Chapter 23: Becoming James Bond

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Chapter 23:

Becoming James Bond

We all waited patiently for Ryder's response.

He looked at his feet in deep thought then his head shot up and all our breaths were hitched in our throats.

"Fuck it! She's my mate and she will always be, forever and always." Ryder rushed out angrily and I gasped. Does he seriously want me to be in pain? What about Archer? That burn won't magically disappear.

But no matter what Ryder says, I still have to listen to him because wether I want it or not, he marked me and I am still his mate.

I sat up and got off Archer. I heard him whimper and I too missed the warmth our bodies created but I wasn't his mate and he wasn't mine. Somewhere out there, his true mate is waiting for him and I don't want to get in the way of their relationship even if it kills me.

I walked towards Ryder and the more I walked away, the more I wanted to turn around and run back in the embrace of Archer. As much I wanted to do it, I couldn't due to the fact that my actual mate is standing right beside me, observing this entire scene rolling in front of him with his own eyes.

"Come on, lets go out for a while." Ryder suggested and I nodded agreeing with him.

"Before I go. Vincent, where did Lucas run off to?" I asked.

"I don't know, he said he was going out and he'd be back soon." My brother replied but he didn't sound very convincing. I believe the "going out" part but I don't believe that my big brother doesn't know where my twin is. He always knows where everyone is so he's obviously trying to hide something that I shouldn't know. Unfortunately, if he knows me well, I will figure out what he's hiding and I've got a bad feeling about it.

"Okay, thanks." I called out before walking away.

"You're going to try and find him, aren't you?" Ryder asked and he walked beside me.

I smiled and nodded. "You know me so well."

He smiled and it suddenly faded. I got worried when he stepped in front of me and grabbed my arm stopping me from moving any further.

"Ryder what are yo-"

"Does Vincent know about the threat "E" sent out?" He whispered and I gasped. I had forgotten about that note I found at the alley when the little boy got killed and I hypnotized his sister to forget about him.

"No, I forgot about it. What made you think of that anyways?" I asked and he frowned.

"It's just... I have a bad feeling about this." He admitted. It was my turn to frown and I placed my hand on his cheek making him look at me.

"A bad feeling about what?" I asked and he sighed.

"About all of this. You're brothers, E, the threats even the note has gotten my panties all bundled up." He let out and I walked up to him and giggled at the panties part but I instantly stopped when I remembered the reason why he said that.

"The note? The note was a threat, what else about it could have gotten to you?" I asked and he frowned before dragging me out of the underground mansion.

He opened the door and I walked out revealing the wide white hall with only three doors and nothing else.

"In the note it said that we have his or hers best man and that they would kill him... again which means he already died, Lexi. Can't you see we're talking about Lucas here? There's only two people in the entire universe I know that died and came back to life, Lucas and Jesus. No one else!" Ryder explained as we walked down the hall.

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