Chapter 21 ~ Shattered Beyond Recognition (Liams POV)
The further I ran the more I hurt, the pull towards my love, Alex, was pulling me backwards towards her. But I couldn’t go back. I heard her cry out to me and it crushed me. Tore at my insides that I couldn’t be what my imprint wanted. Actually I had no clue what she really wanted. She had made her choice; she married him, not me.
Now I couldn’t just stand there and watch them be together and act all happy about it. No, I left, ran for my life is more like it. I had no idea where to go, but that didn’t stop me. I just kept running…
I ran all the way to Texas…I had no clue why I stopped there, I just knew I couldn’t run anymore. It took a week and it felt more like home then back in La Push. I had a job, was going to night classes to be an electrician and had a great apartment. But of course she was still in my head and my heart.
I was only phasing once a week and if I could help it I wasn’t even phasing then. I couldn’t stand hearing my brothers or Seth begging me to come home. The worst one was my sister begging me. Yeah that’s right my sister, Tallia, was a wolf too, the second female wolf in history.
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t a wolf but you can’t change things…that’s life right?
About a year had gone by since that day and I was doing great. I had only a year left of school everything was going great. I was even thinking of her less often. Who was I kidding it was about the same. I missed her…every detail, her eyes, her nose, that smile of hers, I missed it all.
I was on my lunch break when Kevin, my boss, yelled that I had a visitor. I had no idea who it was, not many people knew I was here and I hadn’t made too many friends here in Texas.
Walking into the area where people waited to pick up their cars, I saw him standing there. Seth.
“What are you doing here?”
“ I came to get you and take you home. Liam you have to come back. Alex is there and she’s hurting right now… bad. She needs the one that imprinted on her, her best friend. She needs you.”
I heard everything he said, but I really didn’t understand what was going on. He wasn’t explaining it to me.
“Why does she need me, she has her Taylor? She chose him, not me.”
“Taylor, yeah she had Taylor, the one that beat her and left her in her apartment bloody. The one that has hurt her so bad she is scared of her own shadow. Yeah she had him, but now he’s in jail. Now she needs you, the one that she really loves.”
I was dumbfounded really. Pissed off at the same time, but I was angry at myself and her too. How could she let this happen to her? How could she have chosen him over me?
“You know what Seth, I’m not coming back to La Push or anywhere. I’m staying right here. She chose what she chose, now she will have to live with that decision.”
I watched as Seth started shaking I knew what was coming so I yelled to Kevin and told him I was taking a break. I made Seth head out back with me and into the woods.
“Seth you have to calm…” I didn’t get the rest of what I was going to say out before he phased.
He was pissed and snarling at me, I needed to know what he was thinking so I hurried up and phased too. As soon as I did I was hit in the snout with visions of Alexandra on the floor crying and clutching pieces of shredded canvas, hearing the words that came out of her mouth, tore at my heart. She still loved me and needed me.
Those words were all it took for me to know that I had to go back. I had to help her and show her that I still loved her. I hurried up and phased back and waited for Seth to do the same.
I told Seth I would be able to leave as soon as I got a few things done first. He agreed and waited for me so we could head back together.
“Alright I’m ready, did you bring a car or are we running back the way I came?”
“Do you see a car? We are running, it’s faster than any car and she needs you like yesterday. She’s shut herself in and doesn’t really come out.”
After telling Kevin that I had to quit and gathered my stuff together, we took off toward La Push. I was actually excited to head home, it felt right. That and I knew Alex was there and she needed me which pushed me faster than I had ever ran.
It took us until right around midnight to get there. We made it out of the woods and there she was on the beach, the moonlight in her hair. She was as beautiful as she always had been. But I could see the tears sliding down her cheeks. The words that came out of her mouth next just about broke my heart.
“I’d give anything to take it all back Liam. I still love you…with all my heart, what’s left of it will always be yours,”
Just then she got up from where she was sitting and I thought she was going to leave so I took a step towards her and she must have seen me, because she froze, screaming and dove to the sand curling into a ball.
“NO PLEASE,” she cried out.
I ran to her as fast as I could and wrapped my arms around her and pulled her to me.
“Alexandra, relax it’s me…” I whispered into her ear, moving her hair out of her beautiful eyes and face so I could see her.
“Liam?” she whispered.
“Yeah. Relax honey It’s me and I’m here now.”
“Oh Liam please, please don’t leave me,” she begged, hugging me to her tighter.
“I’m not going anywhere. I’m here. I’ve got you now. Just relax.”
We sat there on the beach all night long just holding onto each other, not even saying another word. I finally felt at home again.
Chapter 21 Part 2 (Alex’s POV) Realizing How Unbreakable the Bond Truly is…
He was here, holding me on the beach. I really hoped I hadn’t fallen asleep on the beach and dreamed all this. It felt too good to be true. I was in his arms again. He didn’t ask me anything, we didn’t really say a word the whole time. The only words that were said were from me and it was a whisper that at first I wasn’t even sure that he heard until he answered me.
“I love you too my Alexandra.”
I woke with a start, looking around to see if I had indeed been dreaming out on the beach. But there he was with his arms wrapped around me. Liam. I stared at the contours of his face, I couldn’t help it really, he was the most beautiful sight I had seen in a long time. He was here holding me.
I knew we had a lot to talk about and work through but I really just wanted to lay here on the beach in the quiet as long as we could, but my time on the beach with him was cut short when his sister came walking down the beach and started yelling.
“Seriously Liam? After everything you come back to her? After everything she has done?”
Giving me a mean look, she didn’t even wait until Liam woke up before she turned around and walked back toward their house, muttering something about imprint magic on her way. I had no idea what she was talking about.
“Uh, damn it Tallia.” Liam jumped to his feet not even looking at me at all, screaming at her at the top of his lungs. “ You need to learn not to wake people up like that. And shut your mouth about all that. Seriously you have no idea what you’re talking about little sister. That is enough.”
If I hadn’t realized it was Liam screaming his voice would have scared me. But when he was done yelling at his sister, he looked down at me with the sweetest look. One that made the tears flow down my cheeks. I didn’t deserve that kind of look from him.
“ Alex what’s wrong?” he pleaded with me as he knelt down beside me, placing his palm on my cheek. I couldn’t help but lean into his hand. It felt amazing on my face.
“ I don’t deserve your kindness Liam. I was stupid and I’m….”
“Shush. It’s okay we can talk about it later but you were not and never have been stupid. Do you understand me? I love you. Always have and always will. We will get through all this somehow. Together!”
I couldn’t believe how nice he was being about it all. But he was right about one thing- we would get through this Together. We had a bond that couldn’t really be broken, I had finally realized that. Our love was an Unbreakable Bond.
A/N : Remember there will be an Epi coming very soon. Plus I want you to remember this story is a Saga 3 stories so this isn’t the end of Alex and Liam’s story. I couldn’t ever leave it like this lol.
I want to thank Lindz for being an amazing beta through this story and for always being there to help me out. You’re a amazing friend and person. And a huge thanks goes out to you the Readers. Thank you for following this story and for all your amazing comments. Thanks again!
