Kyan
After dealing with Rose and explaining to Jonah what happened last night, I remain in my room. The room is completely destroyed. I’d have to order a new bed. While trying to clean the mess Kaif made, I wait for Jonah to return. When Jonah returns, he changes into jeans and a dress shirt.
“Where’s Mara?” he asks, and I growl at him, annoyed that is the first question he asks. “Get over it, bro. I brought her clothes. Besides, Kaif is fine with it, and it’s about time you get your head around it, too,” Jonah snaps at me.
“Kaif is not fine with it. He only agreed because he thinks you will change my mind. The answer remains the same Jonah, no! Just let me reject her first, then do what you want with her,” I tell him, although the words leave a foul taste in my mouth, and my stomach drops.
“You seriously would go through with it, and you think Kaif will let you?” Jonah gasps, sounding so damn surprised, as if I haven’t been talking about this for ages already.
“Kaif is locked up nice and tight. I won’t be making that mistake again.” I tell him, glancing over at him as I fix the last of the books back onto the busted shelf.
“Yeah, you say that like he can’t force control.” I walk to my dresser and grab the medicine bottle from it, tossing it at him.
Jonah snatches it out of the air and glances at the label. “Belladonna and wolfsbane, you can’t be fucking serious?”
“He is handled temporarily, anyway.” I dismiss him. Not that it is any of his business what I do with my mate!
“Kyan?” Jonah murmurs and I grit my teeth, turning to face him. “Don’t do this Kyan, you will regret it,” he shakes his head.
“The only thing I regret is not doing it when she first found out. She is safest this way, and I don’t have to feel every damn time you touch her!” I snarl.
Jonah chucks the bottle at me and shakes his head at me. “You ruin every chance you have at happiness and for what? Some vision you had of her when you were a teen!” he screams at me.
“They always come true,” I snap back at him.
“The future can change, Kyan. You know this!” Jonah insists as he raises his voice again.
“Yes, if we change it. Now, go find her so we can leave soon,” I tell him, snatching my towel from the bed and heading for my bathroom.
We all had dinner in the restaurant. Marabella and Jonah are sitting across from me, and Eziah is next to Rose. Casen sits with a scowl on his face as he watches them talk away. What he has to be jealous of is beyond me. Eziah is her cousin, or maybe it is because she gave Eziah her attention while ignoring him. Shit will be so awkward on her eighteenth, that is for sure.
Turning my attention back to everyone else at the table, Lucas is watching me, and I raise an eyebrow at him, only to notice Mateo glaring daggers at me. I pick up my whiskey and take a sip, averting my gaze. I’m not in the mood to deal with him right now. He is seriously barking up the wrong fucking tree.
“So Kyan, are you coming to the challenge tomorrow?” Andrei asks, and I nod, setting my glass back down. Jonah glances at him, and Rose scowls, which I think is odd; she doesn’t look particularly happy about her brother taking over the pack.
“Of course,” I tell him, and he nods.
“It will be at Noon. Do you want to stay the night?” Sage asks me.
“No, I should get back to the city afterward.” I offer her an apologetic smile.
“Marabella is staying. Maybe you can stay with her and Jonah,” Lucas says, and I glare at him. What the fuck is he playing at?
“Best we keep them apart, wouldn’t want any altercations,” Mateo says, leaning back in his chair and folding his arms across his chest.
“Yes, we wouldn’t want that, would we,” I tell him, watching him over the rim of my glass.
Ezra looks between us both, and I have no idea what his problem is. I have barely spoken to her family and make sure to keep my distance.
Turning my attention away from her father, I notice Mara is looking down at her plate, and I can feel how uncomfortable she is. My eyes dart from her to see Jonah place his arm across the back of her chair and grip her shoulder. He leans into her and presses his lips to her temple. In turn, my own temple burns, and I avert my gaze to find Mateo smirking, also watching his daughter.
Kat nudges Mateo and nods to Marabella. Mateo sighs and nods. One look from her, and he is pulled back in line. I may not have Kaif active, but her fathers are still no match for me; nobody here is.
My eyes dart back to Marabella at the thought. Some part of me is curious to know if she is a match on a different level. Her magic is similar to mine, and it makes me wonder how she got her hands on my family’s power.
Rose, completely oblivious to the tension at the table, turns to face Jonah and me. “You’re staying in the city tonight, right, Jonah?” she asks. Jonah scoffs, looking at his sister. I smirk, knowing she wants something from him.
Jonah raises an eyebrow at her. “Yes, Rose. Why?” She bats her lashes at him. “No, whatever it is, the answer is no!” Jonah tells her.
Rose pouts and pleads with him. I always loved watching them two interact. Rose has her brother wrapped around her finger. But with Marabella here, I wonder how this will play out. I know Jonah is hoping Mara will stay with him, not go home with her parents. “One night, I will go home with you tomorrow,” Jonah rolls his eyes.
“She wants to go to some disco thing upstairs,” Andrei says.
“She is underage,” Jonah tries to argue, and Sage nods in agreement, but Andrei catches her hand and presses his lips to it.
“Casen will be with her and Jonah. Let her have some fun, love,” Andrei tells her.
Rose looks at her mother pleadingly. “Casen?” Sage asks.
“You know she is safe with me,” he tells her, and Sage chews her lip before sighing.
“One night and no sneaking away from him like you girls did last night,” Sage scolds, and I notice Kat glance at her daughter. Mara’s gloved hand grips her fork tightly, as her aura darkens and intensifies.