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“If you had your way I would have been,” he says, his voice low and menacing .I stare back at my brother, the man who is a mirror image of me. Yet he’s also different. It is like seeing a ghost, one of my past. Bile rises up my throat, yet relief that he’s alive fills me. I take a step toward him, sure my eyes are deceiving me.
“Don’t… Casen. Not after what you did, and then to point the blame at me.” He shakes his head and I swallow guiltily.
“I made a mistake,” I tell him.
“A mistake? You fucking killed me! If it wasn’t for Kat, I’d be dead!” he screams, taking a step toward me. Rose places a hand on his chest, and he stops, my eyes go to her hand.
“Vince,” she whispers, glancing back at her house where Casey stands on the porch. Sage is trying to get her in the house.
“No, Rose. Go, go inside.” He nods toward the house. Rose gives me one last parting glance, and I move to stop her, but Vince steps in my path and growls.
“Move, Vince.”
“Or what? You’ll throw me off another cliff. All because you couldn’t handle that I was her mate too?”
Zyan growls.
“What lies will you tell this time, Casen?”
“For years, I watched from the shadows, trapped that way. Fucking years!” he screams at me. His words confuse me, and I glance around at everyone. “All because I tried to stop you from marking her, yet you told everyone it was me that kidnapped her when it was you. The only thing I did wrong was try to protect her from you,” he snarls, and within seconds, Zyan shoves forward at his challenge and shifts.
ChapterNineteen
Zyan had heard enough of his lies. We had a fucking deal. He was the one who broke it. Vince shifts just as Zyan mauls him. Blood and fur go everywhere as we start ripping into each other. Vince and Zyan fight fiercely, snarling and biting as they grapple with each other. Claws come out as they roll around, each wrestling for the upper hand. Vince manages to break free after Zyan pins him, and he lunges at Zyan, ripping into his shoulder and causing him to growl at the sudden pain. Zyan retaliates by sinking his teeth into Vince's neck, shaking him violently and causing him to yelp in agony.
Overridden by our anger, Rose, and our daughter scream in the background, which only fuels our anger. All this time, not one of them thought I would like to know that I have a daughter. I am so angry that I can't think straight. Keeping my daughter from me is no small secret. The betrayal and lies fuel my rage. And there is also the fact that Vince is alive. My mind can’t make sense of it. All I can do is fight.
Seeing movement out of our peripheral vision, I catch sight of Rose trying to get between us. Vince snarls, snapping her leg, which makes me see red when she cries out and clutches it. Sage, I observe, is helping her up when teeth sink into the back of my neck. Zyan pivots, attacking my assailant, only to be attacked from behind again by Vince, returning our attention to him.
Suddenly, teeth sink into my back for a third time, trying to rip us off Vince's wolf.
It's clear that whoever is trying to rip me off Vince's wolf is no match for Zyan's teeth, as Zyan quickly turns the tables. Zyan snarls and twists, sinking his teeth into whoever it is, only for a collective gasp to ring out loudly.
Sage’s blood-curdling scream rises above everyone else when Zyan looks down at Andrei, bleeding profusely. Andrei attempts to push Zyan off him, but Zyan's grip is too strong. Sage rushes to Andrei's side, trying to help him while shouting at Zyan to let go, and I do the same. Zyan finally releases his grip, and Andrei falls to the ground. Taking control back from my wolf, I force the shift while he apologizes profusely in my head, saying he didn't see him.
Shifting back, I extend my hand to help him up. But Andrei slaps it away and shakes his head. “Get the fuck off my pack territory. You are not welcome here!” he snarls at me.
“I'm not leaving without my daughter.”
Andrei's eyes move behind me, and I glance over my shoulder to see Vince assessing Rose's leg where he bit her, apologizing profusely. Yet, Rose is glaring at me. Sage speaks as I turn back to look at Andrei. “He can stay,” she tells me. However, her eyes are trained on my brother. The glare she gives him confuses me.
“Mom!” Rose exclaims angrily.
“No, Rose. We warned you that this would happen. You should have told him. Casen should be allowed to get to know his daughter.”
I raise my eyebrows, surprised to hear Rose defending me.
“Dad?” Rose demands.
“I'm staying out of it. Every time I interfere with your relationships, it causes more arguments,” Andrei snaps as he gets to his feet. He groans, touching his shoulder where Zyan ripped into him. It is already healing, thankfully.
“This is fucking bullshit, Andrei. You know what he did?” Vince snarls. Andrei glares at him, and then his eyes go to me. “
You and I need to talk,” Andrei tells me, and I nod when Vince speaks up again. Only this time, I growl at him to shut his damn mouth.
“You're not fucking serious!” Vince yells at Andrei, storming over to him. Yet I'm suddenly confused about why Andrei is calling the shots and not Rose.
Peering over my shoulder, I see Rose scoop our daughter up, her eyes on Vince when Casey speaks. “Is Daddy and Poppy going to fight again, Mummy?”
