know that Emily and I have been fucking again, and he has no clue she’s been talking to our father behind our backs, but he is aware of the secrets she’s kept from him from before we left for college. I made sure of that.
I was hoping it would be enough to back him off, but with the way he’s acting with me today, I have my doubts.
Damon is angry. That much is apparent, and nothing good ever comes from his temper flaring.
Which is why I’ve been keeping my distance and letting him cool down. The last thing we need on top of the shitshow Ivy caused is Damon starting a fight.
He has a right to be angry with me, though. I should have left shit alone after what happened at the engagement party. Should have walked away and not demanded Emily give us another six weeks. It was fucking stupid of me to think any of this could work out.
And letting her go again? Yeah, it won’t be easy, but I need to grit my teeth and cut her off.
I can’t trust her.
I’m only hurting her, and it’s driving me so fucking nuts I can barely sleep at night.
“Ivy went to some cabin upstate,” Gabe announces as he steps up to stand beside Tanner. “And Emily is with her from what Dylan said.”
Stifling the growl that wants to crawl up my throat to know Emily is out of reach, I roll my neck again and run my tongue over my top teeth.
We’re done with her.
I’m done with her.
So why the fuck do I want to jump in my Jeep and chase her ass down?
Tanner glances at Gabe.
“Should we leave tonight to go get her?”
Priest chuckles at that.
“Jesus. Those poor women. What? Do you have tracking devices strapped to them?”
Gabe smiles. “It’s not a bad idea.”
Tanner raises his brows in agreement.
“And no,” Gabe says, “let’s give her a few days and set something up to corner her. You know how she is.”
Don’t we all? If I weren’t so pissed about her taking out my tires as well, I’d be laughing my ass off about this.
Shane walks over from the car he just finished.
“Almost done. Once the Jeep is finished, we can all take off.” He glances at me. “What crawled up Damon’s ass? I tried talking to him a little while ago, and he almost took my head off for it.”
There’s accusation in his tone of voice. But fortunately, he doesn’t say more than that.
Tanner and Gabe have already been watching Damon and me with concern. The last thing I need to add on top of everything else is this crap with Emily or the fact that William is attempting to contact us again.
How the fuck is everything blowing up at the same time? It feels like we’re all being run in circles, our problems colliding at certain points before we’re sent off in opposite directions to chase down new bullshit that needs to be handled.
All because of those servers.
There better be something good on them for the effort we’re putting in to chase them down.
“I’ll talk to Damon,” I say, pushing away from the SUV and stalking in my brother’s direction.
He glances up at me as I approach, the skin between his eyes tight, a muscle in his jaw jumping with the clench of his teeth.
Damon is a mirror image of me in so many ways, but he lacks the ability to keep his emotions under wrap, his rage always so close to the surface that you feel angry for no reason just by standing near him.
He’s infectious, and rarely in a good way.
“Let’s talk.”
“I have nothing to say,” he grunts, anger flashing behind a set of eyes that are identical to mine.
“Too fucking bad, little brother. You’re out here pacing like you’re about to start shit, and it’s making people nervous. The last thing we need is Tanner and Gabe calling a family meeting about our bullshit. So what’s crawling down your spine right now? The crap with Emily, or is this about William?”
“It doesn’t fucking matter,” he says, getting in my face in the process.
Fucking great, now we’re squaring off where everybody can see us, both of our bodies tight, our stances prepared for someone to throw the first punch.
Tension crackles around us like electricity, the world blocked out because all we can focus on is the threat in front of us. And how fucked up is it that the threat is our own brother?
We’ve fought before.