Page 68 of Desolation
Closing my eyes and remembering the tantalizing view of her, I just smile as they beg for information.A gentleman doesn’t let a woman swallow and tell.
A thump to my chest makes my eyes fly open. Luke grumbles, “Seriously dude? You’re going to leave us hanging like that? What happened to bros before ho—” A sharp smack to the back of his head by Ash cuts him off. “You know what I meant! What happened to bro code?”
“You know that’s not going to work on me.” I pat him on the shoulder. “Good try though, bud.”
The bedroom door flies open and Lana motions us in. “Come in, kind sirs.”
We all take our seats where we had yesterday for the group talk.Creatures of habit, I suppose.
This time, however, Lana remains standing and begins pacing, as if unsure how to begin. After anxiously waiting in silence for a minute, she halts her walking and clasps her hands in front of her. “There’s no way to pussy around this so I’m just going to throw it out there.” She pauses and takes a deep breath. “So, when Zedd pulled me out of my little nap in the tub, he actually pulled me out of a conversation with Gaia.”Oh, my bad.“In this dream, I asked her why Serenity referred to you guys as my mates because I didn’t quite know what that meant.”
“I thought you were just going to throw it out there, Lana,” Ash interrupts her small tangent.
Lana throws him a glare. “Fine. I’ll spit it out. She said you guys are my legit soulmates.”
Hmm, that actually makes sense with the reincarnation and our draw to be with her.
Hale pipes up with the same sentiment. “I’m not surprised at all by that. Why else would we all be reincarnated together and have the same draw to you, Lana?”
She whirls on her feet to face him with an arched eyebrow. “Uh, maybe because I’m fucking awesome?”
Oh Goddess, don’t get her started.Wanting to placate her, I say, “Lana, what I think he means is what are the odds that we would all have thesamedraw to youandbe willing to share you with each other. That isn’t normal. We’re territorial over you with everyone else, except each other.”
She beams up at me, as if she enjoys the thought of us being territorial of her.
Crisis averted. You’re welcome, Hale.
“What does it mean, to be soulmates?” Luke asks as he sits against the headboard next to Leo, cross-legged.
She shrugs her shoulders. “Honestly, all I know is that our souls were destined to find each other and that Beth felt the pull to us as well, bringing us together.”
My heart stings with the pang of grief as Luke and Leo both nod back, accepting the answer given to them.
Leo grins at her. “That means you’re stuck with us, my Queen.”
She gapes at them, open-mouthed, before placing the back of her hand on her forehead and falling to her knees as the twins have done many times. “Oh, thehorror!”
We really are meant to fit together. Like puzzle pieces.
She completes what each of us needs and I know we would all lay our lives down for her.
In a heartbeat.
Leo
She really is meant to be our Queen.
The fire that burns deep in my soul for her makes complete sense all of a sudden. She isn’t just some woman that I’m pining over, desperate to love and be loved by. She might drive me insane sometimes but she also brings a happiness and lightness to me that I know I need to fight my internal demons.
She’s my mate.
Seeing her dramatics makes me want to play with her and I’m not one to hold back from indulging. I lunge off the bed and swiftly tackle her to the ground, making her gasp aloud, trapping her beneath me. My large frame covers her and I lower my pelvis to hers, leaning in close with my forearms on either side of her pretty little head. Her cheeks flush a light pink and she stares at me with narrowed, suspicious eyes, clearly caught off guard but not wanting to appear intimidated.
Whispering against the shell of her ear, I say, “The horror? Would you rather be stuck with other men as mates?”
Lifting my head to see her reaction, I see her arched brow and the defiance in her gaze. “And if I said yes?”
Fire burns in her eyes, challenging me, and I feel my own fire rising to meet it. As my body heats up, I feel an overwhelming need to prove to her how powerful I would be at her side and that she doesn’t need anyone to take my place.
