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LUCY:"I will need all of you to hold my hands," I explain, moving over to squish their beds closer.They're hesitant but surprisingly curious, so they scootch to the edges of their beds to reach me in the middle."I want to warn you, I'm going to show you something, and there is some nudity," I say, with my cheeks turning pink.I didn't exactly want to show them this; it was a very intimate memory for Leon and me, but I needed them to trust me.I reach out both arms, allowing them to clasp their hands in mine while the middle girl looks at me."You can hold one or both," I tell her. She reaches out and grabs one hand on top of the other girls. Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath, focusing on the memory that I want to share with them.I've never done this before, so I'm going on instinct and praying that it works.It's the strangest experience, which is saying a lot to me at this point.I can feel them all collectively in my position as Leon starts pulling me out of my rage. The fla

LEON:Liam is having a hard time opening up about everything, but Seth and I are patiently waiting."At first, I was a little upset to have to share, but ultimately, I remembered what Theo had said. He told me that I would be better suited to help her with this quest since you were her mate," he says, taking a deep breath."So you chose to listen to some Theo guy over the Goddess's gift to you?" Seth quirks back.Oh no."Yeah," Liam says, surprising me.I was getting ready for a brawl, but Liam admitted defeat at this point."I don't get it. Why didn't you just talk to her or me or anyone before you made such a dumbass choice? You made Lucy cry," I say, harsher than I meant to.I can feel Seth getting tense beside me as he hears what I say."I guess I had accepted that Lucy and I weren't mates after I had originally thought we were. I was upset she was your mate when I found out, but I got over it and accepted the task that Theo had given me. Now she hates me," Liam says, tugging at h

LIAM:She's agreed to hear me out but won't even look in my direction. We're sitting, waiting for food, in awkward silence.'She is just ignoring me now,' I link to Leon.He chuckles through the link before responding.'What do you mean? Where are you?' he asks, with a smile in his voice.Lucy glances at me and quickly turns away.'I took her to the burger place by the hospital. I thought if I showed her I paid attention to her, maybe she would open up to me,' I explain to Leon.He starts laughing full-on through the link again.'You took our mate to a public place to have a private conversation? When did you get so bad at this?' Leon says through his chuckles.Shit. Okay, he has a point. I closed our link because I could tell he wanted to start bantering with me, but I needed to focus on Lucy.I get up, startling Lucy for some reason."I'll be right back; please don't leave," I say.She looks at me and nods before looking away again."Do you have anything you could put the burgers in

LIAM:I swam in place, watching her swim on her back in circles for a while.She was softly singing, something I'd never heard before, but it was beautiful.I had no idea she could sing, but I suppose I didn't know much about her yet."Mom used to sing to me sometimes. Always the same few songs," she comments, now opening her eyes.I swim over to her and grab her, pulling her body into the water.I was struggling to see her presented so openly to me, but she only made matters worse when she wrapped her legs around me.Goddess, she smells so good. "You brought me here to say sorry?" she asks, finally talking about what I've been trying to talk about.She seems almost intoxicated. I'm trying to balance between what I want and the right thing to do."Yes. I also wanted to share this place with you," I say honestly.It was all I thought about the night after I made my mistake. My mom had made the perfect suggestion, but I was too busy in my head to see it.Lucy wouldn't usually be this i

Lucy:Leon grabs the sweater from Liam and puts it on me."Sometimes you just have to do it. She gets stuck in thought. She and Nia talk to each other more than any other werewolf I've met," Leon says after pulling the sweater over my head."Sorry," I comment—Leon's right.'We've had to make up for a lot of time,' Nia comments. She's right, too.My mind drifted to the years I had spent without being able to talk with Nia. She was nearly gone. She was always burrowing herself to deal with what was happening to me.So many things in my life I had suppressed in order to deal with the constant abuse and rape. There were many things I was now starting to realize about myself.Liam walks to the other side of the vehicle and gets in as Leon pushes me into the middle seat, leaving me trapped in the middle."Good thing you're so small. I don't think anyone else would fit in the middle seat like you do," Liam laughs.I look at Leon, who is smiling at me as we drive off.'Should we make bets on