Chapter 26: Their Cursed

I woke up in the morning before Calder or Remi. She was curled up between us, but her face was buried in Calder’s chest. I watched her chest move up and down slowly as she breathed evenly. I brushed her long hair away from her neck and kissed her shoulder softly. The smallest moan escaped her perfect lips at the contact. The sound made me instantly hard for her.

I reached over to the nightstand to check my phone. It was still early so I decided to leave Remi with Calder and quickly go shower. I went to my own room, noting that we should probably start looking at renovation plans for the pack house and apartment. I wanted Remi to move in with us as soon as possible. There was not much I saw in her apartment that she would need to bring with her anyway.

I showered then wrapped myself in a towel before exiting my bathroom. I was surprised to see Pip sitting on my bed. She looked over as I exited the bathroom.

"Jeez Cully, where are your clothes?" she said.

"Pip, you're in my room uninvited…."

"Oh, yea," she said.

"What do you want?" I asked her in a bored tone. I want to go wake my mate up.

"Look, Remi told me that you guys made up," she told me standing from the bed. I just raised an eyebrow at her. "I am 100% team twin mates but Cullen, you can't change your mind again. Remi is so… good. I do not get why you wouldn't accept her right away. I know how much you have always wanted to find her so whatever your reason for all the crap, I don't care. Just please don't hurt that goodness in her…"

I gave her a nod. I was not sure what to say. She walked over and hugged me around the waist like she did when we were kids before bouncing out of the room. I had no intention of letting Remi out of my sight, let alone hurting her. I wanted her wolf brought out as soon as possible so that I could take her back to the pack house.

I went into my closet, pulling on some jeans and a shirt. When I was done, I dried my hair and went back into Calder’s room. He and Remi were awake. He was still laying down on the bed and she was sitting over top of him. Her cheeks were bright pink with blush. She turned and gave me a big smile when I walked in.

“We thought you left,” she said.

I came over to the bed and kissed her lips. “Why would I leave? I said I would take you to work, love,” I told her. She just smiled brightly at me. I went around to the other side and sat next to Calder. I reached over, lifting Remi off Calder’s lap, and settling her across mine. I rested my hands on her hips. “Good morning,” I said. Calder pouted and Remi giggled.

“Good morning,” she said.

“How did you sleep?” I asked her.

“Great,” she said. Her smile was so bright. I wanted to see it on her face all the time.

“You hungry?” She nodded her head. I leaned forward and pecked her lips. “Go change and well go downstairs,” I told her. I kissed her one more time. Calder grabbed her chin, kissing her as well. I lifted her off my lap and let her climb down. She grabbed her bag and went to the bathroom. Calder got off the bed and went to his closet. He emerged quickly; his clothes changed as well.

“Are you going to be waiting outside the diner all day for her then?” he linked. He must not want her to hear our conversation.

“If she insists on working for the moment, yes.” I replied.

He rolled his eyes. “I guess I will work on how to bring her wolf out without her passing out again,” he said.

“We could mark her. Then we would share her pain,” I suggested.

“We don’t know how that would affect her before she has her wolf fully. Also, I do not think she is going to agree so easily,” he said. This was true. I wanted to mate and mark her as soon as she would let us, but I would not force her. I knew that could lead to her rejecting us and I would not let that happen.

Before we could continue, Remi came out of the bathroom. She looked adorable in her sweater and leggings. I got off the bed and came over to her. “Let’s go eat so we can get you home before work,” I said. She nodded and gave me a small smile as she intertwined our fingers. I held her hand as we all went downstairs for breakfast.

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Remi fidgeted nervously next to me in the passenger seat of the car.

“Do you blame her? Last time you took her across the boundary and screamed at her,” Maximus said in my head. He was right. I could not really blame her. I reached over and grabbed her hand as we drove. Calder stayed back to call Charles about Remi and see if he had any ideas on getting her over the boundary painlessly. While she worked today, I needed to have the diner’s manager change her schedule. I found out Gentry had gotten her out of work for all last week by making up some company training so she would still get a paycheck by the terms of her employment contract.

I pulled up outside her building and parked along the curb. I got out and moved quickly to her door to open it. She waited patiently then let me help her from the car. I grabbed her bag from the backseat before we went inside. When we got upstairs, she stopped outside the door. “Um, sorry. It’s not very big and probably a little messy since I haven’t really been home all week,” she said quietly.

“I’m sure it's fine,” I said to her. I already knew what her apartment looked like, but she didn’t know that. She did not know that I had found out where she lived and visited her apartment trying to figure out what she was.

She opened the door and led the way inside. “There’s a couch or table you can sit at. Make yourself at home,” she said as she pulled her coat off and hung it up on the back of the door. She took her bag from me and went to her dresser first. She pulled her clothes out of her bag and put them in a laundry basket on the floor. Then she got into her dresser and pulled out some clothes. “Be right back,” she said as she scurried into the bathroom. I walked around her small apartment while she was gone. I noticed a picture frame on the dresser lying face down. It was next to a small, ornate box that I had not noticed before.

I went over and picked up the picture. It was a picture of a couple kids, probably in their early teens. One of them was Remi. She had the same caramel colored hair but much shorter. She was reaching up to kiss another guy on the cheek. He was in a football uniform. The door opened and I looked to see Remi staring at me with wide eyes.

“That is… um… p-private…” she stuttered quietly. I set the picture frame down.

“Who is that?” I asked. It was the only photo that could be seen in the entire apartment even if it were face down.

“No one that matters…” she said looking anywhere but at me.

“She isn’t ready to tell us yet,” Maximus said in my head. I nodded my head at Remi. She walked towards me, reaching around to grab the photo. She pulled open a drawer and shoved it inside, closing it quickly.

“I need to go down to the laundry room, do you want to come?” she asked.

“Sure, love,” I said. She was extraordinarily capable. She picked up the laundry basket, but I took it from her. “Thanks,” she said. She went over to the kitchen counter and grabbed a jar with what looked like quarters inside. She opened it, grabbing a handful, and putting them into the pocket of her skirt. She reached up into a cupboard and grabbed a box of laundry detergent before turning around to me. “Let’s go,” she said.

We went down to the basement of the apartment structure. There was a small room with a few commercial washers and dryers inside. She walked over to the table in the center, and I set the basket down for her. She started sorting her clothing while I watched. She loaded the two piles of clothes into two machines and started adding detergent to them. Then she filled the slots with quarters and started the machines. She set her laundry basket on top of one of them before turning around to me.

“All done, just need to pop back down in an hour to dry them,” she said.

“You just leave them down here unattended?” I asked.

“Sometimes. I’ve never had anything important stolen, and I figured you probably don’t want to sit down here and listen to the loud machines. Plus, I would usually bring a book if I stayed.”

“You read?” I asked like I had not noticed the many used books around her small couch.

“Yea, all the time. I don’t have a TV, so I mostly read,” she said.

“I am impressed, love,” I told her truthfully. She gave me a shy smile. I grabbed her hand, and we went back upstairs. When we got back inside her apartment, she looked up at me.

“So, um, what would you like to do? The laundry will wash for about an hour and I still have a couple until I have to be at work,” she said. I smiled at her, grabbing her hips, and pulling her to me.

“This,” I said as I kissed her perfect little mouth. Her arms came up and wrapped around my neck as I kissed her. She opened up for me, letting me taste her sweetness. Grabbing her waist, I picked her up and she wrapped her legs around me. I deepened our kiss, letting her soft moan fuel me. I walked over to her bed and sat down with her still wrapped around me. I broke our kiss and started kissing down her jaw to her neck. I could feel her shudder under me as she stifled her moan.

“Good girl. I like to hear you, love,” I whispered. The air was getting sweet with her arousal. One of my hands went to her thigh, slowly pushing up the skirt she was wearing. Her skin was soft under my fingers as I caressed her thigh. She moaned quietly into my ear. The sound made my c**k harden under her. I could feel the heat coming from her core. I inched my hand higher on her thigh, skimming the edge of her panties with my fingertips.

“Cullen,” she whispered breathlessly. I moved my lips up to hers, kissing her softly.

“Yes, love?” I said into her lips. “Do you want me to continue?”

“Mmmm,” she moaned as my hand continued to caress her thigh. I brought my other hand to her other leg and pushed it under her skirt as well.

“Words, love,” I said kissing her again. I nibbled on her lip lightly.

“Yes,” she whispered. A smile stretched across my face. I kissed her more deeply, enjoying the taste of her. I wanted to taste other parts of her. Before I could peel her panties off her delectable body, my phone rang in my pocket, stopping our fun. A low growl came from my chest as I stopped kissing her. She giggled a little as I reached into my pocket to retrieve my phone.

I answered without looking at the Caller ID. “Yes?” I said now annoyed. The sweet scent of Remi’s arousal was all around us. She sat on my lap still with her arms wrapped around my neck and I continued to caress her thigh lightly with my other hand.

“Are you enjoying yourself?” Calder’s voice said.

“I was until you interrupted,” I said.

“You shouldn’t be trying to mate our little mate without me,” he said. I looked into Remi’s eyes as she watched me. I pecked her lips quickly making her smile.

“That is debatable,” I told him.

“Well, I just spoke with Charles,” he said.

“What did he have to say?” I asked.

“That a witch friend of his is going to make a remedy for Remi that will help her wolf emerge. He also believes he has a tonic that will help reduce the pain it will cause her.”

“When will it be ready?”

“Tomorrow. But we need to talk to Remi, so she is prepared for this. It will probably still hurt even with all of that and us there,” he said.

“Okay,” I said. “We can later tonight. Now if you will excuse me, I am spending time with our mate.” I hung up the phone and turned my attention back on Remi. “Sorry, love,” I told her, tossing my phone next to us on the bed. “Where was I?” I said cupping her face in my hand. I kissed her deeply. She melted under my touch, leaning into me. Goddess, this girl was going to be the end of me.

Calder’s words nagged in my head. I should not be mating her until we bring out her wolf and he is also present. It would not be fair to Remi or him. I stopped kissing Remi and gave her a smile. “Love, we should wait for Calder,” I said quietly. I brushed a stray piece of hair out of her face. She gave me a shy smile and nodded her head. “Have no doubt, my love. I am going to worship every inch of you when the time is right.” Her expression was adorable as her eyes got wide. I chuckled at her.