Three Fated Hearts by LNC novel Chapter 86

~Kimberly~

I can’t believe that Paul would just walk out on me like that, walk out on us. After everything we’ve been through, after everything I’ve done for him and this pack. It can’t all be reduced to ‘I’m disgusting’; there has to be more.

Before I can leave his office and go after him, Landon walks in and closes the door. He looks at me but says nothing. Landon walks over to the bar and pours himself a drink. He sits in the armchair next to the bar and leans forward, elbows on his knees, drink in hand. I lean against the desk, waiting for him to speak. I’m not sure how this will go, but I’m here for it.

“You could have just rejected him, mom.” I say nothing but watch Landon take a sip from his glass. “You could have rejected him, and this wouldn’t have happened.” Landon looks up at me. “Why didn’t you reject him?” I sigh and walk over to the chair on the other side of the bar. I slump in it and lay my head back.

“You have your fated mate now. You know how it feels to even think of rejecting them. Imagine trying to actually do it, trying to get the words out of your mouth.” Landon scoffs.

“So why not just be with him then? Why dad?” I sit up straight and look at Landon.

“How could you ask me that? If I hadn’t been with your father, you and your brother wouldn’t be here. If I had accepted Stuart, you wouldn’t have your mate.” I stand up and kneel in front of Landon. “If I hadn’t made the choices I did, where would we all be now?”

“If you hadn’t made the choices you did, dad wouldn’t be hurting so much right now, and my mom wouldn’t be a whore.” I slap Landon so hard that his drink flies out his hand and crashes to the floor away from us. Glass and amber liquid splash everywhere. I stand up and face Landon with a fury I’ve never felt before.

“How dare you talk to me like that, call me that! I’m your mother, and you will show me some damn respect. One day you will regret saying that to me, and you better hope that I’m in a place to forgive you.” Landon stands up, and I have a take a few steps back. He towers over me, but he has since he was in high school.

“I will never regret telling you the truth. I keep thinking about the way you treated Tia and everything you tried to do to break us apart. All the while, you have been lying to everyone, and your fated mate was right under your nose. You are not who I thought you were. You’re definitely not someone that should be called ‘mom!’ I stumble back, shock coursing through my body. I can’t believe my own child would say these things to me, and he seems to mean them. This has to be him just at the moment and nothing thinking about the consequences of his words.

Landon gives me a long, hard look, then makes his way to the office door. He slams it on his way out, and I collapse. The tears start to pour down my face, and my body starts to shake. All of this wasn’t something I ever thought would come out. I didn’t plan it to, and I didn’t want it to. I still don’t even know what’s going on with my Lincoln. I smell him and look at the door, seeing a shadow at the bottom. A part of my body, and Angie, are begging him to walk through that door and scoop us up. We are craving him and his touch. The shadow leaves, and the other part of me sighs in relief. I can’t lean on the man I ruined everything with.

~Adela~

My sister has completely lost it. I swear I don’t know when or how, but she is totally crazy. I want to know more about that watch and dad, but the idea that a watch will have someone forget the mate bond; that’s nuts. Lincoln did look healthy, and he didn’t look hurt. There was only one thing I could do, but only one plan I could get behind, and I left to do just that.

I move through the forest as fast and as quietly as I can. I know it’s dark, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t people out there looking and waiting. I keep stopping to make sure that I’m keeping safe. I’m exhausted, though. Traveling like this takes a lot out of you. I just need a little rest; then, I can continue. I only have a limited amount of time to pull this off.