I could be their monster.
I could take their hatred.
I would take it all a million years over if it meant I could shield her from the pain I caused.
But I cannot fathom a world … without her.
I grab the mug and chuck it at the wall, shattering it into a million pieces.
“Levi!” Mom yells after me, but I’ve already waltzed out the door, jumped on my motorcycle, and raced off.
Apollo
Present
“Well, fuck me, what a party,”I muse as I grab the broken vase off the floor.
“It isn’t a party without a fight,” Heath responds.
I snort and look his way, and he comes to help me pick up some of the shards.
“Sorry I hit you, brother,” I say.
He pats me on the shoulder. “I deserved it.”
“Can we leave the brotherly love for after the cleanup?” Max mumbles, putting chairs back where they’re supposed to be.
“Everyone shut the fuck up,” Silas grits.
“No one asked you,” Aspen retorts.
“I was trying to save your ungrateful ass,” Silas says.
Aspen stops sweeping the floor. “I didn’t ask to be rescued. I’m not a damsel in distress.”
“Why are you even here?” Silas makes a face. “You have your own sorority.”
Aspen grimaces back. “Because I’m trying to be civil and clean up a messmybrother made.”
I admit, I kinda like how she keeps talking back to him out of spite.
Grey hops into the fray too. “Can we not start again? Please? The dean warned us.”
“What’s he gonna do, kick his own son out of college?” Silas snorts. “Good luck trying.”
“No, but he might kill us all,” Max responds casually.
He might be right on that part. Felix is as vicious as his son.
“Would love to see him try,” I say, laughing.
“He wouldn’t kill me, right?” Max’s eyes suddenly widen. “I mean, Levi and I—”
“Don’t talk about your mom,” Silas interjects.
“Are you scared of her?” I wink.
“Fuck you, the fuck I’m not,” Silas spits.
