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the house. I heard sniffles and glanced down.
Oh, little wolfie, I whispered when I realized he was crying.
This wasn t how I wanted to find our home. He pushed out of my arms and landed on his feet,
moving over to his brothers and taking their hands. We don t belong here.
Here where? I asked, my heart sinking into my stomach.
With another kind, he answered and started walking toward the steps, his body facing the road,
which was in the direction opposite the one Gabriel had gone off. This isn t right. We don t fit in
with vampires.
Ayden, no, I whimpered. Why not?
Because you re fifteen hundred fucking years older than me and made me immortal without even
telling me, he roared, pissed in a way I d never seen him before. Did you even stop to think of the
implications of that?
No, it s just who I am, I answered, completely confused.
Yes, it s who you are, he growled and let go of his brothers hands, stomping over to me. And
while you and your kind are immortal, you just changed me forever. I ll have to watch my brothers
die while I live. Even if Caven and Gabriel fix things, then we ll both have to watch Jalen die of old
age. Did you even fucking think about that? You should have told me before you claimed me.
If I remember correctly, you just bit me without even asking or saying anything, I shouted right back.
I never got mad or yelled at you because we re mates. Would you really deny me or our bond?
Would you walk away from fate whether it made you immortal or not?
No, but that doesn t change the fact that you should have told me, he said more calmly but still
pissed off.
When? When would I have told you? When I was dealing with the effects of drinking your blood that
I didn t know about? Or when I was going to the Council members I knew for help to save your
brothers? Maybe while I was trying to plan our future so you and your brothers felt safe, I shouted,
my anger and hurt spiraling out of control. You want to leave? Fucking go ahead. This is the second
time you ve threatened it in the two days we ve known each other. If I ve treated you so badly, then
walk.
Hey! Jalen yelled, and I turned to face him and right into his fist. Don t talk to Ayden like that. You
have no idea what he s been through and what it was like growing up in that pack. He just got us back
and now Caven s mated to a dick and you re being an ass. And he s scared that they re going to lose
me again one day and won t be able to save me this time. We re wolves amongst a ton of vamps and
after our own kind treated us like shit.
Don t push me, kid, I growled, trying to sidestep him.
You don t deserve him, Jalen replied harshly as he spat on the ground by my feet. He turned on his
heel back to his brothers, and I kept walking.
Come on, guys, Desmond said gently. I glanced back at him and he shot me the dirtiest look I d ever
seen. I ll take you to Rory s, okay? I know he d love to have you stay there. My heart sank at the
words. Did I really just end my mating?
It s not that we don t appreciate what you ve done, Desmond, Ayden replied, and my feet became
heavy as I heard the tears in his voice. It s just Gabriel s your son and we need to stay somewhere
that s more neutral.
I understand, Desmond agreed. I had just rounded the house and gotten out of their view as I heard
the car doors open and close. Hot tears burned down my cheeks as I leaned against the bricks. They
just pulled away when Gabriel came racing from behind the house.
What s going on?
They left, I whispered, my heart shattering. Ayden freaked and started to walk away and then I
fucked up worse than you did and they re going to stay at Rory s.
I don t understand the big deal, he shouted, pulling on his hair in anguish. So we re old compared
to them. Why is that such an issue? We are and now they will live forever. Who cares about a few
hundred years when you have forever?
You fucking idiots, Elena shouted as she came around the side of the house.
Whoa! I actually took a step away from her. I d never seen her like this. Her eyes were bright, bright
fucking green, and long tendrils of her brown hair were swirling around her head as if they suddenly
had a mind of their own. I could practically feel the power coming off her.
Oh shit, Gabriel groaned as we both started stepping away. That made me even more worried. She
lifted her arms and cut off our escape by surrounding us in ice. I could feel the cold emanating from
the ice wall even if it wasn t on our skin but in a small circle that trapped us. We could still see over
the walls since she didn t cover our heads. Mother!
Don t Mother me, she growled. Those men are scared after having been trapped in their own
pack. Do you think they ve gotten a chance to spend much time with other species? Obviously they
didn t even know we could get that old. Don t you think that they re lashing out in fear? Caven and
Jalen were just rescued from being tortured and god knows what else. Ayden was trapped in his wolf
form for over a year.
And yet you re both making it all about you. Ayden was willing to trade himself for his brothers and
to keep our people safe. That is not the same as trying to walk away from your mating.
I know, I whispered, my shoulders slumping in defeat. I just got angry because he acted like I was
trying to keep things from him and screw up his life. I ve been racing around to make him happy and
it just hurt.
Yes, but it came from a place of fear, she said somewhat gently, her voice much calmer now and
her eyes fading from that terrifying green color back to their normal hue. I think there is a much
simpler solution if you both would pull your heads out of your asses.
Like what? Gabriel asked, leaning against the ice wall, shaking his head in defeat.
Like fate will have Jalen mated to a vampire as well, she answered, throwing up her hands in
frustration. You think fate, who gives us our perfect match, won t take care of that little problem?
You think it would mate two of three brothers to vampires only? That s just cruel, and I ve never
known fate not to take everything into consideration. Even if it didn t, it s not like we don t have a
vampire genius in the family who s a doctor!
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