{ Georgette }
This little shit.I hold his rebellious brown eyes for what seems like three years. He's drunk and angry at me, and why? Because I don't want to jump into another relationship after being with Asheron for five years? He should be a lot more understanding than this."Cain, take it back," Queen Jana growls at him, sounding exactly like she did when we were kids and Cain did something wrong."No. I want the bond broken. And Georgette wants that, too," he says, pointing directly at me. Literally, he lifts his hand and points like a kid, "She wants it gone. Don't you, Georgette?"I don't think he has ever called me Georgette. Not even once."You do not speak for me, Cain. Fuck you," I spit out, my dad lifts his eyebrows in surprise."No, fuck you!" he shouts back, making me gasp in shock along with everyone else, "Fuck all of you! I'm moving back to New York. I don't want to deal with any of this."Oh, my god. I cover my face and take a deep breath. He's having a nervous breakdown and it’s all my fault.I mean, I should know better than to add to his stress right now, when he already has more than enough. Cain hasn't faced a single hardship or responsibility in his whole life; of course he can't handle the pressure he's facing right now."We need to have a private conversation," I say, walking closer to Cain to offer him my hand. The sassy motherfucker looks at my hand and shakes his head. I don't know what comes over me, I don't know if being around Cain brings back my most immature self, but I lift a hand to grab a handful of his thick hair and I pull him down to my level, "Be a fucking adult for once.""You're the one pulling on my fucking hair, Georgie. Let go!" he groans, grabbing my wrist. I know damn well he could push me away in a second or grab me with actual force to take my hand off him, but he doesn't. Because he’s a good guy, "Let go of me.""Both of you, stop it right now!" my dad orders in his Big Voice. Of course, I let go of Cain immediately and turn to look at my dad. He hasn't talked to me like that in years, "No, your bond won't be broken. You both have to deal with it and let go of whatever issues you have. You both clearly already love each other; that's why this is happening in the first place."Cain scoffs and looks away, but his face gets red. And I feel huge amounts of guilt because... well... because maybe I... maybe I do feel a little something for Cain. Maybe I always have. Even when Asheron was my mate.Oh, god. I want to throw up."I think we have to give them time and talk about this with the rest of the Council," King Erik says, looking at my dad, "This is a delicate situation. The Blues pack might not like it."Fuck. Asheron's parents. Of course, they won't like this."Yeah, I think I have to tell them personally first," I say, swallowing a lump of nerves in my throat, "Can you give me until Monday? I have a very personal relationship with Queen Elena and King Aldo; they would want to hear this from me.""Of course," Queen Jana nods and looks at her son, "Cain? Say goodbye to your mate.""Bye-bye," he lets out, coldly. I roll my eyes and turn to him, "What?""We'll talk once you're no longer drunk," I say, shaking my head before walking to the exit next to my dad. As soon as I have Josephine in my line of vision, I practically run to her and pull her out of the palace, "Did you hear all that?""Yes!" she says, "How are you feeling? That was a lot.""I don't know how I’m feeling," I answer honestly, "I don't know what to feel except guilt and extreme confusion. I wasn't expecting this whatsoever.""Both of you, get in the car," my dad says when our car arrives. And as soon as we’re all inside, I finally unload how UNFAIR this is for me."Princess, let me see if I’m following…. You have a second chance at true love, right? The most special type of love?” Josephine asks. I grimace and nod, "Well, just so you know, most people never find even ONE fated mate, but you found two. You truly are blessed… so it’s a little messed up that you’re complaining so much about it.”"Exactly," my dad joins in, "I know firsthand how horrible it is to deal with the death of a loved one. And I can only imagine the pain of losing your fated mate... but you're still alive, baby. And this new bond is a gift. Another one. Josephine is right, you're so lucky, I can't believe you have the balls to complain at all."That makes me stop whining immediately. Trust my dad to make me feel like an ungrateful brat."And to have it be your best friend? This really feels like a fairytale, Georgie," Josephine says, grabbing my hand and squeezing, "I don't understand why the fight between you guys even happened… You were so excited to see him.”"Well, Cain has the little brother syndrome," I mumble, closing my eyes in stress for a second, "I already knew this, but I didn't take it into consideration. He loves Justin to death, but he's always felt like second place. I guess this just sparked his issues... and the fact that I acted like a little bitch probably made it even worse."My dad nods, understanding Cain's behavior a little more."You guys need to have a private, adult conversation about this. He has to understand Asheron's death is still a very tender wound for you," my dad says, "And you need to learn how to give your mate his place. No one likes to be second place."I swallow and nod."I don't like you, what are you doing in my palace? I thought I told you, your family is banned from my territory," she says that directly to me. "He showed up unannounced, babe." "I come here in peace," Cain says and takes something out of his pocket. It's a card. Nina frowns, but she can't fight her curiosity so she walks closer to grab it, "It's a 'shut the fuck up' coupon to use on my mom. You can give it to me at any point if you ever need to tell my mom to shut the fuck up. I will do it for you and I will be aggressive about it. She deserves worse for being such a bitch that day. I'll take the fallout for you." "To be honest, I'm not that scared to do it myself," Nina murmurs, but a smile starts to grow on her face, "However, this is appreciated." "Can we start over?" He asks, taking a step closer, "I am actually very, very cool. I swear." "Mhm, I’ll be the judge of that," Nina says, punching his arm like she usually does when she's play-fighting with her brothers. Cain tu
"I can't fucking believe I said that," he says, covering his face in shame, "It was extremely disrespectful, I'm truly sorry. And I guess you're right, this isn't new, I just haven't fully gotten over it. Of course I will one day, this is still new. But you're my girl, I do desire you a lot, you are very pretty in my eyes. I just can't wait for you to grow up some more." I nod with a sigh. "I'm not angry, not like last time," I assure him, Justin takes a deep breath in relief, "But I don't love to know I make you feel guilty or bad. It's good that we haven't had real sex yet, I don't want it to be a bad experience for either one of us. I want to feel wanted and loved. So, I think what we should do is... put a pause in the sexual aspect of our relationship." "What?" He gets tense and looks at me like I'm crazy, "That's not what I want." "Yeah, but it's what I want," I say, clenching a fist. It's not what I want at all, but fuck him for making me feel like wanting me is wrong, "Not
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that, I really am sorry," the King says, looking down in embarrassment, "My wife..." "Don't worry, I get it. Justin shouldn't have surprised any of us with this news, it's not something easy," I say, eyes set on my mate's. He's totally freaking out, "I think I've caused enough damage, can we just go now?" "Yes," he almost whispers and just gives one last look to his dad before grabbing a suitcase so we can leave, but he stays silent as we walk out, all the way to the car. And even when he starts driving, "I'm sorry, Nina." "You should be. This was 'that bad' and then some," I mutter, looking out the window, "About everything else you said… don't even say sorry. It's simply what you feel and I understand, let's leave it at that." "No, no, I don't want us to be at odds again," he says, his hands tightening on the steering wheel, "I want to clarify, I didn't mean I'm not attracted to your or that I don't like you, that's the opposite of the truth." "I
"Let's go," Justin wraps an arm around my waist and he leads me outside. "Wait, son, I'm sorry I haven't said anything. I was just processing and..." the King finally speaks and I try to stop and hear him out, but Justin keeps me moving. He doesn't even give his dad a look, he takes me all the way to the foyer. "Wait for me here, I'll go pick some stuff, then we're going back to Fox," he says and leaves, almost as fast as he brought me here. I sigh and look for a chair so I can get comfortable, but when a couple minutes pass and I realize Justin is probably going to take a long time, I start wandering a bit. It's so weird that this place has so many corridors and different living rooms. Like this one. It's exactly the same as the last one I entered. I don't know what specific purpose it serves but... I stand very still when I hear footsteps coming closer and then two different voices. I gasp and look around for a place to hide. I find a little closet and run to hide in there.
"Cain!" Justin roars and a couple of seconds later I feel some relief and I can breath again as the huge man gets lifted and my fated mate comes to my rescue. He grabs my arms and picks me up, "Are you okay, Nina?" "No," I complain, my whole body hurts, especially my ass and my chest. The guy crashed against me like he had a personal vendetta against me, "What the hell? Who is that hippopotamus?" "Nina," Justin sighs, still not happy with me. He moves away to let me see the guy and points at him. I know who he is as soon as I look at his face, "This is my brother, Cain." He looks like a younger, less manly version of Justin. "I'm so sorry, kid, I totally didn't see you," he says with a grimace, he's still trying to recover too. He looks at me deeply and frowns, "Since when do we hire minors, dad? Isn't child labor illegal here?" Great. Amazing. So, Cain is an asshole. I sigh and look at Justin, he looks even angrier now. I don't know how this is going to play out if my ma
During the drive to his pack, Justin tries his best to make me feel less nervous. I'm sure he can smell my stress, fear and nerves all mixed up in my scent. Thankfully, he assures me over and over everything is going to be fine and he asks me so many questions to get me rambling that I actually start to get distracted. Until we get to Kallistar and I enter the pack for the first time in all my life. I swear it's like a new filter is unlocked to my eyes. So much color, everywhere. There's even a big welcoming mural, as if a lot of people travel from Fox to Kallistar. The grass is really greener over here, the sky is bluer, the roads are so perfect and clean. This is a whole different world for me. I'm almost scared. Because I know this is basically my pack now. But I kind of like my ugly, old, messed up pack. It has character. It's full of working people who are always willing to help one another. No one thinks they're better than other people in Fox but I'm sure over here everyon