Cry Wolf

Chapter Seventeen - The Comfort

AN: I made a mistake in the last chapter when Jin speaks for the first time. Can't believe I missed it! Anyway, it's fixed now, but that means I lost all the embedded comments. *sad face*

The Comfort

Abigail's POV

My outburst is ignored.

Jin doesn't move, staring Liam down. Meanwhile Liam is as still as a statue. Too still. Like a predator ready to strike.

The hair on the back of my neck stands on end. The air is thick with tension. A fights about to break out and I don't want this over me. Jin and Liam are brothers and I'm not worth breaking up a family.

Sucking in a deep breath I step between them. "Stop."

Bad idea.

Jin frowns down at me.

Liam's lips curl around his fangs. "Do not come between us, Abigail."

"I don't want the two of you to fight," I argue. How can Liam so easily threaten his own brother? My anger towards this man returns full force. "And how dare you!? Jin is your brother and he was just protecting me. Something you won't do."

Liam tenses, a strange emotion flickering over his glowing eyes. "Don't presume to know what I would and would not do for you, Abigail."

"It's pretty damn clear, Alpha!" I shout.

"Stop." The word is tight and clipped. It's a simple command. One Liam expects me to obey. And I almost do, until I see Amelia's smug smile behind his back...

"Go to hell, Liam!"

Abigail, no!

Around the room are soft gasps of surprise.

You go too far.

Liam takes a step towards me, his lips pressing into a firm line. I balk, feeling a tinge of fear. I can see the rage in his glowing eyes. Never has he looked at me with that level of fury. But I don't back down. I'm done being pushed around by him.

I expect him to punish me. Hit me. Maybe even kill me. Instead, he grows disturbingly still once more. "Get out of my sight. Both of you," he bites out through clenched teeth.

He's dismissing me? What the hell!

"Excuse me?" I snap.

Do as he says.

Ignoring my wolfs warning I open my mouth to yell at him some more but Jin grabs my arm. He shakes his head at me, tugging me towards the door. I let him, glaring at Liam the entire time. "I hate you, Alpha. And I fucking mean it."

To my surprise Liam's gaze drops to the ground. "I know you do," he replies quietly.

Tears spill over my cheeks. I shake my head, leaving the dining room with Jin. He guides me back to my room while I sniffle and cry like a little baby. Then he sits me on my bed, wraps a blanket around my shoulders, and pats me on the top of my head as if I really am some child.

"You didn't have to do that," I hiccup, wiping at my eyes.

Jin shrugs, slipping his hands into his pockets.

I roll my eyes. "So what, now you're back to not talking again?"

He sighs. "Stay," he orders. Then he leaves. I watch him go, unsure what he's doing. I still can't believe he actually spoke at all.

Jin returns a few minutes later with a tray of food. Sitting on the bed with legs crossed he sets the tray between us. Crossing my legs, I turn to face him and we eat together on my bed in silence. It's not uncomfortable and really I don't need him to talk, I just need him to be there. And I hope he realizes how much I appreciate what he did for me.