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“No dad, this is ridiculous. He clearly doesn’t want me here, so why the hell should I even bother?” She huffed. The tension grew with our silence as we all just stared at each other.
“Say something!” Alex yelled in my head.
“Ava, I’m sorry about earlier. It just isn’t a good time.” I told her, and I could see that I had hurt her.
“You have someone else?” she asked.
“That’s not it,” I sighed.
“Then, what is it? It’s bad enough I had to come here in the first place, but now to have my mate reject me in front of everyone.” She yelled, standing from her seat beside her father.
“My wolf isn’t ready for a mate,” I told her, and she was stunned.
“What?” she gasped out.
“There’s a lot to explain and, honestly, you wouldn’t want me,” I told her before I left the room. I felt guilty that I hurt her, but I was in no state to start a relationship with anyone.
I went to my room and found my phone to text Mason. Maybe Ashlyn was awake and I might not feel so guilty.
me: Any changes?
Mason: nothing. The doctor agreed to move her into our home from the hospital, so that’s good news. But her state hasn’t changed.
Me: I’m glad she is at least home. And is James good?
Mason: growing like a weed.
Before I could put my phone away to go shower, Alex walked into my room without knocking. He paced the room while l just watched him.
“lan, I know you are hurting, but seriously! Ava is your fucken mate.” Alex yelled.
“Alex, Jax isn’t ready to accept anyone. And to be honest, I’m in no state to start anything either.” I told him.
You could at least give her a chance. Get to know her. I know you have survival guilt over what happened to Ashlyn. Hell, even I do, but don’t throw this away.
Ashlyn wants you to be happy. That’s all she has ever wanted for you and this is your chance,” he said.
“How can I be happy when she is lying in that bed? She fucken died. It’s a miracle that she is still alive. And everyone just expects me to move on with my life. I watched her die.” I sat on the edge of my bed and broke down. Alex sat down beside me.
“l understand, I really do. But Ava doesn’t know all of this. To her, you just rejected her. I know you feel terrible about what happened, but life isn’t just going to stop. And Ashlyn would kill you if you messed this up again.” He told me.
“What do you want me to do?” I asked him.
“Take things slow, get to know her. Go shower and just take her for a walk. It might make you feel better to talk to someone.” He said, and I nodded.
“Meet her on the back porch when you are ready.” He told me before he left the room.
I wish I could talk to Ashlyn. l already knew what she would tell me, but just hearing her voice would make this so much easier. She’d be happy that it wasn’t Nicole. I showered and got dressed before l made my way to the back porch. I knew l could at least apologize for earlier.
I walked out the kitchen door on to the pouch to find Ava. She was watching the night sky, leaning on the railing. Dressed in a pair of jeans that hugged her curves and a hoody. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail.
She was very beautiful, and I found myself watching her.
“Just going to stand there, Alpha.” Ava said, pulling me back to reality. I cleared my throat.
“You can just call me lan.” I told her awkwardly, unsure of what to say.
“So, lan. Can you explain to me what could hurt your wolf so badly to reject his mate?” She asked. I walked over to the railing beside her. Looking up at the night sky, I let out a sigh. I could feel Ava watching me.
“I should be dead. And the only reason I’m not, is because, my best friend sacrificed herself to save me.
She’s been in a coma for the last six weeks and her mates don’t know if she will ever wake up.” I said.
“lan, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know.” She said.
“And how could you? I’m sorry about earlier, I really am.” I told her, turning my head to look at her.
“You feel guilty?” She whispered, and I nodded.
“You mentioned mates? So, not your girlfriend?” she asked.
“We dated, but we are just friends now. She has two mates, the Alpha Prince and the Dragon Prince.” I told her and she gasped.
The rumors are true,” she breathed out.
“Rumors?” I asked her.
“The mystical world has a Queen,” she said in awe. Her face turned to confusion as she appeared to be thinking.
“Wait, you’re saying that your best friend and ex-girlfriend is our queen?” she rushed out, and I pushed my l!ps into a line.
“l just call her Ashlyn, but yeah, l guess that’s true,” I told her.
“Wow,” she whispered. We fell into a comfortable silence for a bit, just looking up at the night sky.
“You’re feeling guilty, aren’t you?” she asked me and I sighed.
“Very. I don’t want to lie to you. Ashlyn may have mates and a child, but I still love her. And my wolf still loves her.” I told her.
“So what happened? She found her mates and left you?” she asked.
“I wish I could say that was how it happened, but it did. I cheated, and she left. She found Mason first and then Derek.” I told her.
“Well, I appreciate your honesty, lan. It’s difficult, especially for an alpha to admit when he is wrong. But how did you guys turn out to be friends?” she asked, curiously.
“I m not entirely sure. We have been friends for almost ten years. I guess we both didn’t want to lose each other,” I told her.
“Should I just head back home?” She asked me.
“I’d like you to stay, but only if you want to. I’m not perfect, and there may be some days when I will be unbearable, but if I freak this up, Ashlyn may actually kill me.” I told her. She nudged my hip with hers as we stood side by side, leaning on the railing, looking out into the backyard.
“I like her already.”
Ashlyn
I woke up with a weird feeling of urgency. I was moving towards James’ room before my brain was even awake enough to realize what my body was doing. My mind finally caught up with my body as soon as my hand touched the doorknob on his door.
I grabbed the robe that hung by the door, pulling it on before I opened the door quietly as I peered inside his room. James was playing with his toes in his sleeper. I let out the breath I didn’t realize I was holding in. He was cooing and making bubbles as I came over to his crib, leaning over to watch my baby boy.
“Good morning, my sweet little boy. What are you doing awake?” I cooed. He reached his hands up and I picked him up, holding him to my chest.
“Hungry?” l asked him. I changed his nappy, and then I went down to the kitchen to make him a bottle. I was sad that I wasn’t nursing him anymore, but as long as the baby gets fed, that’s all that matters.
I made him a bottle before I took him out to the sunroom just off the kitchen. You can see the lake at the back of the house. The sun was just about to come up, so it was still pretty dark. But it was still a great place to sit and think. I cradled James in my arms and fed him.
He quickly fell back asleep, and I found myself just watching the world outside our home.
It was peaceful, and I relaxed, enjoying this small moment with my boy. I may feel confused about my life right now, but one thing that I was very sure of was James. I love my mates, but James is my entire world.
I rubbed my new mark while I watched the sunrise. James snuggled into my chest, still fast asleep. A commotion coming from inside the house made me turn my attention to the kitchen. What the hell could happen this early in the morning? I stood up with James and went back into the kitchen. l found my mates, Liam, Brandon and Sage, all looking panicked. All eyes were on me as I closed the door to the sunroom behind me.
“Is everything okay?” I asked them, confused.
“Baby, why are you not in bed?” Mason rushed out, coming over to me.
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