“Nothing. She sleeps in here from now on,” Darius answered while I said nothing.
Chapter 45
Tobias growled, and Iturned my head to look over the back of the couch.
“What the fuck did you do to her?” Tobias whispered before marching over to Darius. He sniffed him before grabbing his hand, and my face flamed red when I saw him sniff Darius’s fingers. Tobias growled and shoved him away before turning to look at me.
“What the fuck? Did he force you?” Tobias asked me, and I saw Lycus and Kalen stir on the bed as he raised his voice higher.
“Shut up before you wake them. I never hurt her. Quite the opposite, actually,” Darius snarled back at him.
“That’s not what I asked,” Tobias growled at him.
“She is fine. Are you hurt, Aleera, in pain?” Darius asked, and I glared at him before turning away as embarrassment coursed through me.
“That’s fucked up even for you. You can’t force her to do shit like that.”
“Says who?” Darius asked.
“You’re unbelievable,” Tobias spat, turning to face me. He walked over and reached out to me when Darius spoke.
“Don’t feel sorry for her, Tobias. She is the one who tried to break my wards and leave. I was merely demonstrating who had control,” Darius said, and Tobias’s hand that was reaching toward me to do god knows what stopped.
“You tried to leave?” Tobias asked. I pressed my lips in a line, and tears blurred my vision, so I lay down and rolled on my side. I could tell him the truth, but he or Darius would kill Ryze. That much was certain.
“This will kill Kalen,” Tobias hissed angrily.
“He doesn’t have to know,” Darius said.
“Then how do you plan on explaining her being in our damn room?” Tobias asked, and I sat up to see Darius shrug.
“He asked to sleep in her room. This is giving him what he wants under supervision,” Darius said, and I glared at him. I thought the whole point was to make Kalen hate me.
“You keep your hands to yourself. Kalen sees you forcing yourself on her, he will fucking lose it, and I want no part of this,” Tobias said.
“Fine, as long as Aleera keeps her mouth shut, everything will be fine. Isn’t that right, Aleera?” Darius asked.
“As long as you keep the fuck away from me,” I snapped at him.
“See? Everything is fine,” Darius said, looking between Tobias and me. I curled back up on the couch while Darius wandered off into the bathroom. Tobias came over, draped a blanket over me, and handed me a pillow. I took it when suddenly he cupped my cheek with his hand.
“Why would you do that? Don’t do it again. I am not saying what he did was right. It wasn’t. But you running?” He shook his head. I just stared at him.
Was he seriously defending him? I slapped his hand away. “You’re just as bad as him. Get away from me,” I told him, rolling to face the back of the small two-seater.
“We told you that you could earn more freedom if you behaved, Aleera. We only just stopped locking your damn door, and you ran the first chance you got. How are we supposed to trust you?” he asked.
“I wasn’t running,” I whispered.
“What?” Tobias asked, and I shook my head when he gripped my chin and turned my face toward him.
“What did you say?”
“I wasn’t—”
The bathroom door opened, and Tobias glanced over at Darius. I pulled my face out of his grip.
“Aleera?”