The Four Beta Brothers – Chapter 116
JUNIPER
Kalli hooked her arm around mine, giving my body much needed support. We took it slow as we walked away from everyone, but we didn’t continue the path the twins and I had been on. Instead, she led me outside where the sun was shining so brightly I had to squint. It felt like a stark contrast to the winter temperatures.
“It’ll be good to get some fresh air,” Kalli said. “Being locked up in a hospital can drive you mad.”
” I said.
actually where I met Winnie. He was visiting the injured warriors on his tour, and the moment he walked into the room, the most wonderful smell filled my nose, and I knew he was my mate.”
mantic,” I said.
ight out of a novel.” Kalli slowed her pace a little, giving me a small break. “How did you meet Ethan and his brothers?”
at’s just as romantic! Did you always know they were your mates?”
ked you?” Kalli asked.
my sweater. “Sort of. It’s been complicated. Asher and I were dating for a while, and then we broke up. We’ve made up—I think—but I haven’t had a chance to talk to him about marking me.”
and fear of losing him swept through my body.
portunity hasn’t come up, then make the opportunity,” Kalli said. “That’s been my motto
to her than that first look.
. Although, I’m a little sad you won’t be joining me until after you graduate. I bet it’s going to be hard when Ethan leaves. I wouldn’t want to be separated from my Winnie for that long.”
id anything about him leaving.
elped me sit down.
didn’t mind the cold if it meant taking a break. My body was hitting its walking limit, and I was
it would drive me insane not knowing more about her comment.
s going to happen,” Kalli said. She bit her lip and looked off to the side.
alk about much of anything. Please just tell me.”
to talk to you about all of this, but I guess it’s his fault for waiting.”
.
You’re stalling,” I sa
ut Ethan says that you have to stay here to finish school.”
and Axel for a few days was excruciating, and that was before anyone had marked me.
so glum,” Kalli.
k house with Winston, then I want to go with him.”
***
erous father were missing. I tried to wait patiently for him to talk to me about what our future looked like, but I couldn’t wait any longer.
with Winston, and he hadn’t come by to check on me since.
there.
es before Ethan rushed through the door, jolting Asher and Axel awake from a n
to get some coffee?”
ee sou
now this wasn’t a conversation they wanted to be a part of.
eath.
didn’t want to ask a second time.
on telling you. I was going to tell you everything that night before you were kidnapped.”
ou said anything since?” I asked, not accep
m me, but I held steady. I deserved the truth.
lities with Winston, but none of that would be the entire truth. I didn’t want to tell you, because then it would make it real. If I had a choice, I swear to you, Juniper, I would stay right here with you. I wanted to pretend for a little longer that we wouldn’t have
t didn’t make everything okay. “You may not have a choice about whether you can go or not, but I have a choice about whether I stay.”
Ethan said without
r again. What does it matter if I have a degree or not?”
cause you have been working for this for the majority of your life. You’ve been through too much to give up now. You’re right
’t let me?” I rep
uly don’t want to finish school, then of course the choice is yours. However, I don’t want you to base this decision off of me. Don’t give up your dream just to foll
se feelings.
you company, so you’re not lonely. Time will fly by, and then you and my brothers will join me at Vinly City, and we’ll be together forever.”
coming.
r valedictorian speech, I’ll be in the front row cheering you on.”
still wanted to give up on school and just go to Vinly City with Ethan. T
r months was doable.
g.
song.”