Chapter 168 - 167

"Philip, please think about this." Reina said as she struggled to close one of her enormous suitcases. She had sat on the top of it, bouncing while she pulled the zipper. There was a sleeve still left on the side, a black piece of clothing unable to fit in. The girl looked at it, a frown on her face while she sighed but she didn't make another attempt to open the suitcase and push it in. 

"I don't want to think anymore, all I have been doing is thinking lately." The werewolf said. He was done with his own luggage and Reina had called him in her room with the excuse to help her. The truth was that she needed to talk to him. She didn't like the way Mika had gotten into his head, yes, she understood his concern, the things they had to go through in the past but there was a gut feeling that kept bothering her, that something didn't add up in this story of Mika's. She shook her head, seeing how Philip had sat on her couch, his feet on the coffee table while he spoke and she plopped down next to him, leaving a few of her things unattended. 

"I think you need to talk to him again. Don't you find it weird? He is so distressed every time you talk to him about it but at the same time he doesn't want to reveal what happened. Honestly, Philip when I met Kai I could see from meters away that he loved you, even when you weren't able to see it. THis just doesn't make sense." she repeated and watched the werewolf frown, his hands diving in his long hair as he messed them up. 

He didn't want to think about Kai any longer. He was going to leave, both of them would so there was zero point in breaking his head and his heart on what was to happen, or on what happened. Even though he was angry, even though he wanted to punch him, Philip had gone to him wishing that at the end of the day he would hear an explanation. That he would get to find out something about the past that would allow him to forgive Kai but the prince wouldn't give in, he wouldn't utter a word and that was what angered him the most.

"Reina, let's just go home, back into the forest. I don't want to think about him. Mika was right, he and I were never really meant to be, there was a mistake. The gods made a mistake. He doesn't want to answer me because he doesn't want his true self to be revealed, a  coldhearted murderer."

"Yes, but if he was a cold blooded murderer Philip, would he care about people finding  out how he was like? And no, the gods are never wrong and you know it. This is a mating bond not a fucking weather forecast. I love Mika, but he has gotten into your head, he has you believing only his side of the story, I am not saying he means ill but he probably doesn't know what really happened. Don't you see?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.

She was aware that Philip was going to be fed up with this conversation soon enough but she didn't want to give up so easily. In a few hours they were going to leave. Philip shouldn't leave this place without the thought that Kai could have something more to say. If he did then he would never leave the forest, Reina knew him too well. 

At this point she wanted to punch someone. That someone being Mika and not Philip. Why did he have to snoop around and actually get himself in matters that weren't about him? Did he feel good about it? Ruining their relationship before it even barely started? Philip didn't even have his memories yet, he couldn't do that to him. 

"Please, stop." Philip told her, his voice stern, signaling very clearly that she was overstepping his boundaries. She couldn't back down though, it was her last chance. If things didn't get fixed he was going to be miserable forever. Kai was going to leave too, soon if she believed what Philip explained and that meant that they would have to go to BloodBound. If Philip remembered and realized that things were different from what Mika had explained he would get crushed, she wanted to avoid that.

"I…can't you just think about it? I don't want to pressure you, I know that this matter is hurting you, I can't even fathom how you felt when you found out about everything but please, don't give up on knowing the full truth yet. No one says you have to get back with Kai, just make sure you don't live with the doubt of what was the truth for the rest of your life." she explained. She didn't stop and that made Philip want to leave. He stood up, his footsteps heavy on the polished floor as he headed towards the door. 

Reina jumped, facing him with a worried expression as he had his back turned on her, ready to leave. 

"Is it alright with you?" she asked, drawing his attention and Philip looked at her, his hand resting on the gold handle. He squeezed his eyes, questioning what he had just heard. "Is it alright with you if he ends up with someone else? With Soran for example? In BloodBound he will be surrounded by people who are after him. He will be in danger and at the same time everyone will be trying to make him his. The prince that has returned after two hundred years, the newest attraction. Are you alright with that?" she asked him. 

Philip didn't answer, he opened the door wide, making it bang on the wall and ran out. The girl looked at  the handle, it had been completely crushed.. She smiled faintly, knowing that now, there was a chance for Philip to change his mind, she just wished it wasn't too late.