Chapter 101
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“NO! TELL ME!”
Just then, Rose decided to force herself through and respond to her wolf-mate herself.
“Back off, you big ape. Lily is not going to explain anything to either of you while you are yelling at her,
and neither am I. Give your human his body back.”
“Rose, baby, I—”
“Do not baby me, Luke. Our humans need to work things out for themselves.”
“I want to spend time with you, Rose,” Luke complained.
As I watched the interaction, I could not help but be amazed at how quickly Luke went from screaming
cave man to pitiful pup. It was nothing short of bizarre, and all it took was Rose stepping forward.
“The humans have to figure things out, Luke. It is easier for us than it is for them. Let them try to make
things work.”
“But they aren’t working anything out!” Luke protested.
“Give James back control, Luke,” Rose repeated.
Luke must have reluctantly agreed, because James’ eyes returned to blue and Rose stepped back again.
Unfortunately, James’ blue eyes were just as angry as Luke’s brown ones.
“So?” he asked in a rude tone of voice.
“So what?”
“Tell me why Brady’s scent is on your pillow,” he demanded.
There was no easy way around this. I decided to just lay it all out there.
“He spent the night here last night.
WHAT
“Relax, James. Nothing happened. I mean, something happened, but not sex. We didn’t even get close
to having sex. We just kissed.”
James’ jaw stiffened and his eyes got more and more angry. “Why. Was. He. Here?”
I sighed. “He was drunk and upset. I let him stay.”
“Do you let every drunk and upset male sleep in bed with you?” James asked me accusingly.
Wow. Now he was starting to remind me of the old James, and I was getting angry. “No, you a&&hole.
Brady has done a lot for me. I was not going to just kick him out of my room when he was upset and
needed me.”
“BUT I AM YOUR MATE, NOT HIM! YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO BRING HIM INTO YOUR BED.”
Yes, I was definitely angry now.
“Funny, because until today, you did not act like my mate. BUT BRADY HAS FOR WEEKS! BRADY CARES
ABOUT ME! HE HAS NEVER GIVEN ME ANY REASON TO DOUBT HIM! If I want to be there for him, I will
be.”
“HE HAS NO RIGHT TO CARE ABOUT YOU LIKE THAT!”
James did not realize it, but that last sentence was a “mic-drop” moment. With that single sentence,
James reminded me of our past, and of all the reasons that being with him did not make sense.
I spoke my next words quietly, and with as much venom as I could muster.
“I am glad to see that old James has re-surfaced. Welcome back.”
“WHAT?” He exclaimed in both anger and confusion.
“Did you hear your words, James? ‘He has no right to care about you like that.’ Do you remember the last
time you said those words to me?”
I watched as James’ face began to pale. Just like his wolf, James’ emotions could apparently change on a dime. “Lily —”
“I was 16. I had no friends anymore, because you made sure that everyone knew that I was to be treated as an outcast. The only parties and events I went to were the ones hosted by the pack that everyone was supposed to attend.
But then there was a transfer student from another pack, and he did not know about your st upid rules. He and I became friends. We hung out from time to time. He took me to a couple of smaller parties. And when the high school planned a winter dance, he invited me to go with him.
Somehow you found out. You came storming up to my parents’ suite. You and I had a fight very similar to the one we just had, except that I was arguing that Thad the right to have a friend who cared about me, and you insisted that Levi had no right to care about me like that. Because, why? Oh, I remember. Because I was a sl utty murderer.
You then went to his family and threatened to have your dad banish them from the pack unless Levi
Do you
remember that James? Because I do. It was the one and only time in six years that anyone at
your pack tried to be my friend, and you ruined it.”
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