Mated in the Shadow of My Sister novel Chapter 204

Chapter 0204

(Lily POV)

Brady and I sat down on the couch, leaving a decent amount of space between us. Brady ran his hands through his hair, and then put his head in his hands.

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“You know that James will be able to hear everything we say. The walls in these human apartments are

really thin.”

I sighed.

“I know. And if it really bothers you, we can mind-link. But James will never agree to leave me here alone with you, and I assumed that you would be more comfortable with him in the bedroom than sitting here

with us while we talk.”

“Mind-link it is then,” Brady conceded.

“But you should also know that James and I do not keep secrets from one another.”

“Meaning that whatever I say to you right now you are going to tell him anyway?”

“Yes.”

Brady looked up at me, clearly hurt. It made me second guess whether I should have said it, but it was the

truth. And I needed to say it out loud not just for Brady’s benefit, but also for James’ as well. I did not

want James to think that I was going to hide anything from him.

“Lily, what happened to you? Are you even listening to yourself? It was not that long ago that I had to beg

you to meet with James in Hawaii. You were adamant that you never wanted to see him again. You

fought me tooth and nail about going on that trip. And now… now you are defending him, telling him your

secrets, and you are practically

at the hip to him. How does that make sense?”

I looked down at my hands. “People change, Brady. Things change.”

Brady reached over and grabbed one of my hands. “People change, Lily, but not that fast. You are just

confused. The mate bond is strong: I get that. But you do not have to be with someone who has hurt you

just because of a mate bond.”

“I am not with him just because of the mate bond, Brady.”

“Then why?”

“Brady, please….”

Brady stood up and began pacing angrily, shooting me dirty looks every now and then,

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“No, Lily. I will not try to understand. When someone hurts you as badly as James hurt you, you do not just forgive and forget. You move on. You look for something healthier. That is why I lost Evelyn. She had t

move on after what I did. And you deserve to do that too. Sometimes it is healthier to move on than to try

to overcome the hurt.”

“I am not the same as Evelyn, Brady. And our situations are completely different.”

“Different? Are you serious? Our situations are different only because I did not do to Evelyn even half of what James did to you. Have you really forgotten so easily?”

I did not say anything.

“Let me remind you, Lily. You had to shift for the first time by yourself because of the lies that James told

tortured and starved. Your own pack members and family called you a murderer and a sl ut. They accused you of being so unworthy that you lost your wolf. No one would be friends with you out of fear of the alpha family’s wrath and what James might do to them.

And why did James do all of that, Lily? Because HE WAS IN LOVE WITH YOUR SISTER. Your messed up,

evil sister. He wanted her, not you, HER.