Tasting All My Mates

346-Done With Her

My hands were holding onto this photo frame of Enya’s family. It was her, her father, and her mother. I heard Enya talk to Maynard and Christina, probably remembering some mem ory, but I couldn’t get my eyes off of her mother’s face.

She seemed too familiar.

‘Laz! What is going on?’ I thought maybe I should ask my wolf.

‘I don’t know. I just feel very weird. It is as if a memory in side you is causing this pain. It is so strong that even I am feeling it.’ Laz answered. I understood it wasn’t him, but something in me felt weird.

‘It just feels weird. As if something— or maybe a memory is trying to wake up,’ Laz explained. I kept staring and staring until I realized where I had seen her.

‘Laz!’ my throat felt dry when making a word. ‘I remember her. She is— she is the one who used to send those cursed potions to my dad to feed me. I remember they used to be so painful. She was so reckless and didn’t even care how her po tions were hurting a little child,’ I yammered everything to Laz while he listened to me silently.

That memory of my childhood is the reason I’d been in pain for so long. After she died, the potions stopped, and I could finally function like a normal Alpha. Maybe not a regu lar, normal alpha, because how do I tell if I even got better or just hid the pain inside and pretended to be fine?

‘She was our mate’s mother?’ Laz seemed shocked, too.

Enya’s mother. I don’t know what to think anymore.’ I looked at Enya and

at me.

face was like watch ing her mother. I remember she once came over to our man sion and told my father to

out of the house. I just couldn’t stand there and look at her face. It was like a switch had been turned on in

very good,’ Laz said. ‘I just feel so lonely,’ he added as I rushed

them to find me for a few

even know anything. I kept protecting her daughter like a fool when she had not spared a single mo ment to make me suffer. How the hell did the Moon Goddess even pair us? Did she seriously think I was the right person to take care of Enya and protect her? Why the heck would I pro tect her?’

many powerful alpha mates. Why is there so much concern for that woman’s daughter? Why did she care about Enya?’ Laz complained, and I realized we were on the same page. None of us felt like Enya didn’t deserve whatever messed up shit happened to her because of

know. Or —unless— even the mate bond was cre ated by her mother,’ I was shocked at my own

But it was so creepy to even think about

a mate bond for her. That makes sense, and we idiots. started doing just that. Imagine when Thiago finds out about this. He let the Lycan take over for Enya when she deserved nothing at all.’ I was so

out to be such a

high ground as if she is a queen or something. All because she has more powers than the rest of us,’ I grunted

a pow erful hybrid. I am an alpha, and I cannot command a single. thing from her.