Chapter 427: 1-4

Still without pretense, "I knew of nearly ten guys that said the Elders allowed them to be with their mates..." I nodded. "How many were after you saw that new reporting on Adam's mate?" three. "Three." I dipped my head down, not pulling my eyes from his, "And you never thought that... maybe you should warn them that they should not approach the Elders?" "Acknowledge that the Elders would probably kill them and their mates?" Again I ducked, saying yes with just a gesture. "No... when you join the cause, you acknowledge knowingly that you will follow them, above your mate... you give them your loyalty... when you see someone falling out of line, you report it. You think that if I tried to stop some of these guys from going to the Elders that I wouldn't have been seen as a traitor?" "You were a traitor anyways... you found Judy and ran..." I reminded him. Looking away he nodded, I had no choice, he thought silently to himself, she won't - I don't think she'll see me the same way ever again - have to try - for Jade, Taryn and Meadow - will they ever know Scott? His thoughts ricocheting wildly, each thought leading to two more and so on. "I don't trust you, I don't want to trust you, either," I started off, "there is a man outside, Rico - he will follow you everywhere you go, until I feel as though you aren't worth the effort of being followed. If you aren't found with him or his replacement at any time, you're gone." I said offhandedly, crossing my legs sighing heavily. I thought for sure there would be some sort of rebelling but he refrained from making a scene. "Understood," he muttered surprising me. "That's all, you can leave," I said standing. Once he left, Wolf who was outside waiting; Logan had long gone, stood, "Hey, can we talk?" Nodding I gestured for him to enter my office, "What's up?" "I'm nervous," he muttered, not bothering to sit down, just pacing around my room. "Why?" Stopping still, his body seemed stiff and heavy, "Logan is asking Rainy if she would - I want to meet her," he said in a small voice. "I - I don't - I know some of what happened to her, I'm just - I don't even know," He just seemed to be rambling, not really saying anything. "I feel so - Chelsea - god - all of what she went through," he gripped bending over in anguish. "I never knew - I never knew," he just continued to repeat the words. Sighing I just waited for him to calm, but that wasn't happening instead his hands fisted repeatedly, and when he stood straight up his brown eyes, were black. Resting back, I said what was actually on my mind, "You didn't get it... Rian screwed up my whole life... she sought out to get Jay, to keep him from mating with my mother. Took Audrey... Leo had me, tried to train me, and guess what? Everything Rainy suffered... you can just point a finger at you and Rian, Jay as well." I wasn't trying to calm Wolf down, not when he needed to face the truth, and now that he was, I had to say my peace, "Rainy probably won't blame you because her children... it's a double edge scenario. If she didn't endure what she did, they wouldn't be here... you have to remember that. You can't - don't say anything about that Wolf... don't make an already bad and heinous occurrence dirty and sordid. She loves her children," I whispered my voice shaking. "You didn't forgive Jay? You don't forgive him," only the first part a question, I just snorted. "Jay isn't even on my radar Wolf... he couldn't protect himself from Rian, their entire relationship was a setup, she never loved him... she killed your mate... and you know what I don't understand?" His hands stilled and his eyes were empty as he stared at me blankly, "You told her the same stories you wanted to tell me, she knew not to trust Rian, she didn't want her children anywhere near Rian, if you or Jay had just taken a step back and looked at her, just dug a little bit? Do you know how much could have been different?" I ask with nonchalance that I had developed when thinking of this clusterfuck that was our family. Before Wolf could answer, Logan and Rainy were outside of my office. Standing I went straight to the door, opening and letting them inside. Slowly Logan entered the room, and Rainy just stood by the door, her blue eyes on Wolf, neither of them speaking a single word, but their eyes, heartbeats racing... those things spoke wonders. Wolf scrutinized every bit of Rainy's face, his wolf howling inside his head. It was utterly somber and melancholy, my heart hurting, for them but so happy that Rainy had gotten Wolf, and not Jay. For some reason Jay seemed to write me off, however Wolf, just in his eyes alone... I could tell that he wasn't doing that.