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Julian gritted his teeth, eyes full black. “Because he’s—”
“Oh, wait, lemme guess. You’re prejudiced against wolves?”
“This wolf, yes.”
“What? Why? What the fuck, Julian. You don’t even know him,andyou were more than happy to talk to him when you came to my building and bought it.”
“That was different.”
“Oh really? Why is that?”
“Julian’s right, Eden. I should go.”
His arm fell away from my shoulder but I tucked my arm in his, holding on with both hands. “No. You’re staying put, Jaxson.” I rounded on Julian. “What exactly is your problem with this wolf in particular, Julian?” Jaxson’s muscles rippled under my grasp. “Is it because he’s gay?” I snarled.
Julian didn’t answer. His focus was deadlocked on Jaxson. I took a quick glance up at Jax. His eyes glowed yellow, like his wolf was letting himself be known.
“Don’t tell me it’s because this wolf happens to be black,” I snapped, tired of this weird supernatural pissing match.
Julian tore his gaze from Jaxson, meeting my eyes. “What are you going on about, Eden?”
“Why is itthiswolf who isn’t allowed here? This wolf is my friend, and I invited him.”
“This wolf is also the next leader of his pack.”
My skin went icy, face smoothing to neutral as all my muscles locked up. I pulled away from Jaxson as soon as I was able.
“He knew he shouldn’t have come, but he did anyway,” Julian said.
“You know I’ve rejected those duties. They want me about as much as I want them. I thought you’d be fine with it since you rolled up to my building unannounced. I figured I’d do the same.”
“I didn’t know you lived there, Jaxson. But if I had, I would have made other arrangements. You knew I lived here, and you broke protocol.”
Their back-and-forth had me seriously annoyed. “Hey! What the fuck, you two? Who cares about stupid protocol?”
“I do,” Julian hissed. “It’s kept my vampires safe for as long as I’ve held this position.”
“Yeah?” I asked. “And how long has that been? Because I’m thinking it might be time to shake things up a bit. You didn’t know Jaxson lived there, and I didn’t know inviting him here would make you go all DEFCON 1 so, how about everybody just relax?”
Jaxson was the first to lower his guard. He relaxed next to me, muscles loosening, and when I glanced up at him, his gaze wasn’t aglow anymore. Julian begrudgingly followed suit.
Sunny tried to warn me. I didn’t listen.
That was my mistake.
“Come on, Jax, I’ll walk you out,” I said, glaring at Julian. “But that doesn’t mean you’re not welcome here as long as I’m being held captive.”
“You’re not—” Julian started, but I cut him off with a wave of my hand.
His eyes bulged, his jaw clenched, but he shut up all the same.
Good. At least he knows when not to argue a moot point.
Because I definitelywashere against my will.
It didn’t matter that I’d decided to help him win the incursion.
Or that I was going to try my best to wrap my head around the mate bond thing.
