Haven 4: Back Roads

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Authors: Gabrielle Evans
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the damn questions in the first place.
    “You like Bannon, right? More than just a friend?” Willow asked.
    Galen nodded. “Yes.” He wouldn’t deny that he was insanely attracted to the man and loved spending time with him.
    “So, forget all the paranormal bullshit, and just let it happen. At least give yourself a chance to find out if he’s the one. If it’s meant to be, it’ll happen. Stop trying to force it and contain it all inside a box of logic. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that love is not in any way logical.”
    And wasn’t that the fucking truth.

Chapter Seven
    “Aye, he’s comin’. We’ll be ready tomorrow night.”
    “I need you to leave now. There’s a plane waiting at the airstrip.”
    “Well, that’s all fine, Torren, except that we don’t know where we’re goin’.” Bannon squeezed the phone tighter and pinched the bridge of his nose with the other hand. “It’s gonna take time.”
    “We don’t have time, Bannon. It’s less than four weeks until Halloween.” There was a significant pause before Torren spoke again.
    “Have you claimed Galen yet?”
    Bannon hung up the phone. Then he went a step further and turned it off completely. Torren Braddock could go fuck himself.
    There was very little that Bannon wouldn’t do for his own brothers, but he’d never force anyone to mate against their will—no matter how much it would help.
    There was a good chance that Galen would be able to help him without bonding them. Torren had to know that. At the very least, it seemed like he should have suggested they try it. So, why did he want them mated so badly?
    Whatever. Bannon quit. He just quit it all. Galen didn’t want him.
    The Council just wanted to use him. His brothers were busy with their own jobs and lives, and he barely saw them anymore. He was a shifter living in a house full of vampires. Very rarely was he not surrounded by people, and yet he’d never felt more alone in his life.
    And though he felt alone, he also felt suffocated. “Fuck it.” With a loud growl, he launched his phone across the room where it smashed into the wall with a satisfying crunch. Jumping up from his mattress, he stomped to his bedroom door and jerked it open, only to stumble to a halt when he found Galen standing there with his hand poised to knock. “What?”
    It wasn’t fair, and he knew it. He really wasn’t angry at Galen.
    The man had every right to refuse him. There were a number of other things that were pissing him off, though, and right or wrong, Galen was an available target for his frustrations.
    “Can we talk?”
    “No.” He’d talked until he was blue in the face. Nothing he’d said would change Galen’s mind, and he’d run out of things to say. He was fed up with the back and forth, hot and cold. Galen wanted them to be together, but only under his terms. He wasn’t even willing to meet Bannon halfway.
    “Please?”
    “No. Now move.” Bannon wasn’t asking for the world. He wasn’t asking for Galen to gift wrap the moon for him. He was just asking for a fucking chance! It wasn’t as though he expected his mate to just roll over, expose his belly, and pant to be petted. He knew he’d have to work for it, earn Galen’s trust. How the hell was he supposed to do that if Galen wouldn’t let him?
    “Bannon, stop being a dick and let me in.” He’d bent over backward to meet every one of Galen’s demands and now he was a dick? Priceless. “Ya wanted me to leave ya alone. It’s the least ya can do for me.”
    “I never said I wanted you to leave me alone. You’re the one who jumped up and ran out of the room like it was on fire. I’m sorry that I hurt you, and don’t tell me that I didn’t. I know you, whether you want to admit it or not.” He stepped closer so that his chest bumped against Bannon. “Why can’t I be with you without you claiming me?” Yes, why Bannon , his dick seemed to scream at him as it took notice of his mate’s nearness

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