Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred And Fins Five

Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Five

425 BOHUS

The bond was gone, leaving a void in my chest. But what I felt for him didn't change. Despite the fact that we were no longer mates, I still loved him. I was right-what we had was beyond the mate bond.

I had given up far too quickly, I realized. I wasn't willing to let him go just yet.

The crowd was gone by the time I returned to the healing room. I stood by the door of the room where Alexander had been kept, contemplating what to say. I could apologize again, but something told me it wouldn't be enough. He believed I could 'move on,' but he needed to see that I never would that I could never love another. My heart belonged to him, mate bond or not. Nothing had changed. And maybe, if he saw that, he would change his mind.

Taking a deep breath, I knocked on the door. No response. I lifted my hand to try again when the door creaked

open.

I pushed it fully open-only to find the bed empty.

was still strong, enough to tell me he hadn't been gone for

the Alpha?"

clouded her

mean by 'gone'? He was

the same, but he wouldn't listen. He's gone, Luna, and... I don't think he's

finished speaking. He hadn't been gone for long-l could catch up.

scent had

word slipped from my

going to give up; I couldn't.

him or picked up another trail. With

softly, but within minutes, rain poured down in sheets. If there was any trail, I wouldn't be able to find it now. Still I couldn't go back; I had to find him He couldn't have left me. Maybe he was just angry... maybe he would return in a few days. But even as the thought crossed my mind, I knew I was only clinging to

the log in my path and tripped, falling into a puddle of thick mud and

was gone; he was really gone, and I might never be able to find him. He left no letter, nor did he bother with a goodbye. Maybe he knew

1. go.

but I couldn't place the voice-everything sounded

gasped. "We heard you ran off, but no one knew where you were. I was worried