Xander
I didn’t trust him. I never had.
My brother was secretive. Always coming up with plans, trying to figure out things so that they would benefit him. It had been the same for as long as I could remember. But I was curious as to why he wanted Blue so badly. Of all the ones we had been mated too, he had never wanted anything to do with them, so why now? What was so special about this one?
He had commented about her blue hair. But why was that so important? I had seen the way he had looked at her too. He had never looked at another woman in the same way. But Blue was damaged goods. It wouldn’t look good, not for us and not for the pack. I had to make him see sense before it was too late.
Jaxon sits in my fathers chair in the office. He props a foot up on his knee and spins in the chair like a four year old. “Not long now little brother.” He smirks at me. “The pack will be ours.”
“You are a minute older, I’m hardly your little brother.” I mutter, rolling my eyes at him. “But we do need to talk about her.”
“What’s wrong? Worried she won’t find you attractive?” He sniggers as he riffs through our fathers paperwork.
“She comes with too many problems. The human friend, the scars, she has been raped! And to top it off, she is a wolf!”
“Blue is the best one for us. The other’s just bowed. She held herself. That’s the kind of Luna we need. Fuck her past, she will learn to love us.”
“She hides herself away!”
“Xander. She lives among humans, of course she hides herself away.”
“She doesn’t shift!”
“She hasn’t allowed herself to heal.”
He had an answer for everything. But Blue was broken, I could tell that much by the way she held herself. She was a little too confident, but not in a good way. But something else bothered me, there were only photos of her and the human in the house. There was no sign of a family.
“I think she is a Rogue wolf.” I tell him, already preparing for him to laugh it off. The same way he did with all my ideas.
As expected, he bursts into laughter. “A Rogue, really brother? She is nothing like a Rogue.”
“How many other wolves live among humans?” I had thought it over, everything in their little apartment showed me that she didn’t live in a pack. “Just think about it. She doesn’t shift. There are no photos of her family. There were no other wolf scents in the apartment. There is just something off about her.”
He smiles at me, “Maybe that’s exactly what we need. Something different, something spicier.”
“We can’t have a Rogue wolf as our mate. Father will never hand over the pack! He will give it to Cecelia.”
“Cece doesn’t want it! She wants to leave as soon as her and her mate are married. She just hasn’t told father yet.”
“Are you serious, why didn’t Cecelia tell me?”
“Maybe because you insist on calling her that. She hates it.” He cracks his knuckles on the desk. “Xander, I love you, you are my brother, but Blue is the one for us. You will learn to love her. You will get over her past.”
I glared at him because I knew what it meant if we didn’t agree. I was not ready to be mateless for the rest of my life. Not that I was keen on sharing her either.
“Now, we will be going back tomorrow. I want her to feel comfortable around us before we even consider bringing her here.”
“Father will hate her!” I mutter, standing up to leave.
“Father isn’t going to be the one fucking her.” He stares at me and I roll my eyes. If only he acted the same way in front of women as he did behind closed doors.
The following morning, I find my father and my brother joking around the breakfast table. They both stop the moment they see me. Father picks up the newspaper, hiding himself behind it. It had been this way for years. Father was much more fatherly to Jaxon than me.
“Good morning father.”
“Good morning, son.” He mutters from behind the paper.
Jaxon nods his head at me, “You need to hurry up, we are leaving in thirty minutes.”
“Where are we going?”
“We are going to look for our mate. We will spend the whole day looking if necessary.”
We had already found her so I assumed that he wanted us to spend the day with her. It was his way of telling me without father knowing.
“Fine.” I make myself sound happy about it. Father would only question me otherwise.
Saying goodbye to father, he wishes us luck. He was so desperate for us to bring a mate home. But all I could see is how he would tear her apart the moment he finds out what she is. Because I was certain that Blue was a Rogue.
Jaxon drives, he preferred too. But I just think it is another way for him to assert his dominance over me. To remind me that he was the older twin. That he was somehow more powerful.
“What are you hoping to achieve today?” I ask
“To find out her bloodline.”
“Do you think she actually knows? If she is a Rogue…”
“Will you stop with this Rogue business! Rogues are rough, they live in the woods and the forests. They don’t live among humans and they certainly don’t work in bars for minimum wage.”
“Fine. What do you want me to do?”
“Act like you give a shit! I watched you lure our other mates into bed, even when I told you they were no good. Just because you don’t seem keen on this one doesn’t mean we are rejecting her. You don’t see what I see!”
“It’s because you thought the others would choose me, isn’t it?” I mutter, knowing full well that was why he wanted us to reject him.
“Shut up!”
“I’m right, aren’t I Jaxon? You knew they wouldn’t put up with your lies and deceit.”
“They were from our pack. They knew too much.” And there we have it. He was putting on a false front for Blue. I would have to help her see it. See that Jaxon is a con artist.
“Well, they were certainly happy to jump in my bed. You only like this one because she speaks to you.”
He gives me a warning growl as we roll up to the apartment block. Blue’s floral scent was thick. It should be, we were right outside of her home. I watch my brother take a deep breath, he closes his eyes. “Are you ready, Xander?”
We make our way up the two flights of steps. With each step her scent grew stronger. Our other mates had never had such a strong scent, not like this.
Jaxon knocks on the door and unlike yesterday, Blue opens it without hesitation. “You really do stick to your word don’t you?!” She mutters
“Can we come in?” Jaxon asks. He wasn’t speaking in his usual tone of voice. He was speaking softly. His eyes glistened as he looked at her, what the hell was he up too?
She steps back, holding the door wide as we step through.
“Why are you so calm today?” I was curious. This wasn’t the same person that I had watched for the last week. And she definitely wasn’t the same girl from last night.
“What’s the point in fighting it?” She shrugs her shoulders at me and gives me a small smile. But I smell the alcohol on her breath as I walk by.
“Where’s the human?” Jaxon asks as he makes himself comfortable. He already knew where she was, we could both smell her.
“In her bedroom, getting ready for work. Vita has called us in.”
“You’re not going!” My brother orders.
“I know you don’t want me too, but Vita is short staffed and I like working the bar and for her….”
“I said no!” He was annoyed that she wasn’t conforming. Yet last night, he said he liked that about her.
“I have an idea. Why don’t you go to work and we will take our usual booth?!” At least this way I could keep an eye on my brother and Blue.
“If that’s what you want to do.” She shrugs her shoulders. “But I need to work.”
“Have you taken something?” Jaxon demands, staring at her.
“I needed a drink” She waves her hands around, “Especially if you are going to be hanging around.”
Her comment makes me laugh and my brother glares at me. She certainly didn’t have a problem with answering back. Maybe she was right for us after all.
BlueJaxon insists on driving us. Though he wanted me up front with him. When I said no, Xander tells me that it’s fine to sit in the back with Bree. He may be the quieter twin, but he definitely seemed to care more.Bree spends the whole time trembling. Her hands grasped with mine. Her green eyes wide. I try to give her a reassuring smile. The twins were not here for her. They were here for me.As we arrive in the club, Vita is sitting on the door with the security guy. She gives me a tight smile while looking at the twins. As they start to walk away to their usual booth, she nods for me to go into the back room.Bree had already disappeared to change and Vita led the way to the back room. As we walk past booth thirteen. Jaxon demands to know where I am going.“Vita said she has some new uniforms for me.” He looks to Vita, “You better not be up to something, wolf.”“I have no intentions of doing anything stupid. I am just trying to keep my staff and business looking smart.” She hold
JaxonI stare into her odd eyes. The other women that we had been paired with would have immediately averted their gaze, bowing to us. But Blue stares right back at me. Her arms folded across her breasts. Her chest rises and falls as she waits for me to say something.“I prefer the way that suits look and it’s unlikely that I will need to shift.”“You didn’t say they were comfortable?” She cocks an eyebrow at me. I was almost mad by how easily she was pushing my buttons.“High quality ones are comfortable.” I mutter“So you just want to remind everyone that you have money?”Xander stifles another laugh. I was going to have to speak to him later, especially if he carries on like this.“No. There is nothing wrong with wanting to take care of myself.” I mutter and she shrugs her shoulders, walking away. Her attitude had me annoyed and a little turned on. If she wasn’t so afraid of my touch, it would be a completely different scene right now and she would be screaming my name.“I need a d
XanderI hated the way he was leaning over her, forcing his scent into her face. I knew Jaxon was just doing it to prove that she was his, trying to make her want him. Yet Blue didn’t belong to either of us, not yet.The news of her slowly poisoning herself was a shock to the system. I had never heard of a wolf doing that to themselves. Wolfsbane could do horrible things to a wolf, it never reacted the same way so you could never know what would happen to the wolf. Scars, burns, melting flesh, dissolving organs. I had seen a lot. Jaxon and I had also poisoned our fair share of wolves. But Blue, she was sitting here like she had never touched the stuff. I wondered if Jaxon was thinking the same as me.“How did you know to give yourself the right amount?”“Trial and error,” she mutters as my brother moves away from her.“Wolfsbane is deadly.” I mutter, thinking about the last wolf we had given it too. Blood had poured from their nose, eyes and ears as they begged for the pain to stop.“
BlueFuck! They did know!I feel Bree’s hand tighten around my arm. We have had this conversation multiple times. She knew that me being a Rogue wasn’t good.“Have you ever been in a pack?” Jaxon asks quietly. His blue eyes flickered between me and Xander. His eyes had a slight grey mist to mist to them. Xander’s too.“You don’t need to have a conversation in private.” I mutter. “You’ve figured it out. So reject me.”Jaxon presses his lips together. His nostrils flair just a little. Enough to show he was annoyed.“I am what I am!” I growl"You didn't answer my question. And don't spin some shit about Dark Crescent. I won't buy it."“How did you end up a Rogue?” Xander has his head tilted as he watches me “It wouldn’t have been killing the human, even if that is forbidden.”Jaxon scratches his chin and runs his hand through his neat blonde hair. He turns towards his brother “How the fuck were you right?” “I’ve already told you it doesn’t matter. But we have a choice to make now. Rejec
BlueI hated his touch. He thought he was doing the right thing by wrapping his arms around me, but I freeze, waiting for him to let go. He keeps telling me that I’m okay, but the longer he held me, the more I thought I would scream as the memory from that night comes flooding back.“Let go Jaxon.” I just about hear Xander over the throbbing beat of my heart.“She’s panicking. She’s holding her breath.”“She doesn’t like being touched.”“I’ve got her joggers.” Bree comes towards me. Her eyes rise upwards. “Let her go. She’s going to pass out else.”Jaxon’s arms release me and I stumble forward, righting myself.“Put these on and sit.”She hands me my black joggers and pulls a chair out for me as I try to calm my breathing. What the hell had happened?Bree and Jaxon watch me in silence. Xander had Vita pinned to a chair. “Thanks.” I mutter as I feel the jacket around me.“Are you okay now?” Those blue eyes stare into mine, searching for some kind of answer.“Why Vita? Why did you do th
XanderIf Blue had said no. We wouldn’t have left anyway. Jaxon had already said that he would find a way for us to stay with her for a few days. It was why we already had spare clothes and things in the car. Vita just gave us the perfect reason.Blue helps the human lock up as Jaxon and I wait out front. “Is there ever a time you don’t get your way?” I mutter sarcastically as I lean against the wall.“Fate, brother. You have to admit that if it wasn’t for Vita, we would be spending time fighting to make her our mate. At least now, she has agreed to this deal.”“Look, don’t get me wrong. I am curious about her, but at the end of the day, she is still a Rogue and we can’t change that.”He cocks an eyebrow at me “Why can’t we?”“Rogues are Rogues for a reason, Jaxon. You know that as well as I do.”“What if the reason she is a Rogue isn’t because of something she did?” He challenges me.“What?”“Her parents. Both of them would have been wolves, right?”“Well yeah, but what’s that got t
JaxonRunning into the hallway, I find Bree sat back against the wall crying. Xander was trying to hold Blue’s shaking body still as he muttered under his breath.“What’s happening to her?” But it’s only as I move closer that I see the foam in her mouth. “Wolfsbane.”I have seen this time and time again. It’s what eventually happened when a wolf had been dosed with two much of the poison.“What do we do?” Xander shouts at me. His blue eyes wide in fear“I don’t know.”“Do something!” Bree cries“There is no reversal for this. How did she take so much?” We had been with her the entire time.“The water, it’s in the filtered water.” She cries at meRunning to the kitchen, I grab the near empty jug from the side and take it back to Bree as Blue continues to convulse.“How full was it?” Her eyes are wide as she stares at the jug. “Bree, how full was it?”“Full” she muttersBlue had drank nearly two litres of the water/wolfsbane mix“Xander. There’s nothing we can do.”“We have to do some
Xander“Are you certain? Midnight?” I ask Bree again“Yes, but it’s…”“It’s what?” “She doesn’t like talking about it. The other kids in school used to bully her over it. Making stupid comments about her being a vampire or if she howled at the moon.”“I assume they didn’t know what she is?” Jaxon mutters.“No, only me. But that was way before she could shift anyway.” Bree drops her eyes to Blue. “She will hate me for telling you this.”“Not at all.” I tell her, but she didn’t believe me and I didn’t blame her.“Ava Midnight.” My brother’s voice is low as he stands over her. “How many other siblings does she have?”“Just Antony.” Bree replies.“Male Alpha children are born as twins and triplets.” He glances to Bree“I swear, I’m not lying about this. It’s just Antony.”“And you are certain you don’t know where he is?” He challenges her.“I haven’t seen him. I only know that Blue talks to him now and again. He does not approve of Blue working in the club.” She sighs, “I will tell you