She looked at the phone she’d been systematically removing numbers from while Remi napped, then up at Remi. “How would you know that? He hasn’t called or texted.”
“Believe me, I know.”
“Oh. Well, great! I’ll get to meet him!”
“No, you won’t. Stay inside,” Remi ordered, opening the front door and walking outside at about the same moment the rumble of a motorcycle could be heard outside.
“Don’t tell me what to do!” Olivia snapped.
Remi pulled the door closed behind himself and stepped outside. He watched while his father brought his bike to a stop and threw a leg over before the engine had even fully stopped running, striding right to him. Daniel was impressive as ever. Standing nearly six and a half feet tall, long black hair falling straight almost to his waist. Tanned skin, muscled body and with the cockiness that only a Dragon shifter could carry.
“Want to tell me what the hell is going on?” Daniel demanded.
“I guess you heard Brandt kicked me out of the clan,” Remi said disdainfully.
“I heard that you pushed enough fucking buttons that he gave you an ultimatum.”
“Yeah, of course, you take his side, just like everybody else.”
“Remi, are you really so fucking stupid that you think you can blame everybody else in your family for being happy, simply because you’re not?”
“I’m not blaming them for being happy!” Remi shouted.
Daniel stepped right up to Remi until their chests were touching. Though Remi was a tall, muscular male, Daniel was bigger, and stronger. He looked down his nose at his son. “I am here because I care about you. You are my son, and I will kill foryou without a second thought. I will also whip your ass for your arrogance and disrespect. You talk to me like that again, and I’ll prove it to you. I am not your enemy. Brandt is not your enemy. Do you understand what I’m saying to you, Remi?”
“Yes, sir,” Remi snapped.
“Good. Because this is your last warning. The next time you talk to me like that, I’m just going to knock your teeth out of your mouth. Then we’ll continue this conversation at the dentist’s office when I pay him to put them back in. You got that?”
“Yes, sir,” Remi answered, a little less angrily.
“Now. Tell me why you felt the need to push Brandt so far that he put you out.”
“Because he’s all up in my fucking face like I’m not an adult and can’t handle my shit!”
“You shattered the window in his truck! Obviously you can’t handle your shit. In fact, you’re making it worse!”
“I didn’t mean to do that. I was just angry because he said my girlfriend isn’t allowed on clan property, and my fucking house is on clan property! How can he tell me who I can and can’t have at my house?”
“Because he’s Alpha, son! And because she’s been nothing but disrespectful! She’s made other clan members uncomfortable and taken advantage of you!”
“That’s bullshit. She loves me!”
“She loves what you can do for her! Have you managed to check your fucking accounts lately? Are you aware that your checking account went negative, so it started pulling from your savings account, which is now drained as well?”
“That cannot possibly be right! I had thousands in there! There’s got to be some kind of mistake! If there was a problem like that, the bank would have contacted me.”
“Have they tried?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t been answering calls. But I have emergency people on there in case they can’t find me, or if there’s an emergency.”
“Who’s that?” Daniel asked.
Remi closed his eyes briefly and shook his head. “Brandt. And Mom.”
“Well, I’m guessing that when Brandt tried to tell you about the bank letting him know that your accounts were drained, you reacted defensively.”
“I still think there’s a mistake. Olivia wouldn’t do that to me.”
