Page 102 of Broken Souls

“Oh. I'm sure Jayceon's blaming me for that.” I sigh.

“Jayceon has always been a pain in the ass. Don't worry about it. I'm thankful for whatever you did. Now I get to start my family. Jayceon might be pissed now, but I think this happened for a good reason.”

“Well at least someone's happy.” I force a smile.

She smiles then walks off. I probably should have asked for her name since I still don't know it but ah well.

“I think everyone's putting too much pressure on you,” Ryleigh says.

I sigh. “That's life.”

“We need to get away,” Ryleigh says.

“That's actually a good idea.”

“Vacation?” Ryleigh grins at me.

“Actually, yes. I want to be around humans for a while so I don't have to stress. My best friend lives in a city three hours away. It'd be good seeing her again.”

“Let's plan a weekend away. Does she live near a beach?”

“Yeah.” I chuckle.

“Perfect. Let's go back to mine and sort out the details. Are we inviting Olly?”

“Maybe we shouldn't. It's just she's such a positive person and loves werewolf life, I think I just need to be a downer around humans for a bit. Besides, Brian probably wouldn't let her go.”

“Will Axe let you go?” Ryleigh asks with a doubtful look.

“No, but I don't care what he thinks.”

Ryleigh and I go to her place and make plans. I call Amelia and she's thrilled to have me come visit. I finally have something to spend my savings on. We agree to stay at a hotel on the beach. Ryleigh and I are driving up Friday and leaving the following Monday since Amelia has university classes. Amelia says she'll plan places we can go to have a good time since she knows the city.

“I probably should have asked Dash about this before I booked the hotel.” Ryleigh bites her lip.

“You're a human. Remember that Ryleigh. You don't owe him anything,” I remind her.

“How are you going to tell Axe?”

“I'll tell him I'm going on a vacation. If he gets angry, I'll tell him to get over it.”

“What if he doesn't let you go?”

“He just killed someone for no reason. If he makes a big deal about me going on a girls' weekend trip, I'll kick him so hard in the balls that hopefully he stops speaking for a while.”

“You definitely need a vacation,” Ryleigh comments. “I still think maybe we should ask Olly so she doesn't feel left out.”

“We already booked it, but okay.”

Ryleigh calls Olly but Olly says she can't come because it's Brian's birthday this weekend. While Ryleigh and I sit in the living room, Dash walks in.

“Dash, I gotta talk to you,” Ryleigh says.

“I guess I'll go home.” I sigh.

I walk next door and go inside, seeing the living room is no longer a mess. The only furniture in here is pretty much the couches since everything else was destroyed. Axe's scent floods through the house so I go upstairs. He's in his room. Our room. He's just lying on the bed but he sits up when I come in. I go over to stand by the bed.

“Elora.” Axe reaches out for me and tries to pull me onto his lap.