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Chapter 31
“What did you do to her?” he asked angrily, glaring at me. Anyone would have flinched under his gaze but I was alpha too, he didn’t have an effect on me.
“Move” I said through clenched teeth.
“If you hurt her I’m gonna kill you” Ethan said angrily. That made me snap. how dare he even mention me hurting her when he was the one to hurt her by rejecting her.
“You don’t have the right to talk” I seethed “you’re the asshole that hurt her so badly so don’t even try to say thing” the moment I said that his fist connected with my jaw again but I was prepared this time and only turned my head.
I growled, my wolf taking control, and punched him back. In seconds i was crouched defensively in front of Ethan growling with the other guys behind me. he was the same with Alan and Peter flanking him
“Been wanting to do this for a while” I said through clenched teeth as I glared at him
“Kicking your ass is gonna be fun” he answered but just then Keith appeared at the door, he took one look
at us and took a deep breath before standing between us.
“you know I’d like nothing more than to hurt both of you” he snarled at us and then looked at me “But First, i wanna know why the hell did my sister just come to me sad and hurt” he turned his gaze to Ethan “And I would like to remind you that by hurting each other your hurting Lily. So could you both stop being selfish
bastards”
I stared at him, knowing he was right. i was being selfish. God, when did I start being such an insensitive jerk? When had I ever hurt Lily?
Her expression after I’d snapped at her was heart wrenching. I regretted the words as soon as they came out of my mouth and just looking at her hurt expression tore me apart.
I didn’t know she went through so much, I wasn’t thinking. of course it would be hard to be around her
mate I didn’t have the right to be so mad. It’s just, seeing her being nice to him and hearing her thoughts just brought me on edge. Lily was never a mean person and I knew it took a lot of her to be mean to Ethan, why hadn’t I understood that before?
because you were so god damn jealous that’s why I told myself and i knew it was the truth. I couldn’t help it, I loved lux and wanted to be with her. But every time I’d get close to opening the subject someone would interrupt.
Ethan had calmed down and Keith was looking at me expectantly “Are you going to tell us what happened
or not?”
“Had a fight now I want to talk to Lily so move” I started walking but Keith grabbed my arm and I growled.
“She’s asleep now in my room. Save it for another day” he said. I was hesitant but nodded and watched as
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Ethan and his pack went inside. I was going to walk in but I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned to see a very angry looking Jacob
“We need to talk” he said and I followed him and the others to the woods so no one will hear us. “All I’m going to say is how could you? did you even hear what you said to her?”
I looked away guiltily, they were right. What is aid was out of line, I made it sound like I put up with her and thought she was pathetic. A total lie, I couldn’t imagine my life without Lily.
I couldn’t explain it to anyone, the way I felt about her. I didn’t want her hurt again. When she only talked on email and got close she told me how they treated her, how she felt that maybe they were right with what they said. I didn’t want to see her go back to the way she was when she first came to live with us. I can’t tell you how many times I’d walk by her room and hear her listening to ‘nobody’s home’ by avril lavigne as
she tried to hide her cries.
It tore me apart to see her like that, I was scared for her and add that to jealousy and you get the messed up things I said.
“Dude did you even hear yourself? Did you see how hurt she was?” Jim asked
“I just…snapped guys. I don’t know what came over me” I said scratching the back of my head.
“We all know what came over you Xavier.” Adrian said angrily “it’s as clear as day”
“But frankly I don’t care” Jacob said “We’re supposed to protect her, not cause her more pain. Thought you,
of all people, would know that”
My head snapped up in anger “I do know that” I said clenching my fists “You know I will always protect her no matter what!” I looked away. “it’s lux we’re talking about here. You guys know how much I’m protective of her. I regret every f*****g word I said, and I wish I could take them back but I can’t”
Jacob sighed and took a few steps towards me “Look you need to talk to her, after what you said she thinks you always saw her as pathetic. So make it right”
I nodded, trying to think of what to say to her already. She had every right to hate me now. God, just thinking about what I said…unforgivable.
“leave it for tomorrow and lets all get a god night’s sleep” he added and I nodded.
Somehow I was going to make it up her.
Lily’s P.O.V.
I woke up in the middle of the night to the feeling of someone lifting me. I kept my eyes closed and
snuggled into the warm chest.
