His Damaged Mate (Asilo Pride Book 3) by Jena Wade & Lorelei M. Hart

Author:Jena Wade & Lorelei M. Hart [Wade, Jena & Hart, Lorelei M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-07-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Dean

It took most of a day for me to be able to sit up on my own, another six hours for me to try and walk enough to use the bathroom and two whole days before I finally felt comfortable enough to actually leave Jasper’s house and venture outside. I needed the fresh air for sure. My leopard had been clawing at me, begging to be let out and be free. My leopard wanted to talk to our mate and comfort him because he understood that my mate was hurting just as much as I was. I wanted to talk with Jasper also, but I wasn’t ready. And nothing alleviated the ache within me.

But the betrayal… the staged seduction… I couldn’t get past it. Why would he do such a thing? He knew what it was like to have something not freely given and while this was in no way the same, it was on a similar vein and I hated it. Worse than that, I hated that I fell for it. I was sure he wanted me… for real. That he saw me as his and himself as mine. It was all a charade. I was so desperate for hope that I clung to Jasper like a lifeline, falling for his ruse without a second thought.

I was all for saving the world, saving shifters, and making sure that people were safe, but I wasn’t going to hurt any others in the process of doing that. Not the way that Jasper had to me. And knowing now that it was all a lie, that there was nothing real to it? That gutted me. I couldn’t take it.

The pain at losing my leap had ebbed and flowed. I knew it was what was best for the leap in general. There was too much to overcome within Breakwater, too much my father had done for us for me to undo on my own. I’d been trying my hardest and getting us in a better place millimeter by millimeter and it wasn’t enough. They needed a better life now, not in thirty years. Still, knowing that being an Alpha was just another thing I had failed at was hard to swallow.

I sat on the back deck of Jasper’s house, looking out into the forest. It was stunning here. There was a lush green open meadow area that someone had explained to me was used for the yoga classes or other therapy sessions within the pride. I had heard of those happening while I had been lying in bed, but I hadn’t witnessed one. I likely wouldn’t witness one.

Once I was strong enough to be out of here, I was gone. Asilo was kind to me and I appreciated all that they had done, but at the end of the day Jasper was here and as much as I didn’t hate it, I still wanted him. Staying here was only going to keep the wounds of his deception open, which was the opposite what this pride was about.

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