Damon’s POV
“Devante!” I yelled before landing my hard fist on his pretty face. He cursed out as his body hit the floor in a heavy thud.
“What the fuck?” He groaned, checking out his busted lip.
“What the fuck?! You can curse at me right now, Devante, what is wrong with you? What the hell is all this?”
I wasn’t really in the mood to address the crowd of werewolves that were already gathered, watching my brother make a damn fool out of himself.
Devante grew up being spoiled, he just wasn’t the right person I’ll choose for a brother if I had a choice but sometimes, we don’t always get what we want from life.
“My face,”
Tunde snickered from behind me as Devante groaned.
“When did you get back?” I asked angrily.
“This morning, a few hours before the ritual” He answered, glaring at me. I composed myself before turning back to the crowd, disappointed at the fact that my first duty as their Alpha is this.
“Everyone, I’ll want us all to get back to our quarters and get some good rest. We’ll address this issue by morning. I’m sorry for any inconveniences my stupid brother had caused you” I apologized and watched as they all walked away one by one, looking at Devante with disgust.
“Why the fuck are you back?’ I growled as soon as I turned back to face him. He had already gotten in front of the mirror, checking his face out and applying some ointment on the wound.
“I thought you wouldn’t be able to control this pack alone since you’ve avoided doing that for years, so I’m back to help you out,” He said, grinning from ear to ear with his hands stretched out waiting for a hug from me.
“Help me out by fucking a mated male wolf” I yelled.
“It was just a small thing, I don’t know why his mate would make a big deal out of it. It was just safe sex with a random guy out of nowhere. No big deal. I didn’t even know he was mated” he raised his hands, making a quote in the air.
“You’re gay! since when?” Tunde asked the question I’m mostly uninterested in. I don’t care if he’s gay or straight, I just want to know why he had to do what he did.
He smiled widely at Tunde, not giving him a direct answer.
“What happened at Harvard?”
I asked, trying to control my anger when he finally opens his useless mouth to talk about it.
Devante didn’t grow up with the family, he was my mother’s sister’s favorite and was always switching between theirs and ours. She’s the Alpha king’s wife. He had lived with my aunt fully after he had his first transition and from there, he got an admission to Harvard University to study Philosophy. The last time I saw him was when he was thirteen and that was seven years ago.
“Nothing happened big bro. I just decided to come to help you out a little”
I folded my hands against my chest and waited for him to start talking.
“As if I don’t know you. You’re gonna talk or you’ll make me make you talk, Devante, it’s your choice”
His mouth dropped open. He clicked his tongue twice.
“You won’t beat your younger brother up to hear words from him, would you Damon? I never knew you were that evil”
He replied dramatically. He was trying to divert my attention to something else.
“We do that almost all the time, Devante. We beat people up seriously, sometimes their legs or arms get broken in the process and if they get so unlucky, they get slashed by Damon’s claw and you know how toxic that is to a werewolf’s skin”
Tunde replied nonchalantly, trying to get under Devante’s skin so he could talk.
“You both are scaring me right now. Nothing big happened, it was just a little issue that needed me to get out of campus for a little while. I’ll fix it in a matter of two months” he replied, shrugging his shoulder.
“You got suspended?” I barked
He looked from Tunde to me.
“Not suspension, more like I got rusticated” he replied, clicking his tongue.
Angrily, I lunged at him, ready to punch some sense into his empty head. Devante might be intelligent and smart but yes dumb and stupid most times. Tunde blocked the impact with his body and pushed me back, away from the fool I wanted to beat up.
“That’s enough, Damon. You can’t hit your brother” he said, still holding my shoulder tightly.
“What happened? Why did you get rusticated?” I asked, screaming at him.
“You don’t want to know Bro. I think one crazy piece of information is enough for one night” he replied, smirking.
I just want to beat that smirk off his face and punch him so hard he’ll hardly survive it.
“Calm down, Damon” I pushed Tunde off lightly and ran my hands through my hair.
“I’ll let you stay only on one condition, you’ll make no trouble whatsoever the situation is. The moment you go back on that promise, I wouldn’t hesitate to throw you out of my pack. Are we clear, Devante?’ I yelled, using my Alpha’s force on him.
“Alpha” he replied, bowing his head slightly.
“Promise?”
“I promise,” He waited for a few seconds before asking, “Where’s father? I haven’t seen him since I got back”
“He left” I replied simply and walked out of his room
“To where?” He asked as he followed closely behind.
“I do not have an answer for your question, Devante”
“What do you mean you don’t have an answer? What the hell did you do to him?”
He pulled me back forcefully by the shoulder and before he could think about doing anything else, I grabbed him by his neck and hauled him up against the wall.
“Just because you were protected against somethings that happened here by sending you off to the Alpha king’s palace doesn’t mean you should be stupid, Devante. The next time you question me, I’ll forget the fact that you’re my brother for a minute and make sure I bury you alive myself,”
“P–please, I can’t breathe Damon” he struggled to remove my hand that was wrapped tightly around his neck.
*Damon, she’s awake* Ashley informed me through the mind link. I dropped Devante’s body almost immediately.
“You’re just like him, you know. Our father.! You’re him” Devante spat. I ignored his talk and ran as fast as my legs could carry me to the apartment to see Lyla, my Lyla.
As I opened the door leading to my room, I saw Lyla sitting on the bed. She was looking at Ashley as she walked towards me as soon as I entered.
“Be careful with her” Ashley touched my arm before walking out. I nodded at her and thanked her as well.
“Hey,” I whispered and kissed her hair as I got to her.
“Hi,” she responded weakly.
“I’m sorry. I never meant to hurt you, it was a mistake”
“It was your wolf, right?”
“No, it was me, Lyla. I need to take the blame for this. I know you might never forgive me but please don’t hate me for too long,” I pleaded.
She suddenly started crying.
“Hey! Hey! Why are you crying?” I lifted her by her chin and looked into her green eyes.
I lifted her into my lap and rocked her back and forth, pacifying her. I kissed her temple, her face, her nose, her tears before dropping my lips on hers.
I thought she was going to push me away but she kissed me as intensely as she could. I removed my lips from hers seconds later.
“What happened, Lyla?” I asked her.
“I need to go home, Damon. I want to go home, please”
It was as if a cord was struck in my heart. Nothing made sense all of a sudden.
“Is it because of what happened? Do you hate me? Are you scared of me?” She was silent. She didn’t give me an answer.
“Please” was the only word she whispered. Suddenly, I was scared of letting her go as well as being scared of not letting her go.
“When do you want to leave?” I asked her
“As soon as possible”
I pulled her closer to my body, hugged her tightly, and kissed her temple.
“Okay! You’ll go home but that’ll be after you’ve much better, all right?” She nodded.
I purposely said that because I hoped before then, she’ll change her mind.