Three Alphas, Fated To One, Played By One, But Mated To One-Chapter 42: A New Wound

Valerie’s POV

I woke up feeling like crap. My head felt as if it was going to split open and my brain felt as if it had shifted.

My neck was in pain too and basically, every part of my body freaking hurt!

I tried to open my eyes but it felt as if my eyelids were glued together and could never be separated.

My ears twitched as I tried to strain and catch any sound around me. However, everything was quiet.

I was starting to suspect that I had died and was buried in the grave already, which explained the silence.

Just as I struggled to open my eyes, I finally heard a sigh close by.

"Can you stop sighing? What is done is done and can’t be undone." I could tell that it was Karl’s voice.

Only then did I sigh in relief inwardly as well. At least I wasn’t dead.

"I can’t help it. I don’t know how to explain this situation to Innocent." This time, it was Mike’s voice.

What were they talking about? What had Mike done that needed to be explained to that pretentious bitch?

"You should have told her long ago to begin with. Keeping something so big to yourself and taking her as your Luna while still in the dark wasn’t the smartest choice." Karl’s voice sounded again.

"It’s not like I wanted to hide it, but if it were you, would you announce to everyone that Valerie is your mate? I had my reasons to keep it under wraps and if not for your big mouth, it would have remained the same. Now, everyone in the pack knows." Mike said again and I felt a chill run down my spine even as I lay on the hospital bed.

How was it possible? Wasn’t the fact that Mike is my mate supposed to be kept a secret to the grave? What happened between these two idiots for them to spill the beans?

"I didn’t do it on purpose. You know that I want to keep that secret more than anyone. I haven’t won the bet yet, how can I give up halfway or lose? Now that everyone knows she is your mate, the situation just became harder."

When I heard what Karl said, my heart felt as if it was getting stabbed over and over again with a sharp knife.

For someone I have considered a friend for over three years, his level of concern was surely shallow.

All the concern he has shown me over the years was just for a bet and he didn’t forget to say it with every chance he got.

I felt tears begin to sting the back of my eyes and even the pain I felt from the wound on the head didn’t hurt as much anymore.

I fought to reign in my emotions so that tears wouldn’t trickle down from the sides of my eyes and give me away.

If these two heartless people found out that I already knew about their bet, my life would become even more miserable.

At that time, they will have nothing to hide, so they can do whatever they want.

I wasn’t ready to leave the pack because my age didn’t allow me. But I was only one month shy of turning eighteen. At that time, I will get my identity card and can travel wherever I want.

That was the perfect time for me to leave. However, before then, I still needed these two to keep their greed in check.

For this reason, I could never let them know that I already found out about their bet.

More importantly, they cannot find out about my wolf.

I continued to play dead and listened to how they were planning to get along with me when I woke up because now I would be aware that I had a mate and it was Mike.

"I should probably go and talk to Innocent first. The doctor said she wouldn’t wake up until tomorrow, so sitting here is just a waste of time. I will come back tomorrow before she wakes up." I heard Mike say then the shuffling of feet as he headed to the door.

Yeah, to him, I was just an embarrassment. A burden, and humiliation that the moon goddess had bestowed upon him.

I did not doubt that if he could, he would have killed me long ago to prevent others from finding out about our relationship.

But that was okay. It reduced any sentiment there might be when I leave. Even though the mate bond seemed to have gotten stronger and I could literally feel his warmth even with the distance between us, I didn’t want that bond or those feelings.

"I’ll go with you. I’ll come later to check up on her just in case she wakes up earlier than expected." Karl said before getting up and following behind Mike.

I listened as their footsteps disappeared into the distance before fighting to open my eyes.

For the first time in a very long time, I let my tears fall. Why did everyone treat me so badly?

Why did I have a mate who didn’t care about me and I only wanted to get rid of me?

What have I done to deserve all that? Why did other people take pleasure in torturing me for no reason at all?

I wanted to shout to the moon goddess and ask her if there was any significance to my suffering. Was it to achieve a purpose? If not, why not just let me out of this misery?

I had always hoped for a mate, but the one I got turned out to be more like an enemy than a mate who is supposed to love me and support me through anything.

At times like this, I wished my wolf was like other normal wolves. I could shift and run through the wind in the woods to let out some steam and my frustrations.

But as luck would have it, my wolf has to be kept a secret like some kind of taboo or a mistress.

But I know that everything Lizzie has done is to protect me, so I couldn’t even complain without feeling guilty. I felt as if my life has no meaning at all and if someone were to end it, it wouldn’t even matter.