Chapter 0232
“Luca!” Rafe shouts, just as Jesse shouts Jackson’s name, both of them baffled.
I shake my head at Jacks, begging him to understand as I keep moving forward,
as I place myself between my mates. And the moment I step actually between
them, holding out a hand, palm out, towards each, begging them to stop
I realize that it was a mistake.
I mean, I don’t know what else I could have done, but it was a mistake.
Because in that moment, each of my mates sees that I'm not denying the other.
Luca's eyes flash to Jackson's just as Jackson’s move to his. There's a brief
moment of silence before Jacks releases a horrible, desperate snarl. Luca roars
in response before, in a flash, they both shift into their wolves.
Ben realizes what is happening half a second before everyone else, and he’s the
only one to move in time. My friend releases a shout, hurling himself up from the
couch and leaping over the coffee table to tackle me to the floor jus
as the two wolves crash into each other
above us.
And god, the sound they make —
The crashing roars they release sound unending, so loud in our tight stone room
that it feels my eardrums will shatter. Ben wraps an arm around me, pulling me
away, back against the stone of the fireplace as I cover my ears with my hands,
tears slipping down my cheeks. I try to look, but god, there's blood-
And as each of my mate’s emotions rage through me, I'm completely
overwhelmed. I no longer have any idea which of my emotions are mine, and
which are theirs scream, and scratch, and bite, and intercede, and stop them,
and
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Somewhere, outside, I feel Ben wrap me up in a tight ball as more noise adds to
the fury-
And suddenly, somehow, the feelings change shock and confusion adding to the
anger, and a sudde
sense of shame, and restraint
I open my eyes, my senses slowly coming back to me, and my face goes still
when I see that there are four wolves in front of me now Jackson's scruff in his
mouth, not biting him but a warning growl rumbling deep in his
Rafe’s huge dark wolf snarling as he holds chest. Jesse's familiar brown wolf
stands between Rafe, Jackson, and the fourth wolf, who is a lighter brown —
almost blonde — panting and snarling his warning. But then Jesse shifts,
his hands out between them.
“This is done!” Jesse shouts, glaring viciously between Jackson and Luca. “Shift
the fuck back! We are getting to the bottom of this, right now!”
There's a long pause as we all look around at each other before Jackson shakes
himself, just a little, and Rafe loosens his grip on his neck. Luca shifts then, and
my eyes go directly to him, groaning when I see his bloody lip, the swelling
already starting around his eye.
I move, wanting to be next to him instantly, to check on his wounds — but Ben
tightens his hands on my arms. “You stay...right here...” he murmurs in my ear.
“For just a little longer, okay?”
Realizing that he’s right, I stop, though I can’t stop the whimper in my throat as
Luca stares at me, appalled.
There's another flash to my right, and when I look I see Jackson getting slowly to
his feet. He didn’t come out of it as badly as Luca did, but I see his hand move
instantly to his jaw, rubbing it like he’s assessing the damage.
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sighs and releases his grip on me.
The two of us get to our and I look
awkwardly around the room, tears
welling in my eyes, not knowing
where to begin. I feel so horribly
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Ariel,” Luca says, his voice desperate
and heartbroken as he takes a step
towards me. A snarl breaks from
Jackson and my head whips towards
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him, but I see Rafe’s hand out in a
flash, catching Jackson in the chest.
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“Stop,” Rafe growls, glaring at the other Alpha who only he could probably hold
back. “Let them talk.”
I turn my head back to Luca, who is just staring at me, crushed. “Why...Ariel, why
is he saying that he’s your mate?”
“Because,” I whisper, locking my eye with his. “Because, Luca...he is.”