The Alpha's Goddess

Chapter 8

It's been another week since I came home and still haven't spoken to Sam. I've been putting more distance between him and Hercules.
I hated doing that to my cousin and partner in crime but since Sam was comfortable around him I just let it go.

It was around 2:30am and I was laying in bed watching tv. I couldn't sleep because of the pain in my chest. All I could do is lay there and let the tears fall suffering through the pain.

I hear my bedroom door open and felt my bed dip down. I knew it was Herc.
"I'm so sorry baby cousin." He says holding me tight. I just let the tears keep falling.

"I'd rather him just reject me then keep me waiting around" I say sadly. Hercules pulls me in closer.

Eventually I fall asleep from pure exhaustion and pain. When I woke up I didn't even care what I looked like. I brushed my hair out just to throw it back up in a bun, I put on sweatpants and a large hoodie and made my way down the the kitchen. Herc and Sam were sitting at the counter island and looked up at me when I walked in.

I didn't acknowledge them. I just grab some coffee and made some toast and went back to my room. About two hours later I pull myself together and and decide to take Atlas for a ride. I walk down stairs and see the guys on the couch.

"I'm leaving with Atlas and don't know when I'll be back." I tell Hercules.

Next thing I know I have Atlas spread his wings and take off into the air. We ended up in one of my favorite secluded places in a forest miles from home.

I didn't get home that night until midnight. I didn't care though. The pain was too much so I had to keep putting distance between everything. When I got home I saw Hercules sitting in the sitting room waiting for me to get back.

"Hey." I said quietly. He jerked his head around and ran over to me giving me a hug.

"Where have you been" Herc asked me.

"I went to one of my favorite forests. I just needed to be distant okay. I'm sorry." I say looking down.

"It's fine let's get you to bed." He picks me up and carries me to my room.

I jump in the shower and once I finish I get in bed laying next to Hercules. I'm so thankful for my cousin at this moment.

I wake up the next morning and the pain was still there but by now it was starting to piss me off. I skip breakfast and walk passed the guys.

"Where are you going?" Herc asked.

I'm not in the mood so I only respond with one word. "Out"
I walk over to the stable and check on Atlas and Pegasus. I let them lose out in the meadow when I suddenly feel a presence behind me.

Ariel keeps leaving. I'm worried every time she leaves. But will only respond to Hercules. I walk outside and see her near the stables so I go over to her and try to see if I can fix things between us.

"What do you want?" She asks flatly.

"To talk I guess." I say.

"Oh now you want to talk to me?" She says. I have no response because I knew this was my fault.

"Listen, I know this is a lot for you but if you don't want this soulmate/imprint bond then reject me." She says again but with a little bit of anger.

I start to get upset. I don't want to reject her yet I don't blame her for what I've done to her. "You think I'm going to reject you?" I ask.

"Well you've made it perfectly Damn clear you don't want to be around me. It's been a month since you've phased and all you've done is push away from me but get close to my cousin. I get it okay. Just reject me so I can move on from this pain." She says sadly.

"I didn't realize you were hurting that bad. I mean I feel the pain too I just didn't know it was worse for you." I tell her.

"Of course you didn't! You didn't fucking ask me about it. You just kept pushing me away watching me slowly slip into more pain. I'm fucking sick of this Sam. Make up your damn mind. You either want me or you don't. So stop being a fucking di.." before she could finish yelling at me I phased in anger and suddenly hear a scream.

I look down to see Ariel laying on the ground with claw marks from her neck down her chest and side. I start to whimper not knowing what to do. I just slowly back away and lay down whimpering.

I see Hercules run outside and see Ariel. He yells for Poseidon and he suddenly appears out of nowhere and see his daughter.
"What happened?" Poseidon spoke demanding.

"I don't know uncle I was inside." Hercules says. He turns to look at me but my eyes are glued to Ariel.

"Take her to the couch I'll be in soon to look at her. Go ahead and start cleaning the wound up and wrap it. Use some herbs to help with healing." Poseidon says then looks at me. "Go phase back" is all he says. I get up and hang my head walking to go change back.

My heart is broken. I pushed her away and then hurt her even more. When I phased backed and had tears running down my face.
"You gonna tell me what happened to my daughter."

"It's all my fault I'm so sorry. When I first phased this was all so much to handle. And I pushed myself away. I ignored the pain in my chest and kept pushing away for a month. Today I wanted to talk with her and she seems more pissed today then sad and in pain. While we were talking she told me to reject her because she couldn't handle the pain anymore and kept yelling. I felt my wolf getting angry and when she was about to call me a dick I was too close and phased hitting her with my claws and before I realized what happened it was too late." I said with more tears coming down.

"Are you going to reject her or get your head out of your ass and see that this imprint/soulmate bond is a wonderful thing to have someone completely devoted to you. I can't keep seeing my daughter hurting. Not only is she emotionally hurting and had some physical pain but now she will be physically hurting even more now." He says.

"I know. But I'm scared I'm going to hurt her again." I say.

"Then this is where you learn from your mistakes. Work on your anger to prevent this from happening again. I just need you to make up your mind on if you accept my daughter or not. But before you make a decision just know having a soulmate is the best thing in the world. They are always in your corner cheering you on. They comfort you when you need it and support you always." He says and walks away.

I can't hurt her again. Maybe it's better for me if it just stay away...right?