Chapter 206
Blue.
I try to walk into the house quietly but I am unsuccessful. Once I get in the front door, Jules is waiting for me in the living room. I don’t know why he feels the need to make sure I come back every night. He has made it a habit.
I stop “Oh, hey,’’ I manage at the same time scratching the back of my neck nervously. He stands up from the couch and walks over to me.
“Where did you go?’’ he asks worriedly.
The fact that he just met me should give him a chance to chill. I have been doing fine on my own. He hasn’t really been in my life all this while and I know he is trying to make up for it but I am not a kid. I am old enough to go out on my own at night.
“I just went for a walk,’’ I tell him nonchalantly. It is not like I am lying. Sure, I bumped into Gyles and it made me happy that I went for that walk in the first place. I didn’t even expect to see him there. It was almost like those forces keep pulling us back together.
“Just a walk?’’ he asks. I can tell he is suspicious of me. Like I would lie to him. Sure I am keeping my whole mating situation a secret from him but I have my reasons. The moment he finds out, he will want to rush it and I want to understand everything else before involving him.
“Is there a problem?’’ I raise a brow.
He sighs and then rubs his eyes “It is late. Why don’t you get some sleep,’’ he tells me before walking away from me and back to the direction of his room. I walk all the way to my room and jump on my bed. My heart is still racing from just talking to Gyles. The feelings I have when it comes to the two of them is overwhelming. How did I get lucky enough to have two people that care for me at the same time?
It just seems so surreal.
My phone rings and I check the caller ID. Mom’s face blares up brightly on the screen. I have been avoiding her for over a year. I just didn’t feel the need to talk to her, I am still upset with her. Today though, I feel a little happier, more forgiving.
“Hello,’’ I answer her call.
This gets a sigh of relief from her “You finally answered my call. I thought you would never forgive me.’’
“I haven’t forgiven you,’’ I tell her blatantly.
I don’t know why she was expecting that. “Oh, I thought with all the calls and the time away from me…”
“You thought what?’’ I ask because I genuinely want to know what is going through her head. I lived in a coven, with a bunch of witches and warlock. I always told her that I felt different from everyone. I would always ask her about my father and she kept the biggest thing from me.
I can’t just let that go.
“I don’t know what I thought. I am sorry Blue, I am really sorry.’’ She tells me.
“Apologizing doesn’t make things better. I need some time away from you,’’ I tell her honestly because, in truth, that is all I need. If she thinks I will just act as if nothing happened, then she is wrong.
“You have had a year. Isn’t that enough time to forgive me?’’
True, a year is a long time but she knows what I need from her. I asked her why she kept it from me for so long. If she can give me a good enough reason, I will let things go. Right now, she doesn’t even have a reason. She can’t tell me why she would keep my father away from me.
“I am sorry mother but I can’t forget so easily and you know what you need to do to make things better,’’ I remind her.
There is silence on her end of the phone for a couple of seconds. Finally, she speaks up “Please come home Blue, we need you here,’’ she manages. I can almost sense her pain. If this was some other time, I would take the next flight home but I can’t right now. My life is just starting and I don’t want to lose that for a woman that lied to me all my life.
“I can’t right now mom. I have things to do here.’’
She sighs “Stuff that is more important than your own mother?’’ she is doing this thing where she guilt trips me. She is trying to manipulate me into doing what she wants—it usually works most time but not this time.
“More important than the woman that lied to me.’’
She should be lucky that I answered her call in the first place. I don’t even know why I did. She just likes to bring me down. Make me feel like shit.
“Mom, why am I not like everyone else?’’
“Because you don’t work hard enough. You need to work harder.’’
I remember times when she would make me feel like shit. Make me think I was different because I was lazy. I will not let her manipulate me right now.
“I will talk to you later mom,’’ I tell her.
“Wait–,’’ I end the call before she can say anything else to try to convince me to come home. Right now, I need to focus on my life and the people that matter. Gyles and Rex are all that matter to me right now. I need to make sure we don’t scare Gyles away. I have to help him transform into his true self.
I go to bed with thoughts of them and no one else.
Not Jules and certainly no my mother.
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“He agreed to let you help?’’ rex asks with disbelief.
I don’t know why he finds it so hard. It didn’t even take a lot of convincing to get him to agree. Gyles is not even problematic. It was easy to talk to him. I liked everything about our moment yesterday.
“Yeah, I bumped into him last night,’’ I tell him everything that happened because we are not keeping secrets from each other anymore. Whatever happens between me and Gyles, I want Rex to be aware. Right now, I need to touch him. I need to feel everything that comes with finding your mate. I felt all these things with Rex, but I haven’t gotten the confirmation from Gyles, even though my wolf is pretty sure.
“That’s good that means you can spend some time with him. Get to know him, maybe that will push him in the right direction.’’
He smiles eagerly. I know he is excited about this. I am excited to. He grabs his shirt from the bed and I walk over to him before he can put it off “Where are you going?’’ I ask him at the same time grabbing the shirt from him. He opens his eyes wide “uh…school,’’ he tells me, with that innocent expression on his face. Right now, he looks delicious to me.
I just want to taste him and squeeze him and never let him go.
“Do you have to go today,’’ I lean forward, pulling him closer to me. He looks up at me and my heart pounces in my chest.
“I have missed a lot of school. I can’t miss anymore school,’’ he whines, I can tell he doesn’t want to leave. He would rather be here with me. I know that much.
I hear the footsteps out in the hallway and in an instant, my wolf pikes up excitedly before the knock on the door. I know it is Gyles, I can already feel him. I put on Rex’s shirts immediately and walk over to the door. You can’t blame me, this is the first time we will all be in the same room after figuring everything out. I can’t wait to be with them, I can’t wait for him to accept us.
He opens his eyes wide when he sees me. Maybe he wasn’t expecting me. I get that but he has to get used to all of us together. “Hi,’’ I manage with an eager smile. My heart is racing right now and I am sure he can hear it.
“Hi,’’ he looks over my shoulders to Rex “I kinda wanted to talk to him before he leaves for school,’’ he adds quietly. That is him indirectly saying he didn’t come here for me.
There are no hard feelings. I know what he is going through. Trying to understand all his emotions. Like I told him, there is no pressure, as long as he doesn’t reject us.
“Oh, okay.” I walk back to Rex and place a kiss on his lips. Maybe I want him to be jealous. I want him to see that I and Rex are a package deal. He can’t just pick one of us.
He has to choose the two of us.
“I will see you later,’’ I manage. With Red cheeks, he nods as I walk back to the door. “Are we still on for tonight?’’ I direct my question to Gyles.
He nods immediately and with that I walk out of the room, feeling very accomplished even though I haven’t accomplished anything.
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