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“Ah, so I get your blessing?” I tease. He pins me with a tired look and shakes his head.
“Never. No one will ever be good enough for my sister, know this though Cairo, you ever hurt her, or fuck her over like your brother-in-law did to your sister, I will never let you within five feet of her again. Your wolf is strong, but so is mine, I will challenge you, and I don’t back down like Creed, it will be to the death.” I extend my hand toward him; he eyes it for a beat before placing his in mine.
“Believe it or not Cassius, I respect the hell out of you for saying that.” He pulls his hand from mine and scoffs. “Nah, I’m serious. I wanted to rip Creed apart when he turned up on my pack lands, but I couldn’t do that to my sister or my nephew. I’ll fuck this up Cass, there is no two ways about it, but I’ll try to make it work.”
“What’s this shit with you and Sky? You dropped a huge ass bomb back there and then just clammed up and refused to say shit, I ain’t asking to be nosey. I’m asking as a brother who is concerned about his sister being caught in a love triangle.” I hate to admit it, but Cass is growing on me, I respect any man who doesn’t beat around the bush and gives it to me straight. I sigh and run a hand through my hair as I look down at Belle, she’s still out cold but she looks peaceful.
“Sky is…she is me but with a pussy.” We both chuckle at my attempt to explain what Sky means to me. “She is a bad bitch and saved my life, I was in love with Sky for more than half my life.”
“What happened?” I laugh as I answer.
“We had sex and she realized she preferredbuntosausage.” Cass laughs along with me; our laughter dies off and silence descends for a while before I break it. “I always wanted to be with Sky, but she never entertained the idea. She said one day I will find a mate, and I would forget all about her, I suspected that Bex’s obsession with Belle was more than him, and I wanting to know what Davina was up to. I won’t lie and say meeting Belle caused my feelings for Sky to disappear, my feelings for her started to lessen when her and Callie became an item. I saw the way Sky looked at Callie and knew I never stood a chance, did meeting Belle help? Fuck yeah, she pushed me out of my own head and made me see her. I didn’t sleep with her to get at Sky, I did it because...it felt right.”
“I don’t want to hear––.”
“Let me finish, I wasn’t going to give you a play by play. I love Sky and I always will but it’s a different kind of love now, part of Sky lives inside me, and I will always be loyal to her till the day I take my last breath.”
“What does that mean?” I sigh, I have never told anyone this, but I have to start being honest or risk fucking things up with Belle before we even get a chance to start.
“Sky cast a spell on me when we were kids, the purpose for that, was for me never needing a pack, so I wouldn’t have to go rogue and be put down. It also meant that I could never be led, Jacob could never come after me and use me to do his bidding, Sky gave me my freedom and my life. Without her I would have died in a ditch somewhere.”
“I don’t doubt that the two of you share a bond no other will understand, my worry is my sister will be caught in the crossfire. I know Belle isn’t telling us everything because of some blind sense of loyalty to you, my sister and I know that something big is going to happen. Believe me when I tell you, that Blake, Hunter and I will follow her to the depths of hell.”
I roll over and wrap my arms around something, I’m to fatigued to wonder what it is until, my foggy brain registerswhothe warmth is. I blink my eyes open and stare down at her, I cringe slightly when I see Cass asleep on the other side of her. I tighten my hold so she’s flush against me, Bex sighs in contentment at having his mate pressed against him.
“Come on beauty, please wake up, we all need your help.” I whisper.
“And here I thought you just missed me.” I reel back and stare down at her in shock, her blue eyes shine with tiredness, even though she has slept for hours. I don’t overthink it; I cup her face and press my lips against hers, before I can deepen the kiss she pulls back and smiles shyly. “Morning breath is not my jam.” I can’t stop the laugh that breaks free, Cass stirs behind us and sits up swinging his gaze to his sister. The shock on his face bleeds into relief as he rips her away from me and hugs her, he buries his face in the crook of her neck.
“Thank fuck Belle, no more day walking. That shit was fucking hard to watch, and I won’t do it again, promise me Gabrielle?” He pulls back and stares at her with an intensity only a brother can, they may not be blood, but I can see love and devotion each of these Wilder brothers have for her.
“Don’t make me lie to you Cassius. If it means life or death for someone, I’ll do it––.” Bex surges forward and growls cutting off her reply, both of their gazes swing to me. Belle’s eyes widen when she sees my eyes, Bex is right here just below the surface ready to lay the law down for his mate.
“You will do as your brother says, if you disobey me, I’ll take it out on each of them.” Her mouth drops open in shock.
“I’d like to see you try.” Cass mumbles but I ignore him as I keep my focus on the brown-haired beauty. I see the defiance in her eyes and wait for her sassy comeback, but then her face contorts, and worry begins to cloud her features. I can feel her panic through the mate bond, I reach up and rub my hand across my chest trying to alleviate this odd sensation inside me at feeling what she does. “Belle?” She ignores him, the uncertainty in her eyes puts Bex on alert wanting to destroy whoever planted that look in her eyes. This mate thing is going to take some time, I’m not used to Bexley fighting me for control, normally we are in sync with each other.
“Sky…she, uh, needs us but doesn’t want you to go after her.” I act on instinct; I reach out and grip her on either side of her arms and haul us both to our knees and get right in her face.
“Where is she?” She doesn’t flinch at the harshness in my tone.
“She pulled me to her and I have no idea how she knew about my abilities to do whatever I did. She wanted me to tell you that the council has a witch, and it was them that took her, she said it’s too late for her and the witch wouldn’t leave her with a choice.”
Chapter twenty-three
Belle
Painisetchedacrosshis features, and I wish I could take that look off his face but I can’t. His eyes flicker back to their normal ice blue, Cass inches closer to me in case I need him to intervene. I hear the bedroom door open, but I don’t dare take my eyes off the beast in front of me.
“What else did she say?” The brokenness in his voice is like a punch to my gut, I see his and Sky’s relationship in a different light now. I know he has lingering feelings for her, but it’s like he is confused in his love for her. He thinks he loves her because of what she did for him, I may have been out for a while, but I could hear everything that was said between him and Cass last night. I reach out and pry his hands from my arms and grip them in my own.
“She said.” I take a deep breath and squeeze his hands in comfort, because I know what I’m about to say is going to break him. “You have to put her down.” He tears his hands from mine and jumps from the bed, I scramble after him and block his path to the door. Blake, Hunter, Z, Cole and Callie are all in here. Cole has his arm wrapped around his sister who is silently sobbing into his chest, my heart aches for Callie.
“I won’t fucking do it!” Cairo shouts, I steel my spine and meet his gaze, it’s risky but he has to see the truth in my eyes.
“She fought Cairo, she fought hard to draw them away from the rest of us. She doesn’t want to be what destiny said she would be––.” He growls right in my face, and I’ll admit, fear grips me at the murderous look in his eyes.
“Ro, that’s––.”
