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1 " Excuse me for wondering why my f*ing brothers gave you a bottle of lube. "
― T.J. Klune , Brothersong (Green Creek, #4)
2 " It was warm like a summer day. It was candy canes and pinecones, it was epic and awesome, it was dirt and leaves and rain, it was grass and lake water and sunshine.It was a forest so alive, so untouched. "
3 " I’ve been to your house.”“You have,” Gordo said. “You pissed in my kitchen. You remember?”Gavin shrugged. “Nope.”“Really? Because that was a lot of piss that I had to—oh, fuck you, man. You’re yanking my chain, aren’t you.”Gavin laughed. “Yeah. Yanking your chain. So much piss. "
4 " Livingstone,” Gavin said again, almost stubbornly. “I call him Livingstone. Not Dad. I had….”“You had,” I said, squeezing his hand.He glanced at me quickly before looking back down at the table. “I had Dad. Mom too. Not real parents. But still good.”“What happened to them?” Robbie asked quietly.“Dead,” Gavin said in a dull voice. “Long time ago. Still human when it happened. Car accident. I didn’t know what to do. After. Then I was wolf. Then I was Omega. And now I’m here.”All those years broken down into a few short sentences. I wondered if I would ever know all that had happened to him or if it would be locked away in his mind. Memories hurt when you let them. "
5 " Use your fork.”“No.”“Gavin, I swear to god, if you—don’t do it. Don’t pick the mashed potatoes up again with your hand.”He stared at me as he did it anyway. Making sure I was watching, he shoved the food into his mouth again. "
6 " And then I saw him.In the snow.Behind the trees.A white wolf. Black on his back and chest.His eyes burned red.He said chase me i love you chase me.I said, “Daddy?” because I was just a little boy again, and my father, my father was there, and he was never going to leave me, he was never going to leave me again.He ran.I chased after him.Tree branches slapped against my face and chest, sharp stings as the blanket flared around me. I almost dropped it. I almost let it go.PackLoveSon to me to me come to me "
7 " We must remember to say what’s in our hearts aloud because we can never know if it’ll be the last time we’ll ever get the chance. "
8 " I just don’t have any idea what I’m doing.”“Do we ever?”“We say we do. "
9 " Stay here. I can stay here. You go. Run.”“Really.”“Yes.”“Okay. If that’s what you want. I mean, I could probably die or something, but you do you.”He jerked his head up as he growled. “Die?”I nodded solemnly. “Might trip over a tree root and break my neck. Or Ox could jump on me and crush my liver. Who the fuck knows?”“Stupid Carter,” Gavin said.“Stupid Carter,” I agreed.“Know what you’re doing.”“I have no idea what you’re talking about. So I’m just gonna go, I guess. Don’t know if I’ll ever come back, seeing as how I might be dead and all. If only there was someone out there who could have my back and—”He put his hand over my mouth. “Stop talking. You make it worse.” His nostrils flared. “Fine. I’ll go. Stupid Carter always almost dies. "
10 " He sees through that, though. I exasperate him, I annoy him, and he scowls at me like he wants to punch my fucking teeth down my throat. And it all goes away when he says thump, thump, thump. Because he hears my heart and it anchors him. How can I say no to that? Who cares if he’s a man or a woman or somewhere in between? It doesn’t matter. All I care about is that he sees me. Like, really sees me. And I see him. "
11 " He said, “Listen well, my son.”He said, “Listen with all your might.”He said, “Your pack is howling you home. "
12 " Remember something for me, okay? When the moon is full and bright and you’re singing for all the world to hear, I’ll be looking up at the same moon, and I’ll be singing right back to you. For you. Always you. "
13 " Why are you here? What do you want?"I closed my eyes. "To feel like I'm awake. "