Alpha Niall And His Lost Mate

Niall's Pov

She just sat there.

She just sat there and she won't talk. She won't talk to me, she won't talk to Valero, she blocked me from her mind and completely put her barrier up--blocking me from whatever she might've been feeling.

It killed me that I was the cause of her pain and the reason why she wouldn't even look me in the eyes. She held onto me while we made it to the small river about three miles away from where the fight just occured, but after she was clean and wearing my shirt, she just sat in front of the water with her knees against her chest and her chin on them, staring at the water.

The only time she spoke was to protest when Valero began to dig a hole to put Clarissa to rest, and so we brought her to where the river's current was stronger, where she cleaned her off, placed leaves all around her and sent her down the rushing water.

She said Clarissa wouldn't want to be subjected to lying in the ground. Even after death she would want to be free. I never understood the relationship she had with the rogue, but I have come to learn that they had a link. Shocker.

I was gone for one day and my mate formed what should've been an impossible link with a wolf. I knew, however, that there was more behind their connection that I didn't know. Also, from what I could detect from Zoey's demeanour, she learnt something and was thinking hard about it. But all I knew was that whatever bond they had, it really did a number on her.

And she seemed to be blaming it on me.

Sighing, I sat a few feet away from her, knowing well enough that she wouldn't want to talk to me yet. I couldn't feel her emotions, but I was hurting because she was hurting.

My wolf whimpered loudly in my head, trying to get me to go comfort her. It was only instinct for him to want and need to comfort her, but he didn't understand that when she doesn't want to see me, I can't change her mind. So, I simply watched as she stared in the dark abyss of the river.

The moon shone down in all its glory, maybe even brighter than usual, as if celebrating the homecoming of one of its own.

to generation, that when the

never believed it, but could it be true with this Clarissa rogue? Did I misjudge her for the person I never thought she could be? Was the only reason why she was so persistent in pursuing

occur between pack members who could only become 'one' from the blood of an Alpha. The only possible bond that could initiate a mindlink is a mate bond. Otherwise, they shouldn't have

was a

worst part was, that's all I had been trying to do. It was never my intention to

my best to resolve the matter civilly. But instead of making it better, I led my mate, my cousin and a rogue that obviously meant something to her,

shame as I thought about how much worse this could've gone. The only thing that gave me joy was the fact that she was okay.

my cousin's voice soft and steady as he sat beside me. He only wore his pants like I did, since his shirt got lost somewhere in the crossfire, and I

my head between my chest and knees again.

I knew what he really wanted to know was

talk to me. I just think we should all get some sleep. It's well past two in the morning now" I knew I was tired as hell, but I couldn't dare bring myself to close my eyes knowing my sweet beautiful

and I thought he decided to just get some rest. Instead, he spoke again

were playing on the stairs that day?" I whipped my

continued. "We were all on that staircase, and we knew we shouldn't have been playing there... Yet, we did and-" I rubbed his shoulder

and was about to fall, Daniel caught him and switched their bodies so that he was the one who took the blow.

over the loss, hence why when Valero was old enough to take over the pack at eighteen, he didn't hesitate to

bringing the topic up. We hadn't talked about

you know?" He turned to look at me through the darkness of the night."When I shifted for the first time, it didn't feel right because he wasn't shifting with me. If it hadn't been for you, I don't think I could've