Screw My Childhood Sweetheart His Alpha Brother Marked Me First novel Chapter 109

Chapter 109

I nodded into his chest. I wanted that kind of confidence. That trust and belief that everything would work out in the end. 1 had to hold on to the glimpses that Anson had shown me,

As we reached the bottom of the stairs to the back deck, the doors opened, and Mason and the guys poured out. They instantly focused on us. Knox’s nostrils flared and his hands fisted at his sides. He closed his eyes for a moment, seeming to struggle to get himself under control. River dropped a hand to his shoulder, squeezing hard and whispering something in his ear. He gave a small nod.

Caspian cleared his throat. “So, I’m guessing you guys bonded.”

I dropped my focus to my flip–flops. I couldn’t help but feel like I’d done something wrong. Anson let out a growl directed at the group. “Don’t be assholes. That’s the last thing Ro needs right now.”

I could feel heat from one specific direction, and I lifted my head, coming face–to–face with ice–blue eyes and a faint scar. I was expecting anger or some sort of scowl on Vaughn’s face. Instead, there was longing. It was so fierce, I almost stumbled back a

step.

He quickly moved his blank mask into place. “If that’s what you both want. Good for you.”

It was Vaughn’s version of trying to make peace, even if it was a little rough around the edges.

“Thank you,” I whispered.

Caspian crossed to us, slapping Anson on the shoulder and giving me a quick kiss. “Happy for you. Really.”

“Thanks, man,” Anson said.

Knox slowly moved towards us, Luc in tow. He tugged me to him, and his hand slipped under my hair, squeezing the back of my neck. “Just because this is hard doesn’t mean I’m not happy for you. I want you to bond with all of us. I can feel both of those things at once.”

I relaxed into his arms, letting his touch soothe away the worst of my nerves. “I’m sorry it’s hard.”

“Nothing worth having ever comes easy.”

I guessed he had a point there. I tipped my face up to his, brushing the golden locks away from his forehead. I didn’t have the right words for comfort or reassurance. Instead, I closed the distance between us, pouring everything I couldn’t say into the

kiss.

When I pulled back, Knox’s eyes were a little dazed. He bent, his lips teasing the shell of my ear. “You always know just what I need.”

I wanted that to be true. Wanted to give each of my guys just what they needed, when they needed it. But I worried at some point I’d drop the ball with at least one of them.

River moved in, kissing my temple. “You’re doing great.”

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Chapter 109

I huffed. “Why do you always have to be a mind render?”

Knox chuckled as he released me. “It really gets annoying after a while.”

Luc sent him a mock glare. “That’s rude.”

Anson squeezed my shoulders. “It’s true.”

My focus drifted to Vaughn. He hovered on the outside, looking in. It broke my heart, but I couldn’t make that leap for him. All I could do was let him know the door was always open.

Mason cleared his throat. “Congratulations.”

My face turned the shade of a tomato. “Thanks.”

Anson let out a low laugh as he wrapped an arm around me. “Nothing to be embarrassed about, Ro.”

“Easy for you to say,” I grumbled.

Mason’s expression grew more serious. “We need to talk about Abbie.”

A lead weight settled in my stomach. “Is she inside?”

Everyone around me went silent. Mason leaned against the deck railing, looking out to the woods for a moment before coming back to me. “We had to sedate her. She began to shift-”

“What?” Anson barked.

Mason’s hold on the railing tightened. “It could’ve been very bad.”

I looked around the group, searching for some sort of explanation.

Knox sent me a sympathetic look. “A wolf in her state could go feral. She might not ever shift back.”

“And she likely would’ve taken out several of us in her quest to get free,” Vaughn muttered.

My head snapped in his direction. I knew that Vaughn’s own wolf could go feral at times. The fact that he carried that kind of weight tore at me. I moved in his direction, not caring that he’d likely push me away. I wrapped my arms around his waist and pressed my face into his chest. “I’m sorry.”

“There’s nothing to be sorry about,” he gritted out.

“I’m sorry you carry

that.”

He stilled, freezing in place. It killed me that he was so used to people backing away from him when they were confronted with his broken side. I pressed a kiss to his pec. “You’re not alone.”

His muscles tensed even further, but he didn’t say another word. He also didn’t push me away. Instead, I slipped under Vaughn’s arm and stayed at his side as I turned to face Mason. My wolf sighed at the contact. She’d missed him, her mate. Missed even the slightest brush of touch. A strain in my chest I hadn’t even recognized eased.

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