“I bet it’s Marcus.”
“We think so, too,” says Damian. “But Nora thinks someone helped him, and she’s probably right. That sicko couldn’t have gotten in so easily.”
“Who then? The Jade Moon banished him, right?” Asks Liam.
“What about the Sapphire Moon? They hate us.”
“They wouldn’t stoop so low has to help a shithead like Marcus,” Growls Damian.
“Guys, I have something to tell you.”
All three of them turn their heads to me, and I suddenly feel awkward, but I must tell them. Damian promised not to keep secrets anymore; I should do the same. Moreover, this is important. I turn to Damian, trying not to worry too much.
“Damian, promise me you won’t get angry.”
“Wow, now coming from you, that doesn’t sound good.”
“Shut up, Liam. Damian, please.”
He looks at me for a few seconds, visibly lost by my request, and retakes my hand. “I won’t, but Nora, what is it?”
“I... I had a bit of a fight with Alessandra King earlier today.”
“You had what?”
Damian’s Alpha aura immediately acts out, and for once, my wolf isn’t feeling too great about it. Both Nate and Liam look at me with shocked faces, too, but their oldest brother worries me the most. He jumps off the sofa and looks at me with an expression I can’t decipher, something between rage and incredulity. Well, I don’t care, but he better not be angry at me now! My wolf remembers the very disagreeable experience and agrees with me.
“You said you wouldn’t get angry!” I protest. “Plus, she started it, she came to the restaurant looking for me.”
“Looking for trouble, you mean. How typical of King,” mutters Nathaniel.
“What did she say?” Asks Damian, in his ice-cold tone.
I tell them all about Alessandra’s words and how I stood up to her. Liam can’t help himself and interrupts me a couple of times to react, but both Nathaniel and Damian are staring at me until I’m done. Telling them about that stupid fight annoys me again when I have to remember all of Alessandra’s words. When I’m done, I’m just as mad as I previously was.
“I didn’t want to have to stoop to her level, but she started it, Damian, and I was not going to back off.”
A few seconds of silence follow I’m waiting for their reaction. Finally, Liam breaks the silence first.“That’s our girl! I’m proud of you, Nora, though I wish you had bitten her, too.”
“Well, I’m not going to say you were wrong, either,” says Nate. “And King was wrong from A to Z, coming to look for Nora in the first place.”
Eventually, all eyes turn to Damian, waiting for his reaction. I get it a second before his brother, through my wolf.Our mate is mad. Really, really mad.
In a split second, I see a sudden movement, and the large table loudly breaks in two under Damian’s fist.
“That’s expensive...” Sighs Nathaniel, rolling his eyes.
“I can’t believe the nerve of that woman! How dare she threaten you! And making fun of our bond on top of that? Who the hell does she think she is!”
“I don’t care about her threats, Damian. I don’t want that woman anywhere near you or telling me if I deserve to be with you or not.”
“Well, I care! If the Gold Moon Clan wants war, they are going to have it!”
Oh, Moon Goddess, this is so not what I planned. I get up and grab his arm, trying to have him calm down. To mysurprise, Nathaniel and Liam don’t move a finger to help me reason with Damian, just watching the two of us.
“Damian, calm down. This is not worth blowing your partnership with their Clan.”
“Nora is right, Damian,” says Nathaniel. “The current situation is too tense to make such decisions.”
