“How did the fucker take it?” Andrew asked angrily.
Emma looked at him and gulped.
“Calmly.” she said. “Once the curse was lifted, he wasn’t as angry as he was before.”
Andrew furrowed his eyebrows.
“What did the Moon Goddess tell him?” he asked her.
Emma took a deep breath, keeping her eyes on her brother.
“She told him that he was her child.” Emma said quietly. “She told him that she was angry at him, but that she forgave him. She told him that he was one of the victims of the curse and that he didn’t deserve to be.”
Andrew’s eyes widened. He was more shocked than angry.
“She forgave him?!” Drake asked, shocked.
Emma nodded, not looking away from Andrew.
Andrew clenched his fists. I watched as his shock turned into anger. I waited for him to explode.
“You are the victim, not him.” Andrew said coldly. “Daisy is the victim, not him.”
Emma took a deep breath and released it slowly.
“I know you want to kill him, Andrew, but…” Emma spoke, but Andrew interrupted her.
“But?!” he said, shocked. “There is no but, Emma! He tried to kill my mate and my child! He tried to take you away!”
Emma glanced at me.
Can you help me? She asked me through the mind-link.
I wasn’t sure if I could. I was with Andrew on this. I really wanted to kill him.
However, despite what Andrew had said, there were a few buts to consider.
“I really want to kill him.” I spoke, making Andrew look at me. “I really want to keep him in our cellar and torture him. I really want to stick my claws up his ass and watch him die.”
I stopped talking. Andrew narrowed his eyes slightly.
“But?” my mom asked.
“But I am not sure that’s the best idea.” I sighed, making Andrew growl.
“Are you kidding me?!” Andrew exclaimed.
I looked at him and took a deep breath.
“Think like a Beta, Andrew.” I said. “I know it’s hard. Right now, you are thinking like a mate, a father, and a brother, but try to step away from it for a second.”
Andrew narrowed his eyes at me.
“He is an Alpha.” I said. “What would happen if we killed him?”
Andrew clenched his fists and tightened his jaw. He remained silent. He knew what would happen.
“His crazy father would come with an army of rogues and start a war.” Daisy answered for Andrew.
I looked at her and nodded.
“Not to mention that all of their allies would join his father.” I said, looking back at Andrew. “Killing him would only create more problems.”
“So we are just supposed to let him go?” Andrew asked. “After everything he had done?”
Well, Andrew and I already had a little fun with him. Nobody needed to know that, though.
He isn’t waking away unharmed. I said to him through mind-link.
Andrew sighed and looked back at Emma.
“You want to let him go?” he asked her.
She nodded.
“The Moon Goddess said that he has a mate waiting for him in his pack.” Emma said. “She said that his wolf was never darkened by the curse. I think that letting him go would be best.”
Emma sighed and looked around the room.
“I told him to stop listening to his father.” Emma added. “I told him that he should listen to his wolf more. Eliza told me that Noel was good. She knew that there wasn’t darkness inside him.”
Emma looked at me, and I gave her a small smile.
“I also told him that I would fry his ass if he angered me again.” Emma said, making my eyes widen.
My mom laughed. Drake and Amy snorted.
“You could definitely do that now.” Jacob said, chuckling.
I shook my head and smiled at her. She really was a badass.
Emma looked at Daisy.
“Are you okay with letting him go?” Emma asked her.
“I am.” Daisy said without hesitation. “I agree with Logan. I don’t want to go to war over this.”
Emma nodded and looked at Andrew. I saw guilt in her eyes again.
Andrew sighed and approached her. He pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head.
“I am proud of you.” he said quietly. “You are an amazing woman.”
Emma smiled and hugged him back.
If he ever comes near our pack again, we are ripping him apart limb by limb. Andrew mind-linked me.
Deal. I answered.
Emma POV
“I will come see you first thing in the morning.” Andrew said as he stepped outside, pulling Daisy behind him.
He and Daisy were the last ones who stayed. Everybody else has already left. Andrew didn’t want to leave me. I barely managed to convince him to go home and rest.
“I am okay, Andrew.” I said with a small smile on my face.
“Great.” Andrew said. “I will come first thing in the morning and see for myself.”
He said that using the voice I knew very well. It meant that it didn’t make sense to argue with him over this.
He raised an eyebrow at me and I chuckled.
“I will see you in the morning.” I said.
“Hopefully with a new mark on your neck.” Daisy said, winking at me.
“Oh, Goddess, my ears are going to bleed.” Andrew mumbled, pulling Daisy away. “Good night, Emma!”
“Good night.” I said, chuckling and shaking my head.
Daisy was grinning from ear to ear.
I closed the front door and chuckled.
I heard footsteps approaching me, and my mate wrapped his arms around my waist.
“Did I hear someone mention a new mark?” he mumbled as he placed a small kiss on my neck.
I shivered and pressed myself closer to him.
“You did.” I said with a small smile on my face.
Logan turned me around and pressed his lips against mine. I shivered and moaned quietly.
“Maybe you should eat something first, my love.” Logan said quietly as he stopped kissing me. “The only thing you got in the last two days was an IV.”
I chuckled and wrapped my arms around his neck.
“I think that the food can wait.” I said. “I would really, really love it if you would mark me again. I kind of miss having your mark on my neck. I miss seeing my mark on yours.”
Logan smiled and placed a small kiss on my lips.
“How can I say no when you ask so politely?” he mumbled as he picked me up.
I wrapped my legs around his waist and cupped his face. I pressed my lips against his, and he started walking toward our bedroom.
My skin tingled, and my body buzzed with need.
Logan opened our bedroom door and approached the bed. We never stopped kissing. I didn’t want to. I needed him way too much to even consider moving my lips from his.
Everything that happened made me realize how easy it would be to lose him. It made me realize how much it would hurt to lose him. It made me realize how precious our love for each other was. I would never let anyone take it away from me. I would never let anyone threaten our love again.
I had my magic now, and I would protect my mate. I would protect our love always and forever.
Logan laid me down on the bed gently.
“Goddess, how much I missed you.” he said quietly as he started placing soft kisses on my neck.
I reached under his shirt and ran my hand up and down his back. He shivered and sucked on the place on my neck where he would soon mark me again.
“Are you sure, Emma?” Logan mumbled quietly.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.