Chapter 157: Logan's words
"What you've told me is incredible, Maddie! Three men? Brothers? For God's sake!", exclaims my mother. I don't know how to explain the whole situation to her without admitting the obvious: that we were all going to bed together. The day was approaching when the four of us would be together as one.
"I know, Mum, it's quite strange, but it's part of the wolf culture, and for better or worse, I'm part of this world now. Not only do I love them, and they need me. But this whole situation with that Alpha, Gerard, has proved something."
"What is that, baby?"
"That the wolves are afraid of a human Luna. Not because I'm strong or anything like that, but because my presence here gives the triplets the power to take over the human world. But they don't want to do that, they want to protect humans. I don't know if you've noticed, Mum, but many humans from Three Streams have discovered that they are mates with werewolves. That's important, not just because humans will be very happy being mates with wolves, but because they will be safe, and so will the town". It was true that with the arrival of humans in Moonvalley, more wolves found their mates.
"A lot of problems would be solved if humans and wolves had talked and negotiated properly," she comments, and I smile. "I guess it's just a matter of getting used to all this. It's really... weird" my mother says as she walks beside me, watching the little wolf that now follows me everywhere.
When night falls, and I go to my room, I realize that Logan is the only one waiting for me. Dominic had gone to talk to the other Alphas, and Kurt was busy with the pack's affairs, which he hated. But I knew they had arranged everything to leave me alone with Logan.
"Come, I want to take you somewhere," he said. For a moment, we walk through the pack lands. He takes me a little further on to a small hill from where you can see most of the territory.
He's silent, and I wonder what he's going to say, why he's brought me here. I could already guess: it was almost inevitable that the triplets would tell me we had to perform the ceremony. And, crazy as it may seem, I longed for it. Deep down, I knew it was the right thing to do, even if it seemed hasty from the outside. When Logan sighs and speaks.
"This is my favorite place in the pack. My father used to bring me here when I was little. I'm only a few minutes older than my brothers, and that I'm neither wiser nor stronger. But even so, my father prepared me not to be the only Alpha, because he wanted all three of us to rule. He thought that being triplets made us an unparalleled force, and he was right. But he wanted me to lead in some way, to have that weight on my shoulders. Dominic is the head, the one who plans. Kurt is the heart, the one the pack loves."
"And you?" I ask him.
"The guiding hand. That was all. Because the hand can't live without the heart and the brain. I'm telling you all this because I wanted you to understand how my father thought and why I made all my mistakes," he says regretfully.
"Logan..." I say, taking his hand, and his sadness hurts me.
"I have to tell you, Madeleine, because I haven't just failed my pack and my brothers, I've failed you. It is an Alpha's duty to admit his mistakes, and mine were so big I don't know where to begin. I knew my father was right, and I promised to do what he asked of me, but I failed him too. Shortly after he died, I began to listen to my uncle's ideas - that I should be the only Alpha, that a true Alpha doesn't share a mate, and that I was the strongest. I believed these ideas and thought I was more important because of a few stupid minutes of difference. Either Dom or Kurt could have been first, and I'm sure they would have done better," he says in despair.
"It's your uncle's fault. He shouldn't have used you," I say, but nothing I say seems to assuage his guilt.
"But I listened, and I shouldn't have. I listened to the wrong person and ignored those who wanted the best for me. Maddie, I always felt something for you. The night you left me that scar, I went crazy thinking about you. I wanted to destroy you, I wanted to see you again and get revenge, but most of all I wanted to see you and know about you"
"But you've done everything to make up for your mistakes," I say. The bond must be real, because I shared his pain.
"From the moment I kissed you, there was no one else. That night with Irina, when I introduced her as my mate, it was painful, and despite all that, I went on... I have no forgiveness. Honestly, I wouldn't forgive myself if I were you," I take his face in my hands and stroke his scar. I had touched it several times when he was unconscious on the stretcher, but now, seeing the light in his eyes, it was a completely different experience.
"You saved me. You were there. I was in trouble and you came for me. What happened with Irina was bad, very bad, but you were poisoned with harmful ideas and here you are. You've given everything for your brothers, for your pack and for me. I know it will be the same from now on," I say, and he looks at me in awe.
"What can I do to make you forgive me? How can I be the wolf you deserve? To be your Alpha, Madeleine, because you're wonderful. When you arrived, I wanted you all to myself. When I saw the little wolf choose you and everything you went through in that rite... it burned me inside. You have done wonderfully. You are the Luna this pack deserves, even if I don't deserve you,'"he says with devotion, and I move closer to him, resting my forehead on his.
"I just need you to be with me, that you don't leave me in the future," I tell him. I see tears in his eyes and it surprises me. We all cry, it's true, but I never thought a man like him would do it in front of me.
"I will, I swear. I will dedicate my life to you, my beautiful Luna," he declares, relieved.
"We have to do the ceremony? That's what you wanted to tell me, right?" I ask him and he smiles.
"You are the one who decides that, mate. We have accepted you, but if you accept us, there will be no greater blessing for us," he confesses and kisses me.
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