Page 106 of His Forsaken Alpha

Wynter was alive. He hugged harder, unwilling to let go.

It was then that he realized that Wynter… was pregnant.

His omega pushed him away.

Cav let go but pressed against that belly, moving the flowing fabric hiding it out of the way. His gut knotted with pain. “You’re having another baby…withhim?”

Wynter looked away, lower lip trembling. He wiped at his face but said nothing.

“Does he still shove your head into the mattress when he forces you down to rut inside you?” Cav asked, cold bitterness replacing the years of sorrow and grief that had filled him for too long. “I would’ve shown you nothing but love… but you left me.For him.”Marlo and Gregory tried to hold him back, but Cavwouldn’t be stilled. “Who’s body was that, Wynter? If it wasn’t you,who died in my fucking cabin?”

Wynter flinched again. “I don’t know,” he whispered.

“Bullshit,”Cav slurred.

Wynter looked around the parking lot again, terror in his eyes. “You haveto forget about me. Move on with your life. I have.”

“Oh, you’ve moved on withyour husband?The asshole who took what belonged to me?” Cav looked around at the parking lot, too, though he didn’t see a damned face in the growing crowd around them. “Is he here? Why don’t he and I have a little conversation?”

“Stop!” Wynter implored. “He’s not here.”

Cav narrowed his eyes. “Oh, so you’re just worried we’re out here making a scene, hmm?”

“You have to go,” Wynter whispered, sliding closer to the car door.

Cav pressed a hand on the car, barring Wynter from moving another inch toward escape. “You let him put another bastard in you?” Cav whispered. He winced, the thought of Wynter carrying another of the alpha’s babies like a knife to the gut. Before him, he could understand—but after?“You’re a fucking whore.”

Wynter gasped before a mask seemed to slide over this face, the sorrow disappearing behind it. Cav stumbled back a step, the steely glint in Wynter’s eyes new.

“I never loved you. I strung you along and told you that I did just for fun,” Wynter rasped, his face expressionless. “One heat andI knew you could never be the alpha I needed, so I had to find a way out. I left and never looked back, as well you should. Return to your travels and your words and leave meandmy alphathe fuck alone.”

“He’s not your alpha and you know it,” Cav said, refusing to believe anything his omega had said.

“He is. You need to accept the way things are and move on.” Wynter slid into the back of the limo and slammed the door shut. The car quickly pulled away, Marlo and Gregory holding him back. He tried to break from their grip to follow the car—as if he could on foot—but they were stronger than he was in his wasted and broken state.

You need to accept the way things are and move on.

His omega had never loved him.

Wynter had faked his own death to get away.

And yet… even knowing that, he couldn’t let go. It wasn’t a switch he could simply flick. If it had been, he wouldn’t be the disaster he was.

There had to be more to the story. No way could Wynter have done that on his own.

“I have to follow him,” Cav said, pulling from Marlo and Gregory’s hold and failing once more.

“You’re in no condition to followanyone,”Gregory snapped.

“He’s leaving me.Again.”He eyed Marlo who watched him with pity. Cav ignored that pity, refusing to accept what had just happened. “We have to stop him. I need to know how why he did this.”

“I think he’s already told you why,” Gregory muttered.

Cav pulled away from the pair, but they wouldn’t let go.“Get your fucking hands off me!”

“You’re drunk,” Marlo snapped. “You’renotgoing after him like this.”

“If I don’t go now, I won’t find him again!” Cavanaugh roared, trying to get away—but he was no match for them in his state of despair—and inebriation.

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