Chapter 9

"I didn't have to. After last night..." He sighed heavily. "Quad bonds work both ways. When I felt the pull toward you, they felt it too. It was impossible to hide."

I closed my eyes, dread washing over me. "How did they react?"

"About as well as you'd expect." His laugh was bitter. "Fin punched a hole through his bedroom wall. Brent hasn't stopped pacing. And Kane... Kane's been unnaturally quiet, which is somehow worse than if he were raging."

"This is a nightmare," I whispered.

"It doesn't have to be." His voice softened. "Please, just come talk to us. To my father. There are things you need to know before your ceremony next week.”

“Yay to be thrown to the wolves, likely me,” I said, “and knowing at least two of them will have me moved to the pack house by noon, and even better, their girlfriends will be there to remind me of my place, go me.”

"Their girlfriends aren't there," Liam said quietly. "They broke up with them last night."

I nearly dropped the phone. "What?"

"The mate bon