de La Vega Cats 1: Trinity by Lauren Dane

Author:Lauren Dane [Dane, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mmf
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2011-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

Something roared and Galen realized it was her. It was Renee shoving them both back, jumping over them to get out of the closet. Her eyes were no longer unfocused, though his were still blurry through tears.

Her chest heaved. She held her hands out to ward them off.

“Leave me alone, please. Please. I didn’t mean to…that was my head, those are my memories. Mine.” Bitterness, like ashes, bloomed through the link between the three.

“Your memories must have thought differently.” Jack closed his eyes a moment and Galen knew how he felt. He wanted to storm out, to hunt Susan down and beat her until she wept like Renee had.

“I understand. I understand now why you need to leave when we fight.” Galen didn’t get up, not wanting to spook her. “I would never, ever reject you for being who you are. I love you. I love your magic. I love the way you are a total bitch until you’ve had coffee in the morning. I love the way you think I don’t know you put protein powder in my smoothies.”

“I know that.” She exhaled hard. “I know that!”

“Why didn’t you ever tell me?”

“Because I didn’t want to see pity in your eyes. Like what I see now. I’m fine. She didn’t know how to deal with my being different. She did the best she could. I wasn’t easy to raise, you know.”

Jack growled. “She’s a bully, Renee. That’s not about you, that’s about her.”

“I don’t want to talk about it anymore. I feel sick.”

Galen didn’t know what to do other than to keep pushing, so he did. She had to understand they were with her for the long run; he had to get past the shit her stepmother poisoned her with. “Because you haven’t eaten in hours. Because you’ve been upset for most of the day. Babe, come with us. Let us get you settled on the couch. Snuggle with Jack while I make some dinner.”

“Please, please leave me alone.”

She looked so lost, so terribly small standing there, her arms wrapped around herself, shaking. He felt as if something had been ripped from him. His cat paced, agitated, angry, needing to comfort and defend.

Jack fell to his knees before her, hanging his head. “I started this mess with my stupidity and selfishness. I didn’t tell you and you got caught off guard and then when you asked for more info, I didn’t really answer what you asked. I’m sorry. If I could take it back I would. But I can’t. I can’t and the damage has been done. You don’t know how much I regret that.”

She rubbed her face before sliding her fingers through Jack’s hair. “You two are so much better off without me. You have each other now.” Her voice was barely more than a whisper.

Galen stood. “Enough. This is total bullshit. Better off without you? So the last four years mean nothing to you? You think I’ve just been hanging out with you until a nice piece of ass came along to replace you? Is that how little you think of me?”

“No.

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