I nod my head, “I know man… I know. Let me get all this blood off me and I’ll start making things right…. Beginning with Talon.”
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NIXON POV
Pushing against his chest, I’m so grateful that he isn’t able to shift. I don’t think I’d be able to control him if he was in full beast mode.
“You need to stop, Talon! Get control of your wolf right-fucking-now!” I yell, shoving at his chest again as I look into his black angry eyes, standing in the back yard behind the main house. I had to get him out of the house and away from Angel’s frail looking body. Looking at her, and seeing Tyler covered in blood in the same room was only making him more agitated.
“It’s all his fucking fault! He’s such a selfish prick. He’s all take-take-take, everything he wants he gets! I’m done with him!” Talon’s entire body is shaking, a couple of people have even come outside to see what the commotion is. He tries to duck past me again, but this time I tackle him to the ground, holding the collar of his shirt and pushing him down.
“I want to blame someone too, Talon! I want to hurt him, make him hurt for what he’s put her through! I want to hurt you just as bad for causing her pain, but none of this is going to help Angel. None of it!” I yell so loud that I feel my wolf close to the surface. I let out a deep breath as I calm both him and I.
“It was a mistake, Talon. He made a mistake, I assure you it’s one that will haunt him for the rest of his life,” I say in a calmer voice.
“I was jealous of him, Nixon.” He lets out a force laugh as he drops his head back on the grass. “I’ve never been jealous of him… Ever. When I heard he broke Angel’s heat… for once in my life I was jealous. Not because I wanted to be her first or shit like that, but because he didn’t deserve to take that from her. I knew how brutal the idiot could be, she didn’t deserve that. I’m always the first to have his back, Nixon. I’m always the first to forgive him, but this time…” He shakes his head and his eyes turn watery. “…this time I don’t think I can.”
“I know I’m to blame, brother. It’s my fault she’s lying there and believe me, I know it.” At the sound of Tyler’s voice, Talon’s body turns rigid underneath mine. Letting out a deep growl, he pushes me off of him with such force I land on my back a few feet away completely winded. As I try to catch my breath, I watch as Talon bolts for Tyler. Tyler doesn’t even budge, he just allows Talon to tackle him to the ground. There’s an audience around us now, but no one intervenes. Talon lands punch after punch in Tyler’s face. Tyler tries blocking and wiggling out from underneath him, but Talon is on a war path.
I get on my feet needing to stop the commotion.
“You don’t deserve her as a mate. As soon as she’s awake, I’m gonna make sure we complete our bond and she rejects your ass!” Talon says. His words enrage Tyler because the next thing I know, Tyler is on top dishing out punches to his brother who is now underneath him.
“That will never happen! I know I did wrong, but I’m gonna make it right! She’s my fucking mate too!”
“Neither of you will be alive to complete the mating bond if you don’t explain yourselves right now!” The sound of Alpha Johnny’s voice over the sound of the crowd muttering and the boys punches causes complete silence. Tyler has his hand in the air ready to land one on his brother and Talon has Tyler’s clean shirt scrunched up in his hand. Both stop and gape at the Alpha, who stands a few metres away looking as if he’s about to join in on the fight.
Jacob moves away the crowd before pulling Tyler off his brother. Both boys stand, unable meet the Alpha’s eyes.
“You are her mates? Both of you?” Alpha says, crossing his arms over his chest.
Both men nod their heads.
“Words. I need words,” Alpha growls.
“Yes Alpha. She’s our mate,” Tyler says.
“How long have you known?”
“Since the night she came back from Point Bright. The night she shifted for the first time,” Talon says.
“Why am I only learning about this now? Clearly the mating bond hasn’t been completed yet?” Alpha shifts on his feet, I know the answers he’s getting is only stoking his inner rage. He’s going to blow soon and only the Fates can help them then.
The twins take longer to respond than is acceptable. As the Alpha takes a step menacingly forward, the truth starts bubbling out of each of the twins mouths at the same time.
Talon says, “I wanted to make her pay for what she put us through. I was angry, Alpha. God. I hate myself for wasting time when I could have spent it loving her.”