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“Come on, let’s work by the fireplace.” Lucien picked me up, walking to the other side of the library close to the doors that led out. “Hold on.”
He stood me up before going to the fireplace and opening up the chute. He grabbed a few pieces of wood before he lit them on fire.
“Sit close to the fire, I’m going to go get more comfortable furniture.” He kissed my forehead, picking up a chair, going back to the spot we were at. Aeon was walking towards me with my bag in his hand, Zev was right behind him with a table in one hand and two chairs in another. They worked together to make the space comfier with a table to work at, with the couch and two comfy chairs. The coffee table stayed and once the sofa was moved, I arranged all my things on top, getting to work on copying the spell while they finished.
With the fire roaring, a pastry and tea, and all the guys close to me, I was hopeful. We might actually be able to break this curse sooner than later. I just had to make sure we didn’t kill one another, or that Caston wouldn’t come back before we broke it.
22
ZEV
Waking up alone was getting harder every day, and it was all because of Katarina Belladonna. She was the bane of my existence, with her brattiness, fierce nature and a body meant to tempt me. Keeping my hate alive was getting harder and harder. When she yelled at all of us on Samhain, my wolf was intent on mating with her.
She was my match in every way. As much as I wanted to complete the mating, to make her ours, I couldn’t get over that she was related to the woman who had put us here. My wolf was getting tired of what I wanted, making me afraid he was going to take matters into his own hands.
I could only hold him off for so long, but I was hoping we would break the spell before he decided to make her his. Taking a deep breath, I felt my wolf’s discomfort with this entire situation. I got up as it started to rain a little. The chill in the air made the rain feel that much colder.
“You’re up early.”
I turned around to see Aeon walking towards me.
“What do you mean I’m up early?” I scowled at him.
Aeon looked at me warily, “You’re not going to be mad, right?”
“How can I tell you if I’m going to be mad if I don’t know what I’m about to be mad about?” I snapped.
“I just expect you to be mad for everything.” Aeon rolled his eyes before he walked past me.
“You’re not going to tell me?” I caught up to him.
“Honestly, forget everything I just said.” He dismissed me.
I growled at the blatant disrespect.
“You and Lucien are getting too comfortable thinking you still don’t have to respect me,” I snarled.
“How can you keep respect, if you can’t even give it.” Aeon didn’t even look at me.
I wanted to say something back, but he was right. A good alpha gave respect and earned it from his pack. As much as I wanted to just exert my dominance, it wasn’t the way to go about it.
“I won’t be mad,” I grumbled.
“Lucien and I have been waking early for weeks now. I think this is the first time I’ve seen you before three,” he said, still walking away.
“Wait what? And you didn’t think I needed to know?”
“See this is why I didn’t tell you.” He looked back at me even more annoyed. “Everything makes you grumpy, it’s starting to get exhausting having to figure out what is going to set you off and what isn’t.”
“I’m not grumpy,” I growled.
He looked at me with a “see, this is what I was talking about” look before he went into the house.
“How much earlier are you waking up?” I asked, curiosity hit me.
Aeon stopped as he took a breath.
“Lucien has been waking up before two, and I’m right behind him, some days. It’s not consistent but we are waking up a little earlier every week.”
