Princess of the Werewolves novel Chapter 43

"He didn't find his mate when he was younger. Wendy was a replacement" Dr. Nale stated.

I rolled my eyes. "I don't care if she was a replacement. But the fact that she is- like currently- still a replacement, it hurt. The pain of knowing that my mate replaced me in every way possible was unbearable" I sneered.

"Was?" Dr. Nale asked.

I nodded. "It was. I don't feel it anymore. I don't feel anything" I said. Both men stared at me in confusion causing me to roll my eyes. "I turned off my emotions" I explained. I thought doctors were smart.

"It hurt so much, that you turn off your emotions? You wanted to stop feeling everything just because of the pain?" Shawn questioned.

"You didn't feel it. It hurt more than anything I have ever felt" I explained. "What hurts more is that its my mate's fault"

Asher

I walked to the front yard and saw Eve talking with Dr. Nale and Shawn.

While walking to the main house, I decided that I would be there for Eve. Not just because we're mates, but because I know this is all my fault. I hurt her a lot, so much that she turn off her emotions. She stopped feeling because I put her through pain. And that pain killed her wolf.

Whatever happens doesn't matter to me. I just want Eve back. The giggling, happy girl that was in my office two days ago. I want- no, I need to get her emotions back. From what Dr. Nale explained, people who turned off their emotions, only feel hate. For Eve, all that hate is directed to me.

The only way to stop the hate and bring back the rest of the emotions is to make her love me. I'll have her fall in love with me. It'll take time, just like Jacobs said. But she needs to feel. I know this girl isn't Eve. This isn't the girl I fell in love with.

Yes, I love her. I've been in love with her. And I will do anything to make her at least be able to tolerate me. I moved closer to hear Eve, Shawn, and Dr. Nale.

"-my mate's fault" Eve's sentence ended.

Dr. Nale made eye contact with me for a split second. If it wasn't me who he looked at, I wouldn't be able to see his gaze shift. "Alpha Asher didn't mean to hurt you" Dr. Nale assured her. "He cares about you"

"So you don't want to feel love? The love that only your mate can give you. The love that you have with Asher?" Shawn inquired.

"I can't feel it" Eve said quietly.

Shawn took a step closer to my mate. "Just let it in. You might have to go through the pain, but you're not alone"

Eve shook her head and backed away from her best friend. "I-I don't want to turn it on"

"Why not?" Shawn questioned softly.

"Cause everything will come back. Every feeling, Shawn. The guilt, the jealousy, the fear, the regret. Everything. The pain" Eve took a deep breath. "And it's not one at a time anymore. When I turn it on, its all just gonna hit me. All at once. I can't handle that"