The room is silent for a long moment and I'm shocked when it's Jesse's voice that breaks it.

"Whaaat the fuckkk," Jesse groans, turning in a tight circle and covering his face with his hands before dragging them down over his features and turning to glare at me, just as Rafe is.

The room explodes again into noise, everyone shouting at once, except for Jackson, who just stares at me, wary.

"Stop, stop!" I shout, putting my hands out again as tears slip from my eyes, my voice shaking. "Everyone shut up!"

To my surprise, all of the Alphas comply, going still and letting me speak.

the heartbreak, all of which pulses down our bond as well, threatening to take me out at the knees. "Jackson is my mate," I say quietly, solidly, claiming him. Dread fills me now, and I know that it's only half mine as I turn to Jackson, seeing

he senses what's

hitching, my heart breaking as I look into Jackson's eyes. Because I know - I know what it meant to Jackson to find me, to have me. And I know what it's going to mean

I whisper, wanting to be perfectly clear as I send all the love I can down both of my bonds to each of them, hoping to communicate how much I want them, how each of them is precious

my heart to pieces. Because my stoic mate - if he'd had any choice at all in the matter, he'd never have made a

watch Jackson turn away to face the wall, watch him cover his face with his hand, watch his shoulders shake as he tries to process everything. And the grief that ripples off

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but I put up a hand towards him. Because Luca's my mate - there's no way he'd consciously hurt me,

up into his eyes. "I didn't know...how to tell you. Either of you. It was all so new - and everyone thought I

eye I see him step towards us, "this is...this is real? Luca is her mate?

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