Screw My Childhood Sweetheart His Alpha Brother Marked Me First novel Chapter 140

“The last thing we need is more bodily harm,” I gritted out.

“What if I promise to clean up the blood afterward?” Vaughn asked almost cheerily.

Knox began laughing. “What the hell is happening?”

Caspian stared at his brother. “I have no idea, but I think it’s good.”

“You know, it hurts that you see threats against my life as a good thing,” Anson said.

I bit my lip to keep from laughing.

Caspian shrugged. “Whatever brings us all together.”

Mason wiped my shoulder with an alcohol swab. “You are good to go.”

I looked down at the wound. There were a couple of specks of blood, but that was it. “Thank you for doing all of this.”

Mason patted my knee. “I’m sorry I had to, but you’re an A–plus patient. Much better than the rest of these wimps.”

“Hey,” Knox complained.

Mason snapped off his gloves. “The truth hurts.”

I leaned back into the couch cushions, pressing myself against Knox’s side. I nibbled on the inside of my lip before I could get up the courage to ask what I wanted. “Have you heard anything from my dad?”

It hurt more than I wanted to admit that he had been willing to send me to some center, willing to let someone use torturous methods to scrub my brain. If they’d succeeded, I would’ve died. The bond would have shredded my

insides apart

Mason shared a look with his son. “He’s gone, Senna.”

“What do you mean?”

“Your house was completely packed up and there’s a for sale sign out front.”

My heart lurched. He’d left. With no concern for where I was or if I was safe, he’d simply disappeared.

“I’m sorry, Sen,“Knox said as he pressed his face against mine.

I swallowed against the burn. “No, it’s for the better. Maybe this means he’s giving up. He probably won’t even check to see if I’m at the awful place he was sending me to.”

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Vaughn let out a low growl.

I lifted a hand, reaching out for him. This time he took it, weaving our fingers together.

“I sent an enforcer to find him in Seattle,” Mason said

My eyes flared. “What did he say?”

Mason scrubbed a hand over his face. “At first, he denied any involvement.”

“Then?” I pushed.

“He said he was trying to help you, but from what Mac recounted, he didn’t seem all that worried about you.”

I gripped Vaughn’s hand harder. “More about how I could affect his reputation?”

Mason nodded. “I had Mac make it clear to him that if any further attempts were made against you, we would go public with his and your mother’s actions. He wasn’t too happy about that idea and told Mac that he’d stay away as long as you kept a low profile.”

My family had all but ceased to exist already. This was just the final nail in the coffin. Yet it hurt like a fresh wound.

River wrapped his hands around my calves. There was a light buzz of energy from him to me, as if he couldn’t help himself. “He’s a selfish prick.”

“Understatement,” Anson grunted.

I looked at Mason. “Do you really think he’ll abide by that?”

Mason hesitated for a moment and then nodded. “Humans can sense a predatory power in shifters. It intimidates them. Your father tried this move because he didn’t have to be directly involved. Now that he understands that we know what he’s been up to, I think he’ll back off.”

A muscle in his cheek ticked. “I’d hoped he’d still want to be in your life. I thought I’d gotten through to him that day you were so sick. Thought he was going to make some positive changes for all of you.”

“Maybe it’s for the best,” I said quietly, releasing Vaughn’s hand. “I don’t know how I’d be able to keep him in my life and have this secret. He wouldn’t understand.”

Anson shifted behind me, his fingers tightening on the couch cushion. “He should still try.”

I laid my hand over his. “He gave me a home for a lot of years. I’m going to do my best to hold onto the memory of that. I won’t lie and say this isn’t painful, but I won’t let myself hate him.”

River’s hold on my calves tightened. “You’re a better person than I am. I’m feeling some pretty strong hate right

now.”

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“I just keep thinking about Lacey, and what her reaction would be to all of this. It would break her heart on every level. Whenever the anger takes hold, thinking about her takes the wind right out of my sails.”

Anson’s thumb traced the column of my neck. “Letting the anger bleed out of you is probably a much healthier way

to be.”

“I have to let him go. If I try to hold on, it’ll only hurt me more.”

“We need to know what happened with the men in the car, Coby cut in.

The guys all glared at her.

“Give her a minute,” Caspian said through gritted teeth.

I waved him off. “No, it’s okay.” I picked at a seam in the couch. I walked them through the hand off with the officer and then the drugging

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