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behind your walls a long time ago. I got no one like that.”
“Well then, you’ll just have to find someone strong enough to battle past them,” I told him.
Chapter Eight
Bash
I was terrified about having this conversation with her, but I’d put it off as long as my wolf would let me.
Work had kept me away in the evenings, and I’d had gentle sex with her one morning, but otherwise had mostly been hands off since I’d found out about her and Brain’s telepathic connection.
And then, adding the knowledge she’d killed someone before she’d watched me kill Sloane… it changed so much about my self-identity. Could I trust her opinion of me as not being a monster, if she was one, too?
Marlin had told me she’d been damned scary when she shot the five men. He’d said he didn’t think it was possible to recover from recoil, aim at another target, and fire again as quickly as she had, but she’d hit all five men in the chest, centered over their heart. Two of them had taken longer to die and the process had been sped along, but all of them would’ve died from her shots, had they been allowed the couple of minutes necessary.
And he’d said the look on her face was that of someone who’d executed people before — no remorse, no regret. All business.
I brought my mind back to the subject at hand, though — Dawg was here to help us navigate the minefield of how my wolf was reacting to her bond with Brain.
I’d told her she’d face consequences for keeping her connection to Brain from me, and nothing had changed. It hadn’t been appropriate to bring it up in the aftermath of her abduction, but now it was time to deal with it.
We all sat in the living room — Angelica in her big chair, me on the sofa, and Dawg in another chair.
“Relationship bindings can be worded to allow a third to play, without hitting as cheating,” I told her. “It’s easier if the third is human, as you don’t have to worry about inadvertently creating a three-person pack, but as long as he isn’t present when we do it, and we’re careful with the wording, it’s possible.”
She shook her head. “I’m not anywhere close to being ready to talk about a relationship binding, Bash. Let’s talk again in a year. I’m not saying I won’t want to, but it’s way too soon to be talking about it.”
I was trying to find the most diplomatic way to respond, when she added, “Look, if you were bound to a single female, I’d have a problem with it. But, if it was with someone who’s in a committed relationship with someone else, and I knew the two of you were just good friends, I’d deal with it. You know how close Brain and Harmony are, and you know how good of a friend I consider Brain to be. I’m sorry I didn’t think to tell you of our telepathic link before, but it’s been so long since we’ve used it, I honestly didn’t think of it.”
I shook my head. “We can go at this logically all day. My wolf isn’t okay with it.”
“Neither are you,” she told me, “and your wolf won’t even try to be okay with it until the man can come to terms with it.” She looked at Dawg, then back to me. “Maybe we can ask Randall to try to break the bond between Brain and I? My dad couldn’t do it, and Brain and I couldn’t, but maybe it can be done now?”
“You’re really this dead set against promising yourself to me?” I asked as I felt knives spearing my heart.
“No. I’m this set on not doing it until I know in my heart this is forever. We’re still new, Bash. We’ve known each other a long time, but we keep finding things we don’t know about each other. I love you and I want this to work, but I need to know in my heart it’s going to last before I promise you forever.”
The sharp pain in my heart dulled a little, as I dared hope maybe this wasn’t the end of us, after all.
Her voice went harsh and she asked, “Are you still set on punishing me for not
“Well then, you’ll just have to find someone strong enough to battle past them,” I told him.
Chapter Eight
Bash
I was terrified about having this conversation with her, but I’d put it off as long as my wolf would let me.
Work had kept me away in the evenings, and I’d had gentle sex with her one morning, but otherwise had mostly been hands off since I’d found out about her and Brain’s telepathic connection.
And then, adding the knowledge she’d killed someone before she’d watched me kill Sloane… it changed so much about my self-identity. Could I trust her opinion of me as not being a monster, if she was one, too?
Marlin had told me she’d been damned scary when she shot the five men. He’d said he didn’t think it was possible to recover from recoil, aim at another target, and fire again as quickly as she had, but she’d hit all five men in the chest, centered over their heart. Two of them had taken longer to die and the process had been sped along, but all of them would’ve died from her shots, had they been allowed the couple of minutes necessary.
And he’d said the look on her face was that of someone who’d executed people before — no remorse, no regret. All business.
I brought my mind back to the subject at hand, though — Dawg was here to help us navigate the minefield of how my wolf was reacting to her bond with Brain.
I’d told her she’d face consequences for keeping her connection to Brain from me, and nothing had changed. It hadn’t been appropriate to bring it up in the aftermath of her abduction, but now it was time to deal with it.
We all sat in the living room — Angelica in her big chair, me on the sofa, and Dawg in another chair.
“Relationship bindings can be worded to allow a third to play, without hitting as cheating,” I told her. “It’s easier if the third is human, as you don’t have to worry about inadvertently creating a three-person pack, but as long as he isn’t present when we do it, and we’re careful with the wording, it’s possible.”
She shook her head. “I’m not anywhere close to being ready to talk about a relationship binding, Bash. Let’s talk again in a year. I’m not saying I won’t want to, but it’s way too soon to be talking about it.”
I was trying to find the most diplomatic way to respond, when she added, “Look, if you were bound to a single female, I’d have a problem with it. But, if it was with someone who’s in a committed relationship with someone else, and I knew the two of you were just good friends, I’d deal with it. You know how close Brain and Harmony are, and you know how good of a friend I consider Brain to be. I’m sorry I didn’t think to tell you of our telepathic link before, but it’s been so long since we’ve used it, I honestly didn’t think of it.”
I shook my head. “We can go at this logically all day. My wolf isn’t okay with it.”
“Neither are you,” she told me, “and your wolf won’t even try to be okay with it until the man can come to terms with it.” She looked at Dawg, then back to me. “Maybe we can ask Randall to try to break the bond between Brain and I? My dad couldn’t do it, and Brain and I couldn’t, but maybe it can be done now?”
“You’re really this dead set against promising yourself to me?” I asked as I felt knives spearing my heart.
“No. I’m this set on not doing it until I know in my heart this is forever. We’re still new, Bash. We’ve known each other a long time, but we keep finding things we don’t know about each other. I love you and I want this to work, but I need to know in my heart it’s going to last before I promise you forever.”
The sharp pain in my heart dulled a little, as I dared hope maybe this wasn’t the end of us, after all.
Her voice went harsh and she asked, “Are you still set on punishing me for not
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