Glenn, Stormy and Flynn, Joyee - Blood Lust [Delta Wolf 3] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour ManLove) (14 page)

“We don’t think he’s a freak, far from it,”
Constantine
replied, throwing up his hands in the air.

“But did you tell him that we already knew he was psychic before he got here?” someone with a small voice asked.

Christian turned around to see Sebastian’s mate, Dobry, standing there twisting his hands together.

“I’m sorry to interrupt, but I couldn’t help overhear Owen’s shouting from our backyard.”

“It’s fine,”
Constantine
answered, waving away the apology. “What do you mean did we tell Owen?”

“I think Owen didn’t know everyone in the pack already knew he was psychic. Whatever happened at Zac’s house, he wasn’t prepared for it. He thinks you told everyone without asking him first. Does he know he’s not the only human in the pack?”

“I didn’t tell Owen that Dobry was human, too. Did you?” Christian asked turning to Constantine, who merely shook his head. “So he thinks he’s the only human here, and we were gossiping last night. And what? We were telling everyone how cool it was that our mate was some little psychic?”

“I’m not sure what he thinks you said,” Dobry answered, shrugging. “But from what I heard, he’s not happy that we all know. So I’m assuming you didn’t warn Owen that we all knew before he got here.”

“Oh god,”
Constantine
whispered as he fell to his knees. “That’s what he meant about trusting me again. Owen will never forgive me this time.”

“We can fix this,
Constantine
,” Christian said. He went and wrapped his arms around his large mate. “We’ll go find Owen and explain everything to him.”

“I’m sorry,” Matt said quietly from behind them.

They both turned and looked at Zac’s little mate. “I didn’t know it was such a sensitive subject for him. I wasn’t trying to be mean. I was just curious.”

“I don’t think any of us knew, baby,” Zac replied, wrapping his arms around Matt and hugging him tight. “I’m sorry, too. It’s just, how often do you get to meet an honest to goodness psychic? None of us meant to hurt his feelings, and we certainly weren’t picking on him.”

“We know that, Zac.” Christian nodded his head. “I think there’s a lot more going on with Owen than we know. He said some things on the drive over yesterday that just about broke my heart. I think he understands your pain as a Delta, but even more so. You had people to explain things to you. Owen didn’t have that. Imagine growing up, not knowing why you were different from everyone else and no one believing you when you said you were.”

“Oh, poor Owen,” Matt cried out, burying his face into Zac’s shirt and sobbing harder.

“It’s okay, baby,” Zac cooed, as he rubbed his little mate’s back. “We weren’t thinking about how it was for Owen. I have an idea how we can make it up to him.”

“How?” Matt sniffled and lifted his head to look up at Zac. “How can we fix this?”

“How do we fix everything, Matt?” Dobry giggled and went to pat his friend on the back.

“Cinnamon rolls!” they said together and burst into peals of laughter.

Christian raised an eyebrow and met
Constantine
’s gaze. His mate just shrugged, obviously as confused as he was.

“Dobry is an amazing cook,” Zac explained, seeing they weren’t getting the joke. “He makes the most wonderful cinnamon rolls any of us have ever had. It’s his way of apologizing or thanking someone.”

“Dobry can’t make them too often, though,” Matt said wiping away the rest of his tears. “Otherwise, I’ll have two chunky, lethargic mates.”

“I’ll show you something chunky.” Zac playfully growled then wiggled his eyebrows at Matt. Before anyone could even react, Zac threw Matt over his shoulder and smacked his squirming mate on the ass. “Something chunky and hard, that has your name written all over it.”

“Whatever could you mean?” Matt asked with an innocent voice before giggling again.

“Okay, time to find my mates.” Dobry chuckled and shook his head before heading back toward his house. “Good luck with Owen, you guys.”

“Thanks,” Christian said, rubbing his hand over his face and he turned back to
Constantine
. “We’re going to need it.”

“Yeah, we really are.”
Constantine
shook his head and reached for Christian’s hand. “We’ve got some major apologizing and explaining to do.”

“Maybe we should shift. We can find him faster that way.” Christian took
Constantine
’s hand and brought it to his lips.

“Gorgeous and smart,”
Constantine
answered before leaning in to kiss Christian on the lips.

When they broke apart, they started undressing. Christian moved quickly, not only because he really wanted to find Owen but because
Constantine
naked was also giving him ideas of what that body could do to him.

“Owen, can you hear us?”
Christian asked over their mating link once they were both in wolf form. They waited a few moments then they ran in the direction Owen went.

“Please answer us, Owen. Let us explain,”
Constantine
begged.

Christian could hear the desperation in his mate’s voice and started to run faster.

“Owen, we didn’t get why you were so upset, baby. We’re sorry. Please talk to us.”

Within minutes, they picked up the trail of their wayward mate and soon found him. Owen was asleep, lying on the dirty ground with his arms wrapped around his knees. He looked so forlorn and alone that it tore at Christian’s heart.

They shifted back, and
Constantine
picked Owen up in his arms. “Christian, he’s shaking. It’s not cold. Why would he be shaking this bad?”

“I don’t know, but let’s get him home,” Christian replied, not liking the fear in his mate’s voice. He could also smell how scared
Constantine
was. Wolves could always smell strong emotions like that. If big, bad Delta Constantine was that scared, it made Christian start to panic. He watched
Constantine
shift into his third form so he could get Owen home faster.

Christian shifted back into a wolf and sprinted to keep up with his mate. He remembered to snag their clothes on the way back, carefully taking them in his teeth so he didn’t rip them. Deciding
Constantine
naked in his third form was enough for Zac and his mates, Christian shifted back when he reached the patio door. He threw on his clothes and raced inside to find his mates.

“Cold, so cold,” Christian heard Owen say when he got to their room.
Constantine
was holding Owen in the bed, under the covers, still in wolfman form.

“Baby, we’re so sorry,”
Constantine
said. When he looked up at Christian, his eyes were as big as saucers. It was evident the man didn’t have clue what to do, but neither did Christian. Instead he climbed under the covers with his mates and moved so Owen was lying in the middle of them.

“We didn’t know why you were so upset.”

“Leave me to die,” Owen whispered, trying to push them away. “Don’t want to live like this anymore.”

“Please don’t leave us, Owen,” Christian cried. “You’re so important to us, and we just found you. Give us the chance to explain and love you, please?”

“No more lies,” Owen replied looking into Christian’s eyes. “I can’t take any more hurt.”

“I swear I’m not lying to you.” Christian cupped the side of Owen’s face in his hand. He had to bite back his startled reaction. Owen’s cheek felt like ice. “We thought you knew everyone in the pack already knew you were psychic before you came here.”

“I was sent by this pack to find you, baby,”
Constantine
explained, tears running down his face. “Remember? When you woke up in the backseat of my mother’s car? I told you I was sent here to find you and figure out why you told Alpha Roderick who Sebastian’s mates were?”

“That was for here? This pack?” Owen asked, his eyes growing wide as his teeth started to chatter. “They’ll hate me. No wonder they think I’m a freak.”

“Baby, no one thinks you’re a freak.” Christian turned Owen’s face back to his. “They thought it was cool what you can do. Zac and Matt both said they were excited to meet a real psychic and wanted to know more. They feel horrible that you were upset. No one was making fun of you or trying to be mean, I swear. Everyone was just curious about your gift.”

“It’s not a gift,” Owen cried, and he started to shake more violently. “It’s a curse, a horrible curse I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.”

“But that’s how you found us, Owen,”
Constantine
kissed Owen’s hair. “I know you’ve been hurt because of it before. But it has to have brought you good, too. Christian and I care for you so much already. We might never have found you if it wasn’t for you being physic.”

“Don’t want to be odd man out anymore.” Owen sobbed and buried his face into Christian’s shoulder. “Now I’m the only human among all these wolves.”

“You’re not the only human, Owen,” Christian said. He looked over to
Constantine
. “I think we should get him into a hot shower. He’s getting colder.”

Constantine
simply nodded, shifted back to human form, and raced to the bathroom.

“I’m not the only human?” Owen asked, looking up at him, confusion written all over his face. “Who else?”

“One of Sebastian’s mates, Dobry, is human, too,” Christian answered and kissed Owen’s lips. “And his other mate, Alastar, is the only vampire here. But no one cares that they’re different. All that matters is we all want to be here with our mates and build a home.”

Constantine
came back them, grabbed Owen off the bed, and went into the bathroom. Still naked, he held a fully clothed Owen in his arms while he sank to the floor.

“Please, Owen, stay with us,”
Constantine
said as tears started to fall down his face. “We didn’t betray you and tell everyone about you being psychic. They already knew. We were just idiots for not telling you that, or that you wouldn’t be the only human here. Nothing that’s happened is worth dying over.”

“Give us the chance to show you what our life can be like now, Owen,” Christian begged, stepping into the shower with his clothes on. He was completely confused about how Owen’s body was shutting down like this, but he didn’t have time to analyze it. “I’m already half in love with you after a couple of days of knowing you. Please don’t leave me. I couldn’t live if I lost you.”

“And I’ve loved you from the moment you saved me, my little angel,” Constantine said softly. “Even after I couldn’t remember everything, I dreamed of you.”

“You love me?” Owen asked in barely a whisper as he looked up at
Constantine
. “Why?”

“Because you’re so full of love and compassion,”
Constantine
answered and kissed Owen’s face. “You came to save both of us when you didn’t even know us.”

“You love me because I saved you,” Owen replied, looking down and starting to fight to get away again. “Not good enough.”

“Not because you saved us.”
Constantine
turned Owen’s face to look back at his. “I love you because you’re heart is so big you’d risk your own safety to help strangers. And how concerned you were about Christian last night when he was hurt. I love the way you feel in my arms. The way you taste when you kiss me. And how your face flushes when you’re turned on. I love all of that and all of you.”