Alpha Damon's Greatest Regret
Chapter 99- Fading Bound

Chapter 99: Chapter 99- Fading Bound

Damon’s pov

I sat there, my fists at my sides and sweat beads forming on my temples, I was trying to ignore the rapid-fire thumping of my heart. Doctor Grace’s words echoed in my head, loud, cruel, and hard to ignore.

" Your mate bond is fading, " she had said, her eyes not meeting mine as she spoke. " You’ll turn fully mortal. "

The words hit harder than a punch to the gut, knocking the air from my lungs. What did that even mean? A life without the bond? Without having a mate? Then what’s the use of being a wolf then?

This was one of the things I hated to hear. At least I was losing my wolf and now this.

Where would I get a young woman as a companion?

The thought was sickening and funny at the same time.

I sighed and looked up at Doctor Grace, she was staring at me and was also saying something but my thoughts were clouding everything.

I didn’t hear the rest of what she’d said. Everything had turned to a buzzing white noise after that and my heart was beating.

The sound of blood rushing through my ear was the only thing I could hear.

" You need to get a young woman to be your companion," she added, her voice flat.

That was the last thing I wanted. Doctor Grace said she had done some research but what the hell is this?

It wasn’t just the idea that the bond was fading it was the possibility that I wasn’t sure of everything.

That I might wake up one day and realize I had lost everything. That everything I had ever believed in — every instinct, every force of nature.

" You’re fading, Damon," Grace said, looking at me now with those deep, calculating eyes." And if you don’t do something, you’ll lose But, you’ll die, a mortal with no pack, If you don’t find someone new."

A chill ran down my spine, but there was something deeper that lurked beneath her words

I stood up suddenly, slamming my fist into the wall. The sound of my knuckles hitting the stone chimed in my ears, but it wasn’t enough to drown out the frustration inside me.

" I don’t need anyone now, " I murmured, my voice rough. I turned, facing her.

"You should suggest something else not this."

Grace folded her arms, exhaling deeply as if she’d anticipated me to refuse. She wasn’t wrong — she knew my pride all too well.

" You don’t get it, Damon, " she said softly

" This isn’t about what you want. It’s about survival. "

" Survival " I scoffed, pacing now, trying to make sense of it all. " I once had a mate and I don’t think I can replace her."

The words sounded hopeless, even to me.

I didn’t care.

" You need to understand that if the bond fades fully, you’ll lose everything you are. You won’t be able to shift. Your pack won’t follow you. You’ll come a shadow, Damon." Grace said, her eyes growing more hard." Is that what you want?"

The image of my wolf — my other half — fading to nothing scared me. But the thought of being with another woman. It repulsed me. It felt like treason, even though I knew I had no choice.

" Who’ll she be? " I asked, the words slipping out before I could stop them.

" I don’t know. But she has to be someone who can bond with you immediately. Someone youthful. Someone who’ll keep your wolf alive. "

My breath caught in my throat. I closed my eyes, imagining Zarah’s face. Her laugh. Her touch. She had been everything to me. It’s been long since I had a woman. It would be so hard, very hard and I hated it.

" You do not need anyone else," I murmured to myself, but it felt low like I was trying to prove to myself that the earth was not round. I didn’t believe my own words either.

" I won’t do it, Grace, " I said, turning it down. " I’m not going to force another woman into something that should belong to her, to my mate. "

Grace’s face hardened, her lips thinning. " You have no choice, Damon. This is bigger than you. Not that you both would bond or whatever."

Her words hit me like a brick, but I wasn’t ready to back down yet. I couldn’t.

" You don’t understand, " I said, my voice raw with emotion. " You don’t understand, do you?" I asked and exhaled.

This pack was my everything and my life. I couldn’t just let it go just like that.

I had heard of something like this before but I knew it might work but I’m not just ready for it.

The thought twisted inside me, a raw, painful knot that wouldn’t loosen.

Grace gave me one last look. " You might not have a choice. If you don’t do this now, you will get very weak faster than even the pills won’t work."

She shrugged off her coat and gathered her things.

"Take your medications seriously." She glanced at her wristwatch. "I’ll be coming tomorrow."

Deep down in me I just wanted all this to end, Doctor Grace’s visitation, the medication, and having to think about my life constantly.

She was saying something but I wasn’t listening

But the pain inside me told me that I was formerly losing myself, slowly.

I still had the pack to think about, still had Zarah to ask for forgiveness, and my son whom I had never seen before too.

Would I just die and forget everything, the pack I had tried so much to build, to also forget about seeing Zarah one last time and my son too?

Hell, this was more than I think it was.

I couldn’t let it end like this. I couldn’t.

But what if Grace was right? What if I had no choice but to find someone else?

A fresh surge of fear hit me. I didn’t know what was worse — the idea of getting

a new companion or watching myself die slowly and lose everything.