Chapter 61

Aaron doesn’t budge.

I can feel the tension rising between them.

I smile at my brother to try and lighten the mood.

He mumbles something. I’m not a wolf but I can smell the booze on him. It’s like a cloud of alcohol. Well, duh, dad d ied. Of course he may have gone on a bender. I’ve never had that luxury. Which is probably a good thing. I keep my emotions walled up tight. One drunken night might crack those walls and I imagine I’ll be a mess if I ever let all these bottled feelings free.

I look at Aaron, willing him to back up. He’s crowding both of us and it’s like a dog marking his territory.

I don’t want him here.

But I know if I’m not careful, I might reignite an all-out war.

“Come on, honey,” Aaron says. “You should go inside and get cleaned up. You need to rest. To eat.”

Honey? Honey?

endearments

with a sense of derision. The niceties now… There is no cause for them.

they make me feel. It’s too little too late, and given all he’s done to me and my family, there’s

I don’t say any of

that’s a good idea.”

like I handed

“Uh, okay. Let me show you up to your

main house-a massive Colonial with huge wh ite pillars and four stories of brick-I’m

peeling off the shutters.

flowerbeds are overrun with

expanse of manicured

walks beside me. His presence is big and looming, dangerous. But I

dark eyes are sharp and

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