Awakening (2 book series)
Awakening – Following Fate Chapter 146

"Oh my god. I'm going back to bed." Colton turns and shakes his head, looking like he really intends to take off and leave me to deal with this alone. Passing Jasper with a 'you're on your own' grimace and pats him on the shoulder in a show of bro like solidarity. Lately these two have bonded and started to become friends. "One step and you'll be mateless for the foreseeable future." I warn sternly. There's no way he's escaping this.

"Babe?" Colton relents, giving me the puppy dog eyes but I thrust my hands on my hips and head nod towards my brother. Colton obediently walks back to his side and slumps down on the bottom step beside him with a groan. He knows when not to test me and this is one of those moments.

"Carmen, stop tantrumming. Come here and talk to me, like an adult. I have no idea what kicked this off but aren't you tired of this already?" I know I am. She gets the same no-nonsense tone and for once it actually works on her, maybe because I really am fed up with it. She sighs heavily, turns back towards me and wanders back with resignation. Avoiding Jaspers eye.

"I'm not going to forgive him. I'm done being someone everyone throws away. I'm no one's forced choice." She glares his way, pouting like a child even though her eyes are misty and that flex of her jaw hints at tears being close, and I have to stop the smile that tugs at my face as her emotions hit me with close proximity. Carmen is bluffing and trying her hardest to convince herself that Jasper should go away. Inside she's begging him to come give her a hug and I have to stop myself from tugging her into my own arms for one. "And I told you that I'm sorry and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to mend things between us. You just have to stop telling me to go away when I get within ten feet. How can I fix us if I can't get near you to even talk?" It's obvious by Jasper's despair and lack of energy that they have been quarrelling for a while. We just came down when it hit volcanic level.

"Should have thought about that before then, shouldn't you?" She snaps right back, venom hitching up again.

"Carmen, I wasn't thinking straight. I was experiencing a lot that day, like my long-lost sister being Luna of my enemy. I have a lot of issues, Sierra is working through with me. One being my hang ups about this pack....... and my initial reaction to you being Santo. I'm sorry, okay. You know it's not like it was. I'm really trying."

"Oh boy. Carmen, you know I love you but sometimes your stubborn is your worst flaw. Can you not give a little and think of the happy future you can have with your destined mate if you just let him grovel and work it out?" I implore her, with a soft smile and head tilt to the side in hopes of appealing to that inner love she has for me. "We will be real sisters." Technically not, but I see Jasper as my brother regardless to my DNA.

"I'm fine on my own. I don't need a man to be fulfilled in life. I have my pack and you're already my sister."

"My kids want cousins... I'm an only child. Alora has only one brother. That's an order from your alpha." Colton smirks at her, not really being helpful in this situation and then stretches his legs out and stifles a yawn with his fist. It's obvious he isn't invested in this scene at all. I could kick him for his obvious disinterest.

"Look at how happy Sierra and Radar are, huh? They're planning pups already, and have a cozy little love nest picked out in the grounds. You're just delaying the inevitable." I try appealing in a different way and am rewarded with a scowl from my girl. "Radar isn't an asshole. That's why they're happy!" Carmen throws her hair over her shoulder, sarcasm fluent this morning, and once again pointedly glares at Jasper, who runs a palm down his face and looks like he might scream. I can almost sympathize and feel his very real frustration.

"See how impossible she is?" he gestures with open palms at me, looking for someone to side with him and I shrug.

I gesture a cutting throat, wild hand waving motion at my brother to tell him to shut up and am met with a blank stare. These two butting heads is probably what I didn't need to start my day.

I honestly don't know if the fates were thinking clearly in pairing these two up like this. Both headstrong, stubborn, and feisty tempered on a good day. It's wall meeting wall, although jasper is obviously trying more than Carmen is.

"I can't take this anymore. Move. It's like listening to toddlers fighting over a toy." Meadow's harsh tone comes from behind Jasper as he is shoved ungracefully aside to allow my sassy queen to march on over to me. She shakes her head and catches Carmen by the wrist before turning and tugging her back again where she came from. Full on aggressive mode that I expect from med's and she wastes no time in hauling Carmen around.

"Here, this belongs to you, don't leave your things lying around so carelessly or you won't get given them back."

I watch in silence as Meadow literally thrusts Carmen at Jasper, so he has no choice but to catch her before she falls and Meadow smacks carmen on the back of the head. The hostile affection she has with carmen has always been a mystery to me, and the fact she just reduced her to an object.

"Listen you, skanky puta. I know how you've been hurt. I know how scared you are, and this idiot did the absolute worst when you imprinted. Rejection is a big deal to you, and we all know you have scars. He's here now trying to fix that, and your pig-headed slow brain is too all up in your self to think it through. Alora was rejected by that thick brain over there and look at them now. You love each other, the fates made it so. Go have some crazy s*x, vent your anger and then talk things out. Trust me, with your personality I think the only way to get through to you is if he mans up and takes the crazy from you while being banged." Meadow again shoves Carmen into Jasper's arms when she tries to step away and her scowl his way seems to flick the button in his head. "I'll let you do whatever you want to me, in any form." Jasper catches her around the waist and doesn't relent when she starts to struggle.

Meadow smirks, seemingly pleased with herself and walks off past them with a hand toss in the air as if to say 'laters'.

"Let me go." Carmen growls his way, eyes ambering and even I hesitate that Meadow has this right. I flinch and step forward to tell him to do as she says but Jasper spins her so he's nose to nose with her. Now she's in his grasp, he completely changes tact and the impatient boy Is replaced with dominant Lychan mate.