“I’m here to take Eden back to the council.” Hunter answered without so much as a blink of the eye.
A low menacing growl was coming from James’s mouth and I took a step back in fear.
“Over my dead body!” James roared.
I held in a cry at his words and took another step backwards. My eyes widened as he lunged for Hunter’s throat.
Everything happened so fast that it took my mind a while to catch up with it.
A scream left my mouth as they both broke through the barrier and fell to the bottom floor.
I stood in shock for a few seconds just staring at the broken barrier.
Did I just witness the both of them fall from the top floor?
I felt my body begin to shake as the reality of the situation finally sunk in.
“JAMESSSS!” I screamed.
I couldn’t believe what I’d just seen; this had to be a crazy dream!
Before I could stop myself, I was racing down the stairs. My heart threatened to burst free as I rushed to them.
Oh please let James be okay! So many thoughts travelled through my mind one after the next. I didn’t think anyone could survive a fall like that. My fear doubled at that thought.
I spun in all directions, searching for them. My eyes widened at the broken vase on the ground as well as the rest of broken furniture scattered throughout the once neat palace.
I followed the sound of the commotion and ran in it’s direction.
When I finally reached them, they were both being separated by Austin and Lucas.
I stood there in shock for a few seconds, my mind trying to wrap itself around everything.
How was it that neither one of them had a single scratch on their body?
I forgot about that question as I saw James try to lunge for Hunter again. If it wasn’t for Austin still holding onto him, another fight would have broken out.
I threw myself between the two men, facing James.
“Please stop.” I begged him. “I don’t like this.”
I didn’t want to see him get hurt. I didn’t want to see anyone get hurt.
His gaze softened at my plea and I could sense that he was a lot calmer than before.
“You’re coming with me.” Hunter informed me. I forced myself to turn to him, not happy with what I was hearing. “The wedding date has moved up to this week. It’s two days away.”
James growled once more and this time both Lucas and Austin had to hold him down to prevent him from lunging for Hunter’s throat once more.
What the hell was happening? How did neither man have a scratch on their skin after such a long fall? I still couldn’t wrap my mind around that.
There was something really wrong here, something that everyone was refusing to tell me.
“We’re werewolves.” Hunter said as if reading my mind. The entire room grew quiet at his words.
Werewolves?
Why did that term seem so familiar to me? And why was I not freaking out more about all of this? It was like my body already knew it all, it was almost as though it was sort of prepared to hear it. I felt my head begin to spin as my heart rate increased dramatically.
“What are you doing?” Isabella demanded. “You know that this isn’t good for her!” She shouted as she raised her hands to hit him.
Hunter gripped both of her hands roughly in his so that they stopped right above his chest. “Your family knew what they were getting themselves into when they joined the council. You can’t be upset with me for something that you already knew was coming. The wedding is in two days, your sister must know about everything now or she’ll be completely lost back at the council.” He said smoothly. “Besides, I’ve spoken to your father. He agrees that Eden may have a better chance at remembering her life if she was back home.”
“How dare-“
“If there is anyone that you should be angry with, it’s your father, he’s the one that joined the council. Your family made their choice and now these are the consequences.” Hunter cut her off. It looked like they were both having a staring contest with each other. I didn’t understand how Isabella could just stand there so close to him, how did he not freak her out as well?
I couldn’t believe any of this. His words should have affected me but they didn’t.
This was absurd since I didn’t even know about this council he kept on talking about!
What scared me more than anything else was the fact that I already knew that something like this would happen. After the way everyone had acted whenever I wanted to find out the truth, I just knew that whatever it was that they were keeping from me, it had to be this bad.
But still, this was insane. Everything was complicated and messed up in this entire family and I couldn’t believe I was a part of it all.
Isabella was glaring at Hunter and his eyes were directly on her, his hands still holding onto hers right above his chest.
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