Her Alpha Mates - Chapter 108: Chapter 108
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MATEO
"I hope it's nothing worrying. I'd hate it if she had to go back to the hospital. Wait- what if she's traumatised by the explosion itself? I don't think I'd take it well if I got caught in an explosion and lost an arm only to see another explosion and- Myra, you're awake!"
I'd been staring at the screen, listening to Hunter talk, but I straightened up in my seat, and my head snapped towards the door. Myra was standing at the door, wide-eyed.
She looked pale and sick, and it worried me instantly. I wondered how much she had heard of our conversation. I tuned into the bond to find out what she was feeling, but all I got was exhaustion from her.
"I can't sleep," she croaked, walking into the office, sounding and looking tired. She was about to sit beside me, but I pulled her into my lap instead. She sighed deeply in my embrace while Hunter leaned in to kiss her.
"What's it, baby girl?" I asked, nudging my mark on her neck. It made her mark on my neck tingle with pleasure. I wrapped my arms tighter around her while she kissed Hunter back. I couldn't help but hum gently with satisfaction. We were finally together. It was the best feeling... yet she wasn't feeling better. A lot of things remained unresolved between us.
"I'm tired, but I cannot sleep," She sighed deeply.
"I'll cuddle with you. Come with me," Hunter suggested, but she shook her head and rested it back against her shoulder, glancing at the screens briefly. I exchanged a look with my brother, still wondering if she'd heard us talk.
"I heard you two talking," she said as if reading our minds. She could feel it through the bond, so it was almost the same. "I don't regret blowing up my servers," she said after a tense pause. Hunter and I exchanged another look.
I tuned into the bond to know what she was feeling, and I was hit with many intense emotions at once. It made me shut down to process everything. I could tell that Hunter felt the same thing.
"Why?" I asked.
"I had a choice to make. I made one," She said darkly.
"So it was your sister who-"
"No," she shut down quickly. "It doesn't have to do anything with her,"
"You remember what happened that day," Hunter said, and I felt her grow tense in my lap.
"Maybe," she whispered.
"That wasn't a question," I said. "You remember what happened that day, and you keep getting nightmares because of it." She tensed up more at my words, and it made me feel bad to bring this up for a moment, but if we were already talking about it, then be it. I wanted to deal with it instead of skirting around and seeing her suffer.
"Tell us the truth, Myra," Hunter demanded. "Why can't we remember anything? What happened that day? Who made you blow up your servers?" He continued pressing until she scoffed and left my lap. My wolf groaned at losing her touch, but I focused on her. She looked so tense as if she was going to explode. It worried me. Whatever I felt through the bond wasn't helping me feel better for her.
I expected Myra to leave, but she stood by the window instead, looking at the melting snow.
"I blew up the servers myself. It was a choice I made, and I'll never regret it. I'll do it again if I have to," she said, her voice sounding like she was in distant thoughts.
"What about the other stuff?" Hunter asked. "What happened that day, Myra? Tell us. It's been bothering us too,"
She stood by the window with her back to us for a long time, not saying a word. I tuned into the bond again despite the tornado of emotions brewing in her. It was a lot still, but I got a glimpse or two of a few memories through it.
It further solidified my previous memory of a woman laughing and Myra screaming, followed by a gunshot. The blurry face cleared a bit, and I realised that the face was Arika's. But the more I tried to read Myra's emotions, the more it unsettled me. It was a visceral chaos that threatened to swallow me, and above all, I could feel Myra trying to push us out of her feelings. She was closing up quickly.
It frustrated me, but I wasn't going to push her. It seemed like she was overwhelmed by her emotions and was trying to make sense of them. It'd be counterintuitive to force her to share them if she was struggling to deal with them in the first place.
"It's alright, baby girl. Take your time, but you'll have to tell us one day. It's hard for us to see you suffer and not be able to help you in any way," I told her, leaving my seat to stand beside the window. The fresh spring breeze strung the air, making everything feel like new. It reminded me of our new bond and the future ahead of us.
"Things happened," she said after the longest time. "I made a promise to someone some time ago, and I could not fulfil it. I almost got punished for it, and... I had to negotiate and make some decisions,"
"Promise to who? Negotiate with who?" I asked cautiously. Hunter leaned on the other side of the window, listening intently.
"Arika?" He suggested.
"Not her. She didn't have anything to do with it. I still hate her, but she's not going to bother us for a while now," Myra shrugged, looking ahead and blinking tears. I edged closer to her and draped my arm over her shoulder. Hunter stepped closer, holding her cybernetic hand.
"Did you kill her?" Hunter asked.
"No, she's alive somewhere, but she won't bother us, I promise. The servers are gone, so we don't have to worry about someone stealing them again and using the information to start some shit. It's all gone now. I want to leave it behind me. It's not worth it anymore. I've got too much to lose now," She said.
Her words meant only one thing- someone else besides Arika was involved in this, and Myra destroyed the servers because of them. I wondered who it could be.
"Why don't we remember anything?" Hunter asked.
"Part of the negotiations, I guess," She shrugged. I exchanged a look with my brother and saw that he was thinking the same thing.
"Was it a witch?" I asked out loud. "As far as I know, they're the only ones capable of altering memory,"
"No, not witches," Myra said. "You don't have to know. It's best you two don't remember anything,"
"But why?" Hunter asked. "Why must we live in the dark and see you suffer?"
"Part of the punishment for breaking the promise," She sniffed.
"What promise?" I couldn't help but ask. A lot of questions were bubbling in my head.
Myra sighed deeply, wiping a tear. "I'll tell you someday, but I can't right now. It's just..." She trailed off for a moment and started crying harder. "I'm such a terrible mate!"
"I hope it's nothing worrying. I'd hate it if she had to go back to the hospital. Wait- what if she's traumatised by the explosion itself? I don't think I'd take it well if I got caught in an explosion and lost an arm only to see another explosion and- Myra, you're awake!"
I'd been staring at the screen, listening to Hunter talk, but I straightened up in my seat, and my head snapped towards the door. Myra was standing at the door, wide-eyed.
She looked pale and sick, and it worried me instantly. I wondered how much she had heard of our conversation. I tuned into the bond to find out what she was feeling, but all I got was exhaustion from her.
"I can't sleep," she croaked, walking into the office, sounding and looking tired. She was about to sit beside me, but I pulled her into my lap instead. She sighed deeply in my embrace while Hunter leaned in to kiss her.
"What's it, baby girl?" I asked, nudging my mark on her neck. It made her mark on my neck tingle with pleasure. I wrapped my arms tighter around her while she kissed Hunter back. I couldn't help but hum gently with satisfaction. We were finally together. It was the best feeling... yet she wasn't feeling better. A lot of things remained unresolved between us.
"I'm tired, but I cannot sleep," She sighed deeply.
"I'll cuddle with you. Come with me," Hunter suggested, but she shook her head and rested it back against her shoulder, glancing at the screens briefly. I exchanged a look with my brother, still wondering if she'd heard us talk.
"I heard you two talking," she said as if reading our minds. She could feel it through the bond, so it was almost the same. "I don't regret blowing up my servers," she said after a tense pause. Hunter and I exchanged another look.
I tuned into the bond to know what she was feeling, and I was hit with many intense emotions at once. It made me shut down to process everything. I could tell that Hunter felt the same thing.
"Why?" I asked.
"I had a choice to make. I made one," She said darkly.
"So it was your sister who-"
"No," she shut down quickly. "It doesn't have to do anything with her,"
"You remember what happened that day," Hunter said, and I felt her grow tense in my lap.
"Maybe," she whispered.
"That wasn't a question," I said. "You remember what happened that day, and you keep getting nightmares because of it." She tensed up more at my words, and it made me feel bad to bring this up for a moment, but if we were already talking about it, then be it. I wanted to deal with it instead of skirting around and seeing her suffer.
"Tell us the truth, Myra," Hunter demanded. "Why can't we remember anything? What happened that day? Who made you blow up your servers?" He continued pressing until she scoffed and left my lap. My wolf groaned at losing her touch, but I focused on her. She looked so tense as if she was going to explode. It worried me. Whatever I felt through the bond wasn't helping me feel better for her.
I expected Myra to leave, but she stood by the window instead, looking at the melting snow.
"I blew up the servers myself. It was a choice I made, and I'll never regret it. I'll do it again if I have to," she said, her voice sounding like she was in distant thoughts.
"What about the other stuff?" Hunter asked. "What happened that day, Myra? Tell us. It's been bothering us too,"
She stood by the window with her back to us for a long time, not saying a word. I tuned into the bond again despite the tornado of emotions brewing in her. It was a lot still, but I got a glimpse or two of a few memories through it.
It further solidified my previous memory of a woman laughing and Myra screaming, followed by a gunshot. The blurry face cleared a bit, and I realised that the face was Arika's. But the more I tried to read Myra's emotions, the more it unsettled me. It was a visceral chaos that threatened to swallow me, and above all, I could feel Myra trying to push us out of her feelings. She was closing up quickly.
It frustrated me, but I wasn't going to push her. It seemed like she was overwhelmed by her emotions and was trying to make sense of them. It'd be counterintuitive to force her to share them if she was struggling to deal with them in the first place.
"It's alright, baby girl. Take your time, but you'll have to tell us one day. It's hard for us to see you suffer and not be able to help you in any way," I told her, leaving my seat to stand beside the window. The fresh spring breeze strung the air, making everything feel like new. It reminded me of our new bond and the future ahead of us.
"Things happened," she said after the longest time. "I made a promise to someone some time ago, and I could not fulfil it. I almost got punished for it, and... I had to negotiate and make some decisions,"
"Promise to who? Negotiate with who?" I asked cautiously. Hunter leaned on the other side of the window, listening intently.
"Arika?" He suggested.
"Not her. She didn't have anything to do with it. I still hate her, but she's not going to bother us for a while now," Myra shrugged, looking ahead and blinking tears. I edged closer to her and draped my arm over her shoulder. Hunter stepped closer, holding her cybernetic hand.
"Did you kill her?" Hunter asked.
"No, she's alive somewhere, but she won't bother us, I promise. The servers are gone, so we don't have to worry about someone stealing them again and using the information to start some shit. It's all gone now. I want to leave it behind me. It's not worth it anymore. I've got too much to lose now," She said.
Her words meant only one thing- someone else besides Arika was involved in this, and Myra destroyed the servers because of them. I wondered who it could be.
"Why don't we remember anything?" Hunter asked.
"Part of the negotiations, I guess," She shrugged. I exchanged a look with my brother and saw that he was thinking the same thing.
"Was it a witch?" I asked out loud. "As far as I know, they're the only ones capable of altering memory,"
"No, not witches," Myra said. "You don't have to know. It's best you two don't remember anything,"
"But why?" Hunter asked. "Why must we live in the dark and see you suffer?"
"Part of the punishment for breaking the promise," She sniffed.
"What promise?" I couldn't help but ask. A lot of questions were bubbling in my head.
Myra sighed deeply, wiping a tear. "I'll tell you someday, but I can't right now. It's just..." She trailed off for a moment and started crying harder. "I'm such a terrible mate!"
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