"You'll regret this," he said, but the threat sounded hollow even to my ears. "When they get tired of you, and they will, you'll have nowhere to go."
"She'll always have a home here," Alpha Maxwell's commanding voice came from the top of the stairs. I hadn't even heard him approach. "But you, Jon, are no longer welcome in this house. Leave now, or be removed."
The Alpha command in his voice was unmistakable. Jon's shoulders slumped in defeat, and without another word, he pushed past Kane and Brent and stormed out the front door, slamming it so hard the windows rattled.
The silence that followed was deafening.
"Well," I said finally, "that's one family reunion I won't be attending next year."
To my surprise, all four brothers laughed, a tension-breaking sound that seemed to release som
