Did You Have To Be My Mate?

Chapter 10

Dedicated to GStories again because she's been helping me a lot with this story and she's an amazing best friend. I used Google translator for the Spanish bits, so sorry if it isn't accurate...... Love the song!

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An uncomfortable silence settled in the living room and I started feeling claustrophobic, Jay must have felt my discomfort because he started to rub soothing circles in the back of my hand. My mum’s eyes flickered to the movement and I saw something in her eyes snap.

“Carmen may I speak to you in private please. Excuse me Alpha.” Her voice sounded strained as she entered the kitchen, I looked at Jay and whispered,
“I’m scared.” And I honestly didn’t know how my mum would react to this news; I was supposed to be the child that didn’t want anything to do with the pack. Jay wrapped his arms around me and whispered back,

“You’ll be fine; I’ll be right here and if you get too uncomfortable just call me.” I couldn’t help but give him a kiss; I don’t know how I didn’t see that Jay was good all along. I slowly walked to the kitchen. She was turned away from me which made me more nervous because I couldn’t see her face, after a few agonizing minutes of silence passed before I broke it,

“Mom?” I touched her shoulder lightly,

“Don’t. Touch. Me!” I retracted my hand immediately and took a step back, she turned around and what I saw nearly broke my heart. Hurt, anger, betrayal and a dozen other emotions swirled through her eyes.

“How could you do this to me after everything they did to your dad? Then you decide to mate with one of them!” she spat out the word them venomously, I wanted to say that technically I hadn’t mated with him fully but that wouldn’t help the situation.

“I’m sorry.” My voice cracked, I’d never seen my mum like this, and I’d never thought that she had it in her. But what shocked me more was the slap. I looked up at her through watery eyes and I didn’t see a hint of regret in them, Jay came bounding in almost instantly,

“Don’t touch her!” my mom flinched and spoke back through gritted teeth,

“Pack your bags Carmen and don’t come back.” The tears just came out faster and low, strangled sobs came out of my mouth,

“I’m sorry mom, please!” I don’t think I’d be able to Iive without my mum in my life,

“Salir de mi vista me digusto!” (“Get out of my sight you disgust me!”) I walked away sobbing from my mom and into my bedroom to get my things, I tried to see past the blur of the tears but I couldn’t focus on anything but those words she had said to me were beyond painful, if I didn’t have my mum who did I have? I was trying to keep it all together as I tried to pack but I wasn’t being very productive. I felt Jay guiding me away from my closet and towards the bed,

“I need to pack.” I tried to dodge his arms but he was too quick,

“Carmen you’re upset let me do it for you.” I thrashed harder against his arms trying to get free,