Chapter 0232

“Luca!” Rafe shouts, just as Jesse shouts Jackson’s name, both of them baffled.

I shake my head at Jacks, begging him to understand as I keep moving forward, as I place myself between my mates. And the moment I step actually between them, holding out a hand, palm out, towards each, begging them to stop

I realize that it was a mistake.

I mean, I don’t know what else I could have done, but it was a mistake.

Because in that moment, each of my mates sees that I’m not denying the other. Luca’s eyes flash to Jackson’s just as Jackson’s move to his. There’s a brief moment of silence before Jacks releases a horrible, desperate snarl. Luca roars in response before, in a flash, they both shift into their wolves.

Ben realizes what is happening half a second before everyone else, and he’s the only one to move in time. My friend releases a shout, hurling himself up from the couch and leaping over the coffee table to tackle me to the floor jus

as the two wolves crash into each other

above us.

And god, the sound they make –

feels my eardrums will shatter. Ben wraps an arm around me, pulling me away, back against the stone of the fireplace as I cover my ears with my hands, tears slipping down

I no longer have any idea which of my emotions are mine, and which are theirs scream, and

want to

feel Ben wrap me up in a tight ball as more noise adds to the fury-

change shock and confusion adding to

shame, and

when I see that there are four wolves in front of me now Jackson’s scruff in his mouth, not biting him but a warning growl

Rafe, Jackson, and the fourth wolf, who is a lighter brown – almost blonde – panting and snarling his warning. But then

hands out between them.

“Shift the fuck back! We are getting

we all look around at each other before Jackson shakes himself, just a little, and Rafe loosens his grip on his neck. Luca shifts then, and my eyes go directly to him, groaning when I see his bloody lip, the swelling already starting around

to be next to him instantly, to check on his wounds – but Ben tightens his hands on my arms. “You stay…right here…” he

stop, though I can’t stop the whimper in my

it as badly as Luca did, but

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