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“Extremely,” I said, sitting on my bed. “I also don’t want to disappoint Lucien; he is so hopeful that this is it and… what if it is not?”
I expressed my fear to Mr. Potter because he always had the best advice.
“I think you all don’t give Lucien enough credit. He’s a smart man, but if you don’t allow him to live life, he will never learn. I think you will see he surprises you.”
I mulled over his words.
“No matter how much you think you are protecting him, you are not helping him. I've told Zev this dozens of times; let him grow, let him make his mistakes.” He sat down by me, looking uncomfortable. “I also have a confession to make to you.”
I looked over at him wondering what beans he was going to spill.
“The night they ran, I told you to take them water with the moon flower I had in it,” he said, looking uncomfortable. “I had an ulterior motive. Once or twice a year a few packs will get together to have a mating run. The men would hunt while the women waited and when they returned if the woman found them attractive and a good provider, then she would offer him water with a moon flower in it. The men could consider her offer, or if it was an instant attraction, some would mate that night after the run.”
I looked at him confused. What was he trying to tell me?
“Wait... are you saying you sent me with the water so that I could tell them I was interested in them, to mate with all of them?” I asked, getting up from the bed.
“Well, yes, but also, I wanted all of you to be on better terms with each other. I thought that perhaps Zev just needed to see that you were making the first step...”
“That's why he was angry,” I snapped. “He probably thinks I am still trying to manipulate him.”
“I didn’t think he would react that way. You seemed to be more relaxed with each other so I thought—”
“I can’t believe you did that.” I looked away from him, the tears I had in my eyes threatened to spill over. “If you would have just let us be, we would have been fine. Now he thinks I’m still trying to manipulate him, he’s been awful lately, and now I know why.”
“I didn’t think he would get defensive,” he argued.
“This is Zev, we are talking about, the man who is broody and mad at the world all the time. You really think he was gonna be ok with me basically telling him I wanted to make him mine?” I ran a hand through my hair. “Zev and I will never be together.”
“I see the way you look at each other, it's a mutual attraction,” he said it like that was enough of an excuse for what he did.
“Yeah, but you know how Zev is, he is astute, nothing gets by him and now I look like the back-stabbing Belladonna that he thinks I am,” I snapped, feeling frustrated. I grabbed a pair of shoes and slipped them on. “Look, I know you think you were doing something good, but the delicate balance that he and I had completely crashed that night. I feel it in my gut that Zev is the key to all of this, and I can’t break this spell with your old lady meddling.”
Grabbing my knives and bag, I opened the door and then slammed it shut. It was about two thirty, there was a possibility that Zev could still be in wolf form, but I needed to walk away. My anger fueled my haste. I didn’t even know where I was walking until I came crashing into a chest, making me stiffened, worried I had run into Zev.
“Kitten?” I instantly relaxed when I heard and smelled Aeon. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” I said, trying to wipe my face with tears that I didn’t even realize had fallen.
“Kitten,” The authority in his voice always brought me comfort, like I was a damn submissive in heat.
“I need to go.” I tried to push him away, but he kept a firm hold on me.
“What happened?” He grabbed my chin, making me look at him. His gorgeous eyes captivated me.
“Did you know what it meant, when I gave you the water after you ran with the guys?”
We continued to look at each other, but when Aeon looked at me it felt like he was always looking for my darkest secrets.
“I did,” his rich voice said.
“And you didn’t think to explain to me what I was doing?”
“I didn’t think it mattered,” he answered.
“You didn’t think it mattered? You know Zev—”
“Are you not interested in us?” He raised an eyebrow at us.
