15 - The Invitation

“I heard you fired my slave,” Takoda announced as he lounged on his couch.

“Is that why you summoned me like a slave?” Tatum bit back. He stood a few steps away from the door with his arms crossed.

Takoda’s mate, Tania, was sitting on their bed, rubbing her belly. She didn't seem particularly interested in their conversation.

“I meant no offence, little brother,” Takoda stated in a tone that made it very clear that he did in fact mean to offend him. As Tatum always did, he refused to rise to the bait.

Since his coronation as the Alpha King, Takoda had been looking for ways to set him off. Try hard enough and he might just get his wish.

“I simply want to know why I am suddenly without a slave.”

Tatum uncrossed his arms, realising that folding it in front of his older brother in that way made it look like a child throwing a tantrum.

“You can get another one.”

“What if I want to keep that particular one? Hm? Don’t I, as your older brother, have a say in who I want to retain? Or is this a