Page 159 of Caged Between the Beta & Alpha
“I’m glad I got to meet you,” Delsanra said. “In person, you’re even tinier, like a little pear drop.”
“Pear drop?”
“Yeah, like the sweets,” she said, smiling slightly.
“She has a thing for naming people after food,” Rayhan said, pulling her close as he planted a kiss on her lips. I smiled at that.
“Well, shall we get to this?” Liam asked, the mood instantly darkening.
“I don’t know if it’s going to work. We’re talking gods,” Delsanra said, running her fingers through her hair.
“If I didn’t know that Selene existed, I’d find this entire God thing pretty weird,” Rayhan remarked as hesat on the sofa, watching as Delsanra got to work drawing some symbols onto the ground.
“I know. Let’s just try to see if we can suppress it, even if it’s only partially. Wolfsbane isn’t working on me, and neither is silver. I took four doses of wolfsbane this morning, and nothing. I feel normal, and I can mind-link,” Liam said, his eyes on the symbols on the ground.
“There are a few things I checked up,” Delsanra said. “I’ll do a suppression spell, and the other is to target you…”
“What do you mean?” I asked. She looked hesitant, glancing at Rayhan before staring down at her symbols on the floor.
“I can block your healing... but that’s risky. If anything happens, you’ll be like a human. It’s-”
“Do it. We do both; if the darkness isn’t controllable, then we target the real me. If I do lose control, someone can easily injure me and stop me from going out of control. Let’s do it,” Liam said with a nod.
“Liam, think about it. This could go really wrong,” Rayhan said, brushing his hair back as he frowned thoughtfully.
“I’m a risk, Ray, to everyone around me.”
No…
“Liam, imagine if someone attacks you, an-” I began
“I can still fight,” he said, cupping my face. I looked up at him, not liking it at all. “I didn’t only hurt you, I attacked Damon, Dad, and even hurt Mom,” he said quietly. “I’m dangerous, and I need to do something about it.” I nodded. I didn’t like it, but I understood what he meant…
I pressed my lips together, nodding, and stepped away. Delsanra looked at me apologetically before turning to Liam.
“Step into the centre of the circle,” she said.
My heart felt uneasy, but I couldn’t do anything but watch Liam make this decision…
Once Like Brothers
Damon
Night had fallen, and I was in the packhouse in Liam’s office, trying to look at the tracker families in the pack- those who had the ability to hide their heartbeats- when there was a knock on the door.
“Enter.”
I had left the door unlocked since I was in there anyway. The door opened, and Robyn’s familiar scent hit my nose before I glanced up. She seemed surprised to see me alone, glancing around the room as if it was a mistake. She was dressed in figure-hugging clothes consisting of a black vest top and high-waisted denim jeans.
“I won’t bite,” I said, smiling slightly.
That emptiness in my chest that she had once partially filled had only grown since the rejection. It hurt. It fucking hurt. I pushed the thought away. I didn’t think I ever had a chance anyway; I would always be second, whether that was simply because Raven and Liam always had a stronger connection or because I couldn’t bring myself to fight for it and make matters worse.
One good thing about the rejection was that there was no holding on to hope that it would never be. There was no what if, or just maybe it could work. It was done, and I could look forward from there… it would get easier…
I wasn’t the only one who had shouldered a rejection. Only recently, Channing, Taylor’s brother, had rejected his mate. It was different as their marks would remain until the end, but they had weakened the bond by a lot. However, if, say, Anna took a new mate and marked them, the mark could be lifted from Channing’s neck. The mate bond… it wasn’t something simple…
“I thought Zack was here. He asked me to check the anti-scent spray supplies,” she said, holding the file over her breasts.
