“Oh, shut up, you two. I hate my first name,” she grumbles.
About an hour later, I finally exit the hospital. It is dark outside, but Damian carries me straight to the car despite my protest. I want to see my brother, but the three of them are against it.
“You need to go home and rest baby girl, you heard Nana. Your brother can wait.”
“Don’t worry, Bobo and Nate are watching him. He’s not going anywhere,” says Liam.
Damian doesn’t say a thing, but he clearly agrees with them. He’s barely said a word since the hospital. I wonder what he is thinking. But to be honest, I’m too tired for any deep thinking right now.
Once we finally reach the apartment, Damian carries me all the way to my bathroom before exiting to take a call. I can finally take the hot shower I dreamed about on the road. It was high time; I really do stink after the battle and that short swim. Tonia comes in to help me wash my hair, as I’m too tired to stand after all that. I really have to work on improving my stamina.
When I’m done, I finally feel clean in my blue pajamas. I arrange my hair in a low bun for the night and prepare myself to sleep when Tonia comes back carrying a tray with a three-course meal on it. I frown.
“No, don’t you say you don’t want it,” warns Tonia. “If you do, I can call the Boss and have him spoon feed you like a baby.”
I can’t really say anything after that. Tonia puts it in front of me on the bed. Well, it does look good. Vol Au vent, pesto pasta, and even an almond cake for dessert. I bet all of this came straight from one of Nathaniel’s restaurants.
I start eating under Tonia’s close surveillance. We don’t really talk since she is busy texting someone, and I’m lost in my own thinking. I haven’t forgotten about the she-wolf that helped me during my fight and pulled me out of the water. Seeing how she called him “Nate,” I guess she is related to the second brother somehow. But then why wouldn’t she want him to know she was there? He didn’t seem to have anything to say when she was with us at the Jade Moon territory... I wish I knew her human form or saw her Clan marking. She said we would meet again soon, but how? I don’t even know her name!
“Nora?”
Damian came back to the room, followed by Liam. Apparently, I’m not the only one that showered, the youngest brother also smells like soap. I’m not done eating, so he sits in front of me on the bed while Liam walks to the window, standing next to Tonia with his arms crossed.
Damian’s silver eyes are glowing scarily, and I’m instantly worried. Did something bad happen?
“What is it?”
“Why does Bobo say that your brother is the guy that attacked you?”
Oh, crap.
I forgot about that. I didn’t even think Bobo would be able to identify him, considering how it was raining that day. Still, he did chase after Alec and hurt him. He must have identified him then, and that also explains how he recognized his scent as quickly as I did earlier today. I bite my lip. Damian looks really angry, and Tonia is staring at me with wide eyes, too. I put my fork down. How do I handle this now?
“Nora!”
“Don’t yell at me! Yes, Alec is the one that tried to kill me.”
They all look at me, shocked.
“I thought that Marcus guy was the one!” Yells Tonia.
“No, the guy you saw that night in the alley was Alec.”
“I thought you only wanted to find your brother to ask him about your birth thing?” Says Liam.
“Yes, that, too, but Alec hates me, and yes, he tried to kill me.”
Twice, actually, but they don’t need to know that. Gosh, Damian looks furious. I feel bad for not telling them the truth earlier, but I’m a hundred percent sure he would have killed him on the spot if he knew everything.
“I knew something was odd about your brother,” exclaims Liam. “When we were at the Jade Moon Clan that day, your former Alpha and that weakling girl did mention he had been wronging you, and you said he lied, too.”
“No wonder he wanted to avoid us so badly now,” says Tonia.
The only one that remains silent is Damian, despite his fuming eyes on me. I try to reach for his hand, but he gets up. Both of his fists are clenched.
“Damian, say something, please.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
