Chapter 75
Chapter Seventy-Five
~Harlow~
I feel like absolute shit. I think I have food poisoning from the salad that Bree gave me for lunch.
Or maybe it’s from nerves after seeing Jake.
I have no idea what his intentions are, yet after everything, I highly doubt they are anything good.
Hearing the door open, I glance at it from where I lie huddled beneath the blanket.
The moment they step in, I snarl, tucking my face beneath the blankets.
They reek of her, and I refuse to give Thane the satisfaction of seeing me give over to instinct and scent them; he won’t catch me off guard again.
"Shower!" I snarl at them when I feel one of them touch the blanket, about to pull it back. Rhen bristles and wanders off. Seconds later, I hear the shower turn on and their soft voices.
Shuddering at the sickly scent wafting out with the steam, I burrow deeper beneath the blanket, hoping to hide from its sickly perfume. I hear the door open again and then the window.
"Damn, it reeks in here," I hear Thane's angry voice, and I freeze beneath the blanket. He is right. It stinks of his bitch assistant. Now I regret washing the scents from work off. If I had known, I would have left my work clothes on just to spite him, so he knows how it feels.
I don't bother sticking my head out from beneath the blanket. I wait for him to leave, only for him to wander into the bathroom, which has me sitting up, just as Leon walks out with a towel wrapped low on his hips.
"Better?" he asks while coming over to me. He raises an eyebrow at me when I say nothing.
I roll my eyes but lean forward, sniffing him, and can only smell our mates and the scent of vanilla and honey soap. I nod when he cups my face in his hand.
"Are you okay? You look ill," he asks.
"Yeah, think I have food poisoning," I murmur, glancing at the bathroom door when Rhen, too, wanders out.
I watch as they get changed into boxer shorts, and Rhen rummages through some containers I think Thane brought in with him.
He hands me one but the thought of eating almost sends me running for the bathroom.
Instead, I nestle back under the blankets as he climbs in bed and sits beside me.
My eyes flick to the bathroom door as Raidon comes out, and I look up at Rhen.
"Why is Thane here?"
"Because my mates are," Thane answers, also stepping out of the bathroom, and Leon tosses him a pair of Rhen's shorts to slip on.
"Why don't you stay at Sarah's?" I growl at him.
"She was fired today," he says but doesn't deny she is an option. My stomach sinks, knowing he is only here because they are. It is a stupid notion, but it still stings.
For the most part, Thane spends the night glaring at me, and I spend the night pretending not to notice when Leon climbs over Rhen, forces himself between us, and pulls me on top of him.
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~Thane~
It is getting harder to be here with every second that passes, as I watch them across the room from me.
I was able to get my jealousy under control when they finally stopped touching her and pulling her around like a damn yoyo.
Raidon and Rhen are asleep, and I watch Leon climb off the bed I’m on.
I growl at him. He ignores me, climbing over Rhen and squeezing between Harlow and Raidon.
He rolls onto his back, pulling Harlow on top of him, and I watch as she sighs.
"If I make you sick, it isn't my fault," she tells him.
She has been sick most of the night, but Leon is itching to get his fangs into her.
She sweeps her hair over her shoulder and offers him her neck.
She hisses as his teeth puncture her skin, before the pain turns to ecstasy and she moans softly.
I move uncomfortably, turning my gaze back to the TV. I try to ignore them, when I hear her hiss again, making me look over to see he bit her again. She smacks his shoulders, trying to push off him yet his grip only tightens.
"Leon, stop," I snap at him, and he groans, her hand reaching for Rhen as she squeezes his shoulder.
"Leon, enough!" I snap at him. He is crazed by his blood lust, and I grit my teeth when her hand feebly clutches at Rhen, her nails scratching down his chest. I see his eyes flutter as Leon's fingers tangle in her hair, and she makes a choking noise which has me jumping out of bed.
I smack Rhen hard in the chest as I reach over him to grab her, and he jumps. His eyes fly open, looking at me alarmed as I catch Harlow around the waist. Her legs kicking and hands clawing at Leon, trying to get him to stop. Rhen rolls, grabbing his face.
"Let her go!" I command him.
He does so reluctantly, as I grab her off him.
She sways, leaning into me when I set her feet on the ground.
Rhen looks murderous as he glares at our mate.
Harlow squirms in my arms, coming back to her senses as she clutches her neck.
I shove her toward my bed while Rhen wrangles Leon under control, waking Raidon, who wraps his arms around Leon.
He fights for a few seconds before snapping out of it and realizing he isn't getting out of Raidon's grip.
Rhen sits up and looks at Harlow before waving her to come to him, and she moves toward him, but I turn, shoving her back toward my bed.
"She can sleep with me," I snap at him, pissed off that he didn't wake to her panic. Neither of them did.
"No, I am fine, now," Harlow says, but I climb on the bed as she tries to hop off it for a second time.
"Lay down. You stay here!" I order her. My command washes over her, making her entire body tense, before she is forced to submit and crashes back onto the bed.
"Stop ordering her around, Thane. If she doesn't want to sleep with you, she doesn't have to," Rhen snaps as I drop the command.
"And how many times has that happened," I snarl at him, pointing to Leon, who I can feel is wracked with guilt.
"It hasn't. We are just tired. It's hard sleeping here," Rhen defends. "Come here, Harlow," Rhen tells her, and she goes to sit up when I drop my arm over her waist, tugging her back and tossing my leg over hers.
"You remain here," I tell her. She glares at the ceiling for a second before rolling to face away from me. I sigh, tugging her closer. I hear Rhen curse behind me, but I ignore him.
They aren't the only ones with trouble sleeping. I haven't slept in days, and it is because they spend every night here with her, instead of at home with me.