ANNA’s POV
I stepped out of our bedroom after Siam cried himself to sleep.
I would have to admit that it was the first time I saw Siam weak and in tears. I always thought that he was like a superhero- even before we were mated- he was Serenity’s big brother who was always protecting us from hunters, uncle Silver, and the school jerks.
Name it. He’s on it.
That is the Siam I grew up with, and I am married to. His tear fest back in the bedroom didn’t change that. If there was anything else, I admired him more. But it would have been hotter if he showed that in front of the others, but I knew better. I didn’t want any more trouble for him from the other alphas.
As if I wasn’t already worried enough whenever they needed to go to locations where they found bodies of dead shifters.
I felt a shiver ran up my spine, remembering the night that the hunters sent those heads.
I walked around the house, not actually knowing where to go. So I just let my feet drag me.
In five minutes, I found myself standing outside Liam’s room, and I knew exactly why.
Whenever something was bothering Serenity and me, it was Liam who would pull us back to sanity. Not that anything was bothering me, I was just really worried about the boys.
They were all on the verge of breaking down.
Siam with all his pent-up emotion.
Eric with his pain.
Jake with his guilt.
I just wish Aaron can keep up with his strong act. He may always be fooling around and all, but I knew that it was all a front. I saw him after Serenity left. He was just staring into who knows where.
And the moment that Siam put on his Alpha face, he snapped back.
He and Jake had always been doers, so putting them into action to search for Serenity, they all came back to their old self, but somehow a bit weaker.
I reached for the doorknob, and that’s when I heard him.
“I just want her back, Liam….” I heard Eric sobbing inside. “Not because I promised you, but for my sanity.” I frowned, knowing that I shouldn’t be doing this, but if it was the only way to understand him better.
“I know that it was wrong to let her go, that it’s the worse mistake that I have made. And that this pain that I’m having is probably my punishment for that….” I stepped forward and leaned my ears on the door to hear him better, “It’s not reason enough that she had used her power over us. I should have fought off her command. I should have listened to you and stopped her. I should have done more than I did….”
Listening to him for the first time, I liked the idea of an Alpha growing in me.
According to mama Ellena, Siam and I need not worry about safety as an alpha baby has some natural protection wrapped around him and me being his mother. That means my scent is covered, my movements were more silent, and my presence unread.
“Serenity had been sending mixed emotions again,” he continued, “one moment she’s calm. Next, she’s panicking and scared. Worse comes to worst, she’d be in pain afterward, and that’s what I can’t bear the most. I want to be the one who is in pain, to be able to protect her from whoever’s putting her in pain.”
There was a moment of silence inside, and I heard a deep breath.
“I’d die for her, Liam… I’d die for her…” he said in almost a whisper. “But I won’t. She needs me as much as I need her, and dying won’t help. I’ll be doing so much more if I continue to fight for her and us. I try my best to believe that the others are doing their best to understand me, but I know deep inside, they can’t… they won’t. No matter how much they try…” he gave another sob, “they just can’t. Unless they feel the pain and the longing or even just the physical cold, they can never understand. Maybe not even you.”
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