chapter 128 Twenty-Six


    Evelyn’s POV


    I could feel Orion watching me as we pulled up. April’s words rey in my head. How did she


    know? Did she know what he did?


    “Evelyn, what did April say to you?” Orion asks, leaning between the seats.


    “It doesn’t matter, Orion. I just want to go home,” I tell him. Rnd looks over at me. Could feel


    their worry through the bond.


    “Evelyn,” Rnd says but I cut him off.


    “Please, can we just go home? I want to go back,” I tell him. Rnd turns the car around going the


    way we came. I lean against the window wondering what April meant. It scared me knowing she knew


    what I did. Rnd suddenly pulls over making me look up at him.


    “What are you doing?” I ask but he says nothing just hops out and walks into a store before


    the car and drives back to Thaddeus’s parents’ house. Pulling up out the front, I get out of the car


    heading toward the front door when I hear another car pull up. I could see Bianca and Thaddeus sitting


    in the silver BMW. Thaddeus looks up at his parents’ house shaking his head, and he didn’t look like he


    wanted to get out.


    Walking over I open his door. Rnd and Orion got out closing their car doors making me look


    back them. Thaddeus still sat in the car.


    “Come on, are you going to sit in there all day?” I ask, holding out my hand. He grabs my hand,


    hopping out before scratching back of his neck. I could feel his nervousness through the bond when


    suddenly the front door opened. Imogen walked out her face lighting up when she sees him. She runs


    down the steps before hugging him, relieved he actually came back. Theo and Tobias walk out, and I


    suddenly feel nervous. The feelings through the bond hitting me hard as I was consumed with


    Thaddeus’s guilt.


    Theo walks off the porch first before walking over and ripping Thaddeus towards him, hugging him


    tightly before smacking him on the back. “Son,” he says before stepping back, Thaddeus looks towards


    his other father. Tobias walks down stopping in front of his son and I watch as Thaddeus eyes go


    straight to the burns on his father’s skin. He swallows and I can feel his sadness at what he done, but


    his guilt was the worse. His father was alive so I didn’t understand the overwhelming guilt he was


    feeling. Surely it couldn’t be over his father’s scars.


    “Come on let’s go inside,” Tobias tells him, pping his hand on his sons back. Thaddeus nods


    following them in, his mother clinging to him. I see Amara walking out of her little home as she skipped


    over before leaping on Thaddeus back. Orion grabs my hand, tugging me toward the house. Iugh as


    I watch Amara cling on his back like a monkey before he chucks her off and wraps his arm across her


    shoulders and puts her in a headlock, messing her hair. She squeals as he drags her up the stairs


    before he lets her go. Rnd walking up behind then shoves her off the side making her growl at him


    as shends in the garden.


    “Mutt,” she screeches at him just as Tobias spins around and res at her.


    “Get out of my garden, Amara,” he snaps at her. She dusts herself before stomping inside the


    house. We walk into the kitchen and I help Imogen make coffee. Thaddeus sits at the ind bench next


    to Bianca. They seem close as he seemsfortable in her presence more so than his parents.


    Rnd walks over to Thaddeus wrapping his arms over Thaddeus shoulder before kissing his


    neck. I smile before turning back to the coffees.


    No one says anything and it actually feels awkward as I ce coffees in front of everyone before


    going to sit next to Thaddeus when he pulls me on hisp. His face going into my neck as he inhales


    my scent.


    “I missed you,” he mumbles against my neck. Amara makes kissing faces at us and I roll my eyes


    at her. Bianca tosses a napkin at her making her stop.


    “So, well this awkward,” Amara states. I see Rnd re at her for stating the obvious. Amara


    stands up.


    “Well, I will start off, then shall I? Some of you may know me as Amara, my favourite colour is


    yellow, and I am a Gemini, and I have a coffee addiction.” Her father yanks her down, and I can’t help


    but giggle at her strange attempt of starting a conversation.


    Thaddeus snickers at his sister while Imogen just shakes her head.


    “Well how about I start dinner?” Imogen suggests, and everyone except me screams no. Making


    me look around confused before they all burst outughing. Imogen looked pissed off, her face flushing


    red in anger. “My cooking isn’t that bad,” she snaps at everyone.


    “You would think after hundred years she would have learnt how to cook; the woman can’t even


    make toast properly,” Tobias says, looking at me. I try not tough. Imogen folds her arms across her


    chest.


    “Fine, then you cook?” Imogen snarls at him.


    “I vote pizza,” says Amara. Bianca nods her head.


    “I will go with Amara; you want toe, Evelyn?” I was going to agree when Thaddeus tells her


    no, tugging me against him. She sighs before hopping up and Amara follows her out.


    Tobias hops up, grabbing a beer from the fridge, offering one to Thaddeus before chucking him


    one.


    “Can werewolves you even get drunk?” I ask, curious.


    Imogen nods. “Yes, I can so can Amara and Thaddeus. Them not so much, they just like the taste.


    It takes a lot for them,” she states. Tobias chucks one to Rnd but Orion shakes his head when


    offered one.


    Imogen grabs a bottle of wine from the cupboard pouring two sses and handing me one. Tobias


    eyes her but she shrugs handing me a ss and Thaddeus takes it from me.


    “Leave her be, she can’t get in any trouble with all of us here, Thaddeus,” Imogen scolds, and he


    reluctantly hands it back to me. I sniff it before taking a sip. I scrounge my face up. It tasted dry and


    sour. Imogen chuckles at reaction.


    “It won’t taste like anything after a few more sses,” she says. “Come on, let’s go watch a movie


    and let the boys chat.“ She pulls me from Thaddeus.


    “Mum?” Thaddeus says, grabbing my hand.


    “You need to speak to your fathers, Thaddeus. We are only going out in the loungeroom,” she


    says, and he lets go.


    I follow after Imogen, and she grabs the bottle of wine off the bench. Walking into the lounge room,


    I sit beside her on the lounge.


    “You like horror movies?” she asks.


    “As long as they ain’t ghost movies.”


    “Excellent, let’s watch paranormal activity,“ she says before flicking the TV on. She scrolls through


    the movies putting it on.


    “I hate ghost movies” I tell her, and she grins.


    “More reason to watch them. No point watching a horror if it doesn’t scare you,“ she says, turning it


    on.


    She looks to the kitchen door, and I raise an eyebrow as she grabs my wine ss filling it to the


    brim. Making me have to take a sip so it doesn’t spill out. Only when I do she ces her hand under


    mine. I shake my head and have to scull the entire ss. She chuckles lightly.


    “Are you trying to get me drunk?” I ask, chuckling.


    She fills my ss again andughs. “You’re young and should be able to enjoy yourself. Besides,


    best get it in you before the fun policee out,“ she says with a wink. My face felt like it was getting


    hot, and I had a feeling my cheeks were bright red. We sit huddled on the lounge, and half an hourter


    Amara walks in with pizza. Bianca takes a couple of boxes out to the boys before Amara opens three


    on the table. Reaching over, I grab a slice and almost moan at the taste. Bianca chuckles at my


    reaction before spotting the bottle of wine. Amara walks out beforeing back in with another bottle,


    but it wasn’t red but a pink colour. She refills everyone’s sses, and we watch the movie. About


    halfway through, I feel drunk and can barely move when Oriones out, leaning over the back of the


    couch. Laughing when his facees so close, he smiles.


    “How much has she had to drink?” he asks eyeing them. They all smile, and I could tell Amara was


    drunk as she swayed on her feet trying to stand. Revealing five bottles of wine beside the firece.


    Making me giggle, I didn’t even realise we drank that much. Bianca looks normal or maybe that was my


    beer goggles.


    “Ladies, she is human you should know better,” he says eyeing me.


    “Leave her be, she is fine,” Imogen scolds him. Orion goes to walk out the front door when I call


    out to him.


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    “Where are you going?”


    “For a smoke.” I hold my arms out to him wanting to go too. He shakes his head beforeing


    over and lifting me over the back of the lounge and standing me on my feet. My head spins and I feel


    the sudden urge to throw up but hold it back.


    Orion growls, and Thaddeus walks out with Tobias. I stumble forward when I try to take a step and


    go into a fit of giggles when I try and right myself. Orion grabbing my arms holding me steady.


    “Yeah, maybe we gave her to much,” Amara says swaying on her feet or maybe I was swaying.


    “You think?” Thaddeus says walking over.


    “She seems fine. You’re fine aren’t you, dear?” Imogen asks.


    “Peachy,” I tell her, and she chuckles. Tobias shakes his head before grabbing all the bottles and


    walking out. Thaddeus walks me outside with Orion before sitting on the step pulling me on hisp.


    Orion lights his smoke, but I pinch it from him.


    I lean back against Thaddeus heavily. His arms snaking around my waist. “Did you sort things out


    with your fathers?” I ask, my words slurring slightly.


    “Yeah, they may forgive but I don’t know if I can,” he says. Rnd sits beside him and I ce my


    feet across hisp beforeying across all their legs on my back looking up at the sky. My head in


    Orion’sp.


    “What do you mean?” I ask Thaddeus and he rubs his hand underneath my shirt and across my


    belly.


    “Because I hurt my mother worse than my father,” he tells me, and I look at him wondering what he


    means. Thaddeus looks away. Looking up at Orion he answers.


    “Thaddeus didn’t just burn his father; he made his mother infertile when he hit her with lightning.


    That’s why his fathers and him haven’t spoken,” Orion says brushing my hair from my face. I nod in


    understanding before lifting my head to look at Thaddeus which was a bad idea as I toppled off their


    “What are we supposed to do with you?” he says shaking his head at my drunken state.


    “I feel great, a little woozy but good.”


    “I bet you do; your face is so red,” he says kissing my nose pulling me against him. I ce my


    head on his shoulder.


    Closing my eyes and yawning. Thaddeus gets up before walking toward Amara’s ce.


    “Where are we going?” I ask, clinging to him.


    “Amara is sleeping inside; we are taking her room,” Thaddeus says, and I nod. Thaddeus ces


    me on the bed, and I feel really heavy.


    “Evelyn?” Orion says making my eyes open before I roll on my side. “Evelyn what did April say to


    you?” he asks. I try to answer but it sounds like a mumble.


    “April, who is April?” I hear Thaddeus ask him, but I was suddenly overtaken by sleep.