Page 35 of Brandy Snap: Part Two

He’d been chatting with some of the waitstaff in the kitchens, but they scurried off back to work as soon as I appeared.

I didn’t want to see anyone when I was so fucked up. I needed to leave the fucking party and deal with my shit myself.

The only reason no one had stopped me as I stormed down from the second floor was because my aura was going fucking haywire.

“Kai, let’s go home. You know Sin is going to be busy for the next few hours, especially if he knots her.” Because he was getting that same buildup of need he always did before he knotted Kai.

My omega’s eyes widened, and he fell completely silent, which was even more unnerving than him laying into me. The colour faded from his flushed cheeks as a fresh anger snapped through him.

It was pretty hot whenever Kai lost his shit, but this was different.

I liked Kai’s wild explosions, but I couldn’t tell if the ache was mine or his. Because he was already drunk, his eyes glazed over, his speech slurring. And he glared as he raised the bottle.

“Caspian, either get the fuck out of here right now or I’m going to smash this over your fucking head. You don’t want your lovely night with Camille and Brandy to spoiled by an insignificant thing likeyour fucking mate.”

“Kai…”

He suddenly swung the bottle in an arc. I jumped back as it flew past my nose. The alcohol dimmed our connection, but tears still tremored in his eyes, ready to fall if I said the wrong fucking thing. Which was bound to happen.

“I’ll come home when I’m ready to come home,” he hissed. “Until then, stay the fuck away from me.”

I pressed my mouth closed, too worn out to argue. My heart burned so badly, and Sin’s lust was so powerful thatKai’s frazzled scent and aura was making it even harder to concentrate.

“Fine,” I said shortly. “Come and find me when you do.” I turned on one foot, getting the fuck out of there before he went crazy on me.

“Seriously!?” he shouted after me, shock pounding out from him. “You’re seriously fucking leaving?”

I turned back to my omega as he trembled with rage. “You just told me to go,” I said.

“You are so fucking ridiculous. I can’t believe either of you. I don’t even know why the fuck I’m your mate if you can’t even fuckingtry.”

“Kai, you told me to get the fuck away from you,” I repeated. I didn’t know what else he wanted.

“Get a fucking clue, Cas! I’m your fucking omega! You’re meant to take care of me!”

“What do you want me to do, then?” I shouted straight back. “How am I supposed to deal with you like this?”

His pain hit me like a bullet, and I couldn’t tell why it hurt him more than anything else.

“Fine! You know what? Fucking go! I don’t fucking need you, anyway! Just get out and go and be with the omegas you actually fucking love.”

“Kai—”

“Go!” he screeched, hurling the bottle at me.

I fell backwards as it smashed into the wall next to me, exploding all over the floor in a shower of green glass and gold liquid.

“Just get the fuck out!” he screamed.

I couldn’t talk to him when he was drunk. I didn’t know how I was supposed to get through to him.

And I was too fucked up by everything that happened tonight to calm him down. He needed an alpha better than this. They all did. And Kai got stuck with me.

His ranting screams followed me, but I shut them out. As I left through the kitchen door, a huge wave of grief beat out from my omega. It was the same as mine, and I couldn’t push it away. It easily meshed with mine and swallowed me up.

I didn’t want to feel anything anymore.

I should have stayed with him. I should have taken him in my arms and forced him to come home with me so we could curl up in his nest and I could rock him to sleep. It wasn’t like he hadn’t hurt me before. I didn’t let him bite me as much or as hard as Sin did, but I still had scars.