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“Hey Gab. It’s me again. I know I haven’t been for a while.” I looked at the cards that were arranged on her bedside table, the fresh flowers in a vase. “I’ve been busy. I know it’s no excuse.”

I sighed and stroked her cold hand. “I met someone. Her name’s Chloe.” I looked at Gab’s face, flawless like always. Why was life so cruel? She didn’t deserve this.

“You wouldn’t like her.” I smiled slightly. “She is an alpha’s daughter and you always said they scared you.” Gab was young when I met her and she was human, and, well, scared of everything. But the alphas really scared her.

“I miss you, Gab.” I was being honest. I did miss her terribly. “I know you would want me to be happy. But every time I get close to it, I just…lose it, Gab.”

I slumped back in the chair. “I thought she loved me, Gab. I really did. But I think I was wrong.”

I wanted Gab to open her eyes. I wanted her to tell me what to do. But I knew that was never going to happen. The doctors said she would never wake up. But still her family wouldn’t take her off life support.

The car accident robbed her of life and robbed me of a life partner. Even though my mom says everything happens for a reason, it was hard to believe that when nothing really changed. I thought Chloe was the reason why all those terrible things had to happen in my life. But I was wrong.

Chloe didn’t want to get over Xavier. It was all talk.

“I don’t know what to do, Gab.” I felt the overwhelming feeling of pain wash through me. What did I do to deserve this?

I looked at Gab’s lifeless body. When the accident first happened, I didn’t want to believe it. I had only known her for a month. She was here one second and gone the next. For a year I didn’t leave the hospital. My life went on pause and then, when I finally accepted she wasn’t waking up, I tried everything to forget her.

But I never could and I never would. Gab would always mean something to me. That’s how I knew that Chloe would always feel something for Xavier. It was in our blood to crave our other half.

“Gab, what should I do?” I started to choke up, like the weak man I was feeling like. Chloe was pulling me apart and she didn’t even know it. Or maybe she just didn’t care.

I softly placed a kiss on the back of Gab’s hand and gently placed it back on the bed. “I love you, Gab.” I got up from the chair and left her sleeping, like I always did.

I left the hospital feeling emptier than when I arrived. Usually I would feel peace being with Gab. But for the first time, I felt uneasy, like I wasn’t meant to be there.

I climbed back in my car. A slow shower was beginning to fall from the night sky. Finally I gave in and reached for my phone, checking the messages. A few missed calls from Chloe like I had expected. But it was Dan’s millions of calls which I hadn’t expected. Why had he called so many times?

Calling his number I put the phone up to my ear. Maybe Chloe had been asking about where I was and he was worried. But that didn’t sound like Dan.

“ALEC! Why haven’t you been answering?” Dan roared through the phone.

“Dan, what do you want?” I snarled back, my ear was aching from his loud voice.

“It’s Chloe. She’s been in an accident.” Dan gulped. “It’s bad, Alec. It’s really bad.”

Just like that my world suddenly fell in around me. Not again. This can’t be happening, not again.