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“Were you in the pits?” I snap at him. He knows we hate him fighting, he hates it too, and if I find out he is running around for that bastard again, he is in for a world of hurt. Lycus snarls and jerks his hand away, only to stumble backward and bump into Tobias.
“I asked you the other day if you had something to tell me. Answer him!” Tobias snaps. “I knew you smelled off when you returned home the other night after your run. I knew something was wrong when you jumped straight into the shower.” Tobias snarls at him while I glare at Tobias.
“I didn't want to fucking ask! It's fine. I have it handled.” Lycus snarls.
“Until he asks for more money. Cut him off. I don't understand why you still fucking run to him whenever he comes looking for you,” I growl, furious.
“I have it handled,” Lycus retorts, glaring at me as he storms off toward the closet.
“How much is it this time, Lycus?” Tobias asks, but Lycus doesn't answer when I notice Aleera standing by the bathroom door.
“What is going on?” she asks, looking at Lycus, who slams the closet door.
“Nothing. Just fucking Porter,” Tobias says.
“Who's Porter?”
“Lycus' father,” I tell her, and she looks at me.
“Wait, I thought his father put him in the orphanage?” she asks, and I nod my head.
“Yeah, had nothing to do with him except to force him into the pits, until he learned of who Lycus was mated to, and every few years he pops back up demanding money,” Tobias growls, walking off toward the closet. I motion to Aleera to come to me, and surprisingly, she does.
“Why would he talk to his father after that?” she whispers, still staring at the closet door where Tobias disappeared after Lycus. I tug her on my lap just as Kalen steps out, his hair wet and a towel low on his waist.
“What happened?” Kalen asks, and I grip Aleera’s chin when she goes to answer him. She seems to figure out my silent message as she looks at me because she doesn't tell him.
“Nothing, Tobias is harassing Lycus. So unless you want to suck his cock I would stay out here,” Aleera laughs, and Kalen’s lips turn up in the corners. When yelling comes from the closet drawing our attention to it. Kalen clicks his tongue annoyed, and cocks an eyebrow at me. “Nothing?” he questions and Aleera looks at the closet and I sigh. But before I can answer, Kalen answers his own question. “Porter?” I chew my lip and nod once and he curses, shaking his head.
“Tobias will deal with him.” I tell Kalen who nods, returning his gaze to Aleera. He smirks, his eyes flashing and I kiss her jaw, tugging on the front of her towel and opening it. She growls at me, snatching it closed.
“Are you right there?” she snaps at me, and my hand on her hip moves and I squeeze her ass.
“Don’t you have class?” Kalen taunts making my eyes flash and I sigh knowing he is right. I tap Aleera on the butt.
“Get dressed. We have class,” I tell her, and I look at Kalen over my shoulder.
“You will join us this morning. Tobias and Lycus will be busy,” I tell him, and he nods, moving toward the drawers to grab some shorts.
ChapterThirty-One
Tobias Wraith
I am furious that Lycus would do this. Why he would sneak off to see the man responsible for abandoning him and almost killing him and Kalen multiple times is beyond me.
“Hurry up, Lycus! I swear if he followed you back here…” I don't finish when Lycus comes out the doors.
“He couldn't have followed me, I portaled,” Lycus says, and I shake my head.
“That doesn't mean he didn't follow you,” I tell him. Lycus glares at me while sitting on the edge of the bed and pulling on his socks and boots. Ryze watches us from where he is perched on the windowsill.
I whistle at him, and Ryze lifts his head to look at me before he flies over. He might as well come since Aleera isn’t here, and we were going to check the wards weren’t breached because Lycus decided to meet up with his piece of shit father.
I grab my jacket, pulling it on. “How much?” I ask him, opening up the portal. Lycus doesn't answer, and I knew if he went to the pits, it was to fight, which brought in hefty numbers.
“Does it matter? I didn't want to ask you for money,” he says as I pass through it.
“Because it would have been a no. He can't touch Kalen or us, so why do you continue to give into him?” I demand, stepping through the portal. Lycus follows, and I look around the forest.
