Demon: Book 1

Chapter 40: Dinner with the Enemy

My mother beamed at me as she read my first-trimester report card. I sat on a kitchen stool, feeling pretty giddy myself. I passed. I passed everything, including math, with a B. It might have been an 81%, but it was still a B.

"I'm proud of you." She pressed the piece of paper to her chest.

"Thanks."

"Comrade even mentioned you're getting the new material quicker than usual."

"I'm getting there," I said with a deep breath.

"Well, we are celebrating." She grabbed her purse and took out her phone. "We're going out tonight."

"Awesome!" I jumped off the stool and headed upstairs.

"Call Titus and invite him," my mom said.

I stopped and gripped the handrail. "What?"

"Call Titus." She waved her hand at me. "Hello, honey."

I sat down on the step as I heard my father's deep voice.

"Aden passed all of his classes. He even managed a couple of As." She nodded. "Yes, I want to take him out to celebrate." She smiled. "Alright, hurry home so we can leave before seven. Oh, and Titus is coming as well. I love you, bye." She ended it with my father still struggling to come up with an argument.

"Mom," I breathed. "If Dad doesn't want Titus to come, he doesn't have to."

"Do you want Titus to come?" She folded her arms.

I sucked in my lips and nodded. "Yes, but not if they're just going to fight the whole time."

"I'll handle your father. Run upstairs and give Titus a call."

"'kay." I hurried to my room. Grabbing my phone, I pressed on Titus's name. He didn't answer. I waited for a few minutes and tried again.

"Hello?"

I froze. "Um... this is Aden. Is Titus there?"

"He's finishing up his chores," said the alpha. "You can talk to him later tonight."

"Wait," I said quickly before he hung up.

"Yes?"

I swallowed the lump in my throat. "I—I wanted to know if he could come to dinner."

"Not tonight."

"We're going out. I passed my classes in school, and we're celebrating. My mom wants him to come."

The alpha sighed. "I'll have her calling me next if I say no, then?"

"Probably, sir."

"Fine, what time?" he muttered.

"She wants to leave at seven."

"I'll let him know."

The line went dead.

I smiled to myself. My mom was amazing. She even had the alpha conquered, and she didn't even know it.

***

I opened the front door and saw Titus standing there in a formal black jacket and a collared shirt.

"Hey." He hugged me and kissed my cheek. "I'm supposed to thank your mom for getting me off night patrol," he whispered in my ear.

I laughed. "I don't know how she does it."

A truck was coming down the road. I glanced past Titus and watched it drive by. Chris and Katy were inside. I hated that she lived nearby. I saw them way too often.