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Aurora POV The next morning, I found my mates in their office. Their voices were low as they murmured their plans. Every time I walked, I felt the delicious ache from last night. It helped bring a calm to my mates and I. It was perfect. If only Ethan had been there too, I would still be wearing the smile on my face. He had a text to tell me he had arrived safely at Bloodmoon Bay. He was one of the strongest and quickest alphas I knew. He could take care of himself, but still I worried about him.When I push the office door open, the three of them turn to face me. None of their expressions look half as tense as yesterday. We all needed a release and feeling slightly more together has eased the strain. Nothing will stop me from feeling like we are complete until Luca and Ethan return. Sabastian left his red hair ruffled from where I had tugged and pulled on it last night. His lips still had that slow, lazy smile as his dark brown eyes drank me up when I walked past the threshold.Gabri
Aurora POV I run after Ethan, my eye itch with a pressure that feels like it is about to burst. The cold air nips at my heated skin and I reach him as he heads towards his jeep at the front of the house. “Ethan,” I start calmly. I won’t cry.“Shouldn’t you be upstairs by now letting Sabastian fuck you like a whore,” he replies calmly, oping his car door to get in. It’s like he has slapped me and now I am pissed. Slamming his car door closed before he can get in, I shove him back against the metal. “Really!” I slap him again because maybe it will snap some sense into him.“I’m talking here with you because I care about you. I love you.” I love them all equally, but if one of them is hurting, I can’t not fix it. He captures my hand to stop me from slapping his face again. I feel the heat of his stare as he looks at me, his thumbs running over my pulse points as his gaze drops to my lips. Goddess, these men.My core heats already woken up from Sabastian’s teasing and with the way Ethan
Sabastian POVFuck. That video reeks of being a trap. Anger burns through my veins. It rises within me, heating up my insides in need of release.I’m going to take my kitten upstairs, pin her beneath me until she blacks out from screaming my name.“I’ll run it through my encryption software, see if I can find out who this fucker is!” Caleb nods and he minuses the video. Ethan harrumphs clicking his jaw, and suddenly I wish I had hit him fucking harder.“You have a problem?” I start as Aurora whips her head around to look at me. She doesn’t want us to pick a fight, but sometimes it’s needed. Ethan clearly has something to say better get it off his chest. I put my hand back on her thigh as she tries to clamp her legs shut and wiggle off my lap. Cute. Ethan just scoffs, eyeing at me, then my other brothers.“Are we really not going to go meet them? They have information on Luca. Why would we not explore it?” Am I really the only one who cares that our son is gone? We have an opportunity
Ethan POV “Did you just fucking hit me?” I growl at the hot blood oozing down my throat as Sabastian shoves me from him, his shadows pulling back as we stand on the patio of the back garden. “You were being a prick,” He tells me, wiping his fist on his jeans in an attempt to remove my blood. “I’m being a prick? You're one to talk,” I growl before launching myself at him once again. He jabs his elbow to my jaw to deflect my strike. I counter balance staggering sideways, moving my feet. I’m going to fucking kill him!I send a kick his way before dropping low and taking him down to the ground as I swipe out his feet. He snarls at me before sucking his teeth and getting back up. He’s winded from the impact, the way he moves slowly. “You always think you know best. You’re not right all the time,” I growl, delivering a punch to his jaw, which he deflects. “No, but I’m right about this,” he knees my stomach raining down his fists to my head and back as I shake him off of me delivering a swi
Aurora POV “Mummy, can you come play LEGOS with me?”“No, mummy you said you would paint my nails!”“It’s my turn, you're so selfish,”“AM NOT!”“Are TOO!”I stared down at the twins as they both fought for my attention. Each held one of my hands and was literally pulling me in the opposite direction. It had been like this all day. To say I was exhausted was an understatement. Their bickering continued and as much as I understood their neediness, it was getting to me. All I wanted was some peace and quiet.It wasn’t just that Luca was missing and we now each had what felt like 20 guards around us, barely able to breathe without one of them becoming a shadow. But their fathers arguing non stop was the most unsettling thing. They felt like their entire world was crumbling around them and as much as all of my thoughts were on Luca, where he was and what was happening to him. I had to keep forcing those worries from my mind in order to give Logan and Violet some semblance of reassurance.
Gabriel POV By the time we make it to the cells, Avery is barely conscious. Blood cakes his face, crusted around broken teeth and a shattered nose.Sabastian and Ethan howl at each other whilst I got to work. Sabastian made a lot of good points. If Avery couldn’t talk, we wouldn’t know what happened to Luca.Without my serums, healing him is... less pretty. Messier. Cruder. Alpha saliva contains potent healing properties that can heal one’s mate. Mine happens to heal everybody. Looking at Avery’s beaten up face, I’m sure he wants me to lick him as much as I do. His wolf will start the healing process, but for now, I can help.I gather as much saliva in my mouth before spitting it onto his face. He’s a traitor. I’ll heal him, doesn’t mean I’ll be nice about it.Two. Three more sprays hitting his nose, jaw and cheekbones. Each time he groans, but the blood stops flowing. The skin beginning to knit itself back together.“Need to fix that nose of yours,” I state before clicking back into
Sabastian POV “What the hell are you doing?” I snap through the mind link once Ethan releases my arm. I keep the shadows tightly around us so Avery doesn’t know how close we are.I’m completely drained from taking Ethan with me. He is heavier, bigger and wider than Aurora by a long shot! Not to mention I don’t take anyone with me unless absolutely necessary because of the toll it takes to do so. “You’re not dealing with this without me,” he hisses back and despite his rage, manages to have the sense to use the mind link back. Shooting him a glare, he holds his own back as we have stare off for a full two minutes.Without Ethan here, this would have been a stealth mission. Calm. Controlled. Discreet.I would have been able to apprehend Avery and bring him to the cell where my brothers could be waiting. Now there is more chance of Ethan killing him before we can ask him any questions.My muscles ache as I move, the adrenaline crashing with exhaustion. As I look at Ethan signalling to h
Caleb POV “What is it?” I mind link Aurora. Her green eyes are wide as she scans the crowd, swallowing a few times before she looks at me. The heat of the flames warm my skin but they give her a haunting quality. “Avery isn’t here,” she whispers through the mind link, and I know why she is so shaken. He should be here. He was friends with Beck, cared about him like we all did. Even if he didn’t, he’s leadership, there is no excuse for him to be absent.My chin tilts down as I give her a nod. Finding the tether to him through the pack, I try to mind link him. There has to be a reason why he is missing. It’s not like Avery to go rogue and yet Gabriel mentioning someone could have betrayed us keeping ringing in my ears. Now his absence seems to confirm our suspicions.Looking at my brothers, I tell them the same thing Aurora told me. Each of their faces harden marking their betrayal. It’s hard not to let the stench grip me, twisting a dirty blade into my back. Normally I am all for inno
Aurora POVMy outspoken, independent daughter is being unusually clingy. Since Luca has been gone the longer he is missing, my little one has turned into my shadow. Her twin, on the other hand, is nowhere to be seen. Although if I had to guess, I would say it is either with Ethan or Riley.A cloud hangs over me today. Beck’s funeral is finally here and as I finish getting into my dress and shoes, a hundred times trickier with Violet clutching my leg. I sit down to begin putting makeup on my face. There are purple bags under my eyes. My skin is dull and flaky, no doubt from all the stress of trying to hold everyone together. My hair hangs limp rather than its normal bounce and volume. Part of me thinks the back should see the real me. Raw. Broken. Unravelling.Since our argument in the office, my mates and I have barely spoken two words to each other. It’s like we are on autopilot and the chasm between us all just continues to grow. Caleb has taken to sleeping in his office. The others