Helanie:
"What?" I couldn’t believe Emmet was saying this. I thought he would want to first take care of his father and make sure he doesn’t lose his mind about Emmet marrying me. But Emmet was willing to risk it all for me.
I guess I never had anyone who was willing to risk everything for me. So I was stunned, just standing in my spot and watching him.
"She—she made a promise to the moon goddess that she will not accept her mates," Maximus spoke up, breaking my attention from Emmet.
"In order for her to take revenge and get justice, she will need to at least get freed from this pack," Norman supported Emmet with his idea. But Maximus had managed to cast some shadow of doubt over my promise.
"Helanie, I can wait for you. You know that. But marrying Kaidon would be way more traumatizing for you," Emmet quickly held my hands when he saw me zone out.
"And who knows what he will do? His mother is toxic, his friends will walk all over the home. And even if you demand a rejection, it will only happen at the next full moon—so you’ll have to stay with him for a while. And I don’t know if I—we—are okay with that," Norman raised his voice, making sure he was heard among the others.
I was silently watching them put forward their arguments.
"Kaidon is out of the question," Maximus grunted. "That’s not what I meant."
He explained, but his words had already made their way into my head.
"Excuse me, what’s going on here?" I hadn’t even realized another car had pulled up. Penn had returned after letting his parents drive away. "Is it about the marriage issue?" he approached us.
I was so relieved to see him—and my friends behind him.
"If it’s okay, and if she’s ready, I can marry her. I’ll take care of her and even reject her if she asks for it at the next full moon after our marriage," Penn said, and my ears perked up.
He had my full attention, and it made Emmet slowly pull his hands back from mine.
"Marriage is not a joke," Kaye grunted from behind his brother, already showing he wasn’t okay with the plans we were making.
"But apparently, it is to the councils," Lamar groaned, his face red with anger.
"Let her rest for now," Norman gently held his brother’s arm to pull him away from me. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
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