Page 29 of Resisting Fate

Isaac

“I can’t believe you fucked this up,” I snap out loud to my wolf.

Mate, claim, ours.

My skin keeps shifting back and forth, and I feel like my body is being ripped in two.

I touch my neck, but I already know there isn’t anything there. I feel my wolf realising it too. Hailey never claimed me back.

My wolf retreats, and my mind feels silent for the first time in a very long time.

I try shifting but nothing comes, which brings me to worry that I fucked more things up than just my relationship.

There is no going back from this, is there? This is one thing a wolf can’t go through. Rejection is one thing, but half a claim is something else entirely.

I’ve only heard about this in stories. It’s very rare, so no one really knows if the stories are really true.

I stare out my window and see the forbidden forest in the distance. The forcefield, which is only visible to shifters, gleams.

It looks more inviting than it ever has.

Maybe I would be better off there.

There is no way I could right all my wrongs.

I fucked things up with my mate. She doesn’t want me.

Heck, most of my pack doesn’t even like me.

I feel a calling inside of me that makes me want to move closer to the forest.

I shake my head to push the thoughts away.

“What the fuck is happening to me?” I whisper to myself.

I head downstairs to work out so that I can physically release some frustrations and try not to think about my missing wolf.

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Hours later, I’m lying on the mat in my basement, full of sweat and panting, when I hear voices.

I can’t make out what they are saying.

They will make their way down here eventually. I close my eyes and let out a sigh as I wait for them.

“Something is off,” Ryker’s voice rings out. I open my eyes and lift my head to look at him.

“What do you mean?” I ask, and look over at Calvin, Jet, and Max who are all standing around me, and staring at me with worried eyes.

“What’s wrong with your wolf? I can barely feel him.” Ryker asks, looking alarmed.

“What isn’t wrong with my wolf is the shorter answer,” I mutter.

“Have you always had problems with your wolf?” Calvin asks.

I nod my head. “Yeah, my whole life. I don’t think we ever had a normal shifter connection between us. It’s always felt like two opposing beings in one body. Both of us were always fighting against each other for control.”

“Why is he barely there now?” Jet asks while taking a set on the ground beside me.

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