Caine

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

 

The silence stretched on for a long time.

With every second that passed, what Caine had just said seemed to sink in to Derek.

“She’s your mate,” Derek slowly repeated.

“She is,” Caine replied, somehow managing to tighten his arm around my waist.

“I want to get out of here,” I whispered up at him.

Caine looked down at me. It seemed like he had other plans for Derek, but I didn’t want him to fight— not if I had to witness it.

“You’re the Luna of Locus Pack?” Derek asked me.

I nodded my head at him and then turned back to Caine. I hadn’t thought Derek would take the news so badly.

“Leave, Derek. I don’t have time to deal with you,” Caine told Derek, dismissively.

His words were not taken too kindly by Derek.

“I am not beneath you!” Derek growled at Caine.

“You are in my territory. Either you leave or I make sure you go,” Caine threatened.

“Kill him,” Liam spoke up. “Kill him or I will do it. But Derek isn’t walking away from here.”

Liam’s eyes had been concentrated on Derek, who frowned at his words.

“You can try, Rogue. I’m an Alpha,” Derek snapped at Liam.

“Not yet you’re not. Daddy hasn’t stepped down yet,” Liam taunted him.

Derek went to attack Liam when he said those words. When Caine walked forward and stood beside Liam, Derek came to a halt.

He probably knew there was no way in hell he could fight both of them and actually win.

Caine had just left my side when Macon and three other guys from the pack surrounded me. They were blocking me, not that Derek was going to try anything with all the Wolves from Locus Pack present.

“Liam,” I called for him.

When I tried to walk to him, Macon held me back.

“Not today, Liam” Caine said, steadily.

Liam turned to face Caine and it scared me that Derek would try anything when Liam was distracted. He didn’t. I assumed it had been because he was heavily outnumbered.

“I have waited for this moment a long time,” Liam growled lowly, before turning back to Derek.

“Then you will wait some more!” Caine snapped.

“I won’t back down from a fight, but it wouldn’t be fair for my pack,” Derek stated.

He knew what was right for him— I had to give him that. He had the disadvantage and he didn’t want to risk it. It wasn’t only that though, Derek knew that Caine would respect pack laws.

“Not today,” Caine stated.

His hand was on Liam’s shoulder, which seemed to be the only thing that held Liam back from going after Derek.

“How do you know the Rogue?” Derek asked Caine, suspiciously.

Derek was frowning at Liam. I couldn’t begin to guess what was running through his mind. I was scared he would tell Caine the truth.

I was going to tell Caine at some point that Liam and I weren’t really related, but I didn’t know how he would take it coming from someone else.