Chapter 13: Building Hatred
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A Few Weeks Later
Clarke
I have been going through the grieving process, it hurt when Barbie was executed, I guess the love potion was strong, it had a lot of side effects that affected my mental health that I was still working through. I had the house wipe of everything Barbie except the nursery, I want to keep it as a reminder of what could have been if I wasn't so stupid. I think of Lark sometimes but I stay away, she was in love with Barron and Zion was dormant again. He only comes forward for the change but never talks to me or acknowledges I exist, well he tells me I am a failure and a waste. He was right, he wanted us to end it if we didn't get Lark back although I told him, that the ship had sailed. I heard the doorbell and knew it was, Bethany, I linked her to come in, I was on the balcony in a boxer looking at the moon wondering why my life was like this.
I felt her presence behind me her scent of perfume, she put her arms around me from behind and I inhaled taking in the fresh air, I knew Lark was with Barron tonight. I was told about their dinner and I smiled, she was living it up, I felt a slight burn again, nothing I couldn't handle knowing she was intimate with Barron. I turned to Bethany and placed a kiss on her lips, I met her a few days after Barbie or Darcy, whatever her name was, was executed. I walked her over to the bed and asked, "Have you eaten?" She smiled shoving me backward on the bed and saying, "I'm not hungry for food," before taking my d**k in her mouth. I moan looking at the ceiling and feeling all these sensations at once, she was good, I will give her that but I still feel empty inside. I let her ride me looking at her bouncing firm breast, she moved up and down my c**k just how I liked it.
The pain in my chest increased slightly but I blocked it out, I was burying my c**k deep now as Bethany was beside herself with pleasure. She left bites and scratches on me, I didn't care as long she didn't mark me, the moans echoed in the room, I started thrusting harder and deeper watching her face contorted with the pleasure I was giving her. She called my name in ecstasy, our sweaty bodies collided and I felt her c*m around my c**k, I knew I was close and sped up my thrusting. I closed my eyes picturing Lark and I pulled out at the last minute cuming on her stomach because I was out of condoms, I laid next to her smiling trying to catch my breath. Later that night after she left, I decided to go running in the midnight air, Zion was restless so we took off. Bethany was a strong sleeper and didn't hear when I left, I headed to the lake, my one true sanctuary.
I went for a swim when I got there, memories of me and Barbie making love here flooded my brain and I got angry at how easily I was deceived. I thought I was finally starting a family, moving on from Lark, I could have sworn I felt a parental bond to J.D. but I guess it was magic too. I guess, I was destined to be alone, I looked up at the sky and my eyes got clouded with water, I was crying, something I hadn't done in a long time. Maybe, I should have heard her out, Zion cut me off and said, "She was a b***h and she tricked us, kill Barron and takes his place," I said, "If we do that, we will be executed, brother or not, then Rowe will take charge, he is next in line," he sighed and went silent again. I felt Barron ease up behind me and I pretended to be the loving brother, I smiled at him knowing he was depressed about something, and said, "Problems again."
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Barron
I took Lark out after an argument to dinner, and I notified everyone where we would be if problems arose, I knew putting off the wedding until after the stuff with Roman got straightened out was taking a toll on our relationship. Lark was waiting for a long time for this and I knew I owed her big time once she was coronated. We enjoyed our dinner and I took her home where things got heated, I felt a slight burning pain but I knew what it was and hoped I was wrong promising to look into it. Later that night, I couldn't sleep, so I decided to go for a run to clear my head, I asked Leif about the pain we constantly get and he said, "It's our mate, she being intimate with Spence," I smiled knowing that he was telling the truth. Sophie was our mate again, I felt the spark when I touched her hand a few weeks back at Kyan's coronation.
I was torn because I love Lark and didn't want to hurt Sophie or Sapphire, I don't want to hurt Lark either, Spence was who Sophie chose and from our understanding, Noelle marked his wolf. It's only a matter of time before they fully mate, I was going to lose her all over again and maybe, I should just let her go and move on with Lark but can I let her go or should I fight for Sophie? I lay by the lake where I saw Clarke in the stream taking a swim and I joined him, he was there by himself and he looked at me with a big goofy smile and said, "Problems again," I looked at him smiling because he always knows when something was bothering me. Clarke was trying to get life together and I commend him for that, I haven't spoken to him about what happened with Barbie and Leif said, "Hold off, Zion isn't answering me, something is wrong."
I hated that Clarke resented me and don't know how or why we are at this point in our lives, Polly tries her best to intervene but it never goes well and I hate putting her in the middle. I don't know what to do anymore about Clarke, I love him, he is my little brother, my Bubba but something has a hold on him and I lost hope for us to ever be the same again. We swam in silence before we sat on the embankment, he said, "You were right about Barbie, but did you have to kill her?" I said, "I would do it again to protect my family, no one f***s with them," he looked at me and yelled, "She was my wife, Barron, why do you always take everything I care about from me?" I saw his tears, he was breaking, he yelled, "I could have handled it if you had come to me," we got up staring at each other.
I said, "But you never listen, Bubba, you are hot-headed like you are now," he ran at me pushing me back into the lake, he changed into Zion and I felt the hatred rolling off him, I was shocked, he turns and runs away, that's when I knew my brother hated me. I didn't know what to do, Leif said, "I told you something was wrong with him, he was either not on his meds or this is something else, Barron, we need to save him or die trying." I got a link that Clarke was on my compound and I told them to leave him alone, I changed into Leif and ran back home, I was pointed in the direction he went and a fear came over me, what if he harms Lark to get back at me? So, I ran up the stairs as she yelled, "Zion," I busted through the door as he jumped off the balcony and I grabbed Lark kneeling next to her asking, "Did he hurt you?"
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Zion
I ran to Barron's house, but no one stopped me as I walked in bear form, I went up the stairs to his room and I smelled Lark, I licked her face and lay next to the bed. I knew what I needed to do and I had no choice but to end him and if anyone got in the way, I would kill them too. Lark woke up and says, "Barron," I looked at her and she said, "Zion," I jump off the balcony as Barron runs in, I headed down to the abandoned town, I was going to take this place and buy it from under Barron as mine, f**k them, all of them. I headed to where Barbie was buried at the cemetery, my parents still gave her a headstone because she was my wife, I lay on the ground on top of her burial site crying, growling in pain and sorrow, everything came crashing down and I was never going to forgive him, then I passed out.
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