Chapter 55. Leave

Valerie

It was like a shotgun had sprung up in the air, leaving me dumbfounded. The words cut deep, and I felt my heart shatter further.

‘Leave?’

The words circled in my head like a broken record. I didn't want to believe it, but I couldn't, not when it was said so clearly in the quiet.

He was telling me to leave.

I felt my chest crumble, caving into a hollow cavern that I couldn't hold on to.

“You can forget about our mate bond.” He said, “Reject it again if you want to. Don't feel obligated to stay here. You're already completely healed anyways. If you want to leave the pack, then maybe you should. I won't stop you. It was never my intention to hold you back.”

His last words hit me. Hold me back? If I