<span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family:Open Sans">Blue put on pants, at least, but it wouldn't help them when it came to the damage already done with his parents and Vincent had already gotten an eyeful. Blue had come to get in between them when Louis got in Eivind's face, making his accusations. The situation was escalating, and even with Blue denying it, they weren't going to believe their hunting story any more than the doctors had. Blue tried to stop him, but they needed to admit something or they were going to be forced to admit more than they wanted. Eivind divulged some of what he felt was safe while keeping most of what was personal to Blue protected, and without reporting the local werewolf population.<br/>
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Blue picked up the story, starting to fill in what his parents wanted to know. It was all true, except that instead of any normal wildlife he could have encountered, he wandered upon something far more sinister. Katherine looked shocked to hear her son had been attacked by a wolf, but one thing neither parent could argue was that the marks were not made by a human. They were angry, jagged lines, obviously from uneven fangs. An expert might be able to tell them it was from something with a bite pattern larger than any known species of wolf, but luckily his parents weren't.<br/>
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Blue had to lie about the circumstances in which Eivind found him, and that was one thing the wolf had to be guilty over. He'd not happened across Blue, but his pack had moved in a calculated fashion to dispose of a human caught in a trap. Blue made it seem as if he'd saved him, but Eivind wouldn't go so far. The wolf was frowning, listening to all the things Eivind had done to try to get Blue back together. He showed his parents proof. Eivind didn't imagine this was going over well with his parents. It probably just sounded as if Eivind had come in and took advantage of Blue when he was vulnerable and afraid, and perhaps under normal circumstances, he would have had no business persuing Blue. He was his mate though, and Eivind couldn't have stayed away if he'd have tried.<br/>
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When Blue faltered, Louis pressed his son to go on, likely looking for cracks to get through. Eivind wasn't prepared for what spilled forth from the young man's mouth.<br/>
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<i>I love him</i>.<br/>
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The wolf simply stared at Blue, listening to him go on, coming forward with his feelings in earnest. He'd been affectionate, but Eivind hadn't thought he felt so strongly. Eivind knew his own feelings, but he was older, and instinct came easy. Maybe it wasn't nearly so far off for Blue as he thought. It was all very human feelings, love, and marriage, but Eivind was pleased to hear them out loud. On top of all that, Blue made it very clear he wasn't leaving. It wasn't enough for them, and then Vincent was filling in the silence with reminders of Eivind's temperament. Blue lunged at him again, but then Louis was filling the room with his commanding voice. Blue was too young, and his parents still wanted him home. He was speaking in French next, and Eivind could only assume it was a finalization.<br/>
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Blue looked as if he was on the verge of a meltdown, and he wrapped his arms around Eivind, pressing his face down against him. Eivind slid his arms around his mate, wanting to keep him close especially after all the tender things he'd just admitted.<br/>
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“It's okay, Blue,” Eivind told him, his voice soft, but when he spoke next, it wasn't.<br/>
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“I respect that you two are his parents, but I don't think I made myself clear before. I don't think you're hearing him, either. He's not leaving, and I've just about had it listening to you order him around,” he spoke, voice meeting Louis' in authority, patience thin.<br/>
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“You <i>aren't</i> going to make him, and I'll be damned if I sit here and watch anyone put their hands on him and try.” Eivind was staring hard across the room at Blue's father, making it clear what he wouldn't tolerate. He didn't want to, but he had no trouble throwing Louis out on his ass if he got physical with Blue. Eivind moved him and Blue out of the door frame, giving his parents a clear path to leave, and hopefully to take Vincent with them. There was anger obvious in the tight coiling of Eivind's muscles, but he clutched Blue gently, watching closely to see how the other male would handle the situation now.</span></span>