Chapter 0579

Julian glanced back at me. I gave him the best calming look I could muster. He closed his eyes and inhaled a deep breath in through the mouth, out through the nose.

"You had better listen to her, Julian," Bridget said. "Calm yourself and act like a gentleman to me for a change." Julian's calm face hardened once more. He opened his eyes and glared at Bridget.

"You wouldn't want to be cruel to me. After all, I know certain secrets about you that you wouldn't want others... like, your brother... to know."

"You don't know anything," Julian growled. Though we all knew that wasn't true.

After all, Bridget knew that Julian had a crush on me, something that Julian later admitted to me was true. If she told Nicholas that... Would it start a war between the brothers? How would that possibly resolve?

I cared for both the brothers. The last thing in the entire world I wanted was for the two of them to ruin their relationship with each other because of their feelings for me.

"Back off, Bridget," I snapped. I gently shoved against Nicholas's chest. He reluctantly loosened his hold so that I could sit up straight on my own.

then you should accept my apology," Bridget said. She

tell me himself. I certainly don't need to have some middleman trying to lord things over us." Nicholas was getting angry now. Though his Alpha rage was gone, he was

person who tried to sew discord between us,* Nicholas continued. "Nor will you be the last. But to think you might actually succeed where all the others have failed speaks to your hubris. Piper will

wide.

He leaned toward Bridget. "That's your cue to

snapped her

crew yelled, "It's

and turned from us. She

Veronica stood as well. She looked between the two

off this ship, but the air between the three of us remaining felt charged beyond belief. Julian was the

say anything," Nicholas said. He knew Julian even

this thing that she can use to

in a

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