BEING HIS WIFE

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"Are you going to bite Thomas?" Charlotte asks Oliver, who is leaning against the doorway as we all stand inside the police station. "You're going to bite Thomas?"

Oliver mumbles back, "To get him through the rift," at this point. In order to go closer to the officer's desk, he stops leaning against the doorway and begins strolling toward it. To our good fortune, the station wasn't occupied by anyone other than the pack.

In order to clarify, Oliver says, "It's the only way."

The question is posed by Mateo as he makes his way towards the desk where we are all seated. "Just to clarify, are you planning on biting everyone in the train station?"

I used to have a close relationship with Mateo, much like I did with Alexander. However, as he transformed into a psychopath who committed mass murder, that relationship was severed.

While Oliver is going at the plan that is resting on the table, he comments, "Now that Thomas is back, he will be able to assist us in formulating a strategy."

Eloise adds, "He's good at that," as Mateo goes past, and I nod my head in agreement with her statement. His ability to plan had always been strong.

For the second time, Mateo asks, "So the plan is to get Thomas to come up with a plan?" I roll my eyes in response to his question.

Exasperated, I say, "Please shut up," and he smiles at me as he focuses his attention on me.

"Harriet, when you were younger, I used to be your favorite. What happened?" he asks with a smug expression on his lips. "What happened?"

When I think of what Kate Benjamin had done to the Hattie family, I let out a sigh and say, "Kate Benjamin happened." A number of the people who were closest to me and to whom my family was directly attached were murdered by her.

As he whispered, "You're not totally wrong."

In continuation, he says, "Listen, we are the only ones left in Anaheim Hills. If they take us, Charlotte will be the only one left to haunt the place." Charlotte rolls her eyes in response to his comments, and he motions to her.

"That's why I'm the only person that's going in. James, Harriet, and Adam are staying here with Cole. As long as somebody is left in Anaheim Hills, the wild hunt can't move on." Oliver elaborates on a component of the strategy. Considering that one of the alphas was going to be leaving for the Wild Hunt, I was planning on staying here because it would be in my best interest to do so.

The words "I like your plan, Oliver. I really do, especially the part about turning Thomas." are spoken by Mateo as he walks back and forth. "But it can't work."

Eloise asks her father, "How do you know?" this question.

"Logic. Life experience. James, what are the odds he gets taken? What if Thomas isn't there? What if there's no Anaheim Hills for you to come back to?" Mateo continues to pontificate. A portion of what he is saying is something that I agree with, but not all of it.

My eyebrows are furrowed as I ask Mateo, "There's going to be a Anaheim Hills when he comes back. I'll be here along with James. In addition, do you have a better idea?" I question him while furrowing my face.

After a little pause, he says, "Yeah. It's called run like hell." I just roll my eyes.

As he finishes his sentence, he asks, "So, leave in five?" I scoff and then switch my attention back to the paper that is in front of us.

Eloise walks over to her father and delivers the following statement: "You promised you'd help us. We still need to find the rift."

Eloise is whispered to by Mateo, "I didn't promise to help you commit suicide," as Mateo says to her. Wow, he looked like he was truly going to be a father to his child.

According to Oliver, who is participating in the conversation, "If you can't help, we can find it ourselves."

As Mateo looks past Eloise, he turns his attention to Oliver. With a smug expression on his face, Mateo says to Oliver, "I admit that you have a knack for beating the odds. However, this is something that you don't walk away from." Mateo is strolling back towards the doors.

He says, "You run," and then he turns around and walks out the door. "You run."