Chapter 102: Journey to the Vale

Aniston's POV

"Did it hurt?" I asked.

I really wanted to know.

"Yes. Yes, it did"

"Perfect. My only regret is not watching you do it. How long do you think your chains can hold me?" I asked him.

He rubbed his face.

"Long enough for me to go to southern Vale to rescue Maya, so you don't have to"

Wait what?!

"No! You can't. You will get in trouble with the Alpha. It could mean war" I was agitated in a second.

"What other options do I have? If I don't, you would. Better me than you, Aniston" he said and opened the wardrobe to take a backpack.

"No! I won't let you!" I yelled at him.

Ari stopped and looked at me.

""I have to go" he said abruptly to me.

"No, Ari…come back here. It's my fight not yours!"

He was halfway to the door when he stopped and he turned around. He walked in long strides towards me.

My heart kept beating faster and faster as he moved towards me. I knew what he was going to do yet I did nothing to stop him.

His arms went around me as he pulled me to himself. I felt the