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

said

about that myself but Calix had a

hurt us," explained

frustration and I found

been the

Not anymore though.

her, encase her,

would not let a repeat of

needed to be able to

her little stepbrother, was taken away from her and ruined by your Mom,"I said in

clear that these were

to you like

trouble in her house again," I

my Mom justified

had been strong enough even as a child myself to see the error of both my parents'

my Mom's niece by marriage, her step-niece, a fact that made my Mom less forgivable in my

does the Luna think my father would think of how I was treated by

Asked my Luna.

old friend, Guilt,

Calix pouted.

was

not innocent on

Chasity was right about my parents' awful behaviour

We were the same.

all had

was perfect but both Chasity’s and

your father isn't exactly a good father, Baby," I said in whati hoped was

asked sharply, narrowing her

left you,”

a doorstep as did her

was protecting me from something!" Insisted Chasity,

the bed

about to

needed to face

a lot more loudly

wolf snarled at me for yelling at his

at me like

shocked

back down on the bed, her

to grow up, Baby!" I said, not

substance abuse

or them if they had made different

accountable, you’re gonna hold them accountable

not a fairytale, Baby!" I

slowly down Chasity's

it

her back, trying

squeezed her hand

never stay the least favourite for long,"said

had to hand it to

He got me there.

eyes though and folded my arms as I

Alex had

thought he was a few seconds away from

they were addicts, ok," admitted Chasity, her voice barely a

broke watching her turn away from me and

under the covers with

wanna take a nap, by mysell," she pleaded, refusing to

change rooms but I want to be alone

would at least

completely

out a heavy

been kinder

to say to

Ugh.

I was better at conversations like

Chasity's back and

I heard him murmur in

a pointed "fix this"

was a bit harsh,

know the lying is on me but this

behind and make it

He left the room.

both of her cheeks

memory because memories

make-believe when she acts like her parents were these amazing people but she needed something to get herthrough those years, explained Calix in

Ugh.

Boy Calix

not my

the only one side,

bad ’TH be back, Goddess." Calix

me

grateful they were giving me some one on one time

have

began, pausing, trying to find the right

want your parents," I

could magically

could sense she

to have that chance but don't go running off to

doing this, insisted my wolf, in a

Don't get me wrong.

loved snatching control and influencing my decisions but he was not a

as they come in terms of Alpha wolves

signing all my common sense away like in thatmermaid cartoon Calix used to make

it had the

split second later, Chasity was sitting up in bed, her eager

mean that?" She breathed, hope

I nodded.

herself

me? Sure, I was used to

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