Chapter 193: Chapter 193: Shattered Glass
RAMON’S POV
"Silverpaw," she answered quickly, much to everyone’s surprise.
Something was wrong. Somewhere, and someway, something had gone awfully wrong.
Sonia was acting strange. She was acting distant too.
I was fully aware of the fact her time in my pack wasn’t all rosy.
In fact, I could admit I played a huge role in much of her distress. The memories of how I had treated her flashed through my mind like sharp blades, each one cutting deeper than the last.
However, I thought we were getting closer than ever. The nights by the river, the way she had looked at me with something soft in her eyes, the way her body had responded to mine. I had let myself believe it meant something.
But as it would turn out, it took her returning to her pack to hate me again.
Yeah, that was the right word. Absolute hatred.
I could tell from her gaze. There was no warmth in it. Only cold distance, like I was a stranger who had caused her nothing but pain.
This wasn’t the Sonia I was used to seeing. Even when I hurt her, she was always so accommodating, her eyes holding a quiet strength that made me question my own cruelty.
Had she forgotten her promise to me so soon?
How could she even live with herself after breaking a promise?
"Stop it Ramon. You’re being dishonest," the sane voice in my head said.
Deep down, I agreed with it, but wasn’t I allowed to be selfish this one time?
I just wanted to lick my wounds, hoping to heal from her words that burned a hole through my heart.
My expectation wasn’t to be hurt by her words, yet I was.
"Sonia, are you sure about that?" I heard Liam question her, his voice steady but laced with concern.
Good, because the way my heart was thumping against my chest, I doubted I could form reasonable words. The pain in my chest felt like it was cracking open wider with every second.
"Very sure, yes. What’s there for me? What do I gain from returning to bloodmoon? He has a child on the way with a woman who tried to kill me. A woman who he doesn’t believe tried to kill me," Sonia said, her voice clear and cold, each word slicing through me like a fresh wound.
"Yeah, but that’s because Lorena did not try to kill you. Moon did. You know, the servant you were protecting?" I said, unable to stay silent, my voice rough with frustration and hurt.
"Ramon, not now," Liam dragged between his teeth in a low voice, but I wasn’t having it.
These were two different conversations. There was actually no need to combine them, except the goal was to be manipulative.
I didn’t take Sonia for a manipulative person, but she was definitely showing me a different side of her.
She was her father’s daughter anyway.
"No, I think we should settle this once and for all. Let her tell me what her problem is with Lorena, and we can address it," I said, slowly getting really annoyed, my fists clenching at my sides as I fought to keep my voice steady.
Wolf laughed, and I was compelled to look at him.
It was amazing for someone to be that gigantic.
He didn’t look the slightest bit human. It made me curious to see his wolf. Surely, it was just as much of a giant as he was. His laughter boomed, deep and mocking, making the air feel heavier.
"Care to tell us what’s so funny, Wolf?" Cade asked, his tone sharp.
"Oh, my pleasure. The alpha comes to our pack, because Sonia, our younger sister is his fated mate, and he wants her back. But in the same breath, he defends his mistress lies. Funny, right?" He asked, turning his head around to look at his brothers.
"I’d say it’s silly. Audacious too. I can’t believe he has the guts to do something that stupid. Alpha be damned," one of the brothers spoke.
I turned to their direction and saw it was Caleb, his expression filled with disdain.
Seven sons, one alpha, a pack of warriors.
I hated to admit it, but I was fully surrounded by abled wolves.
This wasn’t a walk in the park like it was in MoonRay.
I wouldn’t leave there with my limbs if I decided to fight.
Besides, I didn’t have a fight with them. It was their father who needed to face me squarely.
I just hated that I wasn’t going to get the satisfaction of him seeing Sonia choose me in his presence.
Not only was he not here, Sonia was acting very strange.
"I think you should leave, Ramon. You heard my sister. She doesn’t want to see you again. You have your mistress, so it shouldn’t be a bother, I think. I wish you and your unborn child good health," Cade said, and turned around, his voice firm and final.
My eyes went to Sonia, because I needed to see for myself if she was okay with all of this.
There was no way she was okay with this, right? The Sonia I knew, the one who had promised to teach me not to hurt her, couldn’t possibly mean any of this.
"Sonia, we have to talk. There are things I need to tell you. Things I’m curious about," I said, trying again before I leave without ever looking back, my voice cracking slightly despite my efforts to keep it strong.
"I don’t want to talk to you, Alpha Ramon. I don’t want to see your face, hell I don’t even want to hear your name until the day I leave this world. Go back to Lorena. Let her be to you everything I couldn’t ever be. Good luck to you, her, and your unborn child," she said, and turned around too in readiness to walk away.
It was like a dagger had slashed my chest. My wolf was in pain, causing it to shatter into pieces.
"What about Ivy? You’re just going to let go of her? And Moon. What do you think will happen to Moon? I don’t know who is in your ears, but they need to stop deceiving you. You belong beside me, and You know it," I said, making her stop on her tracks, my voice raw with desperation and hurt.
"I belong here, and not beside you," she replied behind her shoulders, her voice cold and distant.
"And Ivy? What should I tell her?"
"She will be the happiest, even though I will miss her and she will also miss me, she won’t mind. And as for Moon, like I told you before, he is innocent," she replied coldly, and continued into the house.
"Sonia!" I growled, causing a small quake to rattle the ground beneath us. The sound echoed in my chest, filled with the pain I could no longer hide.
She didn’t pause. Didn’t even act like she had heard me.
She continued into the house, not for once looking back. Each step she took felt like another crack in my already shattered heart.
"Sonia!" I called a second time when she got to the door.
She paused with her hand on its handle, and I held my breath waiting for her to turn to me.
But my hope, like my heart, was shattered when she opened the door and slammed it shut behind her. The sound echoed like a final nail in the coffin of whatever fragile thing we had built.
"Sonia!" I growled the last time, but it wasn’t as heavy as the rest, and it was filled with pain. The growl came out broken, raw, like the last breath of something dying inside me.
"That’s enough. You’re just embarrassing yourself now. I think you’ve overstayed your welcome. Leave before I show you how much I despise you," Wolf threatened, his massive frame stepping forward, the chain in his hand rattling.
I was taking a confident step towards him when Liam intervened, his hand gripping my shoulder firmly.
"Let it go, it’s a losing battle," he whispered to me, his voice low and steady, the same protective tone he had always used with both of us.
He was right, I thought. I had lost the battle.
"Next time," I made a small vow before turning around and walking into my car, each step heavier than the last, the pain in my chest threatening to swallow me whole.
