Screw My Childhood Sweetheart His Alpha Brother Marked Me First novel Chapter 155

Vaughn’s gaze followed Knox as he walked towards the woods. “Logic doesn’t help in situations like these. The demons take over. And it doesn’t help that we could’ve lost you.”

I opened my mind to Knox. This isn’t your fault.

He was silent for a moment before answering, I could’ve stopped it.

No, you couldn’t have. She would’ve found a way somehow

I should’ve been paying closer attention. She was weird after you were taken. Bizarrely helpful.

I couldn’t help the low growl that slipped out. I’m sure Jaz was all sorts of helpful. Anything that would get her doser

to Knox.

I love you, Sen. Since the moment I met you, you’re all I’ve wanted.

My heart warmed at his words. I love you too. Come back to me.

Always. But I need to run off a little of this excess energy. I’m going to join one of the searches for a bit.

Okay. Be safe.

I will.

I blinked a few times, River coming into focus in front of me.

His lips curved. “Better?”

I nodded and looked at Mason. “I should’ve said something as soon as I got out. I honestly forgot until you said her

name.”

Mason’s jaw worked back and forth. “None of this is your fault. There was a lot going on. I’m so sorry, Senna. I never thought Coby would betray me this way.”

“I don’t know that she had any part of it-”

“She’s hiding her daughter,” he growled. “A daughter who tried to assassinate the future Luna of our pack. It’s treason.”

I swallowed hard. I’d picked up enough over the past few months to know that treason was punishable by only one thing. Death.

Mason shook his head. “I have enforcers searching for then how, and I’ll put the word out with other trusted packs.

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They won’t have many options to hide.”

I wanted Jaz found. Punished. But I didn’t want her dead. I just wanted her incapacitated. Some sort of jail for

shifters.

In that moment, the exhaustion hit me. The weight of this past week. All I’d been through. All we’d all been through. My legs began to shake.

Anson swept me up in his arms as gently as possible. “It’s time to go.”

I leaned into his chest. “Take me home.”

I lowered my T–shirt as Mason snapped off his medical gloves.

“I can’t believe how quickly that healed. Especially given how compromised you were.”

Vaughn let out a low growl and shoved off the kitchen island, stalking out of the room.

Caspian’s gaze tracked his brother. “It’s going to take some time for him to move past this.”

“For all of us to move past it,” Anson muttered as he moved in closer to me in the breakfast nook. “You need to eat

more.”

I looked down at my mostly empty plate that had housed breakfast for dinner: eggs, bacon, pancakes. I’d packed as much of it away as I could and it had likely helped me heal. But even I recognized that my healing was faster than

normal. “I’m full. What I really want is a shower.”

River held a hand out to me. “Come on. I’ll make sure you have everything you need.”

“I got it-”

He cut me off with a look. “Let us take care of you. We need it.”

I nodded and pushed to my feet.

“I’ll go check on Vaughn,” Caspian said.

My heart ached. We’d all been through so much, and my kidnapping was tearing open the wounds of so many of us.

River wrapped an arm around my shoulders. “We’ll be okay!”

“It doesn’t feel that way right now.”

He pressed his lips to my temple. “I know. I didn’t say it would happen immediately, but we’ll get there.”

I wanted to believe him but couldn’t seem to get myself there. Maybe after a good night’s sleep, I’d feel a little more optimistic.

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River opened the door to my bedroom, and I sighed as my feet sank into the plush carpet. The room had a hint of lavender in the air from the candle by my bed. I couldn’t wait to slip beneath those covers and sleep for a week.

River ducked into the closet and came back with my coziest pair of pajamas. “Want me to wait in here while you

shower?”

I shook my head. “I’ll be fine. I just want to get clean.” And I needed a few moments alone. Needed to let my guard down so that I didn’t have to put on a brave face, knowing how worried the guys were about me.

“Call if you need anything. We’ll be right downstairs.”

I closed the distance between us, brushing my lips against his and then sinking into the kiss. It was comfort and warmth and a stirring of a brighter heat somewhere down deep. “Love you,” I whispered against his lips.

“More than anything.”

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