Mateo Santiago by Katlego Moncho

Author:Katlego Moncho [Moncho, Katlego]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inkitt
Published: 2017-11-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve: You’ll Be The Death of Me

I waited until I was sure that he was asleep before getting up. The numbers flashing on the side table clock alerted me that it was after half past twelve at night. I was sweating heavily, my heart thumping at unbelievable speeds. I was surprised that he hadn’t heard it as I got out of the bed quietly.

I couldn’t breathe!

I felt suffocated and every time I closed my eyes, I was plagued by images of terrible things happening to me because of my decision to leave Mateo. I was having nightmares, except I hadn’t even slept yet.

I grabbed one of his sweatshirts and a pair of my sweat pants and put them on. My hair was a mess, but I wasn’t bothered as I silently left the room. Our house was quiet, although I could hear some of the pack members from the other two pack houses, with the most noise coming from the teen’s pack house. I guess the house mothers were having difficulty with the teens today, so I decided to save them.

“ALL TEENAGERS ARE TO SHUT UP AND GET TO BED IMMEDIATELY!” I conveyed to all the teenagers in the pack.

The noise immediately stopped and the house mothers linked me in thanks. When everything was finally peaceful, I was in the kitchen having a cup of tea. I thought it would calm me down, but it did absolutely nothing.

I went outside and shifted before running back to the lake. I had an idea that I wanted to try out that would allow me to vent without being found or heard. Star reached the edge of the lake before I shifted back. I let Marissa take control as she formed a bubble around us, and then I walked in until I was fully submerged by the water and at the very bottom of the surprisingly deep lake.

With the bubble around me, I let everything go. I screamed as loudly as I could, until my screams turned to sobs.

I cried more than I’d ever cried my entire life.

I still couldn’t believe it. I still couldn’t believe that I only had three days before my life would take a turn for the miserable. I couldn’t believe that I would be condemned to spending the rest of my life without the one person who was made for me.

That’s what I couldn’t understand.

Why was I mated with Mateo, if he was only going to be ripped from my grasp? Can I not fulfill this mission without needing to leave him? What is it about the mission that requires me to leave him in any case? Why am I the one who has to suffer?

For a moment, I let myself envy Mateo. Unlike me, he wouldn’t remember me, so his life would only go back to what it was before me. Granted that his past wasn’t exactly a happy one, but at least he was accustomed to it.

I would have to live with the memories, knowing that there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it.

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