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Jamie yanked open the door and put his claws at the olf’s throat Sean froze with his hands up in the air Then he demanded, "Fuck me, man, is that how you answer a door?"

"It is when I smell Latham’s scent" And his brother’s scent was definitely on Sean Jauy and hauled hi?"

Sean sed "He’s coaze darted to the bed "For her"

That had been the plan Before

"You’ve changed your ed He shoved away from Jamie "Da at her in that bar When she said she was gonna drink froht that he’d held onto his control pretty well All things considered He had remembered that Sean was his best friend So he hadn’t shoved his claws into Sean’s side

"She was the big secret weapon" Sean marched around the bed "You were supposed to use her, not fall for her" Sean’s gaze drifted frouess you are more like your brother than you want to think"

In an instant, Jaainst the wall, and his claere out "Don’t" There were some lines that he wouldn’t even let Sean cross

"Don’t what?" Sean deave you ed to walk the thin sanity line until he met her Your brother couldn’t have her, and he went batshit If she wasn’t his, then she was nobody’s He locked her up and--"

Jamie’s fist and claws drove into the wall as his fury erupted "He was always batshit! I saw it fro the weak Hell, he almost killed you when you were only six" But Jamie had stopped him He’d always had to stop him Story of my life "You don’t remember, but I do How the hell do you think you became an orphan? He was the one to kill your parents He was the one who came after you I told my father I told him, but no one would believe me Why would a wolf attack his own kind?"

Sean stared at him with stunned eyes

"Because he’s a de his own question as he yanked his claws out of the wall and stepped back "And I alanced over at the bed

Iona’s eyes were open She was sitting up in bed Staring at him Shit

"You want her just as much as he does," Sean said from behind him, but the olf’s voice shook with pain and sorrow

I shouldn’t have told him like that Sean deserved better To hi plan?" Sean said and noas getting angry So Jaht in front of Iona--that, "Part of that plan was that I’d let Latham find me I’d offer him a deal Tell him that you’d trade her for peace"

Ja hi to ht to defeat Lathaive Iona to the bastard

She just stared back at hile emotion on her face or in her eyes

"I held up reement," Sean snapped "I went to hi I told Latha to e He wants you and the vaht"

The plan had been to draw out Lathaainst Jah off the rush that caht between the brothers He’d planned to drink and drink from her

Then use her to distract his brother so that he could go in for the kill

I can’t Because what if he rong? What if he wasn’t strong enough? And if Lathaaze to Sean She studied hiht"

No Jaht to keep his hands off Iona Don’t touch her when your claws are out You can hurt her "I’ll go after him myself You don’t need--"

"I was supposed to be the instruht by him "And now you don’t want to use otten the His shoulders stiffened "You know"

Her burning gaze touched on him and said that she did

"Good," he told her and meant it "Because I don’t want any more lies or secrets between us I was an idiot then I didn’t know you, and I thought--I thought who you were didn’t otten under his skin Into his very blood and soul "You matter," he said, the words too simple

A furrow appeared between her eyes "You expect me to believe--"

He hated that he had an avid audience watching his every word Jeez, could Sean not give them some privacy for an instant? "I expect you to believe that I was an idiot I was bent only on getting my own justice, and I didn’t realize the cost to you"

Her breath seeether Foryour blood"

Shah hiry swipe of her hand "And you think I’d just let you waltz out there and face Latham alone? If he kills you, I’m dead, too"

He realized the enoronna cut it "I don’t plan on dying I’ll kill hiether, because you’ve bound us?"

He shook his head "I’ll give you as much blood as you need, anytime you want it You don’t have to stay with me You can…" He stopped and cleared his throat I want her with o anywhere you want," Ja you want, and I’ll make sure the blood is always sent to you" He’d be her personal donor, for as long as she wanted

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