“Carmen, go with your mate and stop making a fuss. Calm down.” He alpha tones her and my mouth gawps open in shock that he would make her submissive in this manner. That he would misuse his ability in this way, but I guess I also kind of applaud him too for being that helpful. Carmen’s body goes limp instantly, her face snapping towards us as she death glares Colton with all the venom she can muster. I know in her head she is cursing him out like a maniac and probably imagining impaling him in pretty creative ways.
This is for her own good and I know she doesn’t really want to keep going on like this and not sorting things out. My brother won’t do anything against her will, but she does need to spend some time with him and listen to whatever he plans to say.
“I actually hate you.” She mutters under her breath in a controlled manner before pulling her arms under her body, crossing them over her chest and sticking her chin in the air. Making it clear she’s not happy at all. I should tell him to put her down, but I can’t bring myself to intervene in this case. They need this. I wave instead and throw her my most loving smile that I hope emphasizes that I’m allowing this out of my love for her.
“I know. Have fun.” Colton smirks and salutes my brother in a mock gesture.
“Thanks.” Jasper nods our way, still cold and aloof but that glimmer in his eye tells me he isn’t taking Carmen off to argue and reject once more. There’s a possessive edge, a definite air of male testosterone about him and the way he’s holding onto her hints that he’s finally giving in to the fact he can’t outrun the one person he wants most in the world. Tomorrow I predict we will have another pairing in our pack. Let them go sort out their issues and figure it out.
It’s taken a week of longing for her. I only hope she doesn’t keep denying it and I don’t see either of them again until she bears his mark.
Varro’s Visit
“If you are satisfied with the terms of the treaty then there’s no need to delay in signing it. I came here with the support of my coven, and this will put an end to two decades of unrest.” My father sits back in his chair across the table and smiles somewhat eerily. I think it’s meant to translate to warm and kind but with his eternally stiff and frosty aura, it’s not.
“Finally, we get to know what peace is. Something I barely remember in my lifetime.” Colton lays the pen on top of it and slides the document to me. I don’t need to read it if he has and approved, so I quickly scrawl my name on the bottom and slide it towards Varro. It seems such a minor act for such a huge outcome. My feelings seem somewhat understated considering this is such a huge thing and I guess it hasn’t sunk in yet.
“Now all the formalities are out of the way. I was hoping on some time to get to know my daughter.” Varro shifts forward slightly, that pointy tooth smile that makes me uneasy and eyeballs me directly. The mood of our topic changing, and he seems instantly softer.
“What did you have planned exactly?” I ask somewhat warily.
“A walk around your grounds?”
“Just the two of us, or…?”
Colton’s gaze lands pointedly on the side of my face and the instant change in his stable mood sparks through my body like an electric volt. He perks up and the intense ‘hell no’ hissed in my internal mate link makes me jump visibly so that I cough to try and cover it. Colton is still a firm believer that Varro has a long way to go before he can begin to think about us trusting him. Being left alone with him is not going to happen anytime soon, even if I feel no threat coming from him. Colton still has many reservations about vampires.
“I don’t think your mate is all that enamored with that idea. Maybe a stroll, with him and his guards wandering a little behind us. So we can talk, without the presence of others.”
“Four feet…” Colton breaks in without hesitation
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