Tasting All My Mates

254-Killed My Brother

We walked out of the woods in defeat. Thiago must be worried about one of my mates not being able to mark me, but I somewhat felt at ease.

The moment I hit the road, I found Lazlo and Zander arguing about something. I thought they would be done by now. But it wasn‘t until I saw Maynard and Christina that I realized what was going on. Zander wasn‘t arguing with Lazlo this time. Lazlo was holding him back from at tacking Maynard.

“You cannot interrupt me. I need to know it from his mouth.” Christina yelled at her brother for stopping her from talking to her mate.

“He is a fucking murderer and a rapist. I don‘t understand why you desperately want to give him a chance,” Zander yelled as he freed himself from Lazlo‘s grasp.

“Because that‘s the right thing to do. I need to know his side of the story,” she screamed at her brother in tears. I never really thought she was this much in love with Maynard.

Maynard closed his eyes and sighed. He stared at me as he opened them again.

“And what makes you think he has a side?” Zander scoffed, taunting Maynard for staying silent for so long.

“Everybody has a side,” Christina stopped screaming and murmured, a stream of tears drenching her cheeks..

“And they tell their side. They don‘t run away from it.” Zander, who was already angry about not being able to mark me, yelled back at his sister.

must have happened.” She defended Maynard once again. I was watch ing Maynard look at the ground and not say anything in

think it is time you speak up,” Lazlo interrupted, and

none of that,” Zander sided with Lazlo. The two were on the same page. I get it. Thiago hadn‘t said a word, but every time they talked to Maynard, I saw Thiago‘s body shuddering. It must be a reminder of what we lost back in

to tell your side.” Christina‘s whisper broke my heart for her. She was over here

Zander grasped Christina‘s hand and dragged her away, despite her attempts to call for Maynard. Who

silence, Maynard

aware of your loss. I am aware of your feelings, and it kills me that I became the rea son behind the agonizing pain you are in, even when I tried everything in my power to be the one who hurts you. I wanted to break the mate bond

have moved on from each other and possibly don‘t carry the same feelings and would never again. But the way he held my hand

as a monster,” he continued to talk, “I will explain my side to each one of you just for the sake of Enya.” He

there. Christina also deserves to know the truth,” Thiago reminded him. He has a mate who is relying on him. Christina had stood beside him in thick and thin. Even when her brother disapproved of their relationship, she

we were on our way back to

prepared myself for every kind of

Christina crying

an

He was literally in her face and making her tremble. I didn‘t understand how the whole dynamic changed between them. She was the one controlling him and poisoning him. Did my acceptance make him

truth,” Lazlo then informed them. Christina uncovered her face from her hands