The Beast and the Homecoming Queen (16 page)

Justin gets up and walks towards her. “I know it might get weird having Kaden and I here. But all that matters is us. I don’t want to let anything or anyone come between us.” He puts his forehead on hers, and grins. “I will get Lizzy back for you if that's what you want.”

Quinn's eyes widen. Having her sister with her will would make her life better; she needs her around to make her completely whole again. “Really how?”

“Quinn I have been watching Rose for months now, and I know she isn’t taking care of Lizzy. She has a different guy in her house every night. She drinks so much that you can make a glass ho
use out of the bottles. Plus Lizzy is a wolf I can smell it, and I have a good feeling that Rose won’t want to handle that.”

Quinn's mind goes to Lizzy she is too young to deal with all of that. “Go get your
stuff, and be back soon,” she says not waiting to be without him, but she knows he needs to take care of things.

Justin nods, and gives her a quick kiss. “Yes
, my love.” He winks and walks away.

***

As Justin and Kaden pull out of the driveway, Justin glances at his brother. They were born months apart, and Justin just found out about him three months ago. He feels likes crap for his mom, she didn’t know either, but it's common for pure males to cheat on their wives. It's a way for them to keep making more wolves without the bite.

“I don’t want to see you touching Quinn.
She is my girlfriend not yours,” Justin says, and Kaden starts laughing.

“I can't help it, when I am around her she makes me feel whole. She knows about my pas
t and doesn’t judge me.” Justin glances at Kaden and glares at him.

“You can help it, and you will. I don’t want you to touch her, and I’
m not joking. I will hurt you.” Justin stops at the stop sign.

Kaden smiles and looks at him. “You know Quinn won't like you hurting me, plus I would so win between a fight with us.”

Justin knows that is true, Quinn would be really mad. “Please just stop.” Justin turns down the street where his old large house is.

“You know she loves me too, right?” Kaden says quietly, Justin knows she does. Even if she doesn’t want to admit it, he can see it in her eyes when she looks at Kaden. Her h
eart speeds up for him and for his brother.

“I know,” h
e says as he pulls his truck into the driveway.

When they get out of the car their father walks out
light wood three story house, and he doesn’t look too happy. Things haven’t been normal between Justin and his dad since the affair came out. Justin heard her crying at night.

“What are you two doing here?” Chris asks as he is glaring at his sons.

Justin sighs and steps in front of Kaden. Since he is Quinn protector he is Kaden's now too. “We came to get our stuff, we are staying with Quinn.”

“Good,
” Chris says, and tosses two large duffle bags at them. “I already packed what you need.”

Their father walks pass them, and walks towards the shed.

“Well that is crap! I know that jerk didn’t pack my pictures,” Kaden says, and pushes pass Justin. “And what the hell, why would you stand in front me? I have never had anyone to protect me, and it's not going to start with you.” Kaden walks towards the front door.

“Well now you have me, since Quinn put her protection on you and I
put my on her. You by law are mine to protect,” Justin says and starts to follow Kaden into the house.

Kaden turns around and looks mad. “I don’t need you to do anything for me.”

Justin nods. He knows that Kaden is strong. When he first moved in their father and Kaden fought, their father said he wanted to see if Kaden was tough enough. Kaden got the crap beaten out of him the first few times, he started to keep up with their father, and even beat him one time.

“I know, but I also know Quinn would be heartbro
ken if anything happened to you,” Justin says, and Kaden smiles.

“That is true, now
let’s get what we want and go home to our Quinn,” Kaden says and walks into the house leaving Justin alone.

To
our Quinn
. He doesn’t like the sound of that. Quinn is his, but she does love Kaden. He walks inside and to his old bedroom. Soon he will be home sweet home with Quinn in his arms.

Chapter Twelve

Blood Shed

Quinn glances at the clock Justin and Kaden have been gone for just over an hour. Justin told her that they would stop at the store and get more food. Since she shifted last night she wants meat, and she wasn’t ever a meat eater.

Quinn walks up to her bedroom, and her homecoming crown catches her eye. She wondered what
happened to it, she thought she lost it. She runs her fingers against the sparkling jewels, and smiles. She still can't believe she is the homecoming queen. Quinn's mind takes her back to Jenna, and how it felt to snap her neck.

“What are you thinking about my love?” Justin's voice fills her bedroom, and she turns to look at him with tears in her eyes. He walks to her, and takes her into his arms. “It will be okay.”

Quinn shakes her head, at is against his chest. “I don’t know about that. I killed someone. I am a murder.” She cries harder, and he tightens his arms around her.

“Shh it will get better, and it did it to save your life along with Kaden's. This is why I wanted to kill her for you.” Quinn wonders if that would have been better for her, but she thinks it would have been worst. Knowing that her sweet Justin could kill would break her heart.

She wonders what people will think of her, and what will be said about Jenna's death. Quinn thinks that a change of subject is in order. “What did you guys get at the store?”

Justin knows she is changing the subject, but doesn’t push her anymore. “A lot of red meat, and veggies.”

“Good lets go and eat.” She smiles.

Justin laughs. “Okay
, but Quinn if you ever want to talk--” She pulls away from him and shakes her head.

“I know Justin, you will be here for me. Thank you, but right now I just can't talk about it.” He looks down at her.

“Fine lets go eat,” Justin says and they walk downstairs.

Kaden is cooking, and Quinn smiles. She can get used to this, being taking care of. “Can I bite people and make them a werewolf?” Quinn asks.

Kaden laughs and turns around to face her. “It can happen but it’s really rare, normally you have to be born. Either you can mate with a pure blood and get another pure blood, or you can mate with a human and get a mutt like me.”

Quinn slams her hand on the table. “I don’t want to hear you call yourself that. You are a half breed, mutt sounds dirty.”

Kaden winks, and nods. “Yes, my Princess.” He bows to her, and she rolls her eyes.

“Quinn since you are the last pure blood female you do have a role in the pack. You out rule my father, and the means the pack is yours.” Justin says, and takes one of her hands.

Quinn shakes her head, she doesn’t want to rule the pack. “I don’t want to be the pack leader.”

“Sweetheart, if you were to take over you would be the one to say what laws were in effect. You could allow pure and haft breed to be together. You could be the one that controls the punishments, and says if you want someone to die.” Kaden says, and Justin tightens his hand around hers.

“I don’t want anyone to die.” Quinn looks down.

“Then you must rule, take your place as the
Princess.” Kaden says, and Quinn looks up at him.

She looks at Justin and he smiles. “What's your role in this?”

Justin's smile fills his face. “I am your prince, and your protector.”

“I don’t need someone to protect me. I've been doing fine on my own.” Quinn says and take
s her hand away from Justin.

Justin aches his eyebrow at her. “Eating TV dinners every night is taking care of yourself? Being locked up in here is what's best for you?” Quinn glares at Justin. “Quinn I know you are heartbroken over your dad, but you have to live. You are still alive, and I love you.”
Justin says and grins at her.

“I am here for you too Quinn, and no matter how much Justin wishes I didn’t, I love you. You give me a reason to breath, and I would go on a killing rampage if you weren’
t here,” Kaden says, and Quinn's heart opens for him, a little.

Justin stands up and walks towards Kaden. “I told you, you can't say things like that. She is mine.”

He growls, and steps closer.

Quinn stands up and pushes between the boys. “Enough!” She puts a hand on each of their chest
s, and is an inch from each of their faces. “Damn it, I won't deal with this. Justin I am your girlfriend, but I won't be treated like your freaking property. I already know how Kaden feels, and I still love you.”

Quinn looks at Kaden, and his sorrow is shown on his beautiful face. “Kaden we have a connection, I can't explain it. But I am Justin's girlfriend, and you have to respect that.” Quinn pushes a little hard and they move farther apart. “Another thing, there will be no blood shed in my house. Unless I am the doing the blood shedding. Got it?”

She looks at Kaden and he nods, but looks at Justin. Quinn looks at her boyfriend, and he nods. “I'm sorry Quinn, I just don’t like hearing him say that to you. I know there is something between you two, and I don’t like it,” Justin says, and Quinn doesn’t know how to make him feel better. There is something between her and Kaden, and she doesn’t want to take it away.

Quinn looks back at Kaden, and he turns away from her. She wishes she could give her whole heart to Justin,
and then things would be easier. She shakes her head, and walks back to the table. These boys will be the death of her. Quinn puts her elbows on the table and puts her head in her hands. She might lose her mind with these two always starting things with each other.

Quinn smells food, and looks up to a plate of steak and veggies. Kaden is standing next to her. “I'm sorry Quinn, I don’t want to hurt you. I know you are wit
h Justin, I will control myself,” Kaden says, and turns around.

She doesn’t
want talk anymore; there is nothing left to say. Kaden brings Justin his food, and then Kaden sits at the table. They eat in complete silent, the only noise is chewing, and no one besides Quinn is looking at anyone.

Quinn finishes first, and sits back to watch them. “Are you guys mad at me?” Slowly to sets of different eyes look at her. Quinn would have never
guessed they are brother, they don’t look anything alike.

Kaden looks like you typical bad boy, straight long jet black hair. With a black leather jacket, and the motorcycle. Dark blue eyes,
that seems to look right to your soul. Then Justin is your clean cut boy next door. Short spiky jet-black hair and gray-yellow eyes. She now knows that the yellow is from his wolf. But somehow she feels something for both of them. Quinn knows she loves Justin, but she wonders if she can love Kaden too.

Each of them
takes one of her hands. Just is the first to speak. “Quinn I’m not mad, I could never be mad at you. It just hurts to know he loves you like I do, and somewhere inside you, you do too.” Quinn doesn’t say anything to him, and Kaden squeezes her hand.

She looks at him and he smiles. “Sweetheart I will be what you want me to be. I will be your friend if that's what you want.”

Quinn squeezes both of their hands, and smiles. “Thank you, I just want us to live peaceful together.”

Kaden smiles
his wicked smile. “You wish is our command.” Quinn takes her hands back, and laughs.

“Okay well I’m going to go lay down.” Quinn stands up and walks to the doorway. She looks over her shoulder at them and grins. “Don't kill each other when I’m sleeping. I will be pisses if I have to clean up blood.” Justin's and Kaden's laughter make her smile as she walks up the stair to her bedroom.

***

Justin glares at Kaden, as he smirk
s. “I don’t like to see her mad,” Justin says and nods towards the stairs.

Kaden loses his smirk, and nods. “I don’t either, but sometimes I can't help it. I have to tell you something.” Justin raises one of his thick black eyebrows at Kaden. “I think she is my mate.” Kaden says and smiles. Justin glares at Kaden, he is wrong. “I know she is supposed to
be yours, but she and I do have a connection.”

Justin fo
rces himself to count to twenty after ten didn’t work. After he gets most of his anger down he opens his mouth. “You are wrong, she is mine. I know she is my mate too, not yours.”

Kaden is just about to say something but a crashing sound makes them both jump up.

“What the hell?” Kaden says, and a man is standing in front of them he has a black sweatshirt and black jeans. He has a gun in his left hand.

He points the gun at Justin and he puts his hand up. “We don
’t have anything worth stealing,” Justin says with a calm voice.

The man grins and everything seems to slow down. Justin watches the man's pointer finger squeeze the trigger, and the bullet explode from the gun. Justin can feel himself being shoved out of the bullet's path. “No!” Kaden yells.