Page 3 of Resisting Fate

Isaac and Penelope are kneeling over me with tears running down their faces.

I’m too tired and too weak to move. I just need to close my eyes for a second.

Nothing could have prepared me for what happened next.

Chapter One

Isaac

My mate hates me. I only have myself to blame for that. I hate myself too. I never meant the things I had said to her. I was just trying to survive. I have scars on my body from the times I had dared to go against my mother and father.

The mating pull is strong. I tried to break it and mate someone else, but the thought of touching someone who isn’t my mate makes me want to hurl.

To my shame, I tried with Ashley who used to be Penelope’s best friend. The second I kissed her, I felt nothing but disgust for her.

Hers weren’t the hands that were supposed to be touching me. Hers were not the lips meant to be kissing mine. My wolf knew it was all wrong.

I had to fight myself over and over again not to go to Hailey and beg for her to forgive me.

I’ve picked on her for as long as I can remember.

She was never someone that I was allowed to desire or want. Even if I did, everyone could tell she only had eyes for Max. That was one of the reasons she was always on my radar. I wanted her to look at me the way she always looked at him; like I hung the fucking moon.

I was never a good person though. There will never be a time where I will be good enough for her.

There are so many mistakes and regrets I have.

Rejecting my mate will always be one of them. Even if I was forced to.

It took my wolf to open my eyes. Now that my parents are dead, I feel like I can live and breathe for the first time in a long time.

Hailey is a gorgeous woman. She is also sweet and loyal. What more could you ask for in a mate?

I found myself watching her whenever I had the chance. My wolf wanted control so he could claim her himself if I wasn’t going to do it.

I never have lost control of my wolf like this badly before; we are constantly fighting. I feel like I’m being torn in two. He has wanted her from the very beginning and didn’t agree with me rejecting our mate.

My wolf saw what I was ignoring.

Now I must pay for my actions.

I see the whole pack with new eyes.

Nothing is the way it should be.

Our alpha had betrayed us, and we would have been slaughtered if it wasn’t for the Thompson family.

My parents sided with the old alpha and found themselves betrayed and killed. I can’t say I’m sorry to see them go. My hope is that all the ugly from the pack was wiped away so we can start fresh under Ryker’s leadership.

I think most of the pack stared in awe that night when we watched the Thompson family take down several wolves before anyone could blink.

After that, it became a no brainer that Ryker would take over the pack. Even if he was smaller than most of us (his whole family was), they knew how to fight better than the rest of us.

I knew I could trust him with my life when I saw him double shift.

Who knew you could do that?

Clearly, we underestimated them.

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