Adopted By My Step Brothers

CHAPTER 31: RIP

I didn't know I fell asleep on the stairs until a shiny light flashed over my face. My eyes flickered open, and I felt my mates close by. Both of them. Eleanor was had a tiny flash light pointed directly into my eyes.
"Finally." She laughed lightly and Taylor was smiling while shaking her head. The front door was open because of commanders walking in and out of the house. I also saw from here, Kale, Kingsley and Ashton having a heated conversation in front of the house. Ashton and Kale's back was facing me but Kingsley was standing in front of them with his arms folded over his chest, staring at me. I gave him head nod which he returned. We would talk later.

"So what's the news?" I asked the girls. They both saw me watching my mates outside. The mood around us suddenly got serious. "They didn't find Sarge, but they did kill a lot of his connections along the way. That's what Ashton just told us." Taylor sighed. She was watching them talk outside right along with me.

"Well we are going to head out, tomorrow let's have breakfast since they ar

I gently closed the door, locked it and flinched at my mates voice that snuck up behind me.
"I'm sorry about earlier-."
"I'm sorry too." I flipped around toward Kale standing right in front of me. Kingsley was sitting on the stairs just watching us. He had a smug look on his face. I wondered why but focused on Kale. "I shouldn't have tricked you into drinking my blood, you are a 300 year old vampire. You lived enough long without it. I was silly to think you suddenly needed it." I rushed my words out. I didn't want us to be in fight or have unresolved issues right now. I needed us to get pass this and from now on, try our best not to fight about things that can be fixed. Kale shakes his head and closes his eyes momentarily. "You did nothing wrong, please do not apologize." He stepped forward and pulled me into him, wrapping his arms around my entire body. My face snuggled into chest, savoring the moment.
"Just tell her Kale." Kingsley was shaking his head. Then I heard his loud footsteps going up the stairs. My eyes were wide open, I gently pushed myself out of the hug but Kale didn't let me go so I had no choice but to just look up at him as he held me. "What is it?" I asked him. He was struggling with something. The look on his face was torturous. Obviously him and Kingsley knew something that I didn't know. Something was bothering him that he really didn't want to talk about. He shook his head and changed the subject.
"Go talk to Kingsley, he has some things to update you on with what happened today, and I have a few phone calls to make in the kitchen." He nonchalantly nods his head to the stairs like I'm just going to say "Okay" and happily skip to Kingsley. "Kale what is going on? Just talk to me." I whispered. It physically hurt to see him battling with something mentally and I had no idea what it was. Kale shook his head again, and tried to look normal. He leaned his head down and softly kissed me. "Go talk to your mate, he's waiting." He gave me a tap on the butt and stepped away from me. I turned and walked to the stairs feeling the weight of his stress wash over me. The look on his face was telling me everything I needed to know. Something was very wrong. To have a mate so transparent and easy going to suddenly not want to tell me what's bothering him was not something I was use to. I could stand in his face and beg him to tell me but I knew he wouldn't. I also didn't want to pressure him to tell me something he wasn't ready to tell anyway. I pondered running to a empty bedroom to cry about it but I was all cried out. I guess I just had to wait for him to come around. Kale stayed in the same spot just watching me walk up the stairs while I just held back the urge to scream. I was useless in this. I felt like he needed me but I didn't know how to help and he wouldn't let me help. From the corner of my eye I saw him rub his hand over his face but I forced myself to keep going up the stairs. I had to accept the fact that Kale and Kingsley lived by protecting me, if Kale thought keeping what's wrong with him away from me to protect me then he will do it effortlessly.