A Mate for the Latecomer novel Chapter 38

"I remember the first time I saw you," his hand holding mine.

"You're everything I could ever wish and want to have. It was the first time I agreed with my wolf on something," his lips curved in a smile.

"I want to be the best mate but then I couldn't, I just couldn't turn everything around. It wasn't fair for you" I try to pull my hand away from his but he held it tight "Please at least hear me out"

"No Eric I can't" still he pleaded so I ended up staying.

This time he raised his body up his back leaning against the head board. He took my hand then made me sit in front of him his hand caressing my cheek. I tried to look away and close my eyes but he tilts my chin up.

"You are a perfect person and a perfect mate, the strongest that I have ever met and the kindest of them all. I misunderstood her gift for me" I saw his eyes clouded with tears until they slowly slipped from his eyes down to his cheeks.

"I killed you once, I killed you twice in fact I killed you many times. But you- You never killed me. I... We waited for that day but it never came" He tried to calm down

"You could have done what Claire did to Aaron, shutting him off without a second chance and parading her new lover around but you never did that to me." My hand indistinctively reaches out for his and the other wiping his tears away, we were both crying.

"You taught me so many things even brought me to the realization of what a deadly sin I have committed, of what part I did wrong in"

He moves his gaze to the window where now a full moon is seen. "I shouldn't have accepted Claire back then; I should've ignored my stupid desire and let Aaron have a second chance with his mate."

Eric looked at me once more and tried to wipe away my tears, he lifted up my chin with his finger delicately "I apologise for everything that I've done, I am deeply sorry for it and I will take everything with me, all the guilt, regrets and pain I'll take them with me" his tears pour down his face once again.

"I don't know Eric" I sob

"I know maybe not in the next life but maybe in some other lifetime," he squeezes my hand I thought about it and I wanted to have a chance of being in love by my real true mate so I nodded my head yes in response.

"I promise Eric" without thinking I lean forward kissing him on the lips sealing our promise with it.

I pull away and finally saw his chest slowly go up and down "Thank you" was his last words. He died before my eyes with that last smile on his face. I stayed there for a while then I pushed myself up to leave. As I opened up the door and I came to face with Aaron who opens his arms wide and I run in to them. Engulfing me to his chest as I cried out

"He's gone."