Both Reyland and Dorien knew full well how Reyland felt about using the blood of others.
The question was completely illogical.
Dorien, however, was not relenting.
“How am I supposed to know? You’ve been lying for so long, how am I supposed to know what you’ve been doing?” he screamed, stepping forward, getting in Reyland’s face.
“Are you crazy, Dorien? Have you actually lost your mind? I’ve never met Marian before! I’ve never –” Reyland yelled back, his palms open before his brother.
“Lies! All lies! You’ve met her before!” Dorien shouted, swinging his arm wildly, swiping away his brother’s hands, without touching them as Reyland pulled his hands back immediately.
“Dorien!” Reyland almost shrieked, running a hand through his fuller, longer head of hair, and then holding onto his hair, staring wide-eyed at his brother.
It was a move Dorien
“How long has he been down there?” Corien had asked calmly.“Too long,” Dax had responded, equally calm.“Will you go in?” Corien had inquired, his tone tinged with concern.“No,” Dax had retorted nonchalantly.Silence.“Why did you bring me here?” Corien had asked, with thinly veiled exasperation.“Because your shrew of a daughter has cursed my son,” Dax had tossed back flatly.Corien had closed his eyes, then reopened them, his green eyes fixed on the still, frosting surface of the lake as he stood in complete silence with Dax.“Why not come with your guards?” Corien asked neutrally, moving the conversation forward.“Because too many eyes should not see my son. Not yet,” Dax had replied slowly after a short pause.Corien said nothing.“Did your child not tell you?” Dax inquired flippantly.&l
Breath mists were coming from Reyland and his father; nothing was coming from Corien.Reyland glanced from one alpha to the other.Finally, his eyes rested on his father.“Fa–” Reyland paused. The sound from his throat was unfamiliar.His eyes widened.His right hand shot to his throat.As his palm touched his skin, he gripped his throat with his hand and jumped up to his bare feet.His pants fell to the ground, and Reyland stared down at himself.A sound that no one, none of the three, Reyland included, had ever heard, came out from Reyland’s mouth.It was a whine, a cry, and a moan, all together.Dax stood. Corien moved to the young wolf.The sound increased, and Dax wrapped his powerful arms around his son as Reyland screamed in a timber so deep that Dax’s large frame vibrated as the boy cried out, into his father’s neck as his arms tightened around Dax’s waist.
It was annoying.It was irritating.Reyland was losing the peace he had come to find at his lake.He shut his eyes, turning his face to the side.All the while, his breathing had been growing ragged.Again, his mind was being pulled in different directions.He stepped back again.He reopened his eyes.His gaze drifted from his father to the father of the girl he had recently bedded.It was the first time he had seen Alpha Corien since the last time they had spoken, which had been the day before.Their conversation the last time they had met had been simple and very polite. He had approached the former Alpha himself and had asked to keep Marian company during the Remembrance ceremony.Alpha Corien had looked relieved, almost glad, and had agreed without reservation.Now, another issue had occurred.Thanks to him.Thanks to his lack of restraint.I could have stayed away from h
That was the first time Reyland placed his forehead against Dorien’s.When he did this, Dorien, filled with fear, doubt, and rage, had calmed. Something about the coolness of the other boy’s skin, about the closeness, about the quiet that seemed to be wrapped around the other boy, had steadied his nerves.Then, he had wept, and Reyland had wept with him.==========Why won’t you free me?!The grown Dorien wailed in his broken heart, sliding down to the floor in his brother’s house.==========Reyland ran from his home, leaving Dorien behind.He moved straight to his lake.His chest was tight. He wasn’t breathing properly.His mind was heavy.He had not expected Dorien to come so soon.He had not been prepared.And just like always, Dorien had been a lot to handle.He understood what Dorien had been doing, at the beginning.But as they began
A wall came down in Dorien’s mind, and Kintel fell silent.Dorien stared at Reyland with dark brown eyes, his soft lips pressed into a tight, straight line.His expression had gone from rage-filled to almost neutral, blank, like he had disconnected something within himself.Somehow, that look seemed worse than the one filled with anger.Reyland blinked.As he gazed at Dorien, he suddenly felt he was being stared down on, even though he was taller than his brother by almost five inches.Somehow, at that moment, Dorien seemed bigger. Larger.“How dare you? What do you mean by such insolence?” Dorien asked coldly, his eyes fixed on his brother.For the second time that night, Reyland gaped.Dorien sounded so much like Dax that Reyland almost called him by their father’s title.For the first time in their lives, Reyland did not see his younger brother. He saw his Alpha, and he was both enthrall
Both Reyland and Dorien knew full well how Reyland felt about using the blood of others.The question was completely illogical.Dorien, however, was not relenting.“How am I supposed to know? You’ve been lying for so long, how am I supposed to know what you’ve been doing?” he screamed, stepping forward, getting in Reyland’s face.“Are you crazy, Dorien? Have you actually lost your mind? I’ve never met Marian before! I’ve never –” Reyland yelled back, his palms open before his brother.“Lies! All lies! You’ve met her before!” Dorien shouted, swinging his arm wildly, swiping away his brother’s hands, without touching them as Reyland pulled his hands back immediately.“Dorien!” Reyland almost shrieked, running a hand through his fuller, longer head of hair, and then holding onto his hair, staring wide-eyed at his brother.It was a move Dorien