Helanie:
Kesha had a look on her face like she wanted to kill me, and for a split second, I noticed her features change. It made me close my eyes and blink repeatedly, just to make sure I was seeing it right.
But when I looked at her again, she looked normal. My mind was definitely playing tricks on me. Or maybe I was just spooked, first by her catching us, and then by Kaye introducing me as his mate. The council needed to hear that a certain way, that we were going to be together. Some of them already suspected something was happening between us, but they didn’t know to what extent.
"She can’t be your fated mate! She already felt the mate bond with Norman fucking McQuoid, so he married her! How could she have two mates?" she screamed. She had such a bony structure that, every time she yelled, her bones visibly moved. Kaye kept one arm stretched out fully to block her from coming at me.
"Just like I have two mates," Kaye said casually.
"Huh? There’s no way the Moon Goddess is fucking blessing you all with two mates," she grunted.
I didn’t understand what exactly she was mad about, whether it was that she caught her boyfriend with me, or that she didn’t have two mates. Either way, the look on her face was twisted with something close to envy. And then, as she pointed her finger at me, someone stepped in between us. It was Emmet.
His back was to me, and I could smell his coat, it smelled amazing.
"Kaye, take your bitch, put a leash on her, and get her out of here," Emmet said.
Her eyes widened. Her jaw dropped.
"Did he just call me a bitch?" she asked, pointing at her chest and looking at Kaye. "And you’re not going to do anything?" she added, trying to pit the brothers against each other.
"No," Kaye said, shaking his head.
"Why did you call her a bitch?" Kaye asked her instead.
She narrowed her eyes. "Why the fuck do you guys care?"
"Oh my goddess," she muttered, placing her hands on her head. "Are you all fucking her?" she asked in a judgmental tone that made me step back.
"Kaye, are you going to do it, or should I?" Emmet asked. "I don’t like hitting women, but when she’s acting like one, I stop seeing her as one."
Kaye took a deep breath and stared Kesha in the eyes. I noticed his body relax slightly. Then he turned to his brother.
"Just because we’re defending Helanie doesn’t mean you can disrespect my mate." And just like that, he switched.
No. Something was going on.
Either he was afraid of her, or he was playing a double game with us.
"Anyway, Kesha, let’s go," Kaye said, turning to her and holding her hand. I could tell she had more to say, but because Emmet was getting aggressive, she chose to walk out with Kaye. I could only imagine the hard time she would give him later. But just like that, the two of them were gone, and now it was just Emmet and me.
"You should slap her next time if she disrespects you like that," Emmet said, making me frown.
"No, it’s okay. I mean, it was valid for her to freak out. She saw me kiss her mate," I said.
Emmet started nodding. "Yeah, that’s the perk of not pushing someone into the well. Even when you’re upset with them, they still get to kiss you."
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