Renegade Kings (Nymerian Rebels Book 2) by Cate J Cooke & CJ Cooke

Author:Cate J Cooke & CJ Cooke [Cooke, Cate J & Cooke, CJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-08-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Tank

Ipaced the length of our chambers, the bear begging to be released to go on the hunt for our mate. Rolling my neck to release the tension from my shoulders, I held tight to my control. Rampaging through the palace wouldn’t help right now.

When we’d woken to find Alyssa gone, Dean had slipped into a frenzy, especially when he tracked her scent and realised that she’d slipped out of the bathroom window in the night. Wherever he’d gone in his rage after that, I was hoping it wasn’t to wherever Alyssa was right now. I knew he wouldn’t hurt her, but she’d pushed the alpha wolf too far and he wasn’t about to let her forget it easily.

“Why does she do this?” Maddox gritted out.

I could tell he and Ryder were struggling to stay in their human forms as much as I was. It was impressive that they’d done so for this long. In fact, given how pissed off he was, it was impressive that Dean had stayed in control as well.

I sighed. It would be so much harder for them than for me. I’d had the luxury of spending years at her side. I knew Alyssa as well as I knew myself. It was easy to forget that they hadn’t known either of us for that long. We all just gelled together so easily.

“Because this is all she’s ever known,” I explained, finally stopping my pacing and turning to the two other concerned men in the room. “Alyssa came to the human realm having experienced a loss many wouldn’t have survived. She was young, alone, and in a foreign world. All she had to rely on was herself. Then, when she finally found people to be around, she didn’t know if she’d be putting them in danger just by being with them. Alyssa has spent years not only guarding herself but trying to save everyone else around her. She doesn’t know how to rely on anyone else. Not when she always thought the danger was her. Even when she lived here as a kid, they kept her isolated, afraid others would find out about her magic.”

Maddox and Ryder said nothing at first. I knew it sounded like I was making excuses for her, and maybe I was, but I genuinely felt like we were going about this entire issue the wrong way. We couldn’t demand that Alyssa changed. We needed to show her we weren’t going anywhere, that she didn’t have to be afraid for us.

“I can’t imagine what that must have been like,” Ryder eventually said. “Even when I felt like I had nothing, I still had my brothers to turn to. I was never truly alone, even if it felt like it sometimes.”

Maddox nodded in agreement. “We should try to find Dean. Calm him down before he sees her. He’s going to go off on her the minute he sees her, but it’s only because he’s afraid. He knows he won’t survive losing her, especially not so soon after losing Damon.

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