Chapter 135


    And now he thinks he’s lost me.


    And he’s just…gone.


    “Stay here, Ariel,” Jesse says, and I jump when I realize that he’s standing at my side. “I’ll go after


    Jacks. Just….stay in the room, all right?”


    “Jesse,” I murmur, reaching for him, apology all over my face.


    “It’s fine,” my good cousin says, taking my hand and giving it a little squeeze. “I mean, it’s not fine,


    but…” he sighs, shaking his head. “We’re fine, all right? Deal with your drama, I’ll be back when I


    can.”


    And with that, my cousin storms off after my mate.


    I turn back to Luca, who I’m surprised to see standing staring at me in a newly determined way, his


    hands on his hips. “I’m not doing this,” he says, shaking his head, his voice set. End things with him,


    Ariel – I’m not…I can’t do this. I love you too damn much to share you with that jackass.”


    Luca tears his eyes from me like he can’t bear to look at me anymore and strides for the door,


    yanking it open and likewise starting down the hall. I stare after him with my jaw open – not because


    what he said is really that surprising or even unfair…


    I just…


    God, what the fuck just happened? How did the entire world just explode within thest five minutes


    – all


    all my carefully veiled secrets, ripped open at once…


    “I’ll take care of that one,” Rafe says, sending me a nce as he, too, strides for the door. ” But


    don’t even think that we’re done talking about this, Ariel.”


    I don’t say anything, just watching in shock as Rafe, too, passes through the door and ms it shut


    behind him.


    And then the room is…absolutely silent. Stupidly silent, after everything that just happened.


    God, what the hell, they transformed into their wolves for heaven’s sake – they fought each other…


    And now I’m just standing here in silence. With Ben.


    I almost leap out of my skin when the dumbwaiter’s absurdly cheerful bell sounds, but I


    don’t even turn to watch as Ben quietly moves to the dumbwaiter and takes something out. Instead,


    I just stand and stare into space, trying to put the shards of my reality back


    together.


    They know. My mates know after months of keeping it secret….


    Now they just…know.


    From the corner of my eye I see Ben carry whatever he took from the dumbwaiter quietly to the


    coffee table, but I don’t pay attention to it. I barely notice, still staring at the door, when he takes me


    by the shoulders, and guides me over to the couch, and sits me down, andys the green nket


    over my knees, and puts a fork in my hand.


    I only start toe back to the present moment as Ben lifts a knife to cut the ridiculous chocte


    cake in front of us that reads “Congrattions!”


    I sit in perfect silence, holding my fork, as Ben lifts a slice and puts it on a te, sighing as he holds


    it out to me.


    “Come on, Princess,” he murmurs. “You need this.”


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    I stare at Ben, nk, as I take the cake from his hand and settle the te on myp.


    “If it helps at all,” Ben murmurs as he cuts another slice and leans back onto the couch with it,


    scooping up a forkful and lifting it to his mouth. “I’m gay and in love with your brother.”


    I quietly watch as Ben takes a bite of the thick cake, chews it and swallows.


    “Yeah,” I sigh, turning to look down at my te as I cut off the corner of my cake with the edge of


    my fork and lift it to my lips. “I kind of figured.”


    Ben just huffs a littleugh, taking another bite.