“What’s wrong?”
“You’re dad, before he died…” Her words trailed off, and the punch hit my gut. She didn’t know.
“Lynn-”
“No, let me finish. I don’t have time.” Her words came out in a rush. “I had to run out here, away from Morgan. Since the king made you and Shannon stay at school, Morgan has been being weird.”
“What do you mean? Is my mom okay?”
“I have your mom protected. I won’t allow anyone to get their claws into my Luna. But one time Morgan tried to drug her with kudzu.”
“What’s that?”
“A herb that induces a female’s heat. If it wasn’t for the fact that we caught him before she drank it, she would have been stuck.”
“Goddess.” Wendy whispered, but Toya kept snipping at my hair.
“Are you and my mom okay?” I bit my lip, a habit from childhood I hadn’t managed to break. “You can both come here. I have a place you can stay.” I didn’t even know why I hadn’t offered up my apartment.
“Your mother wants to stay. Vince and Morgan are doing something. We just aren’t sure yet.”
“Okay.” I paused. “But why did you call me?”
“Because I saw Brandon in the pack house.”
“Why were you in the pack house?”
She drew in a breath. “Because I found my mate.”
I felt my chest warm. “That’s amazing Lynn.”
She hesitated. “I rejected him.”
“What why?”
“Because I found him hilt deep inside of your sister.” Her words were flat, but I could hear the pain that it hid.
“Who?” I had a sinking feeling. There was one wolf Shannon was fucking in my previous life that never found his mate, either.Please don’t be him, I prayed to the goddess for this little tiny shred of hope. But in the next sentence, Lynn shattered it.
“My mate was the Beta to Brandon. My mate was Derek.”
Chapter Forty
Iclosed my eyes in disbelief. “Is that bad?” Toya leaned over and whispered. I just nodded.
“This isn’t the end. The goddess has a plan.” I told her and I hoped it helped a little with the pain of everything she was dealing with. “She wouldn’t do this to you unless there was a reason.”
“I know. And I think this is the reason.” She whispered, her voice growing lower.
“Why?”
“Because everyday Vince commands me to come to the pack house. To sit next to him and Derek.”
“What the fuck?” Wendy’s eyes grew wide. “That’s torture.”
Lynn sniffled and, for the first time, I could hear how much this was killing her. “It is. But only because he refuses to acceptmy rejection. Even though my wolf has accepted her fate and is trying her best to recoup, he won’t let the link die. He calls to us, every night. And makes us come stand next to him every day. The bond on my side is shattered, but my wolf is still in pain.” Lynn took a deep breath. “Anyway, I didn’t call you to complain.”
“It’s okay if you did.” I offered.
