Chapter 78

Alone.

«Anna)

It’s been three weeks since that day I passed out in the clearing, it took me three full days to actually be

able to walk under my own steam again. Eliza stayed with me for as long as she could once she and

Patrick got me to my new little home but soon the new Luna called her home and I was alone. I keep

going through these moments of pure depression, sometimes it’s so powerful I can’t catch my breath

and it feels like someone is squeezing my heart. I haven’t heard from Fraction other than some picture

updates of Thomas, apparently he passed out like me so he’s probably still pulling himself together too.

At least I get to mourn my loss in privacy, his pain will be on display and with a new Luna watching

every moment of it.

Last night I decided I needed to do something to occupy my days. considering I can’t exactly work on

the Pack land I figured I’d try the two little cafes just off the highway. With no actual educational

background I’m limited in what I can do and I have already decided not touch the money Fraction will

send. The house, car and phone make sense to me, the money doesn’t, it’s too much and I don’t want

it. I figure it will just stay in the account and one day I will pass it to Thomas who can use it for college

or a car or something he wants in life. Plus I can’t just sit on my as s waiting for the insanity finally hit

me, I need something to fill my days or I will find my way back to the Pack and that will be bad for

everyone involved.

So that’s where I am, sitting in a fast food cafe across the table from me is a greasy spot covered

teenager who hasn’t taken his eyes off my breasts since I entered the door.

“Can you work nights?” He asks me with his eyes laser focused on my

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chest.

“I can,” I tell him while shifting in my seat, I can feel my feet sticking to the black and white chequered

floor.

“Perfect, can you start tomorrow? Say 6pm till 3am? It’s a shi tty shift. but we can work out your actual

hours tomorrow.” I nod at him as he says this, “perfect. Well we will see you then, Anna.” he says my

name after looking at the paperwork, it seems my breasts make him forgetful considering I’ve been

speaking to him for forty five minutes now. Smiling, I stand from the booth and leave the café, it’s not

the best and I might be surrounded by teenagers but it will be an income I can earn myself. I’ve always

relied on those around me and when Fraction came into my life he made me think there was nothing

wrong with that. Now I’m thinking I need to start looking after myself, each and every time I have relied

on someone else it always seems to go wrong somehow. I always end up having lost the most.

Getting into my car I point it towards my new home and start driving. Taylor Swift starts singing on the

radio, something about Lovers and leaving Christmas lights up until January. By the time I pull up in

front of my home the tears have made their way back, turning off the ignition and removing the key I

put my head against the steering wheel and s ob. I’m not sure how long I sit there digging my head into

the steering wheel, my tears are falling quickly and I can’t seem to be able to stop them. A quick knock

on the car passenger side window has me looking up and there standing outside of my car is Alpha

Darryl, he’s got a sad smile on his face and is waving at me. Swiping at my eyes and nose I step out of

the car, he walks around it so he’s standing in front of me.

“Hi.” He says simply.

“Hi Alpha,” I say bowing my head a little, I’m not a Luna anymore so calling him anything other than

Alpha is just disrespectful. Even if I’m

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not a Pack wolf anymore.

“Don’t bow Anna and it’s Darryl to you.” my eyes shoot up to him and I see the sadness floating around

in them. “I’m just on my way home and I wondered if I could ask you some questions about

Jefferson”?”

“You still haven’t found him?” I ask in shock as I nod towards the house and pull out my keys.

“Not yet, no one has seen him since that day in the Swiftmane Packhouse.” I’m relieved he called it the

Swfitmane Packhouse and not ‘your’ Packhouse Opening the door I walk into the house and hear him

following behind me into the lounge.

“You think I did something to him?” Lask while sitting on the sofa.

“No not at all, I was more wondering if he said anything about going anywhere? Maybe he made a

small comment about visiting someone or another Pack?” Darryl says while lutching his jeans up at the

knee and sitting on the chair across from me

“I’m sorry Darryl, he just did the paperwork and explained his number was in my phone if I needed him.

I think he spoke to.” I take a deep breath struggling to get Fractions name past my lips I shake my

head. “I think he spoke to the Alpha before he left but otherwise I think he left quite quickly after our

meeting.”

“That will get easier, you know,” he says to me while nodding at what I’m saying.

“Huh?” I ask him confused at the change in topic.

“The pain you feel when you think about him. It won’t vanish but it will get easier, so will the sadness.

I’m not Omega but even I can feel the depression hanging around you like a deep mist.” I look down at

my hands in shame, I thought I was managing well other than the

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random crying. “Fraction will figure this out.” He tells me and he sounds so sure.

“How can he, he rejected me as a mate and Luna. I didn’t realise he was going to do that. I thought I

was just losing my Luna role, not my mate.” I tell him truthfully.

“Fraction thought it best you didn’t know, he thought it would be easier that way. It had to be a full

rejection or Faye would never have allowed you to leave alive. Tell me something…your mate mark, it’s

still solid right?” At his words I raise my hand to my mating mark still present on my neck.

“I thought it would fade.” I tell him quictly.

“It should, the second he rejected you it should have faded. Personally, I think it’s quite interesting that

it’s still there. Almost like you’re still connected to your mate.” He says confidently.

“That’s not possible, not after the pain I felt. I can’t even describe it, it took me days just to be able to

get out of bed and now I can’t seem to go two hours without breaking down in tears.” I tell him how

badly it’s all affected me.

“And as an Omega I would expect you to be still in that bed, if the rejection had taken I doubt you would

be up and about so quickly. I know the pain you speak of and trust me it’s worse when it does.” I look at

him with my eyebrows drawn together, “me and Jefferson always knew we were meant to share a

mate. When she came she didn’t want two males so she rejected me but Jefferson wouldn’t take a

mate without me. It caused a lot of heart ache all around.”

“I’m sorry you had to go through that,” triads aren’t unusual in wolves but I’ve never heard of a mate

rejecting one for the other. “You

survived it though?” I ask him hopefully.

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“I did and so did Jefferson, it changed us both but I think for the better. That’s how I know what you’re

going through will pass, it’s because it’s not the real deal.” He smiles at me as he stands. “I should get

going. I have a brother to find and an Alpha friend to help.”

“I’m sorry I should have offered you a drink or something.” I tell him as I follow him out of the lounge.

“Don’t be silly Anna. You have much more important things on your mind. Get some sleep. yeah?” I

nod at him as he k*sses me on the forehead and leaves the house.

Going to my phone I pick it up and scroll until I get to Jefferson’s number, hitting the dial button I listen

to the annoying ringing sound, “the voicemail you are trying to reach is full, please try again later.” Απ

automated voice tells me Sighing. I drop the phone back on the coffee table and go back over to the

sofa. Considering I don’t start work until tomorrow evening so I figure I have one more day to cry under

my blanket before I start this whole moving on thing.