Page 78 of My Unbearable Mate

I scanned the crowd for Nana. She was nowhere to be found. My heart sank. I came by my love of parties honestly—Nana never missed one. If she wasn’t here… I looked at Alba, and she simply nodded.

I’d never wanted her to be wrong more in my life.

Everything quickly skidded to a stop as the clan realized we were here. Everyone turned to stare at us. The only sound, other than my thundering heart, were murmurs about Bellamy, wondering if he came back to finish Edgar’s challenge.

Not one of them seemed concerned that we’d brought friends. Could they even see them?

This is the first time any of them but Nana have seen a Lynwood, my bear reminded me.

Edgar set his spatula down and nodded to one of the other bears before striding over to us.

“I told you to never come back here, Bellamy.” He didn’t even acknowledge me.

“This might be the last time?—”

“It will definitely be the last time.” Edgar stepped forward and growled at Bellamy

I wedged myself in between them. “Enough.”

Edgar sneered. “Another magic trick won’t save him.”

“Tuck your ego back into your pants, bear. This has nothing to do with you.” I pushed Edgar, but it was hardly enough to make him budge. The crowd who had gathered around us gasped. “Where’s Nana?”

Confusion furrowed his brow, and relief washed over me. Maybe Nana had just run back into the house to grab a plate of cookies, or my favorite, her pasta salad.

“She’s in her cabin,” he said gruffly. “But I still need to ask you to leave. Your friends too.”

So he did see Alba and Anders. Interesting.

“We’re not going anywhere until I see Nana.” I met his gaze. “What are you so afraid of that you don’t want to see the two of us together?”

“There’s no need to overreact,” Sage said, wrapping her arm around me in an attempt to pull me away from her mate. But she couldn’t move me. Guess all that kickboxing was no match for real magic. “You’re causing a scene.”

“That’s what I do, right?” I turned to her. “Screw everything up and you’re the one who picks up the pieces. You’re the perfect one who never does anything wrong, but you got cursed with a hot mess of a sister.”

Sage pinched between her eyes. “This isn’t the time.”

“Why not?” I gave her a moment to answer, but no surprise she didn’t. She was the alpha’s mate. She wasn’t used to being questioned. “Is it because Nana is fading away and you’re throwing a party?”

Her mouth dropped. “What do you mean, fading away? And no, that’s not true.”

“Then where is she?”

“In her cabin.”

I pushed past Sage and made a beeline for Nana’s cabin. Heat confirmed Bellamy’s presence behind me.

“Clover, you have no idea what you’re doing.” Sage called after me, but with the wall of magical bear at my back, there was no way she could stop me.

Bellamy almost walked right into me when I stopped, turning to face my sister. Nana might be far from perfect, but she deserved better than this.

“You can save her, you know,” I said.

“Clover,” Alba said softly, nodding to me. “Trust your intuition.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. You’ve changed.” Sage tipped her head, her brow furrowing with what looked a lot like concern. “Ever since you got back together with Bellamy.”

“He’s not responsible for this.” How could I possibly explain what had happened to someone who didn’t have magic? And why was I trying to dumb this down for her? “I know who I really am now. And you know exactly what I’m talking about.”

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