Betrayed by My Beta Mate

Chapter 92

26 Grief and Strength

Cayden POV

I can’t move. I can’t breathe. I feel like I’m not even in my body right now. Even before Lily and the doctor came out, I knew she was gone. Our bond as twins broke the minute she took her last breath. I don’t know how to live in a world without Clara. I had truly hoped that killing that ba**ard and driving that witch away would save her from what my father had said in my vision. I feel arms wrap around me but I can’t even respond. “Cayden”, my mother’s soft whisper breaks me even more. I may have lost Clara, but I had eighteen years with her. She has lost her twice and this time she is never coming back. I look into the eyes of this woman that gave us both life and I break even more when I see her pain. I step back and turn to face the doctor, who looks broken. I can’t bring myself to care about how she feels right now. My sister is dead. “Take me to her now” I demand. She looks past me. I’m sure seeking someone’s permission, which pisses me off. “She is my sister. Take me to her now.” She turns and I follow her down the hall. I can hear footsteps behind me and I know it’s my mother.

When we reach the door, the doctor steps aside and I place my hand against it. Once I walk inside, it’s real. I push the door open and when my eyes land on Clara’s body I just stare at her. The air in the room is still. There is no rise and fall to her chest. No warmth surrounding my beautiful sister. My mother walks past me and wraps my sister’s body in her arms. Her sobs break me and the tears that wouldn’t fall streak down my cheeks. I walk over and take her hand in mine. Her skin still feels warm. I bend laying a kiss on her forehead. “I’m so sorry Clara. I wish it was me lying here. You deserve to be happy with your mate and your pup.” “Cayden, don’t do that” my mother says through her sobs. “It’s the truth. She deserved to have time with her pup and Eli. Please bring her back and take them” I start to plead with the goddess as I fall to my knees. I’m again wrapped in my mother’s embrace. “Your sister would not want to hear you say that.” “My sister can’t hear anything because the f**king goddess took her from the people that loved her.”

“Cayden, I’m angry and broken, but we need to be strong for Clara, Faith, and Eli.” “I was strong and I couldn’t save my sister from the goddess’s fate.” I manage to get to my feet and my mother places her hands on my face. “Cayden please” she pleads, and I wrap her in a hug. I don’t want to cause her more pain, but I can’t stay here. I can’t pretend that everything is alright when it isn’t. “I have to go. I love you mom, but I have to go.” “Go where, what are you talking about? Faith is here and our pack is here.” “I can’t be here without Clara. Maybe someday it will be different, but right now it’s not.” I see fear and panic in her eyes, which I know makes me the biggest a**hole but I don’t know how to breathe here. She pulls me into a hug again and I hold my mother. I know I will see her again, but I need her to know that I love her. She pulls back and she pulls my head to place a kiss on my forehead. “Fine, but we need to bury your sister first before we leave.” What the hell is she talking about? “Mom” I start to say and she stops me. “I will not lose both my pups again. I am going with you and when it’s time we will return because this is our home.” I want to fight her but honestly, I need her as much as she needs me right now.

Lincoln POV

Eli’s scent. As soon as we reach the trees near the border, I’m broken. Eli is lying unconscious on the ground. I shift and rush to my pup. His breathing is shallow and his skin is cold to the touch. Losing our fated mates when we are bonded is enough to kill us. Faith cannot lose Eli now that she has lost her mother. Losing Clara feels like losing one of my own pups. I push my own grief away as I manage to lift my son with Talon’s help. I reach the hospital and the waiting room is empty. I can’t even think about where everyone has gone as I yell for the doctor and nurses to help my son. They rush over and I place him on the gurney. “Alpha, I will do everything I can but the fight to live is up to Eli and his wolf.” I know what she says is true. I lean down, “Eli, I know it would be easy to follow Clara, but your daughter needs you”, I say before they wheel him through the double doors. I feel myself give into the loss of our daughter and the block I’ve had between

her face. I know she is blaming herself for not being able to save Clara, but she can’t. This is no one’s fault. I pull Amelia

The doors open again and it’s the doctor this time. “Alpha and Luna, I can take you to Eli.” The doctor’s guilt is palpable. Before I can say anything, my beautiful mate approaches her. “This is not your fault. You did everything right. We don’t always understand the goddess’s plans, but you need to let your guilt go because you have no blame for what happened.” The doctor bursts into tears and Amelia holds her rubbing circles on her back. My mate is truly amazing. When the doctor pulls back, she smiles but it doesn’t reach her eyes. “Thank you, Luna. I will try to believe that.” She leads us to the room where our son is lying motionless in a bed surrounded by machines. The beeping that signifies his heart is beating gives me some comfort. Talon whimpers again seeing our pup broken and barely hanging on. Amelia walks over and slides in next to him like she did when he was just a pup. She is whispering in his ear about Faith and my heart squeezes in my chest. I grab a chair and sit down on

Silas POV

agony, but I gladly suffered it because Amelia deserved a mate that loved her. A mate that put her above his own wants. I may not remember our bond, but I know I did it because I loved her enough to let her be happy with a human that deserved her. That pain was nothing compared to the feeling of my bond with Clara and Cora breaking. I don’t want to go on. My chance at happiness with my mate is over and now I pray for death to take me from this pain. I remember the darkness consuming us as we ran through the trees, but I have no idea where I am now.

them. “Yes you do, but you can choose to throw that future away and deny the gift the goddess gives you because you’re hurting. We don’t want that for the two of you. I can promise you that Clara and I want you both to be happy. We want you to go back and love our babygirl with all your heart and when the time comes, we want you to open your

with our daughter and the love that you give her every day. I know that you and Eli are going to feel confused, angry, and hurt, but you need to accept the gift the goddess gives you. It was always meant to be this way and you will never know how happy you two have made us. Now it’s time to go back and wake up.” Everything in me wants to stay with Cora

Two Days Later