Their Secret Obsession (A Reverse Harem) by Pippa Moon
Chapter 0201

"No. We need her to hate us, for a time. She needs a reason to not allow us anywhere near her, to make her think she is rejecting us.. For real." I sighed, getting up off the bed to pace the room and work through the tension forming behind my eyes.

"A ruse... So we are not only fooling the moon goddess but your mate." Astaroth asked with a small glimmer of excitement tainting his words.

"It will be worth it in the end, if it means we get to keep her safe and our pups. As long as I have your assurance when all this is done, and her heart is broken.. You will keep her safe because she will have to leave the pack.."

"NO!" Knox spouted, his eyes meeting mine in a challenge. "This isn't just your relationship, Kane! You can't control everything."

"YES, Knox! I am not trying to control things, I am trying to find a way to keep her safe! Keep our babies safe! Fuck can't you see how hard this is going to be for her? She can go with Chase, Adam and Liam to learn about her family. It gets her away from Anthony, away from my family and that scumbag Mike."

"You are throwing her out of the frying pan and into the fire." Chase snapped, glaring at me.

"I thought you said she was strong!" I reminded him with a firmness I had been holding back on out of respect for his relationship to Charlotte, but if he thought he knew her well enough to make decisions for her, he was wrong.

"I DID but this is suicide." He seethed loudly as his anger got the better of him.

"Shh, you'll wake her." I hissed, but Astaroth waved his hand again dismissively.

"She isn't waking up. Magic perk." He winked, as my face twisted with rage "I mean right now, she will when I leave." He added his hands in the air in surrender.

"Well, I have a plan... I will discuss it with Knox and if he agrees, can you promise to keep her safe?"

"You are really putting your faith in a demon?" Chase demanded, looking at me with hatred.

"I was talking to your dipshit." I groaned.

"Adam, Liam and I would never let anything happen to her." Chase sighed, crossing his arms over his chest.

"He is angry at you but excited to get some alone time with her." Astaroth nodded over at Chase as he read his mind. "However, this one... is debating punching you in the face." He added looking at Knox, who had remained deadly silent.

"She will never forgive us if he is thinking what I think he is." He finally uttered, his heart heavy with worry. And I got that, but it was a risk we needed to take for Charlotte.

"She will... When she learns it was all a ruse." I tried to reason with everyone.

"No, she will be hurt that we didn't have faith that she could do what was needed. She is independent, Kane, I know you like to wrap her in cotton wool, but shit brother, has she not already proved that she can hold her own." Know pleaded with ne openly, and I knew to some degree he was right.

"Yes, and she has made many sacrifices to protect us... it's time we made some of our own."

"This is bullshit!" Knox growled, his eyes filled with tears as he looked down at her. "And I am not taking any credit for it, Kane. If you want to do this, then fine... but don't expect me to be OK with it OR stay away from her because that is like asking the sun not to shine! It's impossible."

"Times up... I will see you in a few hours, I will get things moving on my end." And with that, he was gone in a puff of dramatic red smoke, and given the look on my brother's face, so was his respect for me apparently.