Chapter 43: Fix-it-Felix to Chasity’s rescue Felix We got back to our room and all saton the bed. Alex had his to-do-list face on: placate Chasity, check.
Calix had his biggest puppy-dog eyes on display.
Those two had dragged me into this dishonest mess unwittingly.
I wanted to make one thing clear.
"I’m angry too, you know," I said, not looking at anyone in particular.
I faced my brothers.
I took a deep breath.
I could not believe them.
The audacity.
"Since when do we keep secrets from each other?" I asked, glaring at them.
Alex and Calix looked at me, their guilt leaking into their expressions.
They exchanged a glance.
What? Were they mind-linking without me now too? You better not be mind-linking behind my back! Orin front of my face or whatever! You know what mean! I snapped.
Tm sorry, Felix," said Alex out-loud, his jaw set.
He seemed genuine.
"Sorry, Felix," mumbled Calix, looking at the floor.
I softened a little but I was still livid.
My Baby was quiet.
"We thought you'd blab to Chasity!" Calix confessed.
"Yeah, except you blabbed to Chasity," Alex pointed out.
Ha! "I deserve to know," said Chasity softly but firmly.
She was getting more assertive and i was glad about that but this was one ofthose things she should not even have to ask of us.
We had so many things to work through.
We could not pile secret-keeping on top of that "Of course, you do," admitted Alex, keeping his voice low andhis tone gentle.
alone like Calix on I half-wished she was more upset with them.
I deserved to be in here with her Christmas Day.
I sulked quietly while Alex tried to comfort Chasity.
Alex
I felt awful.
I hope Chasity knew how remorsefull was.
I just wanted to hold her so badly.
I hoped she would not push me away this time.
I drew her to me slowly, pulling her onto my lap and into my arms.
I just needed her to know how much I wanted her to notice me as pathetic as that might sound.
I just wanted an unencumbered shot at her love, which was technically already impossible because of our history together.
When Dad told me this particular secret, about Chasity’s Dad being the stepbrother of
Alex
Everyone waslooking at me.
I met my Luna’s eyes.
I almost wished I knew.
I wanted to give her a satisfying answer.
She deserved one.
"I don't know," I said apologetically.
I just hoped that she believed me.
She seemed to.
"We really don’t," said Calix in earnest, backing me up.
Felix shrugged.
He had been none the wiser about any of this.
"Do your parents know?" Asked Chasity.
"They might," I said hopefully.
Calix nodded.
"So your Mom really cared about my Dad even though he was just her stepbrother?" Inquired Chasity.
I looked at Calix.
He had recently told me about that day, about how he had watched Mom sink to her knees in the snow and cry as the cardrove away.
That had been the day I had first laid eyes on Chasity.
She had been such a tiny thing with pink cheeks and a pink nose with goldenskin and golden curls and brown doe eyes.
"Yeah, she was devastated when he drove away and left you." confessed Calix.
She had thought he was coming back into her life after being estranged because of her dislike for your Momonly for him to leave again, skip town and leave you behind on her porch." Chasity flinched.
let out a soft
Mom hates me?"
doesn't," said
but Calix had a hard time
you'll hurt
feel Chasity’s frustration and I found
the one who got
Not anymore though.
was going to protect her, encase her, insulate her with
let a repeat
be able
as though your Dad, her little stepbrother, was taken away from her and ruined by your Mom,"I said
that these
realised we belonged to you like your Dad had belonged to
in her house again," I continued, my
so naive as to think my Mom justified in her feelings and her
I had been strong enough even as a child myself
a blood relative, was still my Mom's niece by marriage, her step-niece, a fact that made my Mom less forgivable in
the Luna think my father would think of how I was treated
Asked my Luna.
old friend, Guilt, was
Calix pouted.
was upset
not innocent on this
my parents' awful behaviour but her parents weren't exactly a
We were the same.
all had
Chasity’s and ours were severely lacking
but your father isn't exactly a good father, Baby," I said in whati hoped was a gentle tone but gentle wasn’t my
Baby asked sharply,
you,”
on a
protecting me from something!" Insisted
the bed and was
about to let
needed to
lot more
snarled at me for yelling
me like I was
looked shocked by
down on
be the Luna of our pack and you have to grow up, Baby!" I said, not backing down." Your
had substance
or them if they had
you’re gonna hold us accountable,
were not a fairytale, Baby!" I
slowly down
it
her back, trying to
squeezed her hand
stay the least favourite for long,"said Calix, trying to diffuse the tension
to hand
He got me there.
rolled my eyes though and folded my arms as I stood
was surprised Alex
thought he was a few seconds away from using
addicts, ok," admitted Chasity, her voice barely a
her turn away from me and crawl under the
to get under the covers with her to
I just wanna take a nap, by mysell," she
but I want to be
she would at least be in bedwith
had not completely blown
out a
Felix, but you could’ve been kinder about it, said Alex
what to
Ugh.
was better at
rubbed Chasity's back and kissed
I heard him murmur
me a pointed
a bit harsh, I
know the lying is on
make it
He left the room.
tightly and kissed both of her
because memories are all she has left of
her parents were these amazing people but she needed something to get
Ugh.
Boy Calix was
not my
only one side,
be back, Goddess." Calix promised,
was just me
grateful they were giving me some one on one time with her to
shouldn’t have yelled
began, pausing, trying to
know you want
I could magically
could sense she
but don't go running off to do it," I
doing this, insisted my wolf, in a rare
Don't get me wrong.
control and influencing my decisions but he was not a
as feral as they come in terms
all my common sense away like in thatmermaid
it had the desired
later, Chasity was sitting up in bed, her eager
She breathed, hope
I nodded.
herself
herself at me? Sure, I was used to
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