The punch came before I could finish the sentence.
It wasn't a warning. It was a heavyweight strike fueled by the full strength of a Beta's rage. My head snapped to the side, the sound of bone meeting flesh echoing through the silent hall. I stumbled back while the copper taste of blood instantly filled my mouth.
"Kaeren!" Waverly's voice was the only one that sounded genuinely panicked.
I straightened my jaw, wiping a trail of blood from my lip with the back of my hand. I looked at Leo. He wasn't breathing hard; he was vibrating with a silent, murderous energy.
"You have a lot of nerve calling me brother," Leo hissed, his voice carrying to every corner of the room. "After what you did in Spain? After you left her to deal with the consequences alone while you ran back here to play house with a shack-girl?"
The room went from silent to tomb-like.
