The man was beyond patronizing. The way he looked down upon us, like he believed he was above us. The only thing he had over me was age. But here he was, looking at us like we did not belong. He had demanded we leave, and that was what we had been attempting to do. Yet, now he was there with the condescending glare of the accessory he called a wife looking down her nose at us too. Or more so, at my mate. Luna Celine believed she was something she was not.
I tugged Evelyn closer, and felt her stiffen in my embrace. She felt uncomfortable around her own family, and given what had just occurred, I do not think anybody would blame her.
“Oh, come now, Lucael…” Celine all but purred in my direction, a sickeningly sweet smile upon her face. One not unlike her daughter's when she too was tryin
