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I muttered an apology to him, but Trista got what she deserved. Wasn’t it enough for her that she humiliated me? Why’d she have to take a dig at my mate too?
“We need to talk!” She called back.
“Go talk to Travis!”
“Scott! This isn’t funny! This is my life we’re talking about!”
“Isn’t it always about you?” I rolled my eyes.
“It was a joke!”
“It’s only a joke if the person you make it about laughs too!” I called out.
“One second,” Liam said. “If you guys can check in with them downstairs, I’ll get rid of her. Dara and Sam should be here soon. Though, we don’t need Sam’s old connections to figure out who you are thankfully.”
Chapter Nine
Terrick
I started to pick up my mate and carry him back into the safety of the basement, but he stood up with a sigh. I silently prayed that if I had younger siblings, I didn’t treat them how Trista was acting now.
“Don’t mind her. That’s just how she is,” Scott sighed again. “Let’s go back down there. You’re as clean as you’re going to get for now. If we stay up here, I’m going to eat her face. I’m just going to let my wolf out and let him take care of it.”
“I’ll still take care of it, if you want me too,” I told him, cupping one side of his face in my hand.
His skin was soft and smooth without a trace of a five o’clock shadow. I wanted to touch him forever. Maybe I didn’t need to know who I was. Maybe knowing who he was would be enough.
“Stop it!” The dog chimed off in my thoughts. “Stop it! You have to remember and soon I think the dragon will tell us why!”
“Can’t you tell me?” I asked.
“Nope.”
The three-tailed fucker wasn’t very helpful, but what did I expect? If I didn’t remember him, maybe he didn’t remember me either.
Hand-in-hand, Scott and I walked back to the basement door. He cracked it open and called down softly to the men inside.
“Come on,” Duke called back. “Is anyone else with you?”
“Just me and Terrick,” Scott called. “Liam wants to tell us all something after Dara and Sam get here.”
“Come on then,” Duke called again. “No shoes in the nest this time, though, okay?”
We both stripped our shoes off and left them outside the basement door. I peeled off my socks too, covered in tiny blood splatters. Something really had attempted to take me out. Maybe we were safer in the basement with some unknown predator running around out there.
Scott walked so lightly on the stairs, holding onto my hand. I wondered how often he crept around like that, trying to be more invisible. With how his older siblings acted, I wouldn’t be surprised if it were all the time. That had to change. I’d clear the space for him to exist without worrying about assholes.
Down in the basement, Scott kept ahold of my hand and led me to one of the sofas. It was probably a good idea that we steered clear of the nest. Duke sat in front of his egg, rigid backed, with his mate’s head in his lap. He swept his fingers over the coyote shifter’s hair gently, but he was all senses.
“If it’s too much we could meet them upstairs,” Scott offered.
“He’s fine,” Syre said. “Trista and Travis always wind him up.”
“I’m surprised she didn’t whip out her phone on the way down,” Blithe said, rolling his eyes and sharing a commiserating look with my mate.
“I didn’t give her time to,” I said.
“This is Terrick Lost Fang. Apparently, he’s a prince,” Scott grinned, and that smile melted everything inside me.
