SC : Our Bond (5)

Three days had passed since Eir woke up. Eir began to receive visits from the others, but she refused when Hakan wanted to visit her. Even Val had persuaded Eir to accept Hakan. But until now, Eir has been afraid every time Hakan comes to visit her.

Zen told Hakan that Eir might need time, but he couldn't keep waiting in uncertainty. Eir's condition would continue to deteriorate the longer she was trapped in a bond she didn't want. At its peak, Eir could die because of it.

That day, Hakan finally made up his mind to meet Eir and talk about everything. Hakan would help Eir remove her bond with the unknown werewolf if she wanted to. Hakan didn't need to re-mark Eir if she wasn't ready. He just wanted to help his mate, and he thought that he couldn't delay it any longer.

Hakan took a deep breath. He needed to calm down to meet and talk to his mate.

KNOCK KNOCK!

"Eir, can I come in?"

CRASH!

The noise from Eir's room made Hakan panic, so he immediately barged in before Eir permitted him. Inside, Hakan saw how Eir tried to escape from him. Eir was still weak, but she forced herself to get up quickly so that she immediately fell and dropped the dinner plate near her.

"Don't move. Let me clean it up."

Before Eir could say anything, Hakan had already moved to remove the sharp fragments from around Eir. The man also cleaned up the spilled food. When Hakan realized that Eir had not touched her food anymore, he sighed but did not stop his movements to clean everything.

"Is the food not any good?"

Hakan did not get any answer.

"Do you want me to ask them to bring you something else?"

Hakan did not get any other answer. The broken plates and messy food had been cleaned up by him. But from beginning to end, Eir was silent without answering his question.

"Eir-"

Hakan tried to touch Eir's hand, and she pulled it away quickly. Eir stared at him with red eyes. Hakan's emotions were almost out of control when he saw how Eir was trying so hard to hold back her emotions in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Eir. I failed to protect you. I... I should have never left you alone at that time."

As soon as Hakan started talking, Eir started to show resistance by covering both of her ears. But Hakan didn't want to give up. He had to make Eir understand, or he would lose his mate forever.

"Please let me make up for that mistake. Let me remove your bond with that foreign werewolf. You don't have to bond with me if you're not ready. My pack has a medicine to break the bond safely. With this medicine-"

"Stop it! Get out!"

As soon as Hakan brought up the bond she never wanted, Eir couldn't control her emotions anymore. Her voice still sounded strange because her vocal cords hadn't fully healed. But Eir screamed. She even pushed Hakan away from her.

"Eir-"

"Get out!"

"EIR!"

Eir flinched when Hakan raised his voice at her for the first time. Her body shook in fear. But in the next moment, she felt the warm embrace she had been missing all this time.

"Nothing that happened was your fault. Please don't keep blaming yourself. Just blame me, Eir. Don't torture yourself any further than this."

Hakan released his embrace and placed his hand next to Eir's head.

"I can tolerate anything but you not loving yourself anymore."

Everything Hakan said was so sincere that it broke through the defenses that Eir had tried to put up. Eir began to cry. She raised her voice as she conveyed what was in her heart all this time.

"I don't deserve you! I'm dirty! I'm so broken that I can't forgive myself for that!" Eir's whole body shook as she yelled. "I want to be with you! But when I remember what those people have done to me, I want nothing more than to die!"

Hakan immediately hugged Eir again when he heard the word 'die' from his mate's mouth. Hakan was just as scared as Eir. He was afraid that Eir would disappear if he didn't hug her properly.

"Eir," Hakan said softly between his breaths. "Please don't ever think about dying. I need you in my life. We'll get through this together. You can't leave me. Never. I won't let you even if you hate me for doing so."

Eir cried even harder when she heard Hakan's words. She had moved her arms to Hakan's back. She curled her up as if she didn't want to part with the warmth and sense of security she got from Hakan.

"I'm sorry..."

Hakan sighed when Eir no longer sounded like she wanted to die. Hakan moved to lie down and let Eir lie on top of him. Hakan hugged Eir so tightly because he knew that was what Eir wanted from him.

"I will stay with you. I have promised myself to dedicate my life only to you," Hakan said. He kissed Eir's head as he listened to her weep.

It took a while for Eir to calm herself down. She tried to ease her tears as she spoke to Hakan.

"This bond, can you really get rid of it?"

Hakan smiled. "I can. I will also make sure that the process will not have any side effects on your body."

Eir hugged Hakan again. All that crying made her tired.

"Then do it."

"Okay."

It didn't take long for Eir to pass out from exhaustion. But this time, Hakan didn't panic. He knew Eir needed enough rest after trying to release the emotions she had been holding in.

"I love you, Eir."

Hakan let his pheromones envelop Eir, giving her a sense of comfort as he carefully began to break the bond that had become her nightmare.