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“Make Scarlett a coffee,” I tell Scout. “She has something she wants to talk to us about. I need to go get Gus.”
“Gus?” Scarlett asks, sounding a little dazed.
“It’ll just take a second,” I assure her.
Rueben puts an arm around her and leads her into the kitchen, starting to yammer on about the training Scout was just giving him.
Something feels wrong, or off, but it’s because she’s so full of nervous energy.
Whatever she needs to tell us, clearly, it’s not going to be easy for her.
Scout nods at me as he follows Rueben and Scarlett into the kitchen.
I check the lounge quickly before I head upstairs.
I find Gus in Rueben’s room, sitting in front of Tiny Tempest’s cage.
He looks up at me. “I assumed I was relegated to kitten sitting duties since she came back.”
“Well, you assumed wrong,” I tell him. “Something’s going on with Scarlett, and we should all be there when she tells us whatever it is that she needs to say. We’re a pack, and it’s time we started acting like one.”
“What happened to respecting each other’s differences?” he asks, raising an eyebrow at me.
“I know there’s something in your past that you don’t want to talk about, but that doesn’t mean you get to ignore it when the rest of us have strong feelings about someone who might be fated for us as a mate. I’m lead Alpha for a reason, and I expect you to respect that.”
He sighs. “I’ve stayed away to avoid upsetting her.”
“I know, but she’s upset anyway so you might as well come downstairs and hear what she has to say.”
“No apology covers the way she’s been treating you,” he warns me, as he rises to his feet.
“That’s debatable. I’m not ready to judge before I’ve heard her reasons.”
“And that would be why you’re in charge,” he mumbles. “Fine. I’m coming down there with you.”
That was … easier than I expected.
I nod and leave the room.
He follows me down the stairs silently.
Chapter fifty-seven
Sapphire
I’m a bundle of nerves as Scout makes me coffee and Rueben walks me over to the kitchen table. I can’t predict how they’ll react to what I’m about to tell them. It’s not a normal situation, and I have no idea how I thought I was going to be able to do this.
“So … is this a conversation Tiny Tempest should be in on?” Rueben asks, giving me an uncertain smile.
I shake my head. “You can probably fill him in later.”
Scout puts my coffee down in front of me.
Honestly, I’m too anxious to even try picking the mug up.
My hands are a little trembly. I don’t want to risk spilling anything.
This is going to be hard enough without a klutsy incident added on top.
