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“That’s not the point,” I snapped.
“Then what is?” He looked at me with mirth in his eyes.
“He’s been mad at me this entire time, for something I didn’t know about.” I raised my voice feeling stupid when I said it out loud.
“Why did you do it?” He looked curious.
His question threw me off. Why did I do it? Seeing them bond, running together made me so happy. Once they shifted back, I had an urge to go out there to be with them. When Mr. Potter offered me the water, I thought, at least I didn’t have to go out empty-handed.
“You wanted to come out with us?”
His question pulled me out of my thoughts. I pursed my lips, like I didn’t want to agree with him.
“I’ll take that as a yes.” He smirked. “I want to say instinctually you wanted to provide for us, be with us, and that is why I didn’t see it as a big deal.”
He tucked a hair behind my ear.
“I know you; you didn’t do it maliciously and Zev is so stubborn that even if you came out with just plain water, he would have been suspicious.” He cupped my face, leaning down until our lips were almost touching. “I enjoyed the gesture so much that all I wanted to do was push you into one of them. Tell them to hold you down while I fucked you and made you mine. Preferably Zev so he could see what he was missing out on.”
“Why didn’t you?” I asked, breathlessly.
My skin tingled from our proximity, my core throbbed with need and all I wanted to do was make Aeon mine.
“I wanted to see what Zev’s reaction to you was, and as much as I wanted you...” His jaw clenched. “Our future is unknown.”
I couldn’t argue with his logic. We didn’t know if I was going to break the spell or if I was going to fail and die. A fresh wave of anger and sadness hit me. It was a smart decision, but the rejection didn’t hurt any less.
I grabbed both of his hands, pulling them down from my face, looking at them before I let them go. Taking a deep breath to taper the raging maelstrom of emotions in me, I stepped back and walked away. Even though every step felt like my heart was torn in three... even though I wouldn’t admit it to anyone, Zev was burrowing his way into my heart.
I made my way to the library desperately needing this spell to break tonight. It had to happen because I didn’t know how much more of this I could take. What I really needed was these guys to quit making me feel for them only to be like, yeah that's not going to happen, or I hate you so much I hope you die.
“Kit Kat, whose ass do I have to kick?” Lucien's warm voice helped me ease my way out of the black hole of feelings.
Looking up at him, he looked murderous.
“No one, it’s my own damn fault,” I said, walking into his arms. I burrowed my face into his chest, wishing I only had to deal with one beast instead of three. How much easier would that have been? Only having to break the spell for one of them would probably be a walk in the park compared to this.
He wrapped his arms around me, our bond instantly made me feel better, but my heart still felt incomplete.
“Don’t let them bring you down, Aeon and Zev, are troubled men,” he said into my hair, before he kissed the crown of my head.
“Why didn’t you tell me what I was doing the other day, when I brought you guys water?” I asked.
“I was wondering if you would figure it out, or if Mr. Potter would tell you. I didn’t intervene because I was curious and I saw no harm in it. You are mine and if these assholes want to keep being assholes, then that is their choice. As much as I would love to share you with my brothers, if they don’t make you happy and put you first, they don’t deserve to be in your life.” He looked down at me with his honey eyes and pride filled me.
“I love you,” I said, bringing him down for a kiss, but he pulled away.
“You what?” Disbelief crossed his face.
“I love you,” I said, smiling at him, enjoying his reaction.
He crushed his lips against mine with such urgency all I wanted was for us to go back to my room and spend hours with each other. I groaned, feeling his need that fueled my own.
“You don’t know how good it feels to hear you say that,” Lucien murmured against my lips. “I fucking love you, Katarina Belladonna, today, tomorrow and every day for the rest our lives, no matter what happens. I am yours.”
“Let’s go break the curse, so we can get the hell out of here, and I can show you how much I love you.” I laughed as we turned around. Aeon and Zev were staring at us, but even with their blatant negativity, I was blissful. I had finally found love and learned what it was like to be loved.
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