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“In my defense, I hadn’t been invited, Alexander,” August smirked. “So, I can hardly be held responsible for not informing the panel.”
And that’s why I disliked August Remington.
Instead of just keeping his fucking mouth shut, he was saving himself. He would always save himself and that’s not how a brotherhood should work. Yes, Stone had made the decision to defy the panel and not invite them to the wedding, but Fox, Saxton, and I had made the decision to attend, even though we knew it was against the rules, and we were owning that decision by accepting Alexander’s reprimand.
Alexander looked over at August. “Mr. Remington, if you think that is a point in your favor, you are very mistaken,” he replied, his voice tinged with a bit of anger. “If you are being kept out of the loop, then there must be a reason for it. Might you know what that reason would be?”
I had to give Alexander points for that. It was no secret that he and August were close, but he wasn’t letting that relationship cloud his purpose. My guess was that Alexander did not want to be the first panel leader in the history of The Order to have to report that he’d been unable to control his initiates. He would look like the biggest failure, and The Order didn’t take that kind of shit lightly.
“I have no idea what you’re referring to, Alexander,” August lied. “I haven’t done anything.”
Alexander didn’t look like he believed him, but without hard proof of any wrongdoing, what could he say? If we were going to take August Remington down, we needed proof.
Alexander turned back towards Stone. “And where is Ms. Madden living now?”
We all watched as Stone took a couple of steps forward and practically got in Alexander’s face.“Mrs. Lexingtonis living at my place,” he bit out. “There’s plenty of room, and my roommate is okay with it.” Then Stone looked over at August. “Rylee Lexington. It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?”
“Fuck you, Stone,” August spat. “Like I give a fuck about your whore-”
“I’m going to fucking kill you!” Stone roared as Saxton, Fox, and I rushed him, holding him back, though it was hard.
However, Alexander was in August’s face before August could respond to Stone’s threat. “Speak about a Hera member like that ever again, and the consequences will be astronomical, Mr. Remington,” he seethed. “Leave.”
“But-”
“Leave this instant, or I will instruct Mr. Voss, Mr. Harrington, and Mr. Carmichael to get out of the way,” Alexander threatened.
With hate shooting out of his eyes, August stormed out of the abandoned factory that Alexander had deemed our meeting place for tonight.
As soon as August was gone, I lost it. “What in the fuck was that?” I asked Alexander. “Why are you letting him get away with that shit?”
“Mr. Carm-”
“No, he’s right,” Fox jumped in, taking a step back from Stone now that August was no longer in the building. “First, he disrupts the initiation, and now this?”
“I told you that he wanted Rylee,” Stone snapped. “What more proof do you need?”
“Seriously,” I continued. “Is he sucking your dick or something?”
Alexander’s eyes shot my way. “I’d be very careful if I were you, Mr. Carmichael.”
“Okay, let’s just all calm down,” Saxton instructed. “Losing our shit isn’t going to help anything.” He looked at all of us, but when his gaze landed on Alexander, he added, “However, something needs to be done about August and Laney, Alexander. If you don’t want Stone killing him, then you had better do something.”
Alexander’s brows furrowed. “What’s Ms. Spinner have to do with any of this?”
“She tried to break Stone and Rylee up,” I told him. “It didn’t work, but she tried.”
“Do you have proof?”
“We have a video, though she claims it was all a joke,” Saxton answered him.
“Well, that’s hardly proof,” Alexander replied. “Some jokes-”
“Fuck this shit,” Stone scoffed. “Look, either take control of August and Laney or I fucking will, Alexander. Even if Rylee wasn’t my wife, I’d kill any guy who talked about my girlfriend like that.”
“I will look into Mr. Remington’s behavior,” Alexander promised. Then looking over at the rest of us, he added, “Perhaps this is a good time to suggest that the rest of you not take up with a female until after graduation. Do what you need to in order to fulfill your needs, but the less complications in your life right now, the better.”
Sutton Hadley immediately popped into my mind at Alexander’s stupid advice, and the thump in my chest came about just like it did every time that I thought about her or saw her.
