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086 | Dealing with the consequences
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Hyacinth’s POV‘Girly, are you sure this is a good idea?’ Dolly asked me again.‘No. Yes. No. Oh!’ I threw my hands in the air. ‘I don’t know, but I don’t know what else to do. This is all I can think of.’Foxy Spangles cast his shrewd eyes upon me as I knelt down in front of my chest of drawers and started flinging clothes out of them. I tried to give him a placating smile, but it made me think that I might not ever see him again, and then I thought about never seeing Rhi again, or Stephen, and a sob bubbled up in my chest.“What am I doing?” I warbled around my cries, hugging the pile of clothes to my chest and squeezing them tight. ‘You’re trying to be brave,’ Dolly murmured gently. ‘That’s what you told me, anyway. If this is what you want, sweet girl, I’ll support you.’‘It’s not what I want,’ I mindlinked back to her, unable to speak aloud any longer. ‘But Rhiannon always does everything she can for me. I can’t bear to tell her that I’m Stephen’s true mate, and I don’t want to
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Rhiannon’s POV“Does he have to come?”I glared at Stephen. It was a half-assed glare; I was so emotionally exhausted that I couldn’t put my back into it the way I usually would.“He just wants to help,” I muttered, looking away and back at the letter from Dad again. “We don’t need his help.”I sighed and put the letter down. “He’s the Alpha. I don’t see why you’re being like this, not if you’ve found your true mate too. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you, but you didn’t tell me either. We can be glad we all know the truth now, or we can bitch and snap at each other for things that have already happened.” I put my hands on my hips and waited for his verdict.“You slept with him, though. I never slept with Hyacinth.”My eyebrows shot up. “You want an award for not having sex with my twin sister?” I slow-clapped. “Gold star for you, Stephen.”“Don’t be like that.” He scrubbed a hand through his hair, then scratched the back of his neck. “I just meant… oh, I don’t know. I’m sorry.”“Me, too. I
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Caleb’s POVOh, no no no – this couldn’t be good.I flattened my lips into a thin slash as Amelia stepped out of the trees. Foxy Spangles was struggling in her arms, scrabbling desperately to get free of her. She winced as his claws scraped down her wrist and dropped him; he ran straight over to Rhiannon and wound around her legs like a cat.Stephen was still gripping Rhiannon, like if he held onto her tight enough he could fool the Moon Goddess herself into thinking that he was her true mate. Even though we were literally out here to look for his true mate, Hyacinth. This little love triangle was complicated enough without Ames coming along for the ride, too.“You were supposed to be looking after Foxy,” I said slowly, still trying to get my bearings. “Not bringing him out into the cold.”Rhi looked like she was about to collapse. “You asked the Luna to look after him?” she asked, staring between all of us like she couldn’t understand what she was seeing. “When you said you’d taken
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Rhiannon’s POVI blinked through the shroud of darkness curtaining my vision. Every part of me was cold, and I tried to curl in on myself to warm up. Painful shivers wracked through me. Where had Tiger’s fur gone? I could feel hard snow compacted down beneath me, and human limbs trembling instead of my wolf’s powerful legs.Then I realised why I was so cold.I was naked.I sat up sharply and pressed a palm to my forehead. Or I tried to, at least – warm arms enveloped me, holding me tightly to a familiar chest. “Are you all right?” Caleb murmured, his voice raspy with concern. He tucked his cloak around my shoulders; I snuggled into its heat, too confused and brain-fogged to do anything more.“What happened?” I asked eventually.He kissed my forehead; I heard two low growls from the others. Caleb’s back stiffened. “Tiger was walking along, and then she wobbled, and then you fell. You shifted out after you hit the ground.”I squeezed my eyes shut before opening them again. “I think I b
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Rhiannon’s POVCaleb looked at Amelia sharply. That alone was enough to make me curious – and it wasn’t like I could turn down the Luna’s request anyway, even if I’d wanted to.“Of course, Luna Amelia.” My gaze dipped to Caleb as I spoke; he shook his head slightly, a frown pinching his brow. “We won’t go far,” said the Luna, but Caleb cut her off.“Why are you taking her anywhere? The reason we’re stopping is so that Rhiannon can rest.”Stephen shot me a dirty look at that reminder. I held my hands up. “I said I was fine.”Amelia sighed. “We’ll only be five minutes.”“If you want to talk to her, talk here.” Caleb crossed his arms. “Mindlink if you don’t want us listening in.”“I asked if she’d come with me. I never said anything about talking.”‘This is ridiculous,’ I muttered to Tiger. Then, aloud, I said, “It’s fine, Caleb. I’m more than happy to go.”He replied through a mindlink. ‘She’s up to something. What if she hurts you? Kills you?’I couldn’t hold back my scoff. ‘She’s sti
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Caleb’s POVI paced around our shitty little camp, doing loop after loop around the fire and feeling two sets of eyes on me the whole time. I was pointedly ignoring Stephen, but I met Foxy’s gaze whenever I went past him, curled up in a mound of Rhiannon’s clothes in one of the tents.All I wanted to do was mindlink Rhiannon – but how pathetic was that? The girl was a powerhouse in her own right; she could handle anything Amelia threw at her.Knight whined. ‘But she’s not well. She passed out not long ago. And Maeve is strong, man. Really strong.’‘Rhi is right,’ I said on a sigh. ‘Ames wouldn’t hurt her. She never agreed with what I did to Marcella, even though Marcella had poisoned half the pack. She wouldn’t touch Rhiannon over something none of us can control.’I hoped, anyway. I knew them both well, and that meant I knew they both had fierce tempers. One comment taken the wrong way could end up in fireworks.“What are you pacing for?” huffed Stephen. “She’ll be fine. Although I d
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