Mate by Fate, Bound by Love

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Ethan’s POV

The informant was taken to one of the maids. A hot bath was prepared for her, after which she ate. While she was eating, she ate like someone who hadn’t eaten for days.

“Are you okay with the food?” my sister asked when she seemed to be done.

“Yes, ma’am, I am done. I really appreciate it. Thank you, Your Highnesses,” the omega wolf said.

“You’re welcome. Do tell me about yourself first before we begin to talk about the main reason why you’re here,” Sophia said.

I looked at her with a disapproving look. For Christ’s sake, she was supposed to tell us about Lena and not herself! What was my sister doing? I felt a little bit angry, but what could I do? It was my precious sister, so I decided to just draw out a seat and watch how Sophia handles the matter.

“Do you have a family?” Sophia asked.

“My parents died in a ghastly motor accident. Their bodies were crushed to pieces,” she said.

“Oh, I’m sorry about that,” Sophia said.

“It’s fine, ma’am. It was a long time ago.”

“So how have you been living your life? Do you have siblings, uncles, or aunts?” Sophia asked.

“Yes, I do have siblings,” she said.

“Are they like you?”

It took a while before she finally answered. It was like she was trying to think if they were like her.

“No, they aren’t. My siblings are Beta wolves. My uncle and his wife are Beta wolves too. I am the only one that’s an omega.”

“Was any of your parents an omega?” I asked.

“No, my lord, none was… I was the only one who was an omega. This made people treat me like trash, including my late parents before they died. They would say they don’t know where I inherited that from, and that I can’t be their child…” She paused for a moment. I could see tears fill her eyes, but they weren’t dropping.

“Still, I loved my parents and siblings so much, but none of them loved me. They all hated me because of my eye color. One day, I was running from being beaten by my father when I stumbled upon Lena.”

My eyes opened widely, my ears stood erect at the mention of Lena’s name. Sophia glanced at me, then looked back at the omega.

“You don’t have to rush into telling us about Lena right now. I would still want to know more about you,” Sophia said.

I felt like beating Sophia up for that statement she just made, but she was my sister and she’s ill. Plus, I couldn’t even win her in a fight if we fought. Probably now that she’s sick, I might be able to win her, but if she were to be her full self, I could never win her.

“It’s okay, my lady. I came because I had information on her, and I had the best warm bath and food of my life. The least I could do is not to bother you about my life and share my information about Lena,” she said.

I was happy she said this because I was already growing impatient waiting for her to finally tell us about what she knows about Lena.

“The day I stumbled upon Lena, we were both running from opposite directions when we collided into each other, and immediately our eye color changed. We knew we were the same. Without saying anything, we ran as fast as we could until we got to a place we knew no one would know we were there.”

“We were both silent for a while, then we burst into laughter. After a while, it was there we began to talk about what we’d been going through in the hands of so-called family members.”

“What happened after that?” I said. I was growing impatient.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“We made that place our meeting point where we would always meet up to cheer each other up, laugh about things. She told me about her mate bond with you. She also felt it that day in the forest where you first felt a connection, but she wasn’t sure about it. She wasn’t going to come for the mate ball, but I convinced her to come since she already felt a connection…”

Sophia looked me in the eye and looked back at the omega. I was surprised to hear that Lena also felt the connection on that day too.

“Mate bonds don’t lie, that was what I told her which changed her mind. She had to go even when her folks didn’t want her to be there. After you rejected her, the pain from breaking the mate bond was so overwhelming for her. She ran out of the house one night to a bar to drink and cool off. There she met a strange man, and one thing led to another-she had a one-night stand with this stranger. She got pregnant. Her folks found out and threatened to kill her and the baby.”

“She wanted to keep the child, but they didn’t want her to. She had to run as her folks were pursuing her, trying to catch her. That was the last time I heard from her until…”

“Until when?” I shouted impatiently.

“She started sending me letters a few months back, telling me about her progress, how she’s in a neighboring pack, and how she got to meet the man she had a one-night stand with. It turns out that he was the alpha of a pack too. She also told me about the second chance mate, and it was the same stranger she met that night.”

I was very angry hearing this from her mouth. ‘Lena got a second chance mate?’ It’s rare for one to get a second chance mate.

“She stopped sending letters for two months now. The reason I came is because I am worried something might be wrong with her.”

“Why do you say that?” Sophia asked.

“Where are the letters?” I asked.

“I brought them with me as proof,” she said.

She placed her hand in the pocket of the tattered dress she came with and brought out the letters. I was surprised to see the letters were still so neat. She must have really cherished Lena so much to keep the letters so neat like this despite the fact she’s having a tough life.

I collected the letters. I wasn’t sure if I could believe them; they could probably be fake.

“These could be fake,” I said.

“Faked by who? Me?” She said, her voice showing a little bit of anger.

“You don’t even know her handwriting. You didn’t even try to know her before severing the mate bond,” she said in a way that shows how disgusted she was by my behavior.

“She really hoped you were her saving grace”

She brought out a letter, handed it over to me, and said, “This is the reason why I am bothered, and the reason why I came.” She stood up, took a bow, and left.

What could be in this letter?