"We are riding this next" Ezra shows the map to his mate. They were in the amusement park for two hours now and Ezra was having the time of his life. All his dreams from childhood were coming true one by one.

Both of them have tried every other ride in the big, theme park but mostly it was Ezra who did it.

"No, we are not" and the funny part was that this huge beta wolf was actually a scaredy-cat.

"Yes, we are. This looks so much fun, Duncan" Ezra shows the picture.

"That looks death to me" Duncan replies which Ezra laughs at. "Don't laugh" the beta warns.

"How can I not? You are so funny" Ezra hits Duncan on the arm, playfully.

"Whatever" the beta eye rolls. He barely rode any of the rides except the children train which hardly took him in, but he was proud of it.

"Come on, Duncan"

"No"

"Fine. If you get in with me now. I will reward you with a kiss" Ezra offers. Duncan gives in his interest for the tempting offer but shakes his head declining it.

"I can have many more kisses in the future if I stay alive. So, no thanks" he refuses it firmly.

"Ugh! You are such a scaredy-cat" Ezra states.

"Don't call a wolf, a feline" the beta warns with a low growl.

"But, that's what you are, scaredy-cat" the young alpha teases with Silver laughing at the back.

"Ezra"

"Cat?" he mocks.

"Fine!" he finally gives in and follows his mate to the roller-coaster with reluctant steps.

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"Come on, Duncan" Ezra pulls on to the beta's arm to get inside the entrance of the ride. But, the beta stood with one hand down and glue clasped legs. "Dun-can" the alpha tried again pulling on his arm but he did not move an inch, instead pulled Ezra back.

"Are you going or not, sir?" the ride in charge asks.

"We are"

"We are not"

Both of them answer in unison making the man roll his eyes. "We are going" Ezra fills in immediately and glares at Duncan. "Move" he warns with squinted eyes which do scare the beta. He, with slow and forceful legs, gets on the ride.

"Hold on this, okay?" Ezra explains showing the rod-like handle in front of their seat.

"I know!" the beta replies with attitude and sulky face. Ezra laughs internally enjoying this so much.

"The ride will start in 3... 2... 1..."

*whistle*

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH"

that was Duncan.

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The coaster comes to halt after a good five minutes of ride. The people unbuckle the seats and step out of their place with shaky and jello legs. The couple too comes out of the ride and walks down to the exit without uttering a word.

Complete silent.

Reaching down, Duncan and Ezra stand looking ahead of them without a noise until Duncan speaks.

"OH MY GOD!" his face glows so brightly with a huge smile.

"Oh my God" Ezra groans beside the beta.

"Let's do this again!" Duncan smiles and pulls Ezra to the entrance of the same ride.

"I'm going to throw up" Ezra mutters and starts pulling Duncan in the opposite direction, towards the bathroom.

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"That was so much fun" Duncan smiles from ear to ear eating the lunch. They completed their date at the park and now decided to have lunch when Ezra had his stomach in control.

"I told you" Ezra smiles munching on the chicken.

"Let's do this again, Ezra"

"Definitely"

The beta sighs contently looking at his mate across the table. Glittery feelings bloom in his stomach as a small smile stays on his lips.

"What?" Ezra asks smiling silly at his mate.

"I love you" Duncan states within a heartbeat. Pink shades Ezra's cheeks as he bites his lips to stop smiling.

"Cringe much" he fakes a smirk making Duncan raise his brows.

"Is that so? Fine then, pay the bill and meet me outside" Duncan gets up from the chair and walks out of the restaurant with a smug look.

"Dun-"

"Your bill, sir" the waiter stops Ezra from leaving the table.

"Asshole" he mumbles.

"Pardon me?" the waiter asks.

"No, nothing. How much?" Ezra glares at the beta, through the glass door, who stood leaning back on the pole and hands folded with an annoying smile on his face.

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"Easton, please. I said that I'm sorry"

Blake kept pleading with his hands to his side and legs sprinting fastly after the older alpha. Easton had a "not so pleased" look on his face while he roamed around the room cleaning up the mess, which he hadn't done in so long thanks to someone.

He didn't give an ear to the boy following him, begging to forgive him. Aziel also was uneasy to watch his mate miserable but Easton was dormant on his decision of not talking to Blake for a while, at least.

He looks pitiful.

"I know"

He is suffering.

"So we are"

But-

"No, Aziel. He is being worst and you know it. Two days ago, he raised his hand against Christopher. And from that time to now, we have fought at every little thing possible. This is bad"

..............

Ever since the day Blake lost his calm against Chris, he and Easton have fought countless times which scared the older alpha. Not even when they were new to each other, they fought like this. In the last fight, they had a few minutes ago, Blake came on Easton for no real reason and it impacted Easton very deeply.

He was shaken at his mate's behavior, and he knew that this wasn't normal. However, after every fight they had, Blake came apologizing for his attitude and the older alpha forgave him.

But, not this time.

This time Easton had enough. He decided to keep his mouth shut and not to talk to Blake for not making things worse than they already were. If he forgives Blake again, both of them might lead their way to another horrible battle and he hated the idea of that.

He valued this relationship very much to do that. And he also realized that the Blake he knew, would never lift a hand against him. There was something fishy about all this. So, he decided to wait for Tib to confirm certain things. And then solve all this with his mate.

The couple kept roaming around the room with constant apologies but the older kept quiet. "E-Easton, I'm sorry" the younger alpha broke down.

He was hurt, internally, physically, mentally. Everything hurt. Mostly because his mate won't talk to him. Blake was aware of his actions for the past few days but he couldn't even understand the reason behind it. All he could feel was, everything would go blank in a second and a nerve would start twitching in his head, wanting him to destroy anyone standing before him. Verbally or physically. It sometimes would be his father and the other time his mate.

He repented those words and actions with every single fiber of his body but the loss would've been done already. But, damage as big as this which will take Easton away from him was not worth it. "E-Easton" his eyes welled up with tears as his voice shook.

He felt overwhelmed. He had no idea what was going on with his brain, neither did his wolf knew the situations. He cursed at himself at the thought of hitting his mate. He was disgusted and felt lower than a leech.

"I hate this"

It's not your fault, Blake.

"It is. How could I raise a hand against the one I love most in this entire world? I'm awful"

No, you are not, Blake. I know Easton doesn't give a fuck about your attitude. He cares about you.

"But, he won't talk to me"

He will. I know.

The older alpha's hands came to a halt listening to the change of tempo in his mate's voice. He puts down the book he was cleaning, immediately and turns back to face Blake.

Turning completely back, he finds the other alpha shaking, with tears running down his fair face. He kept staring at Easton with lips pulled down, red cheeks, and an equally bright nose. All of it hit Easton like a truck as he rushed to embrace his mate in his arms. Blake crashed down even more holding on to his mate's shirt. "I'm sorry" he cried harder.

"Shhh. It's all good" Easton cooed his mate patting him on the head and stroking the smooth strands. "Shh, it's okay, babe" he kissed on the temple and hugged the miserable boy tighter.

"I don't k-know" the younger alpha voice hitched while he tried to explain what was wrong with him. But, neither did he have an idea.

"I know, I know" Easton tried to calm his mate down. Of course, he knew that this wasn't Blake's fault. But, all he did wanna do was try and stop their arguments before he learns the reason behind all this.

"I'm sick, ain't I? Something is w-wrong with me" he hicked gasping for air and indulging more into the cry.

He was scared. The feeling of losing everything near to you because you couldn't keep a hold of your actions terrified him.

"No, you are not" Easton pulls back from the hug and strokes his little mate's cheek. "Nothing is wrong with you" he continues counseling and wiping the tears off Blake's face.

"Easton, I don't know how I-" a finger is placed on Blake's lips stopping his words right there.

"I know, baby. I already spoke to Tib about this. We will get through this so let's not fight, please" Easton explains which Blake nods with eyes full. "Aww, don't cry now" Easton chuckles which makes Blake cry harder.

"Aw, man"

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"Hello there, Mrs. Jensen, oh, I'm sorry you aren't a Jensen anymore" Tib evilly smirked "....or are you? I mean you can be, going by the fact that you are still with a "Jensen" but...."

Cora's eyes twitched in anger but she knew that she can't possibly win against this mixed creature. At least not alone. "...ugh. Never mind all these formalities" his smirk stretched as he stated the next "Hey there, witch!"

"What is it that you require, Tiberius?" the woman replied in a calmer voice quite contrary to what she felt inside at the moment.

"I'm surprised you remember my name, but then again I am not someone who you can forget" Tib batted his eyes feeling proud about his face. He was much more confident about his appearance than he was of his magic. Maybe 99 for magic, 100 for the mug look.

"Well, true. "Pains in the ass" in a witch's area are quite rare" the former luna replied which barely affected Tib's expression. In fact, all it did was make it sharper. "...and rememberable"

"Haha. I appreciate the title" he smiles wider. Cora continued washing the vegetables she bought for the dinner. "Mind if I ask, why are you the one cooking? You just got up from bed after struggling for "six" years, no?" he quoted sarcastically.

Both of them knew the truth. And also they did know that the other one was aware of their past. "It's a hobby" Cora dodges the questions with not much to say.

"Ah..." the half-vampire trails off. "Or it is easy to stupefy Blake this way" Tib just states in simple making Cora drop the cabbage she was holding.

"W-what are you talking about?" Cora stumbles on her words.

"I can make it sound louder, Cora. But, your son is right upstairs" Tib warns. He was irritated for two reasons.

One, he was disturbed on a Sunday morning -when he was having the time of his life, eating his favorite ice cream as breakfast- by Easton who looked almost dead.

Two, Duncan rubbed it off in his face taking Ezra out on a date while he sat here dealing with "pack" stuff, where he didn't even belong and moreover, haven't gotten laid in weeks.

And this woman was not making it any easy.

"I seriously don't know what you talking about" Cora states making her voice sound firm.

"Ugh! Don't make me do things which I don't plan to, Cora. I am warning you" Tib alerts with a very serious forehead scrunch. The woman's eyes shift from place to place and to anywhere but the man standing right next to her. She tries to run the gears in her mind and unravel the dilemma.

Yet, the only thing comes to her mind was to "deny" the blames.

"I still d-don't understand" she struggles.

"Fine!" A rise in the half-vampire's voice makes her flinch. "I'm going to remove the drug you put in him and then be ready for the warfare" he had no time for drama being surrounded by couples day and night made him recalls things he never wanted to.

So all he would do for now was close this shitty case here and move back to his territory. "Tibe-" Cora tries to reconcile but the vampire was gone into the thin air. "Shit!"

The only way Cora can separate the two alphas was by creating misunderstandings between them. But, Blake went against his mother protecting Easton when she tried to bad-mouth him. That left Cora with one choice, hypnotize the younger alpha and she did with the potion that would affect his brain's anger levels.

However, now her plan didn't seem to be going any forward, thanks to Tib's interference.

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"This was not supposed to be here, Easton. You have to put the headphones on the right side of the desktop, not on the left" Blake lectures with not so calm voice. Easton sighs at the behavior and puts the headphones on the right.

"My bad," he says with a low voice not to create another drama.

"Why that sigh? Do you think I am annoying?" Blake tries it again to pick up a fight. It was just five minutes ago when the young alpha was apologizing for his mistakes and now here he was doing another. If it was the old Easton Knight with pride and ego painted on his forehead, and if Blake was not his mate, the younger alpha would not have been in a position to talk.

"No" Easton states again with a soft voice.

"But, your actions say otherwise, Easton Knight. You aren't looking me in the eye while talking. Are you ashamed of me?" Blake's mind was working in several wrong ways, this was going out of hand with time and Kai was as usual blocked out.

"No, Blake. Of course not" Easton made eye contact with his mate and saw the empty, and glossiness. It was like the orbs were covered and have been controlled by a power, invisible to the naked eye. It was all robotic.

"Yes, it is, Easton" Blake glares at his mate. Aziel was trying his best to be calm at the rising challenge but he kept telling himself that this wasn't Blake. "Let's reject and end it once for all then!" Blake shouts which breaks the patience level of the older alpha.

"BLAKE!" Easton yells with his adrenaline flowing fast. All the words hurt him less than the word "reject". It was indeed going out of hand. Whoever behind this, wanted both of them to end things and these fights were definitely indicating towards that.

The loud voice and growl pull Blake out of whatever trance he was in. He blinks with a blank face as the words he just said came hitting back. A realization comes to his face as his heart falls. "W-what I-" he stumbles upon his words.

Why did he talk about rejection? This wasn't even a thought he would give a chance to appear in his mind. He would wish to die before even wanting to reject his mate. "No, I-"

"That's it, Blake. I had enough" Easton states with a firm voice and a serious look. "You just said that you would stay calm and happy for both of us. And now you are losing your shit again" the older alpha takes a deep breath.

"Easton-"

"No!" he puts up a hand to stop Blake from whatever he was planning to tell. He had enough. He can't possibly stay under the same roof, with a man who keeps losing his temper for no reason. "Mentioning "rejection" was taking it to the other level" the words lazed a lot of disappointment.

"I didn't mean to, Easton. I-I'm sorry" Blake begged with tears reappearing in his eyes.

"How many times will you feel sorry?" The older alpha protested. "I can't anymore, Blake. You stay here with your anger, and watch me leave the house" Easton goes straight to the cupboard.

"Easton, no-" Blake rushes after his mate. "Easton, I'm sorry" he begs following the older alpha hot on his tail. The tears kept coming down his face. This wasn't meant to happen. Sadness lazed through their bond which broke hearts.

He stopped the older alpha by the arm. The shock waves followed at the touch but they weren't the usual joyful ones. "P-Please, Easton. I have n-no idea how this is h-happening but I'm sorry" Blake states between his cries.

It broke Easton's heart to see his mate this miserable but he was sure he would lose his mind if he stays for few more minutes.

He took a hold of Blake's hand on his arm and removed it with a strike. Blake gaped at the thrown hand and then looked at his mate. "E-Easton?" the younger alpha was perplexed.

So, this is how rejection felt like?

"Say it now" the voice boomed in Easton's head.

"You wanted a rejection right?" Easton asked gulping down the rising water.

"No..." Blake shakes his head vigorously as his body shook with terror.

"Fine. I will give you what you wanted" Easton's eyes glossed with tears as his heart wrenched.

"EASTON NO!!!!" Blake fell on his knees, crying out his heart.

"I, Easton Ace Knight-" Blake stands up immediately and plaster Easton's mouth with his hands.

"No, No no, don't say it. Shhh. Don't" he holds his palms tight against the alpha's lips desperately. He kept shaking at the terrifying words. A tear slid from the older alpha's eye and he snatches the hands away from his mouth.

"I, Easton Knight-"

"NO!!!!!!!!" Blake falls back on the ground and holds Easton's legs, crying.

"-reject-"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" the scream brought out everyone to their room, including his parents.

"Blake as my mate"

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the younger alpha cried clutching on his mate's legs. "No-" Easton steps back from his weeping mate, pulling away his legs from the other alpha's hold, and grabs the packed bag from the bed.

"No, Easton. Don't go. Don't leave me" Blake begs running after the older alpha. "Easton-" Easton marches out of the room to witness Christopher and Cora standing at the stairs with questionable looks. Blake comes running out of the room. "Easton, no. Wait!" he sprints after the alpha but Easton doesn't stop.

"Easton, wait!" he falls on his hands, from the stairs missing three steps on the way. Bruising his legs badly.

"Blake-" Christopher steadies him, but the younger alpha rejects the arms and tries to run again. Easton doesn't stop until he reaches outside the door and hears another scream following.

"I LOVE YOU, EASTON. DON'T LEAVE ME! "