The Four Beta Brothers – Chapter 44
AXEL
“What the hell did he do to her?” I snapped, pacing in Ethan’s living room.
Ethan shook his head, heating up water for tea. “I don’t know. He shut down our connections, so I can’t link him.”
an had insisted I let her go.
you tried to stop her,” Ethan said. He poured hot water into a cup and then added his tea leaves.
urt her.
rrible.
him for his actions. He was being irrational and attacking me for a reason I didn’t understand, and Juniper was hur
really just going to drink tea right now?” I snapped as Ethan sat at the table.
er was resting in his bed, and Asher was missing.
chair across from Ethan and pulled
myself, but I know I want Juniper to be happy.”
se?” Ethan pushed.
and is a huge romantic. I thought that if Juniper wanted to be with him, he’d make her happier than I ever could.”
ompted.
t of the doubt. His jealousy had him in a choke hold, and he assumed that we were having an affair behind his back. It was so easy for him to go there, and I thought he of all people understood I would never do something like that.”
ou sure about that?” E
anted to. I wanted her to choose me over him, but I fought against it. We didn’t do anything.”
?”
hy does that matter? We didn’t do a
t at keeping a calm face. He had learned it from our father. He knew he had to keep his body language perfect if he wanted to keep his thought
to rebel against our family with minimal consequences.
who the best choice was.
at answer. “That’s what I thought.”
” He wasn’t the type to bring something up just to upset me. He had a reason for everything he did.
a friend to us all, but she and James had a special bond. They were practically inseparable, and I knew—even back then—that they were meant to grow up and be mates once they were of age.”
han’s conclusion. I had wondered the same thing when I was younger. I loved Juniper, and she loved us, but with James, it was different. However, what didn’t make sense was why Ethan was bringing this up now. It didn’t matter if James and Juniper were mates, because he was no longer here.
some extent,” I said. I waited for Ethan to continue on.
hey even know their mates?” Ethan asked.
ere mates in the first place.
’t know,” I adm
ether or not he should say this theory. “The day James changed me, and I think it changed all of us. I think when he died, his bond with Juniper transferr
rt thumped, as if leaping towards this theory. “So you thin
we saw. And I don’t think we are her full mates. I think we are partial mates.”
There was no such thing as partial mates.
impossible for her to be mine.
ter how hard I tried.
per deserves to know the truth.” I had hesitated to tell Juniper about the past, because I thought all it would do was bring her heartache. But if what Ethan was saying was true, she deserved to know the whole truth.
en we tell her, because there’s more at work here than what Father doesn’t want us to do.”
do you
er to make her forget, and if she remembers, there will be consequences.”
JUNIPER
.
ty of a young child.
called out.
. I found the young boy standing on the edge of the forest. He had dark hair and turquoise eyes. He smiled when he saw me.
t took you so long?”
e. “Who are you?”
y! Don’t you know me?”
rowed my eyes, searching for something I should’ve known, but it wasn’t there.
en the trees.
to run normally. “James! Wait! Don’t go!”
ng my knee in the process.
“J.J.!
“Junip
nd Nathan, even though they were children. Dreams were weird like that.
d taken away from them. “We’re here for you. Come with me.”
ack to where James had run off to. There was a need to chase after him, filling my every cell. “I have to find
me.