Chapter 66\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNolan, we need to talk. It\u2019s important.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felicity very rarely sounded serious. When she told me somthing was important, there was usually a whine in her voice that let me know she was being dramatic-but that was lacking now. I turned my full attention to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been putting a lot of thought into it and come to a very difficult decision,\u201d she said seriously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Something about her tone made my heart stutter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m leaving the pack.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stared at her, my mouth hanging open as I searched for the words to respond, but nothing came to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re leaving?\u201d I parroted back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly temporarily,\u201d she hastened to add. \u201cOh God, I made that sound so much worse than it is. I\u2019m going to temporarily move out of the pack lands.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would you do that?\u201d I demanded, standing from my desk and walking toward her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor you,\u201d she responded, as if it were obvious. \u201cThe rumors about us are getting out of control, and I know how badly you want to maintain your reputation right now. I understand how important it is. So I thought it would be best for me to leave, in light of the way people are talking.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are talking because of the way you\u2019ve been behaving\u2014and your little TV stunt\u2014\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know, I know,\u201d she interrupted. \u201cI made things so much worse, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s on me to fix it. So I\u2019m going to temporarily move out. That way, when everything plays out with Ellie and you go through the divorce, no one will be able to point at me and say that I\u2019m manipulating you or causing it. Then, when Ellie is gone, I can move back and we can start our new life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I reached for her instinctively, putting my hands on her waist, and Felicity stepped into my embrace. My heart was racing far more than I wanted to admit, and I knew she could feel it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This felt like a monumental blow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felicity had been by my side since we were kids. She\u2019d been with me through the worst parts of my life, and the idea of being away from her hit me hard, even if it was only temporary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felicity leaned against my chest, sighing softly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know this is going to be hard,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I\u2019ve put a lot of thought into this, and I think it\u2019s the best thing I can do to help. I know I caused a lot of damage with my behavior, and I feel terrible. But it\u2019s just so hard for me to control myself around Ellie. I get so angry and jealous that he\u2019s taking my place at your side.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you going?\u201d I asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be staying with the Pine Ridge pack,\u201d she answered softly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re staying with Kieran\u2019s pack?\u201d I said in disbelief. \u201cAre you insane? Of all the options you have, why would you choose Pine Ridge?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The growl in my voice was barely contained. The idea of that bastard being anywhere near Felicity filled me with\u00a0<\/p>\n
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rage. It was bad enough he wouldn\u2019t keep his hands off of le\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it\u2019s the closest, for one thing,\u201d she said with a slight huff, pulling back to look up at my face, \u201cBut mainly it\u2019s because my cousin lives there, and she\u2019s offered me a place to stay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t like it,\u201d I replied. \u201cI don\u2019t like the idea of you bein\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing to worry about, Nolan. Unlike Ellie, I\u2019m not sway fingertips across my jaw.\u00a0<\/p>\n
in his territory,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
by his false charms,\u201d Felicity replied, tracing her\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI hate this,\u201d I admitted reluctantly, \u201cbut I understand you logic, and I think you might be right. It will help protect you from the fallout of the divorce if there\u2019s some distance between us in the meantime. But are you sure that you\u2019ll be all right there?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hated to accept this arrangement, but I couldn\u2019t argue against it logically. Besides, Felicity was right. She had caused a lot of problems for me lately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fact that she recognized that and was proactive about trying to help showed a level of maturity that I wasn\u2019t used to seeing from her. Maybe she truly intended to take her role as Luna seriously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can endure anything if it means that we get to be together,\u201d Felicity answered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s noble of you to do this for me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us,\u201d she corrected. \u201cI\u2019m doing this for us-to secure or future together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Third Person POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy the hell are you wasting my time like this?\u201d Nolan growled, tightening his arm around Felicity\u2019s waist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two of them were walking through the courtyard, discussing the plans for Felicity\u2019s departure in a couple of days, when a Beta had come to interrupt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry. You asked us to keep an eye on Ellie and let you know if anything strange was happening,\u201d the Beta explained nervously. \u201cI thought that you would want to know that she and Cassian-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t give a damn about that. Not right now. Don\u2019t interrupt me again,\u201d Nolan said coldly, the look in his eyes sending a shiver through the Beta.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felicity smiled, satisfied, as the Beta hurried away, leaving Nolan and her alone once again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The shift in Nolan\u2019s mood after she made her announcement about leaving was exactly what she was hoping to see from him. He had been getting too close to Ellie, acting oo concerned about her. Felicity couldn\u2019t stand to see him so focused on her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It disgusted her. But now, knowing that Felicity was leaving in just a couple of days, he hadn\u2019t left her side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had all of his attention, which was exactly how she felt it always should have been. Nolan was hers-her love and her future mate. It was always meant to be that way since they were kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The only reason Ellie was even given a chance was because of the mate pull and the pressure Nolan was facing from the elders to follow tradition and produce a strong he. But Ellie couldn\u2019t give him that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Felicity\u2019s opinion, it just went to show that all of those ridiculous traditions and superstitions about the goddess choosing fated mates were just a bunch of hocus-ocus.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nolan and she found each other not because of some ridiculous pheromone reaction, but because they were right for each other. That\u2019s the way it should always be, which is exactly why she was going to get rid of Ellie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had already arranged it all. It was tricky, and she\u2019d had call in favors from some disreputable people, but it\u00a0<\/p>\n
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