"You and Fenr..." Jeremy begins, but Fenris cuts him off.
"Jeremy," he says his name like a warning, his voice low but sharp, as if hearing the truth again might shatter something inside him..
or maybe it's not even about that.
Maybe it's about Axel.
Maybe he doesn't want Axel to hear the truth like this, not when it'll sound like a confession or an excuse.
Maybe he's just not ready for Axel to find out that the attraction he's been feeling toward Fenris isn't completely his own, that it's been shaped by a force neither of them can fully control.
A force that has been manipulating him from the start.
But Jeremy doesn't stop. He ignores Fenris completely and keeps his eyes fixed on Axel, who stands there, looking like he's bracing for another blow.
"You're mates," Jeremy says firmly. "And when I say mates, I don't mean it lightly. I mean you two were fated to be together."
