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“Sir!”
Chapter 12
Sophia stood anxiously by a window and looked out on the impossible scene. The entire front of the property was covered with wolves and men fighting. Her stomach turned when sharp teeth sank in the flesh of a forearm. Yet, as soon as it did, the man would shape-shift and leap onto his attacker, using his own teeth as a weapon.
“I hate it that we’re stuck up here,” Sophia complained. “We should be down there fighting with Sebastian. At the least we should be making sure he’s okay.”
Ava, who stood just behind her, not watching the fighting, said nothing. Although she pretended to be calm, Sophia knew the woman was far from it. Ava might love Sebastian as much as Sophia, so she hated to see him go into battle when he wasn’t in peak form.
Sophia stood on her toes and pressed her face against the glass. She struggled to catch a glimpse of Sebastian, but he was nowhere in sight. At least the wolves didn’t have to worry about being discovered during the fight. The grounds around Sebastian’s mansion were extensive, and no human would get onto the property without them knowing it. Shifters were a different story.
“We should go to the other side,” Sophia suggested. “I can’t see Sebastian.”
“We stay here,” Ava said.
“You didn’t care that we stand in the hall, so what’s the big deal about us going to the south side of the mansion?”
Ava glared at her. “Because if you see him, and he’s not doing well, you’re liable to do something stupid.”
“You can’t make me believe you’re not worried!”
“Whether I am or I’m not isn’t relevant.”
Sophia slammed a fist on the sill.
“And don’t get any ideas that you’re going to climb out the window either.”
“Kiss my ass.”
Rather than enter into a staring contest with her, Sophia faced the window again and stared out. She willed for Sebastian to come to that side of the house so she could see him. Ava was probably right that she would do anything to get to Sebastian if she saw him in trouble, but she also liked to think Ava would do the same. The woman stubbornly determined to do exactly as she was ordered because she had gotten into trouble the last time she let Sophia head back downstairs.
Her frustration mounting, Sophia looked away from the fighting in the drive to the tree line not far off. She squinted, trying to make out the person standing there. “Ava, who is that in the trees?”
Her Guard didn’t budge from the spot of wall she held up.
“Ava!”
“I’m not giving you a play by play of the fight.”
Sophia put a hand on her hip. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but you work for me. You do what I say because if you don’t, I can easily get Sebastian to replace you.”
She went still, but it didn’t take her long to figure out Sophia was right. Sebastian would cave and get rid of her if Sophia told him Ava displeased her. Sophia never wanted to pull that kind of attitude, but Ava gave her no choice. She had the feeling if she didn’t show the woman who was boss, Ava would walk all over her.
“Fine.” Full of bristling resentment, Ava stalked over to her and peered out the window. She swore as soon as she spotted the person. “Why isn’t she fighting?”
“Who is it?”
“Harper.”
Sophia couldn’t believe it. While her people were defending their alpha and his mate, Harper decided she wouldn’t get involved? Granted, she wasn’t fighting for the other side either, but to just stand there and watch was too much. Sophia would do anything to go down there and have her husband’s back.
“I want to talk to her,” she said.
Ava opened her mouth to say something and then seemed to rethink it. “She’s too close to the action. Wait a minute.”
She opened the window and climbed out onto the verandah’s roof. After inching to the edge, she narrowed her eyes on Harper. A little pucker appeared at her brows, letting Sophia know she spoke inside Harper’s head. Even with the distance between them, Sophia saw Harper jerk in annoyance and glance at the house. She paced a bit and then started toward them.
Ava climbed back inside, but she didn’t close the window. Harper drew near enough to disappear from sight, and Ava gestured to Sophia. “Go over there.”
