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So, Ember made the call that landed Brandon here.
“It was your choice to capture Brandon? What, did you think you’d keep him as your pet?” I asked incredulously, thinking there was no possible way I could be right. 2
“That’s exactly what she thought. She’ll have another week with me before I starve to death. Clearly, her track record with pets is shit.” Brandon drawled, making a show of rattling his chains.
Ember stalked up to where I hung on the wall. She was so close that I could see the sharp curve of her lips. Her scent was warm and surprisingly pleasant, like cinnamon and clove. There was a slight tang of fruit that reminded me of apple cider.
“The Blood Witch approved my decision, not that it’s any of your business. And why shouldn’t I keep him? He’s mine.”
Once again, her eyes flashed like hot coals, but I wasn’t at all focused on her magic flickering to the surface. No, there was something else there, a sort of raw emotion that bled through the cracks no matter how hard one tried to patch them.
She hated Brandon, but he was hers and she wanted him.
From Tessa, I knew that their parents had been murdered by rogues, but Ember didn’t seem to care about that in the slightest. If she did, wouldn’t she be disgusted to find out she was mated to a
Werewolf?
A thought trickled to the surface of my mind, and once I latched onto it, there was nothing else I could think about.
Had Ember never been chosen by anyone before?
The Blood Witch chose her and Tessa to hunt me down, but it was common knowledge that they were all nothing more than a means to an end-soldiers for the Blood
Witch in the war she created.
“Besides, once your mate is dead, Brandon will assume the role as Alpha. His blood will hold incredible power.” Ember hissed, her lips curling in a victorious smile, but it was transparent now that I’d realized the truth.
She wanted Brandon not because his soul was bound to hers, but because he could never leave her.
I had one card up my sleeve, and just one chance to try and change the tide before it swallowed us all.
“Tessa, your sister, she found her mate too.”
Surprise flashed in Ember’s eyes, dimming the heat of the coals she’d been feeding. Her head turned, and she glanced at Brandon. Uncertainty rippled across her face.
“I told her the same thing, but she didn’t believe me. Go ahead, Daisy. Tell her who
Tessa’s mated to. Maybe then she’ll see I wasn’t fucking lying.” Brandon called out.
Ember didn’t snap at either one of us like I thought she would. Instead, she stared into my eyes. Within them, I watched doubt and certainty meet head on in a war that only one would win.
“Our friend, Alpha Zeke is your sister’s mate.”
A shaky breath, so faint that I had almost missed it, slid past Ember’s lips.
“No. No, I don’t believe you.” Ember said after several seconds of silence.
She turned around, her face turned towards the door as though she might storm through it and leave
Brandon and I to our own defenses. She didn’t, though. Her hesitation wasn’t just written across her face but was also in her posture. In the way she stood with her arms folded over her chest, her foot tapping incessantly against the concrete floor.
I needed to say something, because if Ember left, I had a feeling I wouldn’t be here when she finally returned.
“Why would I lie?” I asked her, truly wanting to understand.
She scoffed, shaking her head at the door.
I was met with a scathing eye roll when she spun on her heel. “Are you really asking me that? What a stupid question.
You’re lying because you want me to turn against Freya.”
“As if that would work.” Brandon muttered.
I sent him a warning glare which he attempted to shrug at, but it was hard to do so when you were bound to the wall by the fiery touch of silver.
“If that was even a possibility, wouldn’t I have started with that the second you came into the room?” I countered, pulling Ember’s attention away from her idiotic mate and back onto me.
“It doesn’t matter. Tessa’s probably rotting away in one of your cells, being tortured for information.”
She snapped, her eyes flaring with magic.
There was a hint of vulnerability in her voice, a crack in her armor that I could use to my advantage.
Clearly, she and Tessa were all one another had. Ember was stubborn, that much I could tell up front.
She’d never believe me outright.
“You’re wrong, but if it helps fuel your hatred for us, you can go ahead and keep thinking that.” I replied indifferently.
The air in this dingy basement began to heat, radiating from Ember like she was our personal fireplace.
Instead of the crisp scent of a bonfire, the air smelt of charred apples and burnt cinnamon.
“You’re insane, then. She’ll slit your mate’s throat in his sleep.” She replied.
If she was trying to goad me, it wouldn’t work. I was running on limited energy as is and I wasn’t nearly foolish enough to waste it screaming at her.
This was my one and only shot, and I needed to take it.
I chuckled humorlessly. “Yeah, I doubt that. She’s got her hands full already with Zeke. Unlike you, she hasn’t explicitly stated what she wants, but I have a feeling she’d like to keep her mate too. I’m not saying she hasn’t seen the inside. of a cell. She has, but that’s not where she is currently. Oh, and we didn’t torture her. Actually, I gave her a choice.”
Ember narrowed her eyes into two small. slits. “A choice? What kind of choice?”
“I told her to pick a side: mine or Freya’s.”
“What did she say?” She pressed.
“She said she’s on the side of life.” I replied, regurgitating Tessa’s exact words.
Ember nodded once, tilting that slender chin of hers towards the floor. A look of understanding crossed her elfish face.”
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