Chapter 119: Revelations

Damon 

I already had enough of the pretext as I walked away. At some point on my way downstairs, I decided that it was all good and I returned.

"Ah, Damon, I'm glad you returned. You know we can talk about this." Harold said to me.

"Come on, bro. We cannot keep hiding secrets and I know that you're not a traitor, so you shouldn't take what Garrett says to heart." Jacob said to me.

They were definitely considering gigs in the comedy terrain because right now, I was pissed beyond measure.

"Secrets? You think my secret is anything like the ones I notice in the house? Yet, I trust you all so much that I am in denial." I stated.

"What are you talking about, son?" Harold demanded.

"Yeah, what are the secrets around the house?" Garrett demanded.

"How about this for a secret, bro. How about you explain to us what is good between you and Jace!" I demanded angrily.

"What is that supposed to imply?" Garrett demanded.

"I probably was not going to suspect anything but I have been watching. Pretending not to care because hell no, you're definitely not gay but how about you tell us that secret? I'm sure everyone in the room wants to know." I said.

The thing was even more emphasised on the fact that I too wanted to know. I have been dying with jealousy for the longest time.

"Garrett, do you have something to say about this?" Harold demanded.

"Well, it's not what you all think. I have never been gay." Garrett said but I could hear the huge hollow in his voice.

"Until..." I assisted him to say.

"Fine, until I met my mate!" Garrett stated and I blinked heavily.

"What?" I muttered.

"You heard me, Jace is my mate and you all can go on ahead and judge me all you desire. I don't care. I am yet to mark him, okay? Just consider that." Garrett stated.

"But that's impossible. I mean, a person can have just one mate and vice versa, right, Harold?" Jacob demanded.

Alright, I feel like I have opened some sort of abyss here because I was beginning to see that there was a lot more.

"Jacob, is there something that I should know?" Harold demanded.

Jacob went silent and I shook my head.

"There goes all the secrets and yet I'm thinking one tagged secretive." I said as I went and started changing my clothes.

"Really? Well, I don't hear you spewing any secrets now, do I?" Garrett demanded, his tone definitely pissed.

"That's no concern of yours." I said as I started checking my car keys.

"Forget it. No one is going anywhere." Harold stated angrily.

"What? What do you mean no one is going anywhere? I'm not going to let you keep me locked up with these fools. I'm going out." I said.

Suddenly, there was a loud clashing sound from Peter's room beside mine and I was confused. Quickly, we dashed off and went to his room and was met with something away. The bed had hairs on it and the window had crashed.

"This is bad. He transformed. You have to find him." Harold said to him.

Suddenly, we heard a shrill scream from outside our backs. It was Jace and I panicked. I dashed off as I jumped the window and ran around without caring about anyone.

I was in time to find a scared Jace staring at a big wolf. It was Peter and he was angry. I had to rescue Jace without aggravating Peter any further and I could not help but notice that where his tattoo had been imprinted, the skin there was sizzling. I guess he had been in so much pain that he lost control.

"Hey!" I yelled at him but he was already having his gaze on Jace, circling around and ready to pounce on him. I feared the worst when I saw the rest of the part come out from the kitchen. There was a little distance between them and Jace which means pulling him back was not an option.

Garrett looked at me frantically and I shook my head, signalling him not to do anything stupid right now.

"Jace, stay calm. We'll get you out of this mess." Jacob said to him.

"He's going to eat me, right? Is this because of the fox?" Jace demanded.

He was shaking and I knew that was why he had spoken but that only made Peter lunge at him and I lost it. In that moment, I lunged too, transforming into a wolf and tackling Peter to the side as we both rolled. I saw Jace faint and Garrett caught him as I kept toppling over with Peter.

He was angry and lashed out at me but in the face of actual combat with his condition, he definitely was going to tire out soon. I managed to bid down on his hind legs. Weak or strong, I have always been better than Peter when fighting and what I did caused him to howl in pain as he fell down to his side and then changed back to normal.

Only now did I stop as I transformed and rushed to his side and I held him up, staring down his face. He was out cold but now I saw his tattoo, it was not simmering anymore but Peter was not waking up. I turned and I saw Harold and Jacob approaching.

"Where is Jace?" I asked.

"Garrett took him upstairs to his room. He fainted." Jacob responded to me.

"Seems we might have some explanation to do to Jace after all." Harold responded.

"But what about Peter? I thought you said that he cannot turn or something might happen. It looks like he's healed." I pointed out.

"Every wolf has their strengths and I guess Peter's adrenaline must have helped a great deal with healing him. So, we best get him inside now because there is chaos now." Harold said.

"You mean because Jace found out, right? I mean, that is something to be explained but I think there's more." I said.

"What else?" Harold demanded.

"Well, since I'm not lying to anyone anymore, Jace is my mate. I felt the mate bond sometime ago but I have been keeping it a secret pending when I find a way to get rid of it." I said to Harold.

"What secrets have you all been keeping from me? What then is my use of being with you?" Harold demanded.

"Not just that, I visited Jace's orphanage home and there are some things I discovered. Having witnessed this scene seems to have reminded me of our bond as brothers and if you would let me then I want to make amends." I said as truthfully as possible.

"Then there is a problem because you and Garrett are not the only ones mated to Jace. And I really think that it is weird. We're all men and cannot have male mates talk more of the same male human." Jacob said.

Alright, this was more than I had been expecting. Our Mr perfect brother was also in this mess. So that was going to leave Peter out or was he also harbouring a secret? I mean, he has always been acting weird towards the boy and I would not be totally out if I suspected that he held something like that at heart.

I believe we had successfully given Harold a heart attack as he was staring at both of us. Eventually, he snapped out of it like always as he started speaking.

"Let's get Peter instead and Damon, you go find an outfit or something. We'll revisit this issue in a meeting when Peter wakes up and Jace too. He's as much a part of our discussion than you would imagine." Harold said as he came and started taking Peter from my arms. Jacob told him that he had it and I wished he had not done that.

He suddenly carried a naked Peter over his shoulder while I started standing up when Harold faced me.

"Where is that vampire from yesterday?" He demanded.

"Somewhere safe but Harold, I trust him. He would help us, I swear." I said to him,

"Don't tell me he's also your mate cause I would lose my shit." He said to me,

"Ew, no way. He's nothing like that to me but a vampire I met in the midst of chaos. I'm sorry I lied all along but I just did not know what you would think about the whole thing. I'll be honest, I promise." Harold said.

"Your parents would soon be coming for the prisoner and I want everyone to remain calm." He said to me as we started walking inside.

"You're not going to tell them of the situation?" I asked him.

"No, because you all would have to reject Jace and everything would go smoothly like it never happened." Harold said.

Was he kidding? We should reject Jace just when we opened his eyes to what we were?