again.
Dammit, it could be my brother. Max had been really worried last night. I glanced at the clock and couldn't believe it was already nine in the morning. I slowly crawled from his arms, careful not to wake him. We'd been up most of the night.
I grabbed my phone, and Kai's name was flashing. I tiptoed to the bathroom and shut the door. "Hello?'
"Thank God I got you." Kai's voice sounded relieved, but there was tension in it.
"Are you okay?" Did the heirs do something to him?
"No, we need to talk." Kai's voice was unusually low. “I just talked to my dad, and there is something you really need to know about your pendant.”
Whatever he wanted to tell me didn’t sound like it was going to be a good thing.
Chapter Nineteen
"What do you mean?" I was about to learn what that pendant meant. It's crazy that my mom somehow got a hold of something that appeared to be important.
"So remember how I said that your necklace reminded me of The Blood Council's symbol?" He cleared his throat.
"Yeah, I do. But that's kind of crazy."
"If you think that's crazy, wait until you hear me out." He took a breath like he was getting up the nerve to say something. "That pendant you have, it was The Blood Council's symbol when the Overseer was alive."
"What?" I wanted to say he was crazy, but in Shifter History, I'd seen the current Blood Council symbol. It was the same except for the ruby paw on top and centered with the four underneath it.
"They changed it as soon as Brent Forrest was found dead. They demanded no one use the old signature and embrace the new. They required the new one be used in the history books and to never mention the old one." Kai sighed.
"But why?"
"No one knows. Some speculate that it was because Mr. Hale was so heartbroken from losing his best friend. He and Brent grew up together and were inseparable." He huffed. "Mia, I don't know how or why you have it, but you need to get rid of it. Nothing good can come from it."
"Mia?" Liam's voice called out to me, and I heard his footsteps. "Are you okay?"
"Are you still with him?" Kai's voice cracked when he said the words, and then he barked out a laugh. "Why am I even asking? Of course you are. He wouldn't let you leave."
Right when I was about to tell him that I had to go, the bathroom door swung open.
"Do you need me to come get you?" Kai pressed the issue, not realizing Liam could hear everything he said.
Liam's eyes flashed with anger, and he took the phone out of my hand. "No, she doesn't. Now, leave her alone." He hung the phone up, and his eyes landed on me. "What the hell? The first thing you do after claiming me is call that asshole?" His hurt flowed through the bond.
He was jealous and insecure, but the problem was he had been the one who made our relationship this way. Not me. "No, he called me to tell me something important."
"Oh, I'm sure he did." His jaw clenched. "Don't worry. He won't be calling you anymore."
"Stop with the asshole act." I couldn't deal with it right now. There was more going on than his insecurities. "I need to go home."
"Fine, let's head back to the dorms." Liam turned around, but I reached out and touched his arm.
"No, I need to go home-home." I reached over and grabbed my phone from his hand. "I'll get Max to take me."
"No, I'll take you." He turned around and finally looked at me. "What did he say?"
"Now you want to know instead of acting like an idiot?" He was getting on my damn nerves. "You know what? Forget it." I pulled my brother's name up on my phone.
"Look, I'm..." He took in a deep breath and glanced at the ground. "Sorry. I came in here because you being upset woke me up … and then to hear you talking with him…"
Wow, I wasn't quite sure what to do. He was acting like a mate. "No, it's fine." I bit my lip. Do I dare tell him? He was officially my mate now in every damn way. My parents told each other everything. If I wanted a healthy relationship, I may have to be the first one to make a move, but I needed to know something first. "What did Kai's father tell you the other