Their Secret Obsession (A Reverse Harem) by Pippa Moon novel Chapter 201

"No. We need her to hate us, for a time. She needs a reason to not allow us anywhere near her, to make her think she is rejecting us.. For real." I sighed, getting up off the bed to pace the room and work through the tension forming behind my eyes.

"A ruse... So we are not only fooling the moon goddess but your mate." Astaroth asked with a small glimmer of excitement tainting his words.

"It will be worth it in the end, if it means we get to keep her safe and our pups. As long as I have your assurance when all this is done, and her heart is broken.. You will keep her safe because she will have to leave the pack.."

"NO!" Knox spouted, his eyes meeting mine in a challenge. "This isn't just your relationship, Kane! You can't control everything."

"YES, Knox! I am not trying to control things, I am trying to find a way to keep her safe! Keep our babies safe! Fuck can't you see how hard this is going to be for her? She can go with Chase, Adam and Liam to learn about her family. It gets her away from Anthony, away from my family and that scumbag Mike."

"You are throwing her out of the frying pan and into the fire." Chase snapped, glaring at me.

"I thought you said she was strong!" I reminded him with a firmness I had been holding back on out of respect for his relationship to Charlotte, but if he thought he knew her well enough to make decisions for her, he was wrong.

"I DID but this is suicide." He seethed loudly as his anger got the better of him.

"Shh, you'll wake her." I hissed, but Astaroth waved his hand again dismissively.

"She isn't waking up. Magic perk." He winked, as my face twisted with rage "I mean right now, she will when I leave." He added his hands in the air in surrender.