Five.

Charlies POV

Considering I had an amazing nights sleep, I felt like I had been run down by a bus. A dull ache in my chest and my mind instantly went to Max and how he had dropped to his knees as we pulled away in the car.

The more I thought about it, the more the pain grew until I felt like I couldn’t catch my breath, what was happening to me?

Clutching my chest as the pain spread, I tried to scream out for help, but no sound left my mouth and my chest continued to grow tighter as my lungs refused to work.

Throwing out a ball of red mist at the door, I hoped it would make enough noise that someone would come in, but it fizzled out before it even reached the door.

Trying again, the ball finally hits the door only this time it blows a hole straight through it and the door is pulled open, Kayden stares at me alarmed as he rushes towards me and I hear him calling for Alpha Zach as spots form in front of my eyes, darkness closing in on me by the second.

Alpha Zach’s deep voice enters my head and I couldn’t work out if he was mind linking me or if he was in the room

“Charlie, you have to breathe”

But I couldn’t, no matter how I gasped for air, nothing was happening

“This is your mate bond breaking”

The pain was excruciating and I could see no way of it ever ending as I finally manage to get some air into me

“Just kill me” I couldn’t bare the pain, if this was going to be my life now then I would rather not live it

Alpha Zach scoops me up off the floor, I had no idea what he was planning on doing but he tells me that it is his job to protect me, not kill me.

He suddenly drops me in a bath of ice cold water fully clothed and as the water gushes over my face, I could finally breathe.

Opening my eyes I stare at him, the pain was still there just not as excruciating as it was moments ago.

“Helping?”

I frown at him “How?” I couldn’t process what was happening

He crouches down beside the bath “It is similar to when you are in heat, the cold water helps but that pain you are feeling, I am afraid to tell you that it means Max has truly accepted your rejection”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, but the ache in my heart was heavy and I sink back under the icy water, no longer caring that I was fully clothed as the tears run down my face.

I had questioned whether I had made the right decision in rejecting him and Alpha Zach had reassured me at the time but had also mentioned that only I could know if it was the right decision or not.

He leaves me alone after pointing out where everything was and tells me that he will be downstairs when I was ready.

Laying in the cold water wasn’t exactly what I had planned but I saw no other way of getting over a broken heart and finally climb out, removing the water logged clothes and grabbing a towel.

Stepping out into the hallway, Alpha Zach’s Beta Kayden was waiting for me, he was talking to himself but seemed happy to see me

“Why are you stood here?”

“Zach wants me to keep an eye on you”

Kayden runs a hand over his blonde hair as I stare at him, he couldn’t quite look me in the eye like Alpha Zach would

“You were human?”

It had been bugging me since Alpha Zach had told me and I wanted to know more. Kayden nods his head

“I was indeed”

“You gave it up to become a Lycan for your mate”

He smiles at me “You have already met her”

“I have?” I hadn’t met anyone here except that girl with the blue hair and that wasn’t really a meeting plu I could not imagine her with someone like him, she looked like a fun person whilst he looked like the type you couldc't have fun with.

“Well I don’t think you actually spoke, the girl with the blue hair. Her name is Ally”

“She is a slave?”

Kayden laughs and shakes his head at me “No, she helps out with paperwork and other things around the house. Trust me she wouldn’t be an easy slave”

“What exactly is an easy slave?”

His cheeks redden and he starts stuttering

“You know… the umm…. the girls that are…….. the girls that……”

Alpha Zach cuts him off “Kayden, stuck your foot in it again?”

I turn to see a well dressed man. Alpha Zach looked different in a suit, his tattoos poking out the top of his collar as he buttoned his cuffs, his face freshly shaven, a smile sat on his lips

“Why are you dressed up?”

“You wanted someone to take you out and get some things didn’t you? Or have you changed your mind?”

Running my eyes over his suit and then looking down at my own sweats that I had pulled on, it would look like he was taking a homeless person shopping

“You worry too much” his dark eyes had a brightness to them as they ran over me and I forgot about the communicating thing with us Lycans

“Can we go tomorrow? I really want to see Sophia”

“Sophia is not available today” he looks annoyed as he talks and again I feel like I am missing out on something and I watch Kayden roll his eyes

“Does she not want to see me?”

“It’s not that Charlie, she is digesting the information I shared with her”

“You told her I killed Damon didn’t you”

“I had too, she was requesting permission to go after him”

“Why would my mother need permission, especially if the Queen was her mother”

Again the men glance at each other and I don’t know what comes over me but I stamp my foot like a child

“What are you hiding from me?”

“Come sit and I will explain as much as I can”

I glare at him but follow him back to the room where he had first taken me, the fire was still roaring and I sit opposite Alpha Zach, whatever he had to say surely could not be that bad.