BRAINS NOT INCLUDED

Chapter 6:

🧠 BRAINS NOT INCLUDED

MIA'S POV

One thing you should know about the Adams family is that they don’t send warnings quietly. They don’t leave threats behind like puzzles to solve. No, they look you straight in the eye and tell you they’re going to kill you. And once they say it, you're as good as dead. That’s just how they are. You can run to heaven if you want, but even heaven won’t save you. No hiding place is safe. Once they mark you, they’ll find you.

That’s the kind of people we’re dealing with. The kind who breathe trouble. The kind who eat death for breakfast.

So, I wasn’t mad because Victor had been stealing. No, I was furious because he was stealing from the Skoll Pack— the same pack that caused our parents' death. The same monsters that left us broken and cold.

I stood up from Sera’s bed with my blood boiling. I didn’t even try to hide the fire in my steps. I was going to confront my brother. I had no plan, no speech— just rage.

“Where are you going?” Sera asked, her voice soft and filled with concern.

“To ask him why he’s so stupid,” I said, trying to calm the heat in my voice, but I failed.

“I thought you said he’s in a meeting with the Elders?” she asked again.

“Yeah,” I snapped. “But this is more important. What’s the use of a pack meeting if we’re dead before it ends? If the Skoll Pack invades us, there’ll be no one left to hold meetings.”

I stormed out before she could reply.

“Please take it easy with him,” she called after me. “Don’t put yourself in trouble.”

I stopped walking and turned around to look at her. She looked nervous, scared even.

“I believe what you mean is, don’t put you in trouble, right?” I asked her, and I could see the guilt in her eyes. That’s exactly what she meant. She didn’t want to face Victor again— not after what he did to her last night. He rejected her as his mate. In front of the entire pack. If it were me, I would never return to this place. But Sera… she was stronger than she looked.

Sera said nothing. I didn’t wait any longer. I headed straight for the meeting room. And I didn’t knock. I didn’t care who was inside.

I pushed the door open, and heads turned instantly. They were all seated— Victor and the Elders— talking like the world wasn’t falling apart.

“I want to speak to my brother,” I said boldly, walking in like I owned the place.

Sera whispered from behind, “Rather say you want them all out.”

I smiled. “I want you all out!” I shouted, louder this time.

Everyone turned to look at Victor. He was the Alpha after all. His face didn’t show any emotion, but after a few seconds, he nodded. One by one, the Elders dragged themselves out of the hall, mumbling under their breath.

Once the door closed behind them, Victor turned to me with that cold look he always had when he was annoyed. “We might be siblings,” he said, “but learn to know your place in this pack.”

Then his eyes shifted to Sera. She was standing quietly behind me. He stared for a long second. “She’s back,” he said.

“Do you care?” I asked.

He looked back at me, frowning slightly. “Why have you interrupted my meeting?”

“I just want to ask why you want to die like our father did,” I said, standing my ground.

“What are you talking about?” he asked, his face full of confusion—nor maybe he was pretending. I know Victor. This was him playing dumb.

“If the Adams family could tell Sera they want you dead, I believe they would have told you too,” I said.

“What is going on, Mia?” he asked again.

“You know exactly what I’m talking about!” I shouted. “Why have you been stealing from the Skoll Pack?”

He flinched. Just slightly. But I saw it. That was all I needed.

“Keep your voice down,” he said quickly.

“Why?” I hissed, but lowered my voice anyway.

Then he narrowed his eyes. “How do you know about this?”

I stepped aside. “Sera, tell him.”

I heard her take a deep breath behind me. Then her soft voice filled the silence. “After the last incident, I ran into the woods and fell. I must have hit my head because I passed out. When I woke up, I was in the Adams’ house. Their… their nice son, Mike, had saved me.”

She paused, maybe realizing she called Mike nice. I rolled my eyes. Not the time.

“At breakfast, they told me everything. They said you’ve been stealing from them. That they’re going to kill you. And not just you— me and Mia too.”

Victor smiled. That cold, annoying smile.

“I don’t see why they want you dead, Sera,” he said.

I exploded again. “They know you have a Luna, Victor!. Thank the Moon Goddess they don’t know Sera is the Luna they want to kill along side you,".

“I rejected her,” he said calmly. “So she has no problem.”

Those words hit Sera like a bullet. I didn’t have to look back to know she was hurting. My hands clenched at my sides. How could he say that so easily?

There was silence for a while. Then I broke it. “Why, Victor? Why have you been stealing from them? You’re putting us all at risk! Do you want me and Sera to die because of your stupidity?”

He sat down slowly, looking tired all of a sudden.

“I needed to,” he said at last.