Chasing The Rejected

-CLARA-

The stench of blood and vomit was the first smell that hit my nostrils as Damon and I walked into the dungeon. I could hear screams and pleas coming from down the hall and wanted nothing more than to turn around but I had

to see her.

“Are you okay?” Damon questioned softly as he placed his hand on my shoulder and stared at me with worry in

his eyes.

I tried my best to smile but I was sure it came out more like a grimace.

“The stench is very potent” I managed to say and he immediately pulled out a handkerchief and placed it over

my nose.

I heaved a sigh of relief when his cologne invaded my nostrils and even though I could still smell the blood, I felt

better.

“Thank you” I murmured and he pulled me close before we continued down the hall.

I let out a gasp as a man banged his body against his cell gate and the dead look in his eyes made my skin crawl.

“Just kill me already! Kill me please!” He pleaded and I immediately turned away.

Soon we got to Liam’s mother cell and I gasped when I laid my eyes on her. She looked not only malnourished

but dead.

She was laying on the ground and she didn’t seem like she was moving.

“Agatha? Agatha!” I called out but got no response. I turned to Damon with fear in my eyes. Was she already

dead?

“She’s alive, I can hear her breathing” He assured me and I heaved a sigh of relief before turning back to her.

“I didn’t know you were here. Damon is going to release you now and…”

“Clara…”

“She has suffered enough, Damon. Call Liam and have him come pick her up tomorrow” I told him and he stared at me for a while then sighed before nodding.

“Anything for my wife” He replied and I smiled at him.

“Do you… do you have my bracelet?” Her voice was so low that I almost didn’t hear it.

1 turned to her and she was staring directly at me.

“Do you… do you have my bracelet? Can you give it to me? It’s all I want” She admitted and I pursed my lips before pulling out the bracelet from inside my bra since that’s the only place I could keep it.

I squatted down and outstretched it to her.

“Here, I know how much it means to you” I murmured and she slowly stood up then crawled over to the gate andConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

weakly outstretched her wrist towards me.

“Help…” She trailed off and I pursed my lips before helping her wear the bracelet.

As soon as I was done, she slowly withdrew her hand as tears rolled down her cheeks.

“Good. Now I can finally die in peace” She murmured and my eyes widened.

“You’re not going to die, Liam…”

“I’m sorry for the way I treated you. My husband treated you better than he treated me and at a point, I began to think you were his mistress. He doted on you more than anyone and I was just a jealous wife. After he died, you and Liam got together and I thought you were just being a gold digger because you knew Liam was going to become the Alpha. I shouldn’t have judged you based on my own insecurities and I have realized that I was wrong. You were the best thing that could ever happen to Liam. Tell him I was sorry for ruining his life by driving you away from him and that I would always love him no matter what” She murmured and I frowned.

“You can tell him yourself when he comes to get you. You…”

“I don’t want to live again, Clara. I miss my husband and want nothing more than to be reunited with him again. He must be waiting for me” She butted in while caressing her bracelet before she crawled away and laid down on the ground with her back facing us.

“Agatha” I called out her name but she ignored me which made me frown. Was she really willing to die?

“I forgive you” I murmured then slowly straightened up with a sigh.

“We’ll still send a message to Liam” I murmured and he nodded before grabbing my hand and leading me out of the dungeon.

When we got back home, I immediately went to shower. I don’t know why I was so affected when she hadn’t ever been nice to me. I guess death was still death regardless of who it was.

I turned on the shower and let out a sigh as I let the water run down my skin.

I could already feel Damon’s presence before he wrapped his arms around my waist.

“Hey. Are you mad at me?” He questioned then placed a kiss on my shoulder.

“No because I know you did it for me and our baby we lost” I murmured and he sighed.

“I’ll send for Liam tonight so he can get here early tomorrow. Luca is already on it” He told me and I nodded before turning around his arms.

Surprisingly, we didn’t have sex and just bathed each other.

When we were done, we got dressed as Damon carried me to the bed.

“What was Dimitri’s and Aurora’s relationship like before everything happened?” I questioned as we cuddled each other on the bed.

“Did Dimitri say anything to you? Because if he did…”

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“He didn’t. I just feel like there’s more to the story. Aurora acts weird anytime she’s near him” I pointed out and he sighed.

“That must be because he raped her, Clara. She was pretty shaken up after what happened so it’s understandable that she’s afraid of him” He uttered and I frowned. Yes, she was afraid of him but there was something else.

“Why don’t we talk to Dimitri? I feel…”

“I don’t want you talking to Dimitri, Clara. Stay away from him” He interjected firmly and I sighed.

“But…”

“No buts Clara. Just listen to me, okay? Don’t associate yourself with him” He uttered and I sighed.

“We’ll go for our vacation soon okay? Just you and me. I have a lot planned for us, I’m sure it’s going to make you happy” He informed me after we were quiet for a while and I smiled up at him before resting my head back on his chest.

Despite what Damon said, I was going to speak with Dimitri because I felt something else was going on.

If he didn’t want to come with me then fine, I wasn’t going to force him but I was going to speak with Dimitri tomorrow…