Sarah stared at her for a moment before obeying.She sat in the closest empty chair, looking like she’d rather be anywhere but here.
She wasn’t the only one.
“Why did you kill Brian?”Jacob asked.
Merrick growled.It wasn’t loud, but it made both Jacob and Sarah jump.Eva put a hand on Sarah’s shoulder, but no one tried to reassure Jacob.The man was playing with fire, and if he wasn’t careful, hewouldget burned.It didn’t matter that he was a dragon shifter.Merrick was one, too, and Rex knew how good he was at fighting.He’d wipe the floor with Jacob if Jacob continued pushing.
Rex turned his attention back to Sarah.It wasn’t his place to say anything, but if no one spoke, he was going to have to.The tension was killing him.
“Itwasyou, wasn’t it?”Eva asked gently.
Sarah hesitated, then nodded once.“You know what he did.”
“I do.The entire clan does.”
“I didn’t go there with the intention of killing him,” Sarah murmured, staring down at her hands on top of the table.“I just wanted to confront him.Now that Martin and Lou are gone, I hoped that Brian would pay for what he’d done.That’s what I told him, but he laughed in my face.”
Rex was sure no one would mourn Brian.Hell, if the situation were different, he was pretty sure the clan would throw a party to celebrate what Sarah had done.
“He said that Alex knew better and that he should’ve done what he was ordered to do.He said it wasn’t a great loss because Alex hadn’t been a good fighter, anyway.If he had been, he wouldn’t have let Brian kill him as easily as he had.”
It was good that Brian was dead because if he hadn’t been, Rex was fairly certain he would’ve ended up hunting down the guy.
“I yelled at him,” Sarah continued.“But I wasn’t going to kill him.I hate him, but I don’t think I could hurt anyone, not even him.”
“What happened, then?”Eva’s voice was even more gentle now.It was clear that she felt for Sarah.If she ended up being the next clan leader, she would have her job cut out for her.She’d have to decide what to do with Sarah.
Rex was once again happy he didn’t have to deal with this kind of responsibility.He might have to eventually if things between him and Harmon went well, and he really hoped no one in Harmon’s coven would be stupid enough to kill someone.
“I yelled at him,” Sarah explained.“He grabbed me, and I wasn’t fast enough to pull away.He dragged me into his room.”
Rex sucked in a breath.He could imagine what had happened after that.Of course that was the kind of person Brian had been.
“He was eating an apple,” Sarah said.“There was a plate on the coffee table with a knife.When he—”
She paused and screwed her eyes shut.No one said anything, not even Jacob.Rex realized that was because Merrick was glaring at him when he turned to look at the man.
“When he threw me on the couch, I bumped into the coffee table and saw the knife.I grabbed it,” Sarah continued.
“Why did you attack me?”Harmon asked.
“I was afraid because I heard that you were looking for Brian’s killer.I didn’t want anyone to know what I’d done.I’m sorry.”
Rex couldn’t hold a grudge after hearing Sarah’s story.He didn’t think he would have even if he hadn’t found out about it.It was clear that she hadn’t wanted to hurt Harmon.
Harmon turned to Eva.“I think it’s time to gather your clan.We can tell them that Brian’s killer has been found.”
“What’s going to happen to me?”Sarah asked.
“I don’t know.I’m not your clan leader.They’re the person who will make that decision.”
“I never meant to hurt him, even though I hated him,” Sarah said.
“I’m sure your next leader will take that into consideration.”
Not if the next leader was Jacob, but that wasn’t going to happen.Rex would make sure of that, and he was pretty sure he wasn’t the only one.Everyone in the room disliked Jacob.More than that, Rex was sure that everyone agreed that he wouldn’t be a good leader.
Harmon turned to Jacob.“Why don’t you get everyone together?Is there a room big enough for the entire clan?”
