Bonds that bind us novel Chapter 14

Brax

“Madison, stop!”

Blair shoots a glare in my direction. Placing her hands on Madison’s shoulders, she stops her from looking back and pushes Madison forward.

“Madison!”

“Fuck off, you traitor.” Blair snaps as I jog to catch up with them.

“You are a fine one to talk, and this," I wiggle a finger between me and Madison, "doesn’t concern you,"

“She is my friend. How could you be so cruel?”

“You’re asking me why I’m cruel? You must be fucking joking, Lone Wolf?” I spit out the stupid name she once used.

Her eyes lock on to mine. “Don’t call me that.”

“Isn’t that what they always called you?” I sneer.

“Let’s go,” Blair mutters to Madison.

Madison tries her best to avoid meeting my eyes until I block her path. Her chestnut orbs briefly focus on me and then shift to something behind me. Her face was already blotchy as she tried to hold it together. I was expecting this. No one wants to know their mate has tied themselves to another.

“Blair, piss off and leave us to talk.”

“No chance. Right now, she needs a friend,” Blair snaps.

I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t be spouting off to me if I had a gun pressed up against her temple. It appears she had become a little too comfortable since I had been gone.

Bare hands could do just as good a job as a gun.

“Do I need to remind you that you might be playing happy families here, but it doesn’t change what you did to my family.”

“Neah….”

“Neah isn’t here.” I stare her down. “And don’t even try to use the sibling card. I already know which side she will be on.”

Her face hardens. “You wouldn’t dare.”

“Are you sure you want to pull at that thread?” I muse.

“Stop. Please stop,” Madison whispers. “Blair, it’s fine, you can go. I will catch up with you later.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, she is.” I snap.

Madison nods at her. “I will be okay.”

“I will be watching. The front door to Ryken’s is right over there.”

Madison takes a deep breath as Blair stomps away, swinging her arms. It was odd to see her care for someone other than herself.

“You don’t have to be so mean to her. She is trying.”

“Trying with everyone else.”I shake my head, “You have to realise I won’t ever be able to forgive her for what she did to my family or the situation she put my kid in. I tolerate her purely because it is what I have been asked to do. But if she crosses that line, there will be no stopping me.”

She folds her arms across her chest and stares at me for a moment before dropping her gaze. Her red waves fall around her face as she squats to tie up her shoelace. “Why did you bind yourself to that woman?”

“We were in a life and death situation.”