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“Yeah, why did you?” Annie said angrily and stood in front of us. “We don’t know you. Not to mention all the rumors I heard about you. How do we know we’ll be safe with you?”
“Look, I know about the rumors, okay,” I said annoyed. “Most of them are not true.”
“Oh, well, now that is a relief,” she said sarcastically. “I can now be sure that the one about you killing someone is not true.”
I gritted my teeth together. “I never killed anyone, Annie.”
Nick placed his hand on my shoulder, trying to calm me down.
“Look, Annie, I’ve known Gabriel my whole life and yes, he can be rough, but he is not a murderer,” he said, looking at her intensely. “We need you to trust us about this and convince Aria to come with us.”
“And why would I do that?” she asked glaring at him, her arms crossed over her chest.
“Show her the video,” Nick nudged me.
I knew I would have to tell Annie. We needed her help.
“What video?” she asked, anger still evident in her voice.
“Do you have a laptop?” I asked and pulled the USB out of my pocket.
She looked at the USB in my hand and I could see the doubt in her eyes. A moment later she sighed and nodded.
“It is in my room. I’ll go get it,” she said and left the kitchen glaring at us.
“Are you going to tell Annie about the mate thing?” I asked Nick while we waited for Annie to return with her laptop.
“Yes. No point in hiding it,” he nodded. “She is a werewolf so she will understand even more why I want her there.”
I nodded and heard Annie coming back.
She entered the kitchen and placed the laptop in front of me.
I pointed to the seat next to me and turned it on. She sat beside me and crossed her arms over her chest, letting me know she was still pissed.
“Do you have any beer?” Nick asked her.
She nodded. “Get me one too.”
“Gabe, you?” he asked me.
“Yes. Thanks,” I answered while opening the video file on the laptop.
“Annie,” I started talking, looking at her with the most serious expression on my face. “What I am about to show you, stays between the three of us. I don’t want Aria to know. Not yet.”
She nodded and I could see she was intrigued.
Nick gave me my beer and I took a deep breath. I know hearing all of this again is going to hurt. But I have to control myself. I couldn’t break down Annie’s kitchen.
“Nick, I need you to focus on Aria. If you hear her opening her bedroom door, you let me know. I will stop the video immediately.”
He nodded and went to stand near the kitchen door.
I pressed play and took another deep breath.
The minutes went by, and I was focused on calming myself so I wouldn’t go on another rampage.
I watched Annie’s expression go from intrigue to confusion to sadness and eventually pure shock.
