Fated To My Lycan Stepbrothers
Chapter 82

The silence was uncomfortable.

"I am sorry." I quickly said. "I didn't mean to."

"Yes, you meant it." Renee sighed. "I have no grudge against you, Brawn."

At the mention of that, I grinned. "That's rich coming from you, Pixie."

She scrunched her nose. "Pixie? How did you figure it out?"

I shrugged. It was obvious that was her bully name at her school. Her hair was dyed pink, and it was cut in pixie form. I don't think any wolf would love to be called a pixie.

It made us sound weak. Mine or hers? Mine was totally worse, I know.

"It was obvious. Tell me how it was. Your experience, I mean."

"It was... normal. I was ignored most of the time. Then I decided to change that. I asked myself, What if I went to the other pack and had a better life there?' It would be totally worth it."

I raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? How did you even get past security? Our patrol teams are vicious with checkups."

Renee glanced at me. "It wasn't easy. I almost got caught. I was mainly good at sneaking out. Most people don't see me, so how can they notice if I have left?"

That made sense, at least to me. "Cool. You are cool, Renee."

"It can never excuse the fact that I lied to you, and lam sorry." Her face was etched with guilt and shame.

. "If you

noticed anything suspicious about me, it was because I tried to hide everything from you. I didn't want you to know my secret and go about telling everyone." I realized why we were friends immediately.

Renee was smart and friendly to me for no reason. It was as if she had tried so hard to become my friend. I thought she was like the others.

"But you know your pack is not on

good terms with ours. I suspect-no, scratch that-I know your Alpha killed Alpha Storm. He saved us from the monsters from here."

"And you are waltzing right into their den." She sounded really angry and worried. Of course she would, because she knew her pack better than I did.

"I have you.." I started to say, deceiving myself into believing that Renee could protect me against vicious wolves when I knew for a fact that she might last only hours after I am dead.

"No." Renée shook her head in disagreement. She was fond of doing that. "This is a suicide mission. You are lucky you have the twins because if it was only you, you would have been dead."

I sighed, remembering our attack. She doesn't need to know that, or she would be concerned. "Tell me allabout it."

Her eyes widened. "Don't tell me you have been attacked already."

"We have been attacked, and if it weren't for the twins..." I could feel her eyes drilling holes in my head already. She was getting to that point, and I just pointed her in the right direction. Just great. "This is why you don't have me. You have those douchebags for protection." She hissed. "I think they are your mates, Naya."

"Never; they can't be my mate. Mates don't do what they do to me."

Renée had a puzzled look on her face. "Er, you meM, protect you, possess you like property, stand up for you, lash out at anyone who disrespects you? I am sure they have gone beyond kissing you. You can't even resist them."

I shook my head. "You are just saying that because..." Then my mind flashed back to when they both advanced on me the other night. My face began to feel hot.

She gasped in shock.

. "Your face is so red! Does it mean

they have gone past that?"

"I am not a slut." I quickly snapped.

"Whoa, I am not insinuating that." She raised her hands in surrender.

"Hands on the wheel, please." I pointed at the road. How could she be that careless to leave the wheels?

"Relax, Naya. We are wolves." Her voice was quiet now.

"I didn't mean to yell at you."

"Just so you know, I didn't call you a slut either. I only said that you totally deserve to have them wrapped around your pinkies after all they have done to you."

"Yeah." They have done a lot of things to me. Renee was right. I totally deserve to have two douchebags wrapped around my pinkie and doing my bidding. But I have to let her know that they have also caught me in their own web of control. I always have to submit myself to their dominating figure. It was sick, I know. "It wasn't my decision to come here, you know."

"How?"

I sighed. "It's a long story" I haven't decided if I should tell her about my newly discovered powers. "Well, it's a long drive, isn't it?"

I peered out of the window. "How much longer?"

'Thirty minutes more. Your Alpha took a long cut. You guys should have been here faster and earlier. You could have avoided the attack, perhaps."

"Tell me about it." I sighed for the fifteenth time. But I trusted Zekes decision. There must be a good reason why he didn't follow the original route. "You can tell me about it."

"I was drunk last night over something stupid."

"Wolves don't get drunk."

I say upright. "I know right.."

"Your wolf must have wanted it too. Both of you were going through an emotional phase that opened a pathway for you to get drunk. I hope no one saw you get drunk because it would be dangerous!

I narrowed my eyes on her. "You know a lot about liquids and things in general."

"I was thought to be the best. My parents are strange that way. I love to believe that they come from a long line of potion makers." A giggle escaped her lips, and I did not know if she was saying the truth or not.

I joined her. "Anyway, contrary to your assumptions, I messed myself up. The last thing I remembered was absolutely nothing. It was my wolf who filled me up with details of my misbehavior. Seriously, she is teasing me right now."

Far away in my mind, I could hear Naya laughing at my actions. Especially the part where I threw up everything I drank.

"I understand. I have gone through that before. I had a life before I joined your pack and saw better things. A life without too many toys, you know. It's quiet and peaceful.

What I didn't expect was the bullying, and it just has to be you. Imagine walking into the hallways and replaceing your bang pictures everywhere."

"Kyle's fault!" I balled my fist, turning back to replace him casually looking at me. They both had their attention on Renée's car. Did they think she was going to kidnap me or something? I remembered confronting him about those pictures, and he lied straight to my face. I should have done my revenge, but I guess not telling him about the spy, Marley, was better.

He better figure it out on his own.

Renée didn't look shocked at my outburst. "Of course. It has to be one of the twins or their admirers. They were out for you." She bumped her fists against my clenched ones.

"Now tell me everything."

"So, I went to confront Zeke about that night or something like that." Yeah, I lied. I didn't go to confront Zeke; I went to ask him for Elder Rosalie's number. "...when he asked me to go and pack my things that I was coming with. I didn't know we were on a suicide mission until he was miles away. It wasn't as if I was going to jump out of the window, right?"

"Oh, now I see why they didn't want you to come with me.

They think you are going to escape with me, right?" haven't thought about it that way, but yeah, they may have thought about it that way too. It would be futile anyway.

There was a glint in her eye as she asked. "Why do they want you to come with them anyway? You aren't in good shape for a fight."

"Wow, Renee. You have joined them." I deadpanned.

"Joined them to do what?" She asked innocently. I knew she was teasing the hell out of me again.

"To say that I am weak." I chose to speak in a low tone.

The glint left her eyes immediately. "I didn't say that."

I couldn't hold it in any longer. My insides nearly burst with laughter. "You should have seen your face."

Renee simply smiled. "You should see your face too, Naya.

You are happier than I remembered you were a week ago."

"It seems like an age to me." What has changed? The s*xl had with the twins? The fact that I have new powers and no one can look down at me? Or the fact that I was bravely walking into the lion's den with two dangerously handsome Alphas by my side. I didn't know. Whatever Renee was seeing... She wasn't entirely wrong.