“Perhaps but in case you haven’t noticed” Maddie looked at him with a sad expression “The women you’ve been with, still want you, don’t think I don’t know, you slept with that hostess we saw tonight”
Jax looked down in guilt and I felt a smug expression forming on my face.
“It was obvious by her reaction to you tonight” She went on “But Koda’s not yelling at you”
“None of my past flings are trying to hurt you!” He tried to defend himself
“But if they were, he’d never blame you”
“Like hell he wouldn’t” Jax snapped and he was right, I would feel the same way.
“Jax can you please stop this” I asked “You know how guilty I feel, you know i’d never intentionally hurt Maddie, just like I know you wouldn’t, you hating me is just as bad as Maddie hating me, you’re my best friend, I love you and I’m sorry, can you please forgive me?”
Jax looked torn as he stared from me to Maddie who reached out and touched his chest.
“Please Jax, for me?” She pouted “You say you’d never hurt me but you fighting with Koda is hurting me, I know you hate seeing me upset over Blake and I don’t fully forgive Koda but I’m trying, can’t you?”
“Please Jax, we have to be united” I reminded him “We can’t be torn apart if we have each other’s backs”
“For Madelyn, I’ll forgive you” He took her face in his hands and kissed her.
“Thank you” I exhaled and held out my arm.
Jax hesitated but finally reached over and hugged both me and Maddie
“I’m sorry for everything” I told them again but when Jax went to pull away, I held him tighter to stop him from moving and he didn’t fight me, he just continued to hug us.
MADELYN’S POV
I didn’t sleep well last night, I kept waking from nightmares about Koda and Blake, some of them making love and some of them gushing over a little baby boy.
Every time I woke up, the twins woke, and I felt really guilty, especially when I would cringe away from Koda and go to Jax for comfort. I just couldn’t look at him with those images fresh in my mind.
When I woke up again around sunrise, I was surprised to see that the twins were up and getting dress, I yawned and sat up as I rubbed sleep from my eyes.
I could see Koda through the doorway to their closest, and he was pulling on a nude singlet and I found myself getting aroused as I watched him.
When I pushed the covers away, he turned and smiled at me “Good morning gorgeous” He said as he walked barefooted over to me and his scent wrapped around me “We were going to let you sleep longer but now that you’re up, go get into some sweats or work out gear, we’re doing your first training session today”
“Why?” I yawned again and sat up on my knees while I ran my hands over his muscular arms and pressed closer to my mate “Can’t we stay in bed and exercise”
Jaxson laughed as he came out of the closet, pulling his hair up into a ponytail and looking just at sexy and tempting as Koda in his black tank and gray sweats.
“It’s not about exercising” Jax said while Koda’s hand fell down to my bottom “It’s about teaching you to fight so you can defend yourself”
“Oh” I nodded
“So out of bed” Koda spanked me and I gasped and shoved him away.
He just laughed and returned to the closet and picked up his shoes, so I climbed out of bed.
“Are your hands healed?” Jax asked and took one of them, thankfully I’d healed “Oh, perfect, I love that you heal as quickly as we do”
Jax kissed my hands before turning me to the closet and swatting my butt too.
I changed and brushed my teeth before returning to my mates, I was really happy to see that Jax was being nice to Koda again, though, he may have just been faking it in front of me.
“Are we going to the training center?”
“Not today” Koda shook his head
“We have a training area at the manor but we’ll start outside today” Jax took my hand and walked us out of the room “It’s such a gorgeous morning, I don’t want to be stuck inside”
Koda pulled out his phone as we left the house and walked out into the manicured lawn but Jax smirked and pulled me closer, when I looked up at him, he smirked and gestured with his chin to my left so I looked over and saw that Koda was about to walk into a bush that had been cut to look like a wolf.
I was about to warn him to stop looking at his phone but Jax put his finger to my lip and shushed me, I guess he hadn’t fully forgiven his brother afterall.
Koda must have seen the bush in his peripheral vision because he looked up but not in time and walked right into it, Jax and I laughed and high-fived as Koda dropped his phone and glared at us.
“Hilarious” He snapped playfully at us “Both of you, grow up!”
We just laughed harder while Koda picked up his phone and brushed off some grass before stashing it back in his pocket.
Once we reached a large unobstructed area of the yard, the twins stopped and looked at me, I noticed a few of the guards wandering around but I tried to ignore him.
“Madelyn, come stand in front of me” Jax c*cked his head to the side as he analyzed me and I gulped nervously “Come at me so I can assess what you know”
“But I don’t know anything” I told him ‘How am I meant to come at you?”
“Just do it” Koda said firmly as he watched me intensely
I looked nervously up at Jax, was he always so huge?
I ran over at him, not having a clue what I was doing and swung out to punch him but he easily stepped to the right and threw out his leg, causing me to trip and fall onto my knees
“Ouch!” I growled as I got back onto my feet and dusted the dirt from my sweat pants “That hurt!”
“Sorry sweetheart” He said “But fighting hurts, next time, jump over my leg”
“I didn’t see your leg, until it was to late” I grumbled “I was looking where I was aiming the punch”
“Well don’t” Koda scolded me “Keep your eyes on your entire enemy, not just one point”
“Says the guy who just ran into a bush” I snapped, my knees were really hurting
“Enough” Koda snapped “Go again and try to keep your weight even between both legs, you favor your left leg and that could be used against you in a fight”
“How do I do that?”
After a quick bout of instructions from Jaxson, I tried again, this time, he blocked my punch by making an X with this arms and shoving me back, causing me to fall back onto my bottom
“OUCH!” I shouted angrily “What is wrong with you, you didn’t have to push me over!”
“An enemy won’t care about pushing you over sweetheart” Jax pointed out “They’ll do worse, now get up, when someone tries to push you back like that, swing into their body, kick your own leg out and try to trip them”
I growled angrily and jumped up “Can’t we start by teaching me actual fighting stances or moves?” I asked “Instead of just attacking me!”
Jax growled and came at me, I gapped and dogged his moves until finally, he got the upper hand and I fell back, this time, he actually caught me and grabbed the back of my head before it hit the ground
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