The Alpha's Eden

Heart to Heart

Jace PoV

Blake and I surveyed the perimeter of the territory in a comfortable silence. He had spoken with the utmost confidence about us seeking revenge or success or whatever it was against our fathers but I was fairly certain that wasn't what had been bothering him earlier on.

Whatever that was had caused me to suggest us taking over the patrol before his antsy behaviour had disturbed Eden.

I wasn't used to these one on one heart to hearts with anyone, let alone the guy that I shared my mate with.

But the truth was I cared about Blake and I knew full well that his happiness and well-being had a direct impact on Edens. Then selfishly that had an impact on me too so I decided to just put it out there.

"What was going on with you earlier on?" I stopped suddenly and blurted out.

When Blake rubbed the back of his neck and looked at the cold winter ground I raised an eyebrow and pinned him with a hard glare. "Whatever bothers you bothers Eden. She doesn't need anymore stress right now man, that's not fair to her!" It was a harsh truth but it needed to be said.

As I watched him scrub his hand over his face I folded my arms across my chest and hoped we wouldn't be out here all night as he tried to put his issues into words.

Werewolves didn't feel the cold in the same way humans did but I had no intention of staying out here in the middle of a bitter December night when I had a very warm, sexy mate in bed that I could lay beside.

The mere thought of Eden's silky soft skin against mine made my dick twitch in my pants but I tampered down those thoughts before my wolf tore free and ran to her at his fastest speed.

"I'm not trying to cause Eden more stress. I'd never do that intentionally. But today, man you saw what I saw!" He exclaimed wide eyed and almost more pale than usual.

"Blake, let's be totally honest, there was a lot of crazy shit went down in the last 24 hours. You're gonna have to be a bit more specific" my attempt at a light hearted chuckle just caused him to narrow his eyes at me as if he was surprised by my less than serious response.

"You are kidding me right? There isn't one particular thing that you saw that didn't stand out and ring a fucking blaringly loud alarm bell??" Blake sat down on a fallen tree and lent forward until his elbows were on his thoughts with his head rested on them.

He stared into the darkness as if he was revisiting whatever had spooked him so much. "I've seen alot of shit in my time but that was beyond anything I've even heard of before. Eden.. sh-she did things that aren't supposed to be possible" he explained in a low voice like he feared there were people hiding in the forest eavesdropping on our conversation.

"I'll be totally truthful with you. I don't know if I've really processed what I saw Eden do. Because if I process it then I'm gonna have to work out how the hell she did it" I planted myself beside him and told him my view.

"So you saw it too? I wasn't imagining it?" He gazed over at me as if he was relieved that he wasn't alone.

" Definitely not imagining it! How the hell do we even begin to figure out what happened? Like you said it isn't something you see everyday. That's what concerns me most of all. But she was just so exhausted and traumatised by it all that I just tried to pretend it didn't happen. I know we can't sweep it under the carpet and carry on like nothing happened but just until she was rested and clear headed again" it felt good to talk this through with Blake.

It was like we were a team truly working towards the same goal- Eden!

When it came to our mate we both had her happiness and safety as our number one priority. There would be nothing and nobody that could ever change that.

"It would be pretty hard to sweep under the carpet when so many people saw it all go down" Blake barked out a humourless laugh.

"I get the feeling Cole and Sawyer know way more than they told her growing up. Fuck man, even this shit about Sawyer being brought back to life or not really being dead has blown my mind" This was so crazy I tried to shake the madness out of my head but it didn't help.

"My father did some crazy shit to my mum and made her something else. Not human anymore. She's never been able to find anyone that could decipher what he did and what she is. I remember being able to feel the change in her. But Eden's entire being shifted so naturally from what we'd known into what we saw her become. That wasn't the first time she's been like that. I don't know how to explain how I know that, but I just know it's true" He spoke with such strong conviction in his voice that I believed him.

He was right. I'd sensed it too but I just couldn't quite figure out what I'd felt in that moment.

"Do you think your dad has something to do with it? But how could he- you saw what she was doing, how could you make someone be able to do those things?" Those words horrified me. The idea of Eden being experimented on like a science project made me feel sick to my stomach and a stormy rage roared through my veins.

"I wouldn't put anything past that bastard, and if Isaac was working with him back when Eden was a kid then he would have had as much access to her as he wanted" by the time the last words tumbled from Blake's lips his fist had pummelled through the log on the floor that laid right next to the one we sat on. "Fuck" Blake snarled as the wood smashed into a million splintered pieces and hit the ground.

"So there is a big possibility that our fathers have been working together way longer than we previously thought. You were right before, I don't give a shit what it takes. Those three motherfuckers are going to die, and I'm making it my personal mission to ensure it's the most gruesome painful experience that ever occurred!" My words came out in a vicious growl and my wolf howled in agreement inside my head.

The damn prophecy didn't mean fuck all to me anymore, it was beyond some ancient prediction about saving mankind from the warped plans of three men.

No, now this was about eradicating these evil shitheads from the planet, not just for the fate of people I'd never met in my life. It was far more important to me than any of that.

This shit was personal. Blake and I had vowed to destroy the Three Fathers. But not for strangers or the future of the human race.

For us it was simply for Eden and our children.

Nothing and nobody else mattered to us because Eden and the twins were our world!!

They were our future!!

I'd give my life before I'd allow our deluded, deranged dads get their grubby hands on them and if it meant I'd beat them, I'd die with the biggest shit eating grin upon my face.