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Watching her in pain made feel guilty. I had asked her many tis if she was okay, but she lied. She told there was nothing wrong. It made realize she really is a ride or die.
She would rather die than tell she was in pain because she couldn’t be with her mates. So when I walked out of that room, I couldn’t even look at her. I didn’t want to share her. I couldn’t bear seeing her with anyone else. But sotis, great sacrifices are made when there’s no other option.
I walked over to Kaye’s room and heard him grunting in pain inside. He must have been suffering from the sa kind of pain Helanie was going through because of my stubbornness.
I knocked on the door and noticed that Kaye had gone silent. He slowly opened the door, just halfway, so I couldn’t peek inside.
"Are you okay?" I asked, concern growing in as I looked at his face. He looked like he was going through hell. Not just Helanie, but my brothers were suffering too, because of .
"How’s Helanie?" Kaye asked, and his eyes twitched. He looked down and shook his head slightly, as if trying to focus on his question instead of .
"She’s not well," I replied, and my brother lifted his head instantly. He looked so concerned. That’s when Maximus ca from downstairs, panting and disheveled. It seed like he had gone out for a run to help himself deal with the tornt, but I could tell it hadn’t worked.
"Do you want to try so wolfsbane on her?" Kaye suggested, drawing my attention back to him.
"It’ll burn her from the inside. It’s no picnic," I sighed. Just the thought of her being in even a little pain was too much for .
"Don’t act like you don’t know what the real cure is," Maximus chid in, leaning against the wall with his arms folded over his chest.
I didn’t say anything, but I could tell Kaye was giving him a look, silently begging him not to say it in front of .
"Don’t look at like that. You’re in pain too," Maximus said sharply, stepping forward and pushing the door open, revealing Kaye’s room.
"What the heck is all this?" I stepped inside, scanning the room, then noticed the stab wounds all over his body.
"He’s hurting himself to distract himself from the other pain," Maximus explained, his eyes scanning Kaye’s bloodied shirt with concern. His entire white shirt was now red. That’s why he had only peeked his head out earlier.
"Kaye, you know I can’t stand to see you in pain. Why would you do that?" I looked away, clenching my jaw.
"Honestly? To so extent, it works," Kaye replied.
"That’s why I ca back too. The run didn’t help much," Maximus added as I stood beside them, grinding my teeth.
"There’s a better way. The one the Moon Goddess created," I said, and my words silenced them both. "She’s in the bedroom. I’ll go out for a run."
I didn’t need to explain further, they knew exactly what I ant by that.
"Are you sure? We don’t want to hurt you either," Kaye said gently.
I only nodded, then turned and sped away.
I couldn’t bear to see it.
"All this pain because we aren’t part of it," I had a feeling Ro would speak up soon. I had already felt him stirring inside .
I rushed out of the mansion and only stopped once I hit the trail.
"I can’t be part of it. If she’s going to be shared, that ans my brothers will be involved too. Seeing her with them, it’ll never be easy for ," I said aloud, my hands on my waist, my head tilted toward the sky.
"Don’t you fear she might fall harder for them?" my wolf pushed, refusing to let find peace. "They’re the mates she has the bond with. And she once dated them too. What if we’re the ones left out?"
He wasn’t helping.
I grunted and rubbed my face in my hands. Why does it have to be this way?
Earlier, I had gone to et the man who claid to know about the witches. He turned out to be a clueless liar.
"It seems like the Moon Goddess has set these rules in a way that they can’t be broken. We wolves always look for loopholes. Our mother did too when she was told she’d never carry her mate’s children. She found a way to go against the Moon Goddess’s decision, and in return, the Goddess planned our fates. This ti, she made sure we knew: if she wills it, we can never defy her," Ro said with conviction.
He was right! The Moon Goddess was making an example out of us. Our mother’s reckless defiance and stubbornness had left us with the consequences.
I wandered the mountains in pain for hours. The thought of my brothers being intimate with my wife haunted the entire ti. By the ti the sky started to lighten, I had crossed the mountains more tis than I could count.
Finally, I ca to a stop and stared at the brightening horizon.
"They must be done by now," I muttered under my breath.
Ro didn’t respond, but I could sense he wasn’t in much pain. Maybe because she was with her marked mates and not us. But my three heartbeast were irregular.
I made my way back ho, and as the mansion ca into view, I started taking deeper breaths. But just as I was about to enter, soone stord past , heading inside.
"Maximus?" I asked, confused. What was he doing outside the mansion?
He slowed down and turned toward , looking completely worn out.
"What happened? When did you leave?" I asked, though it was more like I was punishing myself. I wanted to know, when did they finish?
"After just a few minutes in the bedroom," he replied, sounding exhausted. "She kicked us out last night. Said she couldn’t hurt you."
It was when I realized why the heartbeats were so irregular because my brothers spent the night in pain.
Those words filled my heart with a rush of joy, just for a mont. Until I thought about the pain she must have gone through--all night.
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