Chapter 267

I wanted to vomit.

"Smile." Megan pushed closer. "Smile and accept his kind, stupid offer, so we can get close."

I turned my focus from the letter in my hands and focused on my wolf, who was becoming more aggressive by the moment. "What the hell does he mean you rejected him?" I screamed at her. "I thought we waited. When did this happen?" I looked for Nix.

Megan glared back at me, still defiant. "It was one time Nina came over to mess with us. I saw an opportunity, and I took it. I just left you out of it so that you could focus on more important things."

"Like what, Megan? What could be more important than my wolf rejecting her mate?"

Nix came running out of the trees and skidded to a stop between us. "You lied to us." She sounded hurt, as hurt as I felt. "We could have been there for you. We should have been, but you kept this from us. And you kept it a secret until now… why? We have come so far this past year together, and you still kept us out." I felt like the wind had been knocked out of me. The pain of this betrayal felt like it undermined all the work we did together. While Nix and I worked hard to get past the hurt and blame we had toward each other, we didn’t even realize Megan had kept this from us.

"I’m sorry." She didn’t sound sorry at all, but she continued pacing in a circle. "But you both were crazy about men, and I needed peace. I needed to heal. And goddess forbid having to deal with this fucking insufferable man every damn day, chasing after us like a lost puppy." Megan whirled, fur standing on end. "He killed me. He killed me and my pup, and then I had to wake up again and do this fucking bullshit all over again. You don’t understand."

I felt as if I was punched; the pain bounced around inside my chest as I thought of my pup, my child. I thought of every moment I had with him only to have him ripped away from me, and then, now, to have my wolf try to say that he was just hers… it hurt. There was a vast silence between us, and then I whispered back. "He killed us, and our pup. We share this body, our souls. Every win, every loss, every love, and most importantly, every pain we share. All of us. He was my pup, too. I whispered to him every night. I sang to him every day. I made sure he had all the nutrients he needed. It was me who set up his nursery and went to see every doctor’s appointment. He was mine, too."

I could feel the hurt radiating from her. But then she growled. "Yeah, well, you didn’t have to feel your heart being ripped out every damn second of the day." She turned and started to walk away, but then she whirled. "No! You don’t get to make me feel bad about saving myself." She stomped back. "We can discuss this later. But for right now, smile and pretend that you are actually considering him as a mate option. One, because we need the job to get close to him. And two, because you promised we would get our revenge."

"She’s right." Nix’s voice was still full of hurt, but she agreed. "This is a way to get close to both Vince and Brandon."

I forced a soft smile to my lips. “I’m flattered." I looked back up at him. "I don’t know what to say…"

"Don’t answer yet." He rushed in. "Let’s wait until after graduation before you make any final decisions about where you are going and what not.” He was afraid I was going to say no. That made me suspicious.

What is going to happen today? I forced myself to keep a straight face. He is so sure that I will choose to be with him and work with his dad?

Nix and Megan came close to the edge of my barrier. "We will face this all together." Nix’s voice was strong.

"Yes, we will." Megan sighed. "For what it’s worth, I’m sorry, and I will explain it better later."

I felt my center settle, and then I nodded, agreeing with my wolves, but Brandon smiled. I felt my stomach clench again.

“Okay.” Toya stepped in. “Let’s do cake.” She walked over and lit the candles. “Happy birthday to you…” Everyone joined in and started singing. The song winded down, and then everyone cheered. “Happy twenty-first birthday, Amy!” Toya kissed me and held out my cake for me to blow out the candles. “Make your wish!”

I closed my eyes, and my wolves and I all wished at the same time. We wish we can find a way to kill Brandon and Vince. My wolves started to howl in laughter as I smiled and blew out the candles.