Jeremy's P.O.V
He can't possibly be for real, we have been looking for her for years and now he is willing to just let her go. For once I doubt my Dom's decision, in this case he is very wrong. We can make her feel loved, safe, protected, spoiled - everything! He was the one who made us rush things, not me, not Jessie, he did. And now he suddenly changes his mind and is willing to let her slip through his fingers and away from us.
I got on my feet and walked to where they were standing. I opened mind-link again and looked at Xander "you can't do this, if you let her go she will disappear, I am not going to lose her" I said through mind link.
Xander grabbed me in a swift moment and held me up against the wall. Xander is the biggest guy I've ever met in my entire life. I didn't stand a chance against him. "Do you think I want to?!" he yelled at me, he was furious, at that point it became evident that it was hard for him as well.
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He let go of me and turned towards Sophie "I don't want to let her go, but we don't have a choice" Xander said, he looked like he was talking to her, but he was really talking to Jessie and I.
Jessie walked up to us, and joined us and rubbed my back with her hand. I felt her sorrow for letting our little Sophie go. Sophie surprised us all by walking up to Xander and let her small frame be hugged by him.
As if she finally came to her senses again she pulled back and looked up at him. Xander lifted her up and placed her on the kitchen counter.
He leaned forward and placed his hands on either side of her small body to support his body weight.
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Sophie's P.O.V
I felt sad about walking away, I really didn't understand why I suddenly felt that going home was a bad thing. Going home is what I WANT, it is what I NEED and it is the RIGHT thing to do.
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But maybe it wasn't, going home felt right in my mind, but leaving felt wrong in my heart. I felt safe here.
Xander looked me in the eyes and chuckled "we are letting you go home" he said. I already knew that, I heard them and I sensed their distress, they must really care about me, in their own strange way.
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He bit his lip and looked down like he was thinking hard, he looked up again and straightened his body so that he was standing in front of me. "If you want... you can stay if you want" he said fast as if trying to persuade me.
I licked my lower lip trying to come up with an answer, I wanted to be carried by Xander, I wanted to have Jeremy holding me close and I wanted Jessie to comfort me. But I also wanted to be hugged by my sister and to be kissed goodnight by my mother.
He took my silence as a no and nodded understanding, he looked up at me and bend his head to the side, with a finger he lifted my chin up so that we were eye to eye. "This isn't goodbye forever, trust me" he said.
Xander's P.O.V1
It was hard saying that, it wasn't goodbye, we will keep her close. Soon she will join us and we will move back into the pack house. The main reason I let her go is for her to say goodbye, but how can I tell her that.
How can I tell my little Sophie that she is going back to say goodbye to her family and in a few weeks they will never see each other again? How am I going to say that? She will be broken.
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For us to be together we have to let the people here let go of her, we will have to make all trace of her disappear, and we will bring her into a completely different world from where she comes from.
I feel like a monster for doing this, but the safety of our Luna's is our main priority, Jeremy will agree with me when he realizes why we have to do this.
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Jessie opened mind-link "don't do this Xander, she needs us, I can feel her confusion, she feels unwanted". I shook my head and gave Jessie a begging look "please don't make this harder than it is" I told her back through the mind-link.
Jessie moved forward and took Sophie's hand, she was about to say something but started sobbing instead. Jeremy grabbed his sister and pulled her into a hug, he whispered sweet nothings into her ear and caressed her back while comforting her.
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I looked at Sophie and brought my hands to her temples "I'm sorry" I told her in a whisper and saw her collapse into my arms.5
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As I sat beside her on her bed I heard a girls voice approach "Soph?!" I hid behind the door to see the intruder. A girl who was an exact copy of my little Sophie walked in and jumped on the bed on top of Sophie.
I looked at Sophie and she woke up slowly. Sophie looked around the room confused and watched her copy sitting on top of her stomach. "Emma what are you doing?" Sophie asked tiredly.
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The girl – Emma laughed "don't you question me! you completely vanished from school". Sophie looked at her in disbelief "I did?" she asked.
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Jeremy's P.O.V
He left with her. He took her away from me, from us. Jessie held me close and let me be sad in her arms, but she was too, she was just as frustrated of letting go of her as I was. But Jessie, Xander and I we just all handle our frustrations differently.
If I didn't have Jessie in my arms I would run after them and fight with Xander, he is my mate and my dominant but Sophie is my mate and a submissive at that, she can't make decisions herself, she is taking orders, not giving and that kills me knowing that she will do everything she is asked.
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She needs to be around us. She needs our guidance. She needs our protection. But Xander wants her to have a goodbye moment with her family. That will only break her more... we should just take her and leave this place before they get here.
I felt a wet spot on my chest where Jessie held her face, she was crying. Xander denied seeing what the best to do is in this situation. This decision of his will end up breaking all four of us.
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I kissed her on her forehead and rubbed her back "shush love, she will come back" I told her not knowing if I was lying or not, I really wish I wasn't lying.
Jessie looked up at me with watery eyes "she will never forgive us" she said with a broken voice. I wondered if I looked any better than her, my voice was better but my eyes wanted badly to let the frustrations out.
She was right, she would never understand it, she will hate us for taking her away. But she simply just doesn't understand that if we stay here they'll find us and they will do everything to get to us, with Sophie as our weak spot we are an easy target, she doesn't stand a chance against them if they got to her.
I felt my heart break, I held even closer to Jessie as pictures of Sophie being hurt popped up in my mind. The first tear threatened to fall but I had to be strong for Jessie.
Slowly I pulled back to get a better view of Jessie. Her eyes was red and swollen and her breathing uneven because of her crying. I send the image to Xander unsure of why I even did that. Xander is my mate, but he is hurting my other mate, I wanted him to feel guilt, to be just as miserable as Jessie and I.
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Most of all I wanted him to bring her back.
Xander's P.O.V2A picture of a crying Jessie came through from Jeremy. How can he be so selfish? I am aware that he is hurt, but I am hurt too. I don't want to do this, but in the other hand I just can't take her away from everything she knows.15
Jeremy opened mind link to have a private conversation that couldn't be heard by Jessie or even Sophie who can get into mind-link conversations when we teach her how to.
Jeremy: You have to bring her back, this is breaking all of us
Me: No, she needs to say goodbye
Jeremy yelled: You are not thinking clearly, you can't give her everything, either you bring her back or you let her go, and you are not letting her go!
Me: she is just a kid, if we take her away now she will never forgive us for never letting her say goodbye
Jeremy: you honestly think this is the best way to do this????!!!3
Me: What other choices do we have?!
Jeremy: Make her say goodbye tonight and then you bring her home, understood?22I didn't like Jeremy ordering me around as if he is in charge of ne, he needs to know his place or else he will be in trouble.13Pictures of Sophie in pain popped into my mind as Jeremy send the pictures. I growled at the thought of her being in pain and was close to lose my temper. My anger was pointed at Jeremy for disrespecting me as his alpha, dom and mate.13I listened to Sophie's copy while she was blackmailing her, Sophie just went with it like a true submissive and at that realization something clicked in me. I couldn't let her go, I couldn't walk away from her,!she will be hurt, she will miss us... she will go insane. This was a mistake.1As I was thinking about how devastated she would be I realized that these were my feelings and I didn't want to let her go.