"So. what's next?" I attempted to ask since everyone was just looking around with no f*****g clue.

"Exactly what we have discussed so far" Beta Brooke sighed. "Do you have a problem with it?"

I stood akimbo. "No, I do not have a problem with that.

What I have a problem with is that we haven't reached a conclusion. How do we fight against the blood moon pack? All we have got so far is conflicts."

Beta Brooke seemed to be having a hard time agreeing with me. A scowl marred his handsome features. "I am sorry, who invited you to this meeting?"

"You did." I was baffled. How dare he ask me that when a few minutes ago, we were doing just fine? Was he f*****g bipolar or what? What was with the change of character?

"And this meeting is f*****g over. How about that?"

I was speechless. "What?"

Zeke was by my side in an instant. I have missed his scent a lot. "What he is trying to say is that those things shouldn't concern you at all, Naya. Alright?"

How does the pack matter not concern me? "How? I am an elder."

The pointy looks they all gave me were enough to tell me what they thought about me. Great. They all think I am just as unmanned. "I might as well make Elder Freya my mentor, so she would teach me how to put the three of you in your places." Beta Brooke frowned. "What is she talking about?"

Kyle rolled his eyes. "I may have threatened the elders.

They aren't in our good books now. Why do you think we were asking all those questions? Jeez, we are just going back and forth, aren't we?"

"We are because both of you need to act like Alphas of the pack. We need to leave so that communication will be effective." Beta Brooke sarcastically said this before, heading towards the Warriors, who were almost done packing. "Way to go, Naya." Kyle started.

"Don't give me that look. I have basically been looking after myself since I learned that both of you are my mates, which is supposed to be the f*****g opposite. It's just clear to me why you allowed me to tag along to my own death." I was attacking Kyle now for no

reason.

I was so angry that I could burst! Being angry for no reason only made it worse.

"I didn't do s**t. It was all Zeke." Kyle said sadly.

"ll accept the blame. However, this is not the right place for all this s**t. Let's get out of here. We will talk well when we are in our f*****g territory." Zeke said, walking out on the conversation. He didn't look exactly happy with me. I wasn't happy with him either, because he was an a*****e.

Just when I thought it was getting better, he just had to remind me that I was the one whipped for him and not the other way around.

It also meant he could reject me.

If Kyle wouldn't, I could

spend my entire life trying to fill the gap in his missing bond. It could never be filled up, and he knew that.

He was a jerk too.

1 huffed; staying with my guards seemed like the best idea.

"Come on!" Kyle pulled me back

"What? Don't try to cover up for him. You were just as much of an a*****e as he was." I didn't bat an eyelash,

wanting it to hurt him as much as he hurt me.

"Slow down, kitten." Kyle wiped the tears from my face. hadn't realized I was crying. s**t, look what I am reduced to. A crying mess. "He's Alpha. It will be hard to get him to change that stony heart, bond or not."

"At least you are not as complicated as he is. One moment, he is fine with everything, telling me it would be alright and promising me how he would solve the problem of our bond, and the next moment, he is shutting the door."

"I do that sometimes." Kyle chuckled, pulling me closer to his side.'

"This isn't a one-sided romance story. It's for three

of us."

I scoffed. "It doesn't look like it at the moment, don't you agree?"

"I agree." Kyle grinned again.

I sighed, getting irritated with his charming smile.

"Don't

you ever frown? I swear, you even laugh in pain or something."

Kyle leaned closer. "But you have seen me angry, haven't you? It turns you on, doesn't it? It's rare to see me angry.."

I bit my lower lips at the thought of Kyle getting hot. He was always f*****g hot. The playful side of him made the situation less complicated than it was. I liked it in a way. I allowed myself to smile. "Alright, big boy. Do you know that I get confused with Zeke's display of emotions?

Sometimes I wonder if it's the bond making him do this or just that he feels guilty and treats me like a f*****g egg."

"You are an egg, Naya. A fragile egg. Have you seen + yourself in the mirror? A twig even."

Oh boy, he even insults me, but I couldn't seem to get angry. This was Kyle's way. He was avoiding the question.. honestly, I didn't want to mind. Maybe the one I needed to be with was Kyle. Why didn't I realize it till now? I cackled, at his joke, not an insult. 'I will talk to Zeke. In fact, we will come to an arrangement since none of this is going his way."

I knew they both had an arrangement of some sort. Maybe Zeke wasn't playing his part because Beta Brooke just came into the picture. Or maybe he doesn't know how to.

What makes me think Kyle, the f**k play boy, wasn't just playing me too?

"Okay." I nodded. "What about Brooke?"

Kyle shrugged. "Now that her father is back, she can stay away from me. The reason she's with me in the first place is to replace her father. Contrary to what you know, Brooke is a selfish b***h. I'll have to get information from the person who told her about her father's whereabouts. I'll do her a favor by keeping it hidden."

I frowned. "Why didn't you tell her about her father's whereabouts?"

"Are you guys coming or what?" Zeke called from the front.

He was already seated and waiting.

"I didn't shower. I did not eat."

"How about you lay on my shoulder throughout the ride? I know how good that makes you feel. Especially if it's your

'mate." Kyle gave me a suggestive wink. Jeez, he always had a way with words, didn't he?

As we walked to the truck, he laid a hand on my shoulders.

"For the record, I didn't tell her about her father's whereabouts because it was a pack matter."

His excuse was fine. Sometimes he was romantically involved with Brooke; other times, he was nonchalant. This made me grateful for the mating bond. No matter what, it made him feel bad about me. It shouldn't be forceful if it is already there. "Wow, packing matters. I hope both of you won't reject me because of pack matters." I was scared too. "Doesn't it seem strange to you? That the both of you are my mates? Mates to an omega? A weak omega?"

"It did matter before, which was why I agreed to make a deal with Zeke. Now? Not so much. I think we are all made

for each other. Although I do not promise complete public affection, once everything dies down, I will be with you. We will all be together. I don't know about Zeke, but I will never reject you."

I let out a nervous laugh. "That was a long speech. Have you considered the fact that I was talking about myself?"

"The rejection part?" He paused. "You want to reject

us?"

I shrugged.

. "Maybe reject one of you and see where that

takes me."

Kyle clicked the roof of his tongue. "Absolutely not."

*raised an eyebrow. "Why not?"

"You are fragile. It will break you more than it does to us.

How many months will you have after the rejection? Two months? We have years, Naya. And we may even meet a second chance mate in the long run."

I smiled. He was trying too hard. "I guess I am f****d up either way, right? Why do I get the feeling that you are trying to convince me and yourself not to let go?"

"Because I don't want you to die. I don't want you to blame the moon goddess."

"We are moving!!" The third warning rang out.

I and Kyle got into the truck. I needed him to continue the discussion. We have gone too far to stop now. "I have actually spoken to the moon goddess. And I lied when I said I knew how to communicate with the elders. They came to me instead.* Kyle did a double take. "What the f**k?"

I nodded sadly. "I didn't tell you because you wouldn't take it well."

"I sure hell wouldnit"

Now that we were in the truck, the conversation shouldn't be continued.

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