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I tiptoed over to Lanie. She was wearing a big t-shirt and nothing else. It took all my willpower now scoop her up and pull her close.
She e crossed her arms in front of her like she could read my mind.
“It’s okay,” I said to her. “You want some tea or something?”
to She shook her head, and a long lock of hair fell in front of her face. When she pushed it back over her shoulder, I saw it. Right on her neck. A f ucking bite mark.
“What is that?” I asked, louder than I meant to.
She raised her eyebrows and tossed her hair back over her shoulder to hide it again.
“Oh, I…it’s” She took a step back from me and bit her lip. “Xander.”
“Did he claim you?” I asked. My voice came out harsh and ragged. “Did Mason f ucking claim you?”
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Zane sit up off the floor.
“I should’ve shifted so you wouldn’t see,” she said in a shaky voice. “I just. I didn’t want it to go away yet.”
“Lanie, what the f uck?!” I was almost yelling now, but I didn’t care. One of the babies started grunting. They’d all be crying ina minute.
Mason charged out of the bedroom.
“Keep your f ucking voice down,” he spat. “What Lanie and I do in private is none of your g odda mn business.”
I laughed harshly. “It’s not very private if you do it on the other side of a paper-thin wall!”
Lanie blushed, and Mason clenched his jaw. Zane stood up, ready to intervene.
“And you seem to have conveniently forgotten that she’s our f ucking mate!” I yelled.
Stella was crying now. Lanie swiped the curtain aside and picked her up, then rounded on me.
“You never claimed me,” she hissed. “You said I wasn’t suitable. So you don’t get any f ucking say in this.”
She moved next to Mason, and he put his arm around her protectively.
I was shaking with anger now. He’d taken Lanie away from us. He’d marked his territory permanently. I was supposed to do that.
Zane was supposed to do that. Not Mason.
I walked up to him slowly.
in da and nuttinn hie hand nut “Or what?” I snarled, feeling my wolf surging to the surface.
Before I could think about what I was doing, I raised my fist and punched Mason square in the face.
Lanie screamed, Stella cried, and the twins stirred.
F uck. What had I just done?
Zane rushed over to stand beside me and shot me an annoyed look.
He wasn’t angry enough about this. Why wasn’t he angry?
Mason leaned down, squeezing his nose. When he stood back up, his canines had dropped, and his claws were out.
“NO!” Lanie said. “No more fighting!” Tears were streaming down her face.
“Get the f uck out of here!” Mason yelled, struggling to keep himself from retaliating.
law his But still, I could feel Hunter rearing up inside my chest, desperate to claw his way out and rip Mason’s head off.
I looked around the room, and everyone was staring at me. Lanie looked disgusted with me.
Asearing pain ripped up my body. I was hurt, but more than that, I was f ucking furious.
I needed to get out of here, otherwise I was going to lose control.
I spun around and flew out the door of the cabin, diving off the steps and shifting in midair, then soaring straight through the protective barrier and into the woods.
Far, far away from there.
Zane–
What the f uck was Xander thinking?
Realizing Mason had claimed Lainie was like taking a silver dagger in the heart, but running away from the cabin and out of bounds of the protective barrier was plain s tupid.
have Iran out after him, Lanie and Mason trailing behind me.
“Da mmit!” I yelled when I realized how far he’d run already. His clothes were shredded on the ground. “I to go after him.”
“NO!” Lanie shouted, “It’s too dangerous. What if you’re caught? What if you’re-?”
“He’s not going to come back unless I track him down,” I said.
Xander was stubborn like that. He’d think he found some better place to shelter and then wind up getting himself thrown in prison again, “Don’t do anything s upid,” Mason said.
I stared him down. He’d earned that f ucking punch, and I was about to give him another one.
“Don’t need your advice, thanks,” I said and sprinted off the porch, shifting just before I crossed the threshold of the enchantment.
The fur on my neck p rickled as soon as I was on the other side. Even though the forest was mostly quiet, I felt exposed, like I was a moving target.
I could still detect Xander’s scent, and as I followed the trail, a vague sense of uneasiness crept over me that had nothing to do with Mason and Lanie. If I could scent Xander, then so could our enemies. And we’d cut a path straight that led straight back to the cabin.
If what Braden said was true, everyone was safe inside. But if Orion and the Council knew our location, then surely they could eventually break down the enchantment.
Go ds, why did Xander have to be so f ucking hotheaded?
Finally, his wolf came into view ahead of me.
“Xander, slow down!” I called to him.
He threw his head back to look at me.
“No way,” he said, running faster and putting more feet of forest between us I pushed my body forward, willing Blade to comply.
My paws thundered against the earth as Iran faster than I ever had and finally caught up to Xander. I ran alongside him for a moment before diving sideways, knocking him off course.
We both rolled along the forest floor, finally coming to a stop at the Dase un first and jumped on top of me, pinning me down.
Xander got up “Why the f uck couldn’t you just leave me alone?!” His voice thundered around inside my head.
I looked into his eyes, expecting them to be fiery with anger, but instead, they were full of hurt.
“I know this hit sucks, but it’s not worth getting killed over,” I reminded him.
He pushed himself off me, and I rolled over onto all fours again.
Xander paced the small clearing we’d tumbled into.
“Sure feels like it is,” Xander said. He sounded so defeated, so broken. “If we can’t have Lanie, then what is there to live for?”
I walked toward him slowly, and he growled at me. He needed to chill.
“How about your f ucking children?” I asked.
He dropped his head, scraping his nose against the dirt. He knew he was being st upid running away like this, but he’d never admit it.
“This doesn’t upset you?” he asked in a quiet voice. “Mason claiming her?”
I shook my head. “Of course it f ucking does. When I heard you say those words ‘Did Mason f ucking claim you?’ it was like my heart shriveled up and died. That should’ve been us.”
Xander lifted his head. “I feel the same way.”
I took a few steps closer to him, only this time he didn’t growl.
“But we didn’t claim her when we had the chance.” I hated to admit it, but it was true. “We made our bed, and now we have to lie in it.”
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