But she screamed as Caspian burst out of the refrigerator with pure red eyes and blood splattering his shirt.
“Ah, fuck it,” I said as I raised the gun.
I wouldn’t say I was completely innocent here, but there was a certain joy at watching my raging alpha suddenly tumble to the ground as I got him square in the chest with the stun gun.
He fell forward, wheezing as he reached a hand towards Brandy.
She rushed toward him, holding her arms out for him like he wasn’t some ( snarling alpha, and more like a cuddly pet for her to scoop up.
She wrapped him up, pulling his head onto her lap as she murmured to him. Brandy clutched him, stroking his back,running her fingers through his hair, choking out sobs and whines as she bent down to kiss him.
And yeah, I was pretty jealous. She’d already had a sob party over me, and it made me feel like the most special person to her. I didn’t want to share that, especially with shitty alphas who didn’t appreciate us.
“Caspian,” she called his name as her heart broke. “Caspian, please. Wake up.”
She was an omega fresh off an alpha bite, so, even when I reminded her I’d only knocked him out, he was going to be her world for a while, and he had disappeared in the bond again.
There was a sharp gasp from behind me, and I spun on one foot, instantly holding up the gun.
Vivian stood there, staring at the scene wide-eyed. I gulped as I pressed my finger on the trigger and glanced at Sin. I needed his okay to shoot this time.
“Mother,” Sin said as he moved towards her. “We can explain.”
She drew in a breath and grimaced. Anyone with a decent nose could scent the blood.
Her lips parted, and I steadied the gun before she could say another word.
“Am I going to have to use this?” I asked, looking her straight in the eye. I’d do whatever it took to make sure that they were safe, even if it meant stunning Sin’s mum so hard she’d have a heart attack.
“There’s no need,” she said, scanning the scene with a hard look. “I believe I heard the whole story from Zania, but it appears she left out a few key details.”
Her gaze danced over the blood staining Caspian’s suit. “Where is she?”
I nodded to the fridge behind us, and she pressed her lips hard together.
“It was fast,” Sin said, edging closer.
“That is a shame. Because Lily said that it was not so fast for Camille.”
I cocked a brow as I looked between the two of them, but now wasn’t the time to ask for a fucking explanation. I needed to figure out if we could actually trust her.
Vivian gave me a hard look I’d never seen before in a woman who always acted like she’d get knocked down by a breeze. “There is a back door twenty metres from here. I’ve parked a car outside. The keys are still in the ignition, so please take your pack somewhere safe while Lily and I handle the minor details.”
She stepped past us, and I followed her sharply with the barrel. If she even thought about touching Brandy, I would shoot her right in the fucking face. I just wished it had real bullets.
But she sailed past us, poking her head into the fridge. I went with her just to make sure the bitch was dead.
Vivian paled when I entered. The harsh electric light of the industrial fridge didn’t shadow any of the details. Though there were rows of shelves and meat hanging at the back of the fridge, it was the pool of blood that had splattered high and wide that pulled our attention.
“Gosh,” Vivian said, and I glanced at her.
“Your best friend just got murdered, and that’s all you have to say?” I asked her.
“When did I ever say she was my friend?” Vivian asked coldly, in a voice so cutting that I wouldn’t have believed it was her if I didn’t hear it come from her own mouth.
She was rigid, coldness in her eyes, looking nothing like the dithery woman who did whatever Zania wanted because she was so nervous she could never stay still.
In fact, it was the first time I saw where Sin got his shitty attitude from.
