Three months later and Meg found herself once again alone. She lost everything again, first her parents and then her friends and lover.
She had to admit that she'd thought they'd come after her and try to make things work for their friendship. Now she knew that she'd been right all along and that they were only her friends because she was dating Alec.
She did everything she possibly could to avoid them when ever they were in Terminal City, and avoiding Alec was easier then she thought it would be because she never saw him anywhere. He was probably avoiding her just as much and she couldn't blame him.
One thing though that she was grateful for was Ross, life with him wasn't at all what Meg had expected it to be. They had tried to be the couple they were supposed to be but other than that time during her heat they couldn't do anything together. They simply weren't attracted to each other at all but things still couldn't go back to the way they were because they were still mated together.
Ross had gone to all the people that knew anything about their mating rituals to try and find anything that could reverse their claim on each other. He did find a way but Meg refused to let that happen, she rather stay mated to him then be with Alec if they couldn't find another solution.
They'd argued about it for days until Ross said he'd never speak of it again. But still he was curious as to the fact that Alec hadn't thought of it to begin with. "You'd think that he'd have come right over and killed me." He said to Meg before she gave him her dirtiest look closing the subject completely.
Truth be told though Ross words haunted her every day since then, why hadn't Alec done anything to get her back. Being the leader that he was he knew all he had to do was to kill him and claim her back but he hadn't done that or anything for that matter. That was why Meg believed that he never truly loved her like he'd claimed to.
Alec keep his distance but watched her everyday making sure she was alright, the guys too kept watch over her as they continued to work with Lydecker to find out who was after her. They hadn't come up with anything new with their research, but lately that didn't bother Alec as much as seeing her happy with Ross.
The way they acted with each other, touched and talked together made him sick to his stomach. She was supposed to be with him and only him, she was his breeding partner and his mate but she'd chosen another.
He was trying to move on with his life and started dating this new girl that arrived in TC about a month ago. She wasn't anything like Meg, no innocence or anything like that. She knew what she wanted and went after it.
He found it strange at first how she'd always be where he was but finally settled on it being normal since they were so alike. The rest of the gang didn't like her much and kept their distance whenever she was around.
They had tried convincing him to fight for Meg, to try anything at all really to get her back but he'd refused. "She would have asked me to if that's what she'd wanted." He replied and they never spoke of it again.
There wasn't one night when sleeping next to Amanda that he didn't wonder if he'd made the right choice or simply been a fool and then he'd see Meg and Ross together, how happy they looked and knew he'd been right all along. She didn't love him.