“But according to Nahuel, Gavin should have died shortly after not attending his vision quest to meet his power animal and I’m assuming he would have somehow joined with his wolf to become one or something.”
I nodded, impressed. I hadn’t really thought about it like that, like he was half empty without his wolf. This is why I needed Avery’s advice, she saw things differently. She didn’t crack under pressure.
“Fever,” Avery repeated and looked at me with wonder.
“What?” I asked her.
“You were born connected!” Avery shouted and jumped up, scaring me.
“Yes?” I looked at her, dumbfounded.
Avery began to pace. “Born connected so if he dies, you die,” she spoke out loud.
“That doesn’t exactly sound like you’re helping with my problem,” I reminded my bestie.
She came to rest her hands on my shoulders. “Youare what has kept him alive this whole time. Maybe together you can fix this.”
A lightbulb went off then, something Nahuel had said before he left. I get his fevers, he gets my wolf. I was taking some of the illness and he was borrowing my wolf’s strength! Together we could fix this.
‘Testing, testing … 1, 2, 3,’Gavin spoke into my mind and I grinned.
‘Hey,’I answered back.
Avery was looking at me like I was crazy.
‘This is so weird. Can you ... like … read my thoughts?’Gavin asked me.
I chuckled.‘Not really, just what you want me to get.’
Mates actually could read thoughts if they probed each other but I didn’t want to freak him out.
‘Cool, so we have built-in texting,’Gavin joked.
I laughed. Avery was waving her hand in front of my face.
“Are you having a vision? You look crazy,” Avery said.
I grinned at my best friend and tapped my forehead. “Matebond Gavin is fascinated.”
Avery suddenly gave me a sultry look. “So, about Gavin. Have you?” She wagged her eyebrows.
I rolled my eyes. “Dude, we just met and he was sick and stuff.”
She nodded. “Mm hmm, but he’s your mate and he’s damn hot.”
I had to suppress my wolf then. Avery didn’t mean anything by it but the jealousy flared nonetheless.
‘Your brother and Mason both threatened to skin me alive if I mistreated you,’Gavin told me.
“Come on, Mason and Jax are threatening him.”
Avery laughed and we made our way into the basement. Our basement was huge, over 2,000 square feet and was sectioned off into a full work-out gym with mats and all the fancy equipment, cages for containing wolves, and a bedroom and bathroom. This is where my dad had set up Gavin while he was staying with us.
When we turned the corner into the basement, I skidded to a halt. Gavin and Jax were wrestling on the pads. Gavin had my twin in an arm-bar hold and Jaxon was trying not to show pain before he tapped out and Gavin released him.
Jax stood to his full height and grumbled. “I’m better on my feet.”
Gavin turned as if sensing me.
