Kane put his head in his hands. “Look, Mum, I’m coming around. Can you call my brothers, please? I need to talk to them.”
“You better make it right. Give me ten minutes.”
* * * *
By the time Kane reached his parents’ house he knew all his brothers were there bar Rane. His mother opened the door and batted him on the head whilst telling him they were all in the den. He walked in to see his brothers glaring at him.
“Look, I know you’re angry,” Kane said, “but I need you to tell me the whole conversation Faith had with the major.”
Arden’s answer was immediate. “Fuck you, Kane. I renounce you. You’re an arsehole to her every time. I don’t know why you got the privilege to have her.” He turned his back on him.
Kane stared at Arden, shocked by his words. He mentally shook his head, trying to help himself focus on the problem at hand and not Arden, who had always been his number one supporter. He turned to Griffen. “Come on, Grif. Please. I beg you, and I never beg.”
Sneering at him, Griffen replied, “What does it matter? It shouldn’t, and you know it. All you have to do is look at her and her actions over the last fourteen to fifteen years she’s known you. I shouldn’t have to say this, but she shines. We aren’t the only ones drawn to it, let’s just say it was a lot of trouble to keep the wolves we sent to just check on her, they all fell in love with her and wanted her for their own. I know for a fact she turned down many offers for dates.”
Kane shut his eyes, trying to get all the images out of his head.
Jamie spoke up. “I talked to her.”
His eyes shot open. “Where is she, Jamie? I need to—”
Jamie lunged, punching him. “You don’t need to do fuck. She won’t tell me where she is. She made sure none of us were around when she picked Ben up. I will never understand why she chose you from the first day. I was the one who saved her, I love her, but every time she chooses you. Do you want to know the thing that pisses me off the most? No matter what you do to her she still loves you. This is what she said when she called… ‘I’m just ringing to say not to bother coming around. Kane doesn’t want me for a mate, so I’m going to give him what he wants and leave. When I get settled you can come and protect me. Don’t worry, I’m safe. I love you. Please be nice to Kane, try to look after him for me...’ She wouldn’t let me get a word in, then she hung up and turned off her phone.”
Devlin chimed in. “Tell him, Arden. Tell him what was said.”
Arden looked at Devlin. “Are you crazy?”
He shook his head. “Look at him. Look at our cool, collected alpha brother Dr. Kane Wolfen.”
Arden looked him over then started. “She said, and I quote, ‘I came back from overseas and straightaway I’m thrown back into all this, and mated to Kane, who I love with all my heart. I would gladly go through anything just to be with him. I loved him from the first moment I laid eyes on him, but being thrown back into it all... My visions before I left were never this strong, long, or thorough. I’m really just trying to figure out my place in all this.’ And you heard the rest.”
Kane knew he was white. He sat on the floor and didn’t even notice his brothers leave, he just sat and thought everything over. Kane couldn’t believe his stupidity, he even remembered a lecture on head injuries, usually patients remembered what they wanted to, or from a certain point in their lives where they were happy. He banged his head on the lounge because he knew Faith remembered them snuggling in bed, her begging him not to go to work. He thought about how when she woke up in the hospital her first words were to yell for him. He laughed bitterly. She had even told him she loved him and would never love anyone else. The whole ride home she had asked if he was okay.
He shut down. He couldn’t believe what he had done, he had lost her again.
Chapter 11
Faith sat outside with Remy, practicing controlling her visions.
“So have you decided what you’re going to do?”
Faith smiled. She felt fantastic. For the last week she had been working out her options. She’d been to see a therapist, and she had spoken to Remy every night, telling her everything. It felt great to have a human friend that she could tell everything to. It was nice, it made her feel normal, and after a week of talking and thinking she knew without a doubt what she was going to do. “I’m going to fight. You’re right, I could never live with myself if I turned my back. I know you don’t want to hear this, but I’ve been checking on Kane. He’s not doing so good. I need to see him, to tell him that I don’t want to be normal, I want to be me. I want to help, and if he doesn’t like it, he’ll have to learn to suck it up, because I’m not going to run anymore.”