Page 990 of One More Kiss

I’m sure that’s hard for you to believe right now. And I know we had a plan for a future together, but I cannot in good conscience deny the mating call of a true mate. I truly hope you understand someday, that you’ll find your own true mate. She’ll make you immeasurably happier than I ever could. I promise you that.

Please don’t let this harden your heart. You deserve all the happiness in the world.

A part of my heart will always be yours, but we aren’t meant to be together, Wyatt. I know this to be true.

I’ll miss you.

I know you Wyatt, this isn't your fault, and you can’t blame yourself. I'm not returning to Collier. I hope this makes things easier for you to accept.

Please don't call me again. There's nothing left to say.

Love you always,

Ashley

I stared at the letter in shock and confusion.

What the hell did I just read?

Instead of getting upset about it I was pissed.

Who the hell did she think she was?I'd devoted years of my life to her and she breaks up with me in a damn letter?

Don't blame yourself?She didn't need to worry about that. This was her fault for screwing up the plan. How could she do this to me? To us?

I had no idea how long I'd sat out there on that rock staring off into vast empty nothingness, or maybe that was just how I felt inside, but the sun was setting low in the sky when I heard a truck drive up behind me.

“Found him!” James yelled as he walked over with a case a beer and the remaining Six Pack in trail.

“Go away,” I told him.

I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone and I sure as hell didn't need to be drinking right now. Though the thought of blackout oblivion sounded like heaven just then.

“That good?” Clay asked.

“You weren’t answering your phone so we stopped by the house and your mom told us you got a letter from Ashley,” Clay explained.

“What did that crazy bitch do this time?” Emmett wondered aloud.

Normally I'd be so mad at him for calling her that but maybe he'd been right all along.

Thomas had always seemed to get along with her but then he was Thomas Collier, future Alpha heir of Collier Pack. He got along with everyone. He had to.

The other guys had never said anything bad about her but Emmett had never liked Ashley and didn't hesitate to remind me every chance he got.

I had always thought he was just trying to get a rise out of me, but now I had to wonder.

Had I been so blinded by love that I hadn't really seen her clearly? The girl I thought I loved… did love… do love, would never do something like this.

My mind started whirling in a hundred different directions.

“She wouldn't do this. Something must be wrong,” I muttered to myself as I reread the note again looking for clues or something.

Why would she say she'd love me always if she was really breaking up with me?

Something had to be wrong.

Austin snatched the paper from my hand and started reading it aloud.

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