s okay, Demetra. It’s okay.”

My eyes

shut. I can’t hold myself anymore. The more I can’t feel the bond between Emris and I, the weaker I feel. It’s like all this time I didn’t realize how powerfully the bond was holding us until I felt it shatter. I feel Silver carry me off from the ground and place me up against the bed.

“Slade, we need a doctor! Tell Jupiter to get Jasmine!”

“Demetra. Demetra?” I hear Derisha’s voice, but the pain in my chest is still happening… twisting, hurting, cutting.

“Dr. Jasmine, over here!”

I hear Silver say, but my eyes are still closed as I feel the pack doctor open my eyes and turn on a light to check my irises. I feel hands checking my pulse and I don’t open my eyes fully.

“I’m hurting.” I clench my teeth and groan again, pushing my face into the pillow. “My chest is hurting. Can you make it stop?”

Whatever Dr Jasmine does takes the edge off it enough that can breathe in a straight line again. I lie still and focus on that. I hear her speaking to the others in a low voice and I only lift/myself when I hear one specific word.

Something about grieving. I push myself up-

“Emris is not dead!? Why would I be grieving?”

Dr Jasmine doesn’t repeat the word. Silver whispers something to her and I hear her leave the room. Slade runs toward me and I look at him directly.

“Why did Jasmine say grieving. I am not grieving Emris so why did she say that!?”

“It’s just-”

ľ

“Slade, find him.” My voice cracks. “I can’t do this. I can’t do this on my own. I am not strong. I am not the Luna all of you think I am. I am not even the mother my kids need right now. I can feel myself dying. I can feel myself carving into two-

Slade doesn’t let me finish as he hugs me.

“That is what they want. They want you to be broken. They want you to not think straight.” He pulls back and looks at me. “The Emris I know would never leave you to handle this alone forever but right now you are going to have to, and that’s the most unfair thing I’ve ever had to say to you.” He holds me tighter. “But you are going to do it.”

“What do I do? You’re an Alpha… you know what protecting a pack actually costs. What chance do I have to protect the pack and keep my bond alive? They have Emris. Lake wants me to bond with him.” I press my hand to my chest. “I cannot betray

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to our distant family the children out

“Okay. Once they’re safe, we face Lake head–on

know your bowl with Emiris a not something you want to betray but to protect the pack right now, there are things you may give into. Dersetra. I will only tell you what I think I will never tell you. it’s the only option right now sending the kids away is the first one. The second one may be letting Lake think he won. We’ll Send Zetas out to go search for Emris with a number of the Lion Pride and I promise, they will sniff every path und we can find him

I feel it hurt to give into whatever Lake wants but I believe in Slade’s words right now

“I’ll be right with you” Slade squeezes my shoulders. “You are not alone and will die first before it happens. You are my hitle sister first before you are Luna Silver is here. Derisha is here. The whole Garhaa is standing for you. Sis, you are not alone. You have all of us.”

I nod again, believing Slade and taking in a deep breath to absorb his words.

“They broke through the lion Pride yesterday, isn’t it?”

“Demetra.” Slade smiles. “You slept for a whole day. So no, it wasn’t yesterday. We’ve found some things on pack footage. Lake appears on footage helping the Luna of the Sun Pack with her dress at the gate. Then separately we have someone in a server uniform with a mask…we believe it’s Lake based on his build and movement. He meets the Sun Pack Lona again later in the evening inside the grounds.

“Why would the Sun Pack do this to us?” I whisper.

“Problem is, the Luna of the Sun Pack was attacked” Slade says again, and I look at him in confusion. “The real Luna of the

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