“He should keep it shut.”
“Has he ever?”
Seth snickered.“Yeah, okay.What do you want to know?”He eyed Chance, who was smiling at his plate of pasta.“And make sure it’s something I can talk about in front of the alpha.”
“I might be the alpha, but I’m also your brother-in-law,” Chance said.“I want to know what’s up with you.”
That man was way too nice.He managed to make Seth feel guilty about being snarky with him.
“Anyway,” Theo said as he grinned at Seth.“Thomas mentioned he saw you playing tonsil hockey with a certain mage.”
It was Seth’s turn to kick him under the table.“Did you really have to say it like that?”
“Is it wrong, though?Thomas said you were pretty focused.”
“Thomas is going to have to find a new place to live if he doesn’t learn to shut up.”
“Come on.Tell us.”
Chance was looking from Theo to Seth.“I’m missing something, and it’s incredibly confusing.”
“You’re not missing much.Theo’s been pushing me to ask someone out, and I guess I did, in a way.”
“If that way means making out against a tree for anyone to see, then I guess you did,” Theo said.
“Making out against a tree, Seth?”Chance teased.
Seth groaned.“Great.Now it’s not just my brother, but my brother-in-law, too.What have I done to deserve this?”
“You love us,” Theo said, reaching over to pat Seth’s hand.
“You’re lucky that I do because otherwise, I would’ve already left.”There was no heat in Seth’s words.His brother had been his best friend since they were kids, and that would never change.There was more distance between them now because Theo was busy building a life with Chance, but that was okay.
“Well, whatever’s going on, I’m happy for you,” Chance said with a smile.
“See,” Seth said as he pointed his fork at his brother.“That’s what I’m talking about.You can’t just be happy for me.You have to hold that you were right over my head and gloat.”
“I’m gloating because I was right.”
“You told me to talk to him, and I did, but that’s it.”
“I want you to be happy.Whether that’s with Ryan or with someone else, I don’t care.”
Seth nodded.He didn’t know if it would be with Ryan, but he couldn’t imagine wanting this with anyone else.He couldn’t say he trusted Ryan just yet, but they’d spoken a few times, and Sethwantedto trust him.He wanted to give this a real shot, even though it was hard.
“Can we talk about something else now?”he begged.
“I talked to Sullivan,” Chance said.“He confirmed that from the numbers he remembers and the people who left the coven, the coven is still dangerous enough to worry me.I wouldn’t put it past them to attack us eventually.Hell, they probably will because they feel like I stole their people.”
Theo snorted.“We didn’t steal anyone.The leaders treated their people like shit, so they left.”
“I don’t think they’d enjoy hearing your opinion on that.”
“Do I look like I care?”
He didn’t because he didn’t care.When he’d been their alpha, Theo had always worried about whether or not he was doing the right thing for them.He’d never wanted any of them to be hurt.The coven leaders didn’t care about any of that.They didn’t care about their people.Theo couldn’t understand that, and he wasn’t the only one.
“You should talk to them,” Seth said.
