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when
    they should have been doing all they
    could to ensure her happiness.
    He moved off of her quickly then
    jerked Kadan back before he could
    reach for her. Kadan growled in
    anger, but Tristan automatically
    opened the link between them to
    share her terrible recollections.
    “Nay, mate. We would never harm
    you!” Kadan cried out as she flung
    herself away from them to curl up
    against the carved headboard.
    “Get away from me!”
    Tristan dropped to his knees beside
    the bed, wincing as she flinched
    when he reached out a hand to her.
    “Forgive me, mate. My only thought
    was to ensure you would be able to
    hear me but my hunger for you
    overtook me. We would never force
    you.” His heart broke as angry tears
    sparkled in her eyes.
    “You just did. You forced this bond
    on me, both of you. Do you think I
    like hearing your voices in my head?
    You call me your mate, but I don’t
    even know your fucking names!”
    Both brothers winced as they
    realized just how much they had
    fucked up.
    She leveled an accusing look at
    Kadan. “You told me I’d never have
    to fear you and you’d never hurt me.
    You lied!” Then she looked back at
    Tristan and he felt her revulsion like
    an arrow through his heart. “And
    you…”
    Tristan fought to try to explain his
    actions. He had never been in the
    position to explain himself to anyone
    before, but she deserved it. She
    deserved anything he could give her
    after what he’d done. “You are right.
    Nothing can excuse our behavior.
    My name is Tristan of the House of
    Akira and this is my brother Kadan.
    Our other brother’s name is Savitar.
    We have waited our entire lives to
    find a mate that would complete us
    and when we saw you, we knew you
    were meant for us. I could smell
    your desire for us.”
    “So it’s my fault?” she asked
    bitterly.
    “Nay,” Tristan said sadly as his
    broad shoulders slumped. “We are at
    fault and we will do whatever it
    takes to make it up to you, Raven.”
    “How do you know my name?” she
    asked as her eyes narrowed.
    Tristan and Kadan both tensed.
    Instinctively Tristan knew she would
    be furious that he had seen into her
    past, but he made a promise to
    himself never to lie to her. “When we
    formed the blood bond, I was able to
    see your memories.”
    She froze. “You saw…?”
    Her breath hitched and Tristan felt
    a wave of shame wrack her small
    body through their link. “Nay, you
    have nothing to be ashamed of,”
    Tristan rushed to say. He tried to
    keep his voice calm, but he was
    filled with such rage it was difficult.
    He wanted to find that male that hurt
    his mate and rip him apart with his
    bare hands.
    “It is the male who hurt you that
    deserves the shame,” Kadan added,
    his voice a low growl as he tried to
    control his rage. “I only wish I could
    kill him myself.”
    Kadan and Tristan looked at each
    other in alarm as they felt the bond
    between her and them close down as
    if she had slammed the door shut in
    her mind, blocking them out.
    “Do you feel that?” Tristan asked
    his brother.
    “I do. In fact, she has been almost
    impossible
    to
    read,”
    Kadan
    confirmed. “The only time I was
    able to reach her mind was when I
    formed the bond with her.”
    “Please, just leave me alone,”
    Raven said, her voice devoid of all
    emotion.
    “Raven—”
    Cold green eyes stared back at
    them. “I don’t think it’s too much to
    ask after what you’ve done. I get it.
    I’m stuck here. Fine. But I don’t have
    to like it.”
    “We can make you happy if you let
    us,” Kadan said softly.
    She scoffed at that. “How, by
    telling me what to do and what to
    say? You don’t even know me, but
    you’ve wasted no time telling me
    how I need to change. How would
    you feel if you suddenly found
    yourself on another planet then told
    you were virtually a slave to three
    strange men? Please, just leave.”
    “We shall give you some time to
    rest as you asked,” Kadan finally
    said after a long pause. “I