When Georgie goes for the door, Cain tries to follow her but I don't let him. I tighten my grip to detain him until she slips out. "I can't fucking believe this, man," Cain pushes me hard enough to make me stumble backwards. He takes his hands to his hair and starts pacing back and forth, "It's not worth it. There’s two territories that are going to be ours in the future anyway. Georgie is right, you just want to do this to say you did it. And she's never going to forgive us. I've loved her most of my life and if I lose her because of this nonsense..." "It's not nonsense. I can't tell you yet, but there's another reason to do this," I say. Cain turns to me with sharp eyes. I think he's one second away from punching me in the face and running after her. “You can’t expect me to tell you everything while keeping shit from me,” he warns. And I know there’s nothing I can do here but say it, “Tell me or I’m out.” Yeah. I have to say it. "Justin found his fated mate in Fox,” I say,
Jos goes to her own room so she can call her mom and get ready, so I walk to my dad's office. I don't even know if he's still here, but I have to talk to him again. Right after Asheron left my room, I came here and told my dad about Asheron’s plan. I thought my dad would be on my side too, considering he still hates Ash, but my dad just nodded and even smiled. He told me it was a 'great idea', so I walked out on him too and I went to see Cain, thinking: at least he’s going to be on my side.He wasn’t, either. "Hey..." my dad says as soon as I walk into his office. This time, there's someone else here, but my dad gives him a 'get out' motion. The guy gives me a respectful vow before leaving, "Are you feeling better?" "No, I'm actually feeling way worse. Cain decided to join Asheron's suicide adventure so now I'm single again. I’ll die a single woman," I let him know. Instead of cheering and jumping in joy, my dad gives me a tired look, "We're never getting back together.” "Here
Asheron doesn’t answer, but he takes off my pants and his before getting on top of me. I allow it because, why not? But having a man on top of me in my childhood bedroom is kind of bizarre. Young Me would be absolutely terrified and confused, he would be asking where the hell is Georgie.Thankfully, I like bizarre now. And Georgie is not here because she’s mad, but we’ll get her back. Soon.I hope… or I’ll be camping in her palace as protest. “Look up, Cain. Focus,” Asheron barks at me, just because I drifted off for one second, “I’ll do all the work.” “As if you ever let me do anything,” I mumble under my breath, but he shuts me up before I can say anything else. He kisses me, hard and authoritative, as always. At this point, I think I’m used to him kissing me. I’m used to the way he tries to show me he’s in control in every way.Lucky for both of us, I don’t have the need to fight him for control. I’m okay with this, basically being served to. Asheron spits on his hand, then h
When I finally see my brother, it feels as if two years have passed since I last saw him, even though it's only been a week and a half. He looks... older, somehow. Tired. "Hey, what the hell is going on with you? Does it have to do with this shit?" I ask Justin, gesturing around us, at the hundreds of men ready to attack. Justin shakes his head and grabs me for a tense hug, "So, what is it? You look like fucking shit." "Thanks, bro. I'll tell you what’s going on once this is over, it's a long conversation," he says with a sigh, and I just nod. I know it has to do with the fact that he has a fated mate now, but I don't think she's the reason he's so tired, right? Unless they’ve been fucking so much, she’s not letting him sleep. Finding your mate is the best thing that can happen, not something bad. Unless... she has another mate already, one who died but not really, so now Justin will have to enter a polyamorous relationship? Nah, I don't think that can happen twice, "Are you ready,
"Come on, buddy, just surrender already. You'll have a new Alpha and a King in fifteen minutes and your whole life will look better because of it," I butt in because I just feel like it. This is an easy solution and I hate when people are dumb. Asheron gives me a warning look, but I ignore it, "Alpha Asheron is nice, but I'm not. If this doesn't go my way, I'll order a massive massacre no one will be able to stop because you’re all here... do you want that?" The leader gives me a look of absolute horrified shock and every single one of the soldiers around us get on guard because of my words, but before Ash or Justin can even scold me, I let out a laugh. "I’m just joking," I say. Justin growls at me and Asheron is just breathing heavily in disapproval, but I think everyone relaxes after that, "I would never do that, I'm a good guy. I'll be an even better King. And once I'm in power, nothing like this will happen again because we'll be protected by the council. We’re all nepotism-bab
{ Georgette }I wake up in the middle of the night, dripping in sweat and with my heart pounding. I had another nightmare, but this time it was a lot more gruesome than usual. Cain and Asheron both died, but with more blood involved. I try to recover and distract myself, but I can’t. It's only midnight, so I’m all alone in the hotel suite while Jos is roaming the streets of her favorite city next to a very handsome man who's protecting her. She invited me, of course, but I was in a shit mood. And this nightmare only made it worse. I really want to know what's going on with my mates, but I don't want to receive bad news. I seriously prefer not knowing at all. I'm not a drinker… but I think today warrants it. So I get up from my bed and walk to the small bar so I can grab the bottle of wine they gave us as a courtesy.I open the glass door to let the cool breeze hit my body. I have a stunning view of the Eiffel Tower, so I start drinking my wine thinking it’s going to calm me down a
{ Asheron }"Ash..." Cain says as soon as I open my eyes in the morning. He always wakes up later than me but I guess he decided to wake up early today just to keep annoying me. "Don't," I spit out. It's been a whole day since we managed to conquer Fox, but I'm still mad at him. I don't think I've ever been this mad at someone, especially someone who sleeps next to me, "Silence.""We've been in silence for hours and hours, man, you can't dump me too," he whines and tries to grab my arm and pull me back to bed, but I push him away and I get up, "Ash, come on.""I need space," I say, walking to my closet to get some clothes. I don't know why I'm naked, I went to sleep fully clothed last night. I probably peeled the clothes off me at some point during my angry sleep. I can feel Cain walking close to my back, "I swear to god, Cain, I'll punch you the fuck out if you don't stop.""You really want to keep stacking points against you? Georgie will never forgive you at this point," he murmur
Before we even walk into the breakfast room in the Kallistar’s palace, I know King Eugene is here. I can hear his voice and laugh coming from inside, so I grab Cain’s arm and pull him back before he barges in.“Eugene is here,” I let him know. Cain stops trying to keep walking and he just blinks for a second. According to what Cain told me, he left things with Eugene in a good place the last time they talked… but that was before Georgie broke up with us. So Eugene could be completely furious again, especially with me. His anger has never had time to die down because I keep messing up one way or another.I spoke briefly with him when he gave me permission to use his manpower, but it was a completely professional conversation… except at the end when he said, “Don’t die again. And not because I give a shit but because my daughter wouldn’t be able to recover this time.”I didn’t need him to make me feel even worse about my decision. “Are you nervous?” Cain asks, and when I just give him