And Then There Were Four

"You're such a bitter bitch. You did this, didn't you? You slashed my fucking tires because they told you, you couldn't go to school. What kind of sadistic whore are you?"

I had forgotten my father and mother were both standing here as I spoke to her, the anger trickling out of me. Her eyes went wide, her mouth parted as she looked at Talon. "See what I mean? He constantly blames me for everything. I was literally inside. I just came out here." "Lux, it is absolutely unacceptable you would speak to your sister like that and blame her for something when she was literally inside. I checked in on her this morning and she was sleeping." My mother gasped as she stared at me, absolutely mortified I would speak to Cassie that way.

"Oh, come on. You and I both know that she did this. She's fucking pissed because you won't let her go to school and you're forcing her to go through with the agreement. I heard the entire conversation last night. Do you really think she's going to be okay with me being able to go and her having to stay here and miss out on everything?"

It didn't make any sense why my sister would lash out like this, and for a brief moment, I started to doubt whether I had assumed wrong.

"Look, son. You need to apologize to your sister. As for the truck, take one of your other rides. You have your motorcycle," Talon replied, obviously angry, but trying to keep himself together.Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

With a groan of protest, I tossed my keys to my truck on the ground and opened the garage. The problem was, as soon as the garage door opened, it was clear I wouldn't be taking my motorcycle either, because the front tire on that had been slashed as well. As a roar of frustration and anger escaped me. I spun to Cassie once more. However, I didn't make it a step further as Hale stepped out from the house and quickly snatched me by the back of my neck, stopping me in my tracks. "What the fuck is going on?"

His Alpha aura radiated around me and even though I was his son and the next alpha in line, I had to submit to him when he was telling me to stop. "I'm calm," I snapped as he gently let go of my neck

"Tell me what happened," he replied, staring down at me with nothing but anger in his eyes. I hated it when he was pissed at me, but I did start my morning off in the wrong way. Not that it was my fault.

"Someone slashed three of the tires

on my truck and I know it was Cassie. However, Mom and Talon seemed to think it wasn't. I was going to take my bike, which is in the garage, and I opened the door to find one of those tires slashed. It's not a coincidence. Someone in this house did it, and she's the only one with motive."

With a sigh of disgust, she turned on

Again, my sister stood there looking at everybody who had turned to look at her. "Are you fucking kidding me right now? You honestly think I did this out of everybody else that lives in this house? I'm always the fucking culprit."

her heels and marched inside. Cassie may have claimed she didn't do it, and part of me was starting to believes she didn't. But this was completely her M.O. so the conflict of the situation just pissed me off even more.

"Son, I don't know who did this and I will find out, but for now, take your mother's car and go to school. When you're done, I want you to come directly back here because you and I need to have a conversation about how we treat our family and our pack members, because it's obvious you don't know how to rein in your temper."