chapter 79
Imogen’s POV
While I feed Thaddeus Tobias walks Theo to the car, I can feel through the bond that Theo and
Tobias are discussing something serious, just slightly to far away for me to hear them as they talk in
hushed voices. When Tobias walks in, I open up my mind letting me slip into his mind. Nothing, I know
he is deliberately making sure he locks his thoughts up tight where I can’t reach them.
“What are you hiding?” I ask when I can’t read him.
“Nothing you need to worry about, stay out my head Imogen, you don’t like when Theo does it to
you” He states.
“It doesn’t usually bother you” I tell him. He looks at me, before grabbing a frypan out cing it on
the bench. He starts cooking but doesn’t say anything else. I can feel they are up to something and it
angers me that they are trying to hide it from me.
“Calm yourself Imogen, remember who is in your arms,” he says eyeing me. I nce down and
readjust him, letting myself focus on feeding him. I y with his hands, letting him calm me. When he
finishes his bottle, I ce him over my shoulder and start rubbing his back. Every day, I notice slight
differences in him, slowly getting bigger and more alert to his surroundings. I feel like I am going to
blink and wake up one day and he will be grown. I don’t want him to grow up. Tobias makes breakfast,
cing a te in front of me.
“Please tell me I didn’t just make that, for you not to be hungry now"?,” Tobias says while he eats
his own. I pick up a piece of bacon and bite into it. Food has lost its taste now, I can still taste it, but it
doesn’t have the same appeal anymore. I force myself to eat, knowing Tobias made it and I could feel
him through the bond worried because I don’t eat as much anymore.
By the time I am done, Thaddeus is asleep again. I sigh. We really need to find a way for him to
stay awake of a day so he sleeps of a night. Tobias cleans up the dishes before taking him from me. I
go to take him back.
“Go shower, your hair is a mess, and you didn’t have onest night” He tells me.
“Is that your way of telling me I stink?” I tell him. His lips turn up into a smile.
“No, you could never smell. But it might make you feel better, and you have been wearing the
same clothes for two days now,” he says watching me. Getting up, I walk upstairs. Grabbing some
clothes, I ce them on the bed and walk into the bathroom, turning the shower on. Tobiases in a
few minutester, cing a towel on the sink basin before walking out again. I can feel he is nervous
about something and I find it getting to me. Washing quickly, I hop out of the shower and find Thaddeus
in his bas asleep, Tobias sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for me.
“What is it?” I ask, drying myself. He doesn’t say anything, making me suspicious.
“I know you have something to say, so say it” I tell him before dropping the towel and putting some
jeans on.
“Mum is going to take Thaddeus tonight,” he says.
“Are you asking or telling me? Because it sounded like you said she was taking him” I argue.
“I’m telling you she is taking him for the night,” he says, his eyes holding mine. I growl, annoyed by
his tone.
“No, he stays here” I tell him.
“Imogen let her take him, it gives us a night off.”
“No, I don’t want him away from us what if Bianca,” Tobias cuts me off.
“Bianca is at the council under watch, I know you don’t like this but it’s happening whether you like
it not. Mum is taking him, Imogen” He states standing up.
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I close my eyes, frustrated before pinching the bridge of my nose, I can feel my nails digging into
the palm of my other hand.
“Imogen, you will let her. I need sleep you need sleep.”
“He doesn’t need to leave though, Tobias. Theo doesn’t need sleep and I feel fine,” I retort.
“You are not fine, Imogen. It is already organised. Thaddeus is going with mum and dad. They
won’t let anything happen to him. This isn’t up for discussion we already decided” He growls daring me
to go against him.
“So what Theo wants this as well?”
“Yes Imogen, one night that’s all,” he says moving closer and rubbing my arms. I feel my anger
dissipate as I feel the familiar spark rush over my skin.
“Fine, but only one night,” I tell him, giving him what he wants.
“Good girl,” He mumbles into my hair as he tugs me to him holding me in his arms.
I spend the day doing housework before going out weeding the rose garden. When Ie back in,
I find Tobias packing a bag for Thaddeus. Tobias looks up when he sees me walk in through the kitchen
door. I walk over and wash my hands.
“Theo ising home early mum will be here at four to pick him up” I ignore him. They both know
I am notfortable with this.
Walking out, I walk upstairs and check on Thaddeus. He is asleep, and I jostle him awake as I pick
him up. His big green eyes staring back at me.
I remain in the room until I hear the door open downstairs and I know Theo has returned home. I
hear footsteps on the stairs before I see him walk into the room, he leans on the door frame watching
me and I can feel him rummaging through my thoughts.
“Don’t do that,” I snap, shoving him out.
“I was just checking on a scale of one to ten how pissed off you are me.”
“A ten now go” I tell him.
“Tobias said you were angry, but it’s one night Imogen, you will survive I promise,” he says walking
in the room toward me. He holds his arms out for Thaddeus. I reluctantly hand him over.
“Come say hello to mum,” he says, looking down at me. I sigh and get up, walking downstairs.
Theo is quick to ce Thaddeus in his car capsule while I quickly hug Caroline and Josiah.
“I promise he will be fine, I raised three boys I know what I am doing” She tells me. I nod but still
don’t like the idea of him leaving. Caroline and Josiah are quick to leave, probably so I don’t change my
mind. As soon as the door is closed, Theo and Tobias turn and face me. I roll my eyes, annoyed,
before turning my back on them and walking upstairs.
Laying on the bed, I feel restless. My mind going everywhere at once, not able to focus on one
thing. Feeling my mood get darker and darker with every minute passing by that he isn’t by my side.
“Are you going to just ignore us all night, or are you going toe down” Tobias’s voice says
pulling me from my head. I look to the window and see it is actually dark outside. Grabbing my phone
off the nightstand, I look at the time. It’s 8:30pm. Four hours, over four hours, I had been sitting in the
same position, time rushing by in what I thought was minutes but was actually hours.
“I’m good here” I tell him, cing the phone down andying back on the pillow. Tobias walks over
before climbing on the bed. He shifts, cing his legs over me so he is straddling my hips. His hands
going to mine before he pulls them above my head.
“We have all night to ourselves and you want to mope,” he whispers next to my ear. I feel his
breath on my neck before I feel his kiss below my ear, his lips moving down my neck then back up to
my chin.
Feeling the bed dip, I turn my head and see Theoy beside me propped up, leaning against the
headboard.
“What are you two up to?” I ask. Tobias kisses me hard, his tongue forcing its way in my mouth. I
hear him groan before I feel him shift, his knee going between my legs as he pushes my legs apart and
pressing his weight down on me. His hands holding mine above my head, when I feel something cold
touch my wrists. I look up and Theo is cing some metal cuffs around my wrists, I go to pull my hands
away when I hear the click of him securing them in ce. He yanks my hand higher, attaching the cuffs
to the rope on the headboard.
“What are you doing, untie me, Theo.” I go to say more when I feel his cool lips crash on my own.
Swallowing my words as his tongue tastes every inch of mine. I feel Tobias’s hands on my waist before
I feel him slip my pants off, pulling them down my legs.