Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 91

Lia

I couldn’t believe that they wanted us out. How could they want us to leave a place that had been our home for so long?

The Werewolf association didn’t want any fuss. This was why they wanted to leave, to give in to Rosewater Coven’s demands. By doing this they could wash their hands of it.

It filled me with rage and a determination to stay. I didn’t want to leave! Why should I leave when they were the ones stuck in the past?

The Rosewater Coven should accept that we bested them. If anyone should leave then they should.

But we still had to discuss it as a pack.

The Moonveil gathered around the table, the air crackling with tension. Matt cleared his throat, drawing everyone’s attention to him.

“We should leave,” Matt says, jaw tight.

“No,” I say immediately, crossing my arms. “I don’t want to go.”

“Same,” Rain mutters.

“Yeah,” Jesse adds. “I don’t want to leave either.”

Matt lets out a sharp breath. “Oh, now you don’t? Five minutes ago, you were on the fence.”

“I was thinking,” Jesse shoots back. “And I realized running solves nothing.”

Colby crosses his arms. “Glad you finally caught up.

Matt’s glare flicks between us. “You’re all insane.”

“No,” I counter. “We’re just not cowards.”

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His hands clench into fists. “You think leaving is cowardly?”

“I think pretending we have to leave is,” I snap. “No one wants to go, Matt. Not even you.”

He scoffs. “Oh, I do. I just know you won’t.”

Gabi groans. “God, I am so over this. Michael and I are staying. You all figure your shit out.”

She stormed out of the room, as best she could with her swollen belly. My brother jumped to his feet, looking at all of us but focusing on Matt.”

Michael shrugs. “Yeah. We’re done arguing.”

Matt turns to them. “You’re making a mistake.”

“No,” Michael says coolly. “We’re making a choice.”

Colby shakes his head. “A choice we all agree on. So why the hell are we still talking?”

“Because staying is dangerous,” Matt snaps.

“So is leaving,” Rain says. “What’s your point?”

Matt breathes hard through his nose like he’s barely keeping himself from losing it. “My point is you don’t understand the risk.”

“We understand just fine,” I say. “We just aren’t letting fear decide for us.”

Matt lets out a bitter laugh. “You’re being reckless.”

“Or maybe we’re finally standing our ground,” Jesse says, voice calm but firm.

Matt looks at him like he’s searching for an argument, but Jesse just stares back, unshaken.

Colby sighs. “Let’s stop pretending there’s still a debate here.” He glances at Matt. “Unless you’re leaving.”

Matt doesn’t answer.

I arch a brow. “Well?”

His jaw works, like he’s grinding his teeth together. Then, finally, he exhales sharply. “I’m not leaving without you.”

“Then we’re done here.”

It wasn’t like me to act so impulsively but it was brewing inside me like a storm.

“What’s with you?” Matt asked from his bed, raising a brow.

“I’m fine.”

Matt rolled his eyes. “You are sitting there with your claws out and making holes in the mattress. Unless I’ve lost it, this is not fine. This is far from fine.”

“Matt, drop it.”

My tone was harsh, dripping with venom. I wasn’t sure it would work on him because Matt could be unpredictable when it came to my anger.

Rain would drop it in a heartbeat. Colby might give a little push back but I was positive he’d back off because he didn’t want to cause any issues at the end of the day.

But Matt was the wild card.

“If you are planning something at least tell me what it is,” Matt muttered. “I want to get in on it.”

A smirk made its way to my face.

“I’m not planning anything.”

My face was impassive, not telling Matt one way or another if I was telling the truth.

“Sure.”

He rolled over, his back facing me.

I hadn’t heard the end of this but right now Matt was willing to drop it so I was going to focus on that.

The truth of it was I had no idea what I was going to do quite yet. But the one thing I did know was that I would do something.

The era of the Moonveil pack playing defense had finally come to an end.