“But I could have” I pointed out “I was going to, if that vision hadn’t happened, then I would have, I want to speak to Noland, I want to start training with him to control this side of myself”
“No” Jax shook his head “We don’t trust him, and he said so himself, he can’t help you until you molt”
“Please” I pleaded “I don’t want to hurt anyone again, please”
Jax gently cupped my face and pressed his forehead against mine “Shh, please just rest, we’ll talk about this tomorrow after you’ve gotten some rest”
“No, I want to see Noland”
“Tomorrow, please, baby, you hurt your head, you have to rest”
KODA’S POV
We managed to get Maddie back to sleep, and I looked over at my brother, who was watching her like she was the most precious creature on earth, which truly, to us, she was. I hated seeing her in pain.
When Rick linked us earlier to let us know Maddie had fainted and cracked her head on the car, we practically flew to our grandmothers. We should never have let her leave the house.
“We need to learn how to control her powers” I told him through the link “Maybe we should reach out to Noland to help her”
“If we’d been there, we could have controlled her” Jax said, but he sounded a little unsure “We don’t need him, she doesn’t need him”
“Clearly she does” I countered “You saw that vision, we didn’t know how to help her, Noland was the only one who stopped the molt”
“How do we know that this was really going to happen?” Jax asked “Maybe Noland got into her mind and made her see that, to make her think that she needed him and not us, there’s no way she would have attacked anyone, that isn’t Madelyn!”
“We can’t keep our heads in the sand, Jaxson” I said in frustration, as I climbed off the bed “You saw that rage in her eyes, that wasn’t our girl, she can’t control her Phoenix half”
“I’m not entertaining this sh*t!” Jax climbed off the bed too “We are not asking Noland for help, we can help her”
“What if she loses control again, and we’re not there next time either!?” I snapped at him “We can’t hope for a vision every time to stop her from acting out. What is she kills someone?!”
“She wouldn’t do that”
“We don’t know that!”
“So what do you want us to do?” He asked “Hand our mate over to another man?”
“If he can help her, we have no choice!” I shouted “Do you think I like this? Because I don’t, I don’t like or trust Noland, it’s pretty damn clear that he wants her, but we have to think about Maddie, and not us, she needs help! You’ve heard her, she has a bad feeling that something is going to happen. What if she is the one who caused it?!”
Jax growled and ran his hands through his hair in frustration, but his face was filled with pain that matched my own.
“I can’t… I need to think” He told me and left the bedroom.
I glared after my infuriating brother, before turning back to my mate. I hated seeing that stupid bandage on her skull, she was hurt again, and we weren’t there to help her.
I sat back down beside her and placed my face in my hands. This wasn’t how it was meant to go once we found our mate. We should have met and spent the first month together, getting to know each other and planning our wedding and coronation, not worrying about someone trying to kill or control her to start a damn war!
I heard Maddie start tossing, so I sat up, and climbed back onto the bed “Hey, easy, baby” He shook her gently, and she woke up looking alarmed.
“I’m fine” She told me “You don’t have to babysit me”
“I happen to like being near you” I reached over and ran my fingers through her soft hair “You should try and sleep so you can heal quicker”
“I’m sick of needing to heal”
“We all need to heal sometimes”
“Such a wise old man, you are”
I laughed and playfully flicked her nose “Don’t call me old, or I’ll show you just how young and fit I am”
“I’ll hold you to that when my head feels better”
“You do that”
She smiled, but then a frown crossed her face and she looked sad.
“What?”
“It just occurred to me that you and Jax are a lot older then me” She said sadly and ran her hand up my arm “Which means you’ll die earlier, you’ll both leave me eventually”
“We’re not going anywhere baby, not without you”
“Kiss me”
“You’re hurt, go back to sleep”
“No, kiss me”
I smiled and kissed her gently on the lips, kissing her was like a damn drug, the feel of her breathe in my mouth was the most incredible feeling, but I pulled away before I turned myself on.
“Cody” She said nervously, and looked into my eyes “Are you and Jax afraid of me? Afraid of what I’m capable of?”
“No”
“You’re lying” She argued, her voice thick with pain.
“We’re not afraid of you” I said firmly “But.. but your power is something we need to learn to control”
“No, I need to learn to control it” She pointed out “Maybe your dads right though. Maybe I should give someone this thread. It’s what it’s designed for, to keep the Phoenix in check for when we lose control”
“You’re not giving it to your keeper”
“I don’t want to” She told me firmly “I don’t know Noland, I don’t know if I even fully trust him, but I do trust you and Jax, I know you won’t use me, I want to tie it to one of you”
“Baby, you can’t do that” I shook my head “Jax and I…. We need to remain equals in your life. If one of us were to have an extra bond with you, it might cause a divide between us and cause us to resent one another”
“What if we find a way to split it between you?”
“If that’s possible, then, of course, you can trust us not to abuse the power. We’d never hurt you like that”
“I don’t want to give it to your dad either”
“We’ll never let that happen, I promise”
“I don’t trust him”
“I know he’s not the easiest person to get along with, or even love, but he does have his moments” I defended him “And he’s kept his people safe, I hope Jax and I can do the same”
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