Novel Squares
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Morgan pov.
I'd be lying if I said I felt anything when Rain nearly killed Magnus. In fact, a part of me hoped he would just die. Just bled to death but as Isa blinks away I know that's not the case. As much as that Fairie hates him for sending me to a prism she won't just let him die. As the pool of blood disappears, probably thanks to Luca and his magic, I turn my attention to the other two people who walked into the room with Magnus. It doesn't take a genius to figure out they're Rain's parents. He looks just like his father.
"Rain, was that really needed?" Ezra asks and instead of Rain standing up for himself I do the talking this time.
"I'd think if someone posed a threat to your mate you would want to protect her at all costs. Or does your selfishness extend to your other half as well? A shame, one would think choosing yourself over your kids is enough for one person to handle.” His silver eyes turn to me, and I hate the fact that he shares so many traits with the person I love most in this world.
"You must be Morgan." He tries to smile but I don't give him one.
"You must be the people who screwed over my mate and walked into his life like you aren't the worst people on this planet. Ragna, has Sinclair ever faked her death to get away from you?" I ask the hybrid who's busy stuffing his face with French toast he buried in syrup.
"No, she's to high class for that. She'd just kill me if she didn't want me anymore. Oh, wait..." He cackles and I can't help but grin. "We should start a club. Sit around and talk about whose parents are more fucked up." There's childish excitement in his voice and I have the feeling if I saif yes, we would be having weekly meetings.
"We didn't leave because we wanted to." His mother insists, looking somewhere on the verge of tears but I have no sympathy for her.
"Oh, yeah, that part I get. The part I don't get is faking your death and then lying to your children about it. Do you know Rain believed you weren't dead? For a long time and then he got himself involved in a lot of shit trying to find his deadbeat parents until he finally gave up hope that it must be so. That you left him all alone in this world but hey, now you show up and tell him everything he went through was for nothing, since you're alive and healthy but hey, your explanation of why he should forgive you, why your lives mattered more than his should fix everything. That's what you hope will happen no?" She quickly wipes the tear that falls down her cheek and I feel like slapping the woman for crying. She had her pup, had every opportunity to protect him and she failed him. She failed him in the worst way possible and now she wants sympathy. I can't imagine getting to hold your pup, watch them grow and then just abandoning them like they mean nothing. River's hand rests on my clenched fist in my lap and she gives me a sad smile.
"Can't you just get him to forgive them? Why are you mad at them too?" She looks a lot more like a little girl like this, not at all like the hard ass teenager who threw a coin pouch at me months ago.
"Some things take time to forgive, and emotions are a complicated thing." I reach up to rub behind her ears and then get up from the table. Rain shadows my every move, keeping between me and the rest of the people in the room. "We're not villains." His mother tells me as I walk past her.
"From where you're standing, of course you're not. You've had more than thirty years trying to justify your selfish act. I bet you believe it was what was best for them. I bet you spent years trying to get rid of the guilt of failing your pups. You know what's sad though? The lies you told yourself actually made you believe you're not in the wrong. You've all gone through life manipulating the lives of the children you're now hiding behind to win a war that's not even ours to fight. Only, we can't opt-out like you did. Won't. I'd rather die trying to create a world in which my own kids can be free than sit here and justify why I won't fight, can't fight, would rather run with my tail tucked between my legs because of my own cowardice." I turn around and leave the room, before blinking Rain and I back to my room.
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"You called my parents cowards." He muses as he goes in search of a pair of pants.This is from NôvelDrama.Org.
"You almost killed Magnus." I counter and he walks out of the closet with a grin. "What was the whole thing with Cade?" I ask, knowing it was more than jealousy that made him act that way. "Something is off about that guy." Rain mutters, coming to wrap his arms around me. I lay my head on his chest as he rubs the back of my neck, pushing his scent underneath my skin.
"Like?" I've worked with Cade for a long time, and I know he had a crush on me once upon a time, but we had rules against dating in Glaze-Protect.
"Like he must have lost his damn mind trying to make it seem like I would hurt you when he couldn't keep his eyes from you. Who the fuck would go after someone else's mate?" Rain's chest rumbles as he growls, and I smile. To think mating for life was once the reason I didn't want to involve myself with a wolf.
"Humans don't live under the same code beast men do." I gently remind him, and he huffs.
"Clearly. He was fine before he saw you. If he ever looks at you with something more than friendly affection, I won't be responsible for blinding him." It's not a threat, it's a promise and it's not one I'm scared of. "Can you do that after the war?" I ask and he grumbles but nods. "Speaking of."
"Yeah, I need to get you up to date with everything we've done so far so you can take control back. I hated being in charge. Why would you give me access to Bing anyway?" He looks cute when he's confused.
"Because I love you." His eyes darken and then he's leaning down to slot his lips over mine. The kiss is gentle, no rush or an intent to make it something more.
"I love you." He mutters against my lips when we pull away from each other. "Now, we got the samples from the labs but..." As Rain fills me in on everything, I realize we're more screwed than I thought we were. We have less than I had hoped we would have so if we're going to win this war now, we're going to have to make some fast choices, ones that might end badly but if done right, we might just make it out of this alive, well... mostly.