I’m breathing heavily, staring down at her with murder in my eyes. I hate her. I want her gone. She has no fucking reason to be here anymore. She doesn’t care about Rica. Will was right, fucking Kane should have just given her to us.
“I’m gonna kill her!” I scream.
“Not here,” Nick whispers in my ear. “Not in front of the kids.”
My eyes flick over to the group of people watching. They’re far away, so I don’t think they heard any of what we were saying. Thankfully, the kids don’t seem to be watching.
Julia scrambles to her feet, nose bloody, mixing with the cake that she spits out. “I’m going to be the one who kills you!” she shouts. “Get the fuck out of here.” Julia points towards the exit. “You don’t belong here.”
“Leave,” Nick commands and Julia smiles.
“You heard the man. Leave.”
Nick snorts. “Are you fucking stupid? I meantyou. Leave. You were warned, Julia. Behave or leave the compound. You attacked my Omega, and for that alone I should put a fucking bullet between your fucking eyes,” he growls low and dangerous, and my core warms.
Julia gapes. “This is my home!”
“Not anymore.” Nick lets go of me and steps forward. “Your husband doesn’t run this place anymore. I do. And if you want to keep fucking living here, you better fucking respect me and my fucking pack.”
“Fine,” Julia huffs. “I know when I’m not wanted.” She lifts her chin.
I laugh. “Really? Then you should have left the moment we got here.”
Julia’s eyes grow feral and she goes to launch herself at me when Will grabs her. “I don’t think so,” Will snarls.
Julia tenses, turning around to look up at him. She breaks out in tears and buries her face into Will’s chest. “Why does everyone hate me? I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I just miss him so much,” she sobs hard.
Will glares down at her, jaw ticking.Why isn’t he pushing her off?My heart starts to race, the fear that she might have been right trickling in.
“Get your fucking hands off my Alpha,” I snarl, grabbing her by the hair and yanking her to the ground. She goes down with a scream. I’m ready to go another round when Will grabs me and throws me over his shoulder.
“Let go of me!” I scream. “I’m not done with her.”
“For now you are, Little Rabbit,” Will grunts.
As I’m being carried away, the party growing distant, a rush of shame fills me. I let her get to me when I should have been the bigger person and walked away. It’s Rica’s birthday. It was supposed to be special, and now I probably ruined it.
I just couldn’t stand by and watch her act the way she was. Weeks of her fucking staring at my men like she wanted them, the bitchy comments she’s made to me, and the way she treats Rica have become too much. I’ve put up with so much bullshit in my life. I promised myself after what I walked in on back home, I’d never let anyone else fuck with me. I sure as fuck am not going to stand by while she gets away with all of this. Kane’s orders or not, I want her gone. One more wrong move, and I’ll do it myself.
Will carries me to his truck. Opening the passenger door, he places me inside, buckling me in before rounding to the driver’s side.
I don’t look at him, don’t say anything as he starts it up and we drive off the compound.
Angry tears fill my eyes and I hate how emotional I feel right now.
“Nova?” Will breaks the silence.
“Have you ever slept with Julia?" I regret the question as soon as I ask it, my body practically shaking with fear of his answer.
Will doesn’t say anything and that sinking feeling hits me harder.Why didn’t he say no, deny it? So he slept with her? Why would he do that?
“It’s not like that.” His voice is soft.
I choke on a sob, feeling like my whole world is crashing down around me. Squeezing my eyes shut, I try not to puke.
“Nova.” He touches my shoulder and I shrink away.
“Just take me home,” I rasp, curling myself into a ball as I shift my body away from him.
