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13. What I do.
"What are you doing Leah?" The question upsets her, because he never calls her by her name. He is usually affectionate, using terms of endearment, or honey covered teasing words, but never her name whent it's just her and him.
"Nothing"she says the truth. She has done nothing…
"Leah" He tries again and wraps his arms around her small frame. He towers over he, by a head. When did he get so tall? When did he get so smart?When did he get so angry? She sure feel she's been too caught with her own things to pay attenttion to him. She regrets it, so she doesn't fight him as she usually would. Instead she lets herself be held by him.
"I finally talked to Sam" He admits, and a small smile breaks in his lips. "The imprint broke"
"Yeah" She says letting herself smile too."I received a letter from Emily a couple of days ago" The contents of that letter had only made her smile. Emily was okay. Like Sam…
Why couldn't she be okay now too?
"He hurt you" Seth stated "But that doesn't mean he's not willing to make it up to you"He sounded hopeful and the tone made something stir inside of Leah. It was something she had thought long gone.
"It's not that easy"
"He loves you, you love him. He has no imprint." Unlike Jake. Leah understood completely what her brother was implying.
"I'm not so sure I still do and there's nothing going on between Jake and I"
"Don't lie to me!"Seth said standing in an instant "You love him!!" And it almost sounded foul when he said it. He voiced it as an accusation, he said it to make her cringe and feel embarrassed about herself.
"Seth, please"
"No" He kept yelling "He's a selfish bastard and you can't Leah. You can't allow this to happen. You know better than him. You know better."
"I know" Even if she wished she didn't, she did. And that was why she had pushed him away. Their love could have just that one kiss, one kiss because they had almost died. One kiss because they were both alive. And one kiss where they could be together.
"He'll keep trying." Seth lowered his head "Until you give in. You have to stop him"But how? How could she stop something she wanted so badly. Seth was right sooner or later she was going to give in. She would get tired of saying no, and the need for him would be greater and would surpass her judgement. It would be the end of her.
Her brother was right. She needed to stop him