Good luck,
Faith York
P.S: I will look after my brother, and I will pick up his stuff when I find a place.
Kane sat on the floor against the fridge. He reread the note several times. He went over his conversation with his father again and again. By the sound of the letter, he knew she had heard part of the conversation. He sat there until the sun rose. He had a sense of déjà vu. He went through the conversation Faith had with the major. His mind was on a twenty-four hour loop. His wolf was howling, ripping at its cage to get out and find its mate, he couldn't go without her again. Kane got up, knowing he needed to find his brothers, he needed to know the full conversation with the major.
None of his brothers answered their phones. He tried going around to Arden and Griffen's but they wouldn't open the door. He pulled the big guns in then … he called his mother. "Hi, Mum. Can y-"
"What have you done to her this time, Kane? I thought I raised you better."
He winced and almost didn't ask his favor. "Mum, is Ben there?"
His mother sighed. "No, Faith has taken him out. He'll be back tonight. I told her we'd keep him until she finds a place, but Kane, it better bloody well not come to that."
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."
Remy sighed. "I know you love him, but he's not good enough for you, Faith. All he seems to do is break your heart."
Faith shut her eyes to stop the tears. "I love you, Remy, but it wasn't all him, as they say it takes two to tango. I was childish. I stayed away from him for over four years, he was the main reason I went overseas. I need to let go of the past. I need to try, even if it's only for the baby."
"I bet you wish you could just see what was going to happen."
Faith laughed. "I wish it worked like that, but I very rarely see anything that has to do with me."
Remy frowned. "But I thought you saw those women, and you saw Brad was going to propose if you decided to start seeing him."
"It's hard to explain, but I'll start by saying that the future can always be changed. It's only the past that's set in stone. And Brad proposing will never come to pass now as I changed the future. The women I saved … I only saw three demons, but there ended up being easily double that. The frustrating thing is I only see what fate wants me to see. It's the other gifts that help. I just hope it will be enough to save us all." She looked up to see the worried look on Remy's face. Shit, she really shouldn't have said all that. "I'm so sorry to put all my trouble and worries on you."
Remy waved her hand and hugged Faith. "I asked. I'm glad you're going to help the fight, it sure does make me feel better. How about we do something fun before we pick up your brother this afternoon? Let's go shopping."
* * * *
Kane spent a week in hell. He couldn't stop thinking about everything that had happened. He needed to get Faith back, he couldn't live without her again. He was going to give her anything she wanted. Kane knew she wasn't perfect, but she was damn near perfect to him. He had tried his brothers, but none would talk to him. His sisters were worse. No one would tell him where Faith was, not even his parents. His mother had said Faith would tell him, just give her time, and his father said if he really wanted to find her he needed to think.
Today he was at his parents' house. He had finally used his brain, he grabbed Bengie before he started playing his video games, which didn't go down well. The kid had some moves. When Kane finally had him the first words out of his mouth were, "I thought you would have come after me sooner, but Faith said I'm not to tell you where she is." He sighed.
Kane smiled. "Do you want to go for a drive? Come with me to do something special first, and then we'll play a game called hot and cold."
Ben nodded, and Kane's smile grew bigger as they got in his car and speed away.