“Not a chance, you are staying here” Tyson says, turning and heading for the house.
“Put me down, I can fucking walk Tyson” I tell him but he ignores me and Ace glares at the car as it leaves. When he turns around Tyson was climbing the steps and Ace turned to look at me.
“I liked it better when you weren’t an asshole” I mutter.
“I have always been an asshole Lucy, just not to you” Tyson snaps before depositing me on the couch. Ace walks in locking the door.
“What were you thinking?” Ace snaps at me while Tyson wanders to the kitchen and turns the kettle on.
“Ah about helping my friend” I snap back at him.
“You chose your friend over us, you fought us for him, and you what Tyrant fucking hurt you? Did you think of what that would mean for Tyson you jumping in like that?”
“He didn’t do anything wrong Ace, like you can judge him, you would have done the same thing” I tell him, stepping up.
“We were not judging him Lucy, he betrayed you, that’s it. Nothing to judge when he handed himself in, you are the worst judge of character. Think with your fucking head Lucy. What is saying that he won’t do it again, for this so called mate” Tyson bellows
” I know him, Tyson. Mitchell wouldn’t hurt me”
“Just like Josie or your teacher your judgement of them was pretty fucking wrong too” Tyson says. I blink at him taking a step back. He did not just say that.
“Shit, Lucy I didn’t mean it like that”
“Then how did you mean it Tyson because what you said can only mean one thing in my eyes, I have questioned that fucking day and my actions over and over again. I don’t need you questioning me too” I yell at him. He goes to step around the counter but I hold up my hand not wanting him near me.
“but you got one thing right. I am the worst judge of character because I thought you were better than that, knew better than that. Of all the people you were least I expected to say something like that” I tell him before storming out.
“Lucy I didn’t mean” I ignored him heading to the room to grab some clothes. Tears pricked at the edge of my vision. I blamed myself enough for everything that’s going on and that would have hurt less if he had just slapped me. They think I don’t know all this mess is because of me, and now they throw it in my face. Emotion chokes me as I head to the bathroom.
“Lucy I don’t think he meant it” Lucille tells me and it was weird feeling her anger and hurt on top of mine. It felt heavy, oppressing.
“He still said it and he was right. I knew something was off and I ignored my instincts, I didn’t think he would try to do that though” I whisper to her as I turn the shower on.
Lucille whimpered in my head and the sound was heartbreaking. “I am sorry I wasn’t there to help you, I would have taken your place in a heartbeat if I could” Her guilt weighed heavily and despite not knowing her all this time I felt like I had known her my entire life. And her guilt was seeping into me. Something I wasn’t used to. It was one thing recognising my own emotions but feeling hers was overwhelming as tears slipped down my face.
Arms wrapped around me from behind and I jumped not hearing the door open too consumed in my wolf.
“He shouldn’t have said that, he knows that but he didn’t mean it the way it came out” Ace whispers, pressing his face in my neck. I inhale and exhale deeply.
“You know Tyson wouldn’t do anything to hurt you, he is the good twin, I swear Lucy he didn’t mean it and if you bothered to feel through the bond you would feel it” Ace says but I refuse, I block him out too angry, doesn’t matter if he meant it, he still said it.
“We all say things in anger, Lucy. It’s been a rough day”
“Never thought I would see the day where you were defending Tyson to me. Usually it’s the other way around” I tell him.
“Like I said it has been a rough day, just don’t be too mad at him. We love you, we just don’t like the idea of someone possibly hurting you, neither of us thought Mitchell would do that, we know how close you are to him. I am sorry for scaring you in the car earlier too” Ace says before reaching down and gripping the hem of my shirt and lifting it off me. He places his hand under the water before adjusting the temperature. He kisses the side of my neck and steps back.
“Hop in, while I check on Tyson” He says and I do. Ace leaves, shutting the door and I wash the dirt and gravel sticking to my sweaty skin off. A few minutes pass when Ace returns, placing two towels on the sink basin and removing his shorts.
“Tyson?”
“Moping” Ace answers, stepping in behind me and reaching for the soap.
I keep my back to him, fully aware of his nakedness.
“Come on just a quick peek, let’s see if he is as well endowed as his brother” Lucille says.
“We just saw him naked” I tell her.
“That wasn’t looking though, that was us trying to keep them away, you didn’t even peek. Now be a team player and turn that pretty head of ours for a quick looksy” She whines.
“You really are the sordid one aren’t you?”
“I have been locked in your head for so long, nothing better to do then think of my mate, well mates as it turns out” She says and I roll my eyes at her. Looking over my shoulder Ace had his eyes closed washing his hair.
“See he won’t even know,” She urges and I chew my lip before looking down. Lucille hums in my head and my lips part slightly.
“Guess they aren’t hundred percent identical, cause damn girl it’s like a baby’s arm holding an apple”
“A what?”
“Touch it”
“No!”
“Come on, just poke it a little” She says and I go to look away only to find Ace smirking at me. All the blood rushes to my face.
“Oh fuck” I snap at her mortified.
“Oh fuck is what you will be saying when he comes at you with that, that is the best monster deformity I have ever seen” Lucille says. Ace raises an eyebrow at me.
“It’s rude to stare,” Ace says, before smiling.
“I wasn’t.. It wasn’t my fault” I pressed my lips in a line.
“Because you didn’t just turn to gape at my cock?”
“Lucille-”
“And what did Lucille say?” Ace says, pressing closer, his hand moves to the side of my breast, his thumb rubbing over my nipple.