NICKOLAI'S POV
The frown on my face hardened as I cut into the bacon served on my plate. I had long lost my appetite the very moment Patrick had asked for his own food and settled into the chair.
I didn't want to seem like an annoying, insecure, and overprotective lover at first, which is why I didn't want to seem way too forward. I tried holding my sanity and anger, but I just couldn't avoid it.
I couldn't afford to hold it in anymore, seeing how often Patrick stole glances at Freya, who was way too busy minding her food to observe my obviously annoying brother keeping his gaze pinned to her.
Even after I had given him a stern warning to clear off her and told him she was my mate, he still would not stop gawking shamelessly in her direction; it was making me sick and causing
