The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

~CARTER~

“You did a good job ignoring her yesterday,” Alaric tells me.

“He’s right.” Ares agrees. “You did a great job. However, she was looking at you the entire time.”

My head snaps up at his words. “She was looking at me?”

He nods, “the entire time. She never once looked away. I’ve never seen her look that way at anyone else before.”

I close my eyes and lean back against the chair.

“Why would you tell him that?” Alaric growls.

“Ow!” I hear Ares say. Alaric must have tapped him on his head.

“Forget what he said. You’re doing great.”

I wasn’t doing f*****g great. Yesterday, staying away from Scarlett was f*****g brutal. There were so many times I almost lost control. My brothers by my side were the only reason I didn’t grab Scarlett and cover her body with my k****s.

“I’m not worried about any of that.” I finally say as I open my eyes and stare at the ceiling. “Tomorrow is a full moon. I lost control during the last full moon, and it was because of her. My emotions are in a mess now that I’m forcing myself to stay away from her. I’m scared. Terrified of what I’m capable of doing tomorrow.”

Alaric knows just how much pain I am in. He knows that I’m terrified.

I wasn’t speaking to Scarlett; I was doing as she asked. However, because of this, I couldn’t beg her to lock her windows or take a plane and get as far away from me as possible. Even if I asked her to do this, she wouldn’t listen to me. Scarlett was very stubborn and always did the opposite of what I asked.

There was nothing I could do to get Scarlett to stay far away from me tomorrow. That meant that it was up to me to ensure that I couldn’t get out of that room. My parents had doubled the chains and even brought more barriers for the doors. It would be close to impossible for me to escape.

It would take something crazy like Scarlett coming to my house to make me break free. I knew she would never do something like that.

“You look like s**t,” Apollo says as he joins us.

“Thanks for pointing out the obvious, dumbass,” I growl.

He chuckles and taps me on my shoulder, “Cheer up, little brother. I know this is hard for you, but at least you’re not alone.”

Everyone except my parents now knew that I had feelings for Scarlett. They were all shocked at first, but they were very supportive. They understood what this meant. They saw what happened to Alaric when he fell in love with Nicole. They knew that I was having a f*****g hard time.

“You just had to fall for your ex-girlfriend’s younger sister, didn’t you?” Ares asks me.

“Of course he did,” Apollo answers for me. “It wouldn’t be Carter if he wasn’t the most problematic man in our academy.”

I narrow my eyes at them, “Did I ask for the two of you assholes to join me? I was good being by myself.”

“Leave him alone.” Alaric cuts in with his stern voice. “This isn’t easy for him. He needs our support.”

Ares frowns, “This is the only way we can support. It usually works.”

Apollo agrees, “This kind of support is the best. We’re trying to lighten the mood.”

I was a few seconds away from grabbing them by their throats, and they knew it.

“Nicole is here,” Violet says as she enters the room. There is deep concern in her eyes. She was always terrified when Nicole came over.

Alaric hugs her, “it’s okay.”

“It’s not.” She cries. “She always hurts you. Both physically and emotionally. And you don’t do anything at all to stop her. You let her speak horribly to you. You even let her hurt you physically. I’m tired of seeing you like this, Alaric. You’ve always protected all of us, and you won’t even let us protect you from her.”

He gently rubs her back, “it’s only for a little bit again. Soon enough, Nicole will walk out of my life, and you won’t have to worry about any of this again.”

My jaw clenches. I f*****g hated Nicole with everything inside of me. The more we got to know her, the more she seemed more like the monster than my brother did.

“You promise?” Violet asks him.

He chuckles, “I promise.”

I can see the pain in his eyes while making that promise to her. Even though Nicole mistreated my brother, he was still crazy about her. He still wanted to make his marriage work. And more than any of that, Alaric wanted a child.

I was happy that he never got Nicole pregnant. I couldn’t imagine her having a child and using that baby to take advantage of him.

I shook that thought out of my head.

I had enough worries of my own to be making up scenes in my head that wouldn’t ever happen.

I had to make sure that I never got out of that room tomorrow. I would not put Scarlett’s life in danger. I rather f*****g die trying to escape than to hurt her.