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I could barely remember what happened after I shifted–everything was a mess in my head–but I know I went crazy and destroyed things. I destroyed the mansion I grew up in–the ce that I was supposed to <b>call </b>home, but it was anything but.
My home… my home was with Rosette. It was wherever she was. But now I had no idea where she <b>was</b><b>, </b>so I didn’t have a home anymore.
Ss took that away from me.
Kade and Kross didn’t stop me as I destroyed the house, tore down walls with my ws, and ripped things apart with my teeth. They left me to it, let me let out my anger and pain. They felt it as well–I knew they did –but they had always been more level–headed than I was and didn’t just lose control.
Fuck control. It felt like my brain was failing to work, like my entire body had shut down and I was in so much pain, and I just wanted to let that pain bleed out by wreaking havoc.
Kade and Kross let me be, but when they saw I was getting out of control, they had to step in. It hadn’t been easy for them to tame me. I had fought, roared, and wed at them. I wounded them, but they still didn’t stop until they had subdued me.
After that, Kross bent to my level, looked me in the eye, and snarled, “Get your fuking shit together, you piece of shit! You’re throwing nothing but a tantrum and it’s not going to help you get your woman back. So snap out of this bullshit, Axel, and let’s figure out a way to bring her back.”
I shifted back then, kneeling on the bare floor, my head hung low between my shoulders<b>, </b>my eyes burning. “He took her from me,” I whispered, my voice hoarse, tight with emotions.
“He didn’t,” Kade said, his voice t. “She left.”
I snapped my head to him<b>, </b>my teeth bared. “She wouldn’t leave me! She fucking loves me!”
He just stared at me, his expression nk. I didn’t recognize my brother anymore. Usually, Kross was the brother you couldn’t read, but right now, Kade was totally… closed off. He has always been cold, sure, but not this cold.
“And maybe that’s the reason she left you,” he said, his voice t. “Maybe she left you because she loves you.”
I could only blink at him<b>, </b>my head foggy and just a damn mess. “W–why would she leave me if she loves me? It doesn’t make any sense, Kade. If she did love me, she would have stayed with me. We would have gotten through this together. Ss wouldn’t have been able to get between us.<b>” </b>
“Think, Azel,” Kross stepped in, his voice soft, so unlike… Kross. “Why would she have left? What had Ss told her? She’s your tether; you both have a bond. She wouldn’t have left just like that. Has Father threatened to disown you?”
I looked over at him, my lips parted, the wordsing out of my mouth slowly. “He has.<b>” </b>
Kade snorted, shaking his head. “That bastard.”
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“He probably told her,” Kross exined. “He probably told her that you would lose everything if she remained with you. And Rosette might have questioned herself, ‘Do I really love him if I let him lose everything?‘ And that is why we’re here.”
“He probably ckmailed her,” Kade muttered, his expression dark, his gaze fixed on the wall, his arms crossed. “Emotional. And love… love isplex. She might have thought that she was doing you some good.”
A sob suddenly burst out of me, shocking me to my bones, my chest tight to the point of pain. I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t draw air into my lungs, and yet I felt so… relieved.
She didn’t leave me just because she was tired of me or just because she couldn’t bear to be with me; she left because she thought it was the right thing to do. I buried my face in my hands, my tears wetting my hands.
Relief…
I have never felt relief this great that it took my breath away.
“She loves me,” I choked out, my face still in my hands. “She loves me.”
“Did you doubt it?” Kade asked, his voice nearly a growl.
“Yes,” I answered in a whisper.
Suddenly, Kade was in front of me, grabbing me by the neck, cutting off my airflow. “You doubted her?” he growled, his eyes glowing, his grip tightening on my neck. I let him be, knowing this was him taking out his frustration. “You doubted her when she risked her life to tether herself to you? You doubted her even after you wounded her, but she still tried? I could smell her fear, Axel. She was shaking with it, and yet she still pushed forward with it. How dare you?”
“I’m sorry,” I whispered, my throat burning, my vision bing blurry.
“Kade, let him go,” Kross growled, stepping forward, but I grabbed Kade’s hand, making sure it stayed tight around my neck.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered again, dark spots dotting the edge of my vision. “I don’t deserve her. I don’t deserve her love.”
His grip tightened, and from my darkening vision, I saw his tears flowing down his face. “You fucking don’t. But she loves you, she loves you and not us–not me–so you’re going to make sure to be deserving of her love. You’re going to try everything to get her back and be deserving of her love. You will lose everything, but she’s worth so much more. You hear me, Axel?”
I couldn’t answer because I felt my consciousness slipping away, so I just nodded, but Kade still didn’t let go.
“Kade,” Kross whispered, the pain in his voice slicing through me.
Kade suddenly let go of me, jumping to his feet and turning to Kross. I coughed as air rushed back to my lungs, rubbing my throat, hearing Kade’s shouts as if I was underwater.
“Why does he have to get her?! Why can’t we try?!”
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“She loves him, Kade,” Kross answered, his voice soft. “What does it matter when she loves him?”
Kade fell silent after that.
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