I sneer at him as he gets up. “You can’t stop me. And right now, you have bigger issues than who I date. What you just said to your best friend isn’t something people can easily forgive, and especially not Devon,” I hiss. “Hehas always been better than me, and he deserves an omega a million times what I am.”
Clarity slowly bleeds across his face. He winces.
“What do you mean, better than you?” Sebastian asks, but I evade his reaching hand and step back.
“What’s going on here?” Mum says in a tone of voice that sends chills racing up my spine.
My dads both stare at Sebastian. He’s in trouble, but neither he nor Devon wants to tell Mum. I turn to leave, disgusted with all of them.
“Sofia, what happened?” my mum snaps.
“I’m not allowed to date Pack Hart because Seb has it in his head that Devon isn’t good enough for me,” I say bitterly.
I expect my mother to go for Sebastian, but she turns and grabs Devon’s arm, dragging him up into the house and slamming the front door, leaving all of us out here.
“Secret, what did you mean?”
I duck my head, avoiding Mack, but I can’t avoid my dads.
“Right, you three sit here. Franco, take Sebastian and get him ready for the reaming that Lorelei is going to give him.”
My brother turns white.
I sit where Dad indicates.
“Right. First off, I want you three to know that we consider you all family, regardless of whether you date or not. You are part of this pack. Secondly, we trust Sofia’s decision to enter into a dating match with you. If she didn’t want to do something, she wouldn’t. So, no one is forbidding this, but Sebastian and I strongly think he’s more upset about something else than you four.”
I wrap my arms around my knees. Danger crawls up into my lap, putting his nose in my neck.
“Third, what you said was wrong. Devon is not better than you, and you are not better than him. You are both amazing individuals whom we all love very much. That goes for you, too, Elijah and Mack. This family has enough room for all of you.”
“If it’s going to upset-”
My dad chuckles and presses his glasses up higher on his face. “None of us are worried about what Sebastian is upset over.”
“Why?” I ask bluntly.
“Where is he?” a female growl snarls.
My dad looks up with a smile. “Round the back, Cordelia.”
“Thanks, Milton.”
I watch as she stomps straight past us, her face dark and full of thunderclouds. I almost feel sorry for Sebastian, but then I remember what he said about Devon.
“Cordie has her scary face on,” I say with a sneer. “Kick his butt.”
“Mmm,” my dad says quietly, and then he stands up. “Go to the beach and get that pup away from all the anger. I’ll send Devon out when he’s done.”
Dad slips into the house.
I stand up and glance back at Elijah and Mack. “Are you coming?”
The door slams open, crashing against the wall. “Sebastian Louis Sol, did you bark at your sister?”
My father comes out, his hair messy, his eyes flashing lightning, his face red as he stalks straight past us and out the back. I hear raised voices that just get louder.
Imogen sees us and stops walking towards the house.
