Chapter 202
0202
(James POV)
Of all the f&&ing nights for Brady to show up in Ravenwood, he had to pick the night that Lily and I finally planned to mark one another.
Because of course he would. It was like something in Brady had been pre-programmed to irritate me as
much as possible.
I had no idea how Brady figured out Lily’s address, and I had very little time to ask. Instead, I had to remain focused on controlling my temper and preventing Luke from taking over and doing something st upid. As much as I hated the guy, he meant something to Lily. Because of that, hurting him was the last
thing that I wanted to do.
After demanding to know where Lily was -and after a few choice words with me at the door-, Brady angrily pushed past me into the apartment. I did not try to stop him; the last thing that I wanted was to get into a fight with him in the middle of Lily’s apartment complex.
I could not tell if Brady did not know how close I was to losing it, or if he simply did not care. Either way, he said everything he could think of to try to get under my skin. For example, he told me that he was there “to protect Lily” and “to save Lily” from me. He also repeatedly brought up the past, reminding me of my
prior mistakes and the fact that I did not deserve Lily.
A part of me agreed with Brady, whereas a bigger part of me wanted to kill him, so I mostly kept quiet and let him get it out of his system. My silence seemed to inflame him more.
Then, when Brady finally noticed all the candles and roses laid out everywhere, he really began to lose his sh&t. Specifically, with his face redder than his hair, he tried to physically attack me while at the same time accusing me of trying to exploit the dangerous situation in order to “try to” seduce Lily.
“Tell him that we have already seduced Lily. Many, many times,” Luke begged in our link.
“Shut up, Wolf,” I replied, as I dodged one of Brady’s attacks. “You know Lily would be pi ssed if we told
him that.”
“He needs to know that Lily is ours,” Luke protested.
“She already is ours. Mark or no mark. Brady being here does not change that.”
“Are you sure about that?”
I thought for a moment. I could not help but smile as the answer occurred to me. “Yeah… yeah, I am. Lily
meant it when she said she loves me.”
Just then, I felt a punch to my face. Son of a b&&ch. My conversation with Luke had distracted me.
Now, I know said that I did not want to hurt Brady, but nowhere did I say that I was willing to give him freebies against me. F&&k that. I was faster and stronger than Brady, even with him having a special wolf.
Within sixty seconds, I had his head firmly in a headlock, fighting every instinct in my body that wanted to
shift into Luke and take the fight further.
Of course, that was the moment that Lily finally walked in.
(Lily POV)
Leaving the girls’ home for the last time was bittersweet. I had not worked there long, but those girls left a
mark on me. I was sad to leave them.
At the same time, I was excited about James and I agreeing to finally mark each other. I felt ready to move on to the next s of our lives. I also felt ready to return to our pack and face our families
together.
Wanting tonight to be extra special, I made a last-minute decision to stop by a lingerie store on the way back. I knew James would be irritated with me taking extra risks by not coming directly home, but I hoped
that he would be nevertheless pleased with the outcome of my shopping trip.
I was practically sk ipping when I walked up the stairs to my apartment.
My excitement faded as I heard the voices of James and Brady arguing with one another. And my
excitement morphed quickly into anger as I walked in and saw James holding Brady in a headlock.
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