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Xavior

I can’t stop thinking about what Grant said at the last pack breakfast. Something about it isn’t sitting well with me and if I’ve learned anything from the years I served in the military it’s always trust your instincts.

If we can take out the threat before it becomes one, then we can save a lot of people from being injured in the long run.

I push open the door to the Pack House hoping to speak with Silas about it, but there is nobody here.

I know it’s early in the morning, but I figured at least one of them would be awake already.

Walking through the Pack House, I follow the sounds of women laughing.

It’s the private part of the house where Silas and Nova reside with their twins.

My knuckles rapped on the door when I hear a faint, “Come in.”

Nova has already filled the hallway with photos of the twins, giving this part of the house a homey feel it never had. There is soft giggling coming from the living room. Of fucking course she’s here. Why am I not surprised?

I’ve just walked around the couch, ready to ask Nova where Silas is when…

“Ew, didn’t your mother teach you to take off your shoes at the door? Rude of you to drag the outside world into the house,” Nellie sneers at me.

My eyes roll because it’s always something with her.

“Did someone shove the stick further up their ass today or is this just the latest show that nobody signed up for?”

Nova gasps as she covers Damon, her dark, curly haired twin’s ears, as she glares at me.

Nellie mock gasps as she covers Kael, the red-haired freckled other twin’s ears. “You truly are a barbarian. Do you really have no shame?”

Says the girl that cusses more than I do, but sure let’s pretend you are so perfect.

“Calm down Broadway, nobody here is going to give you that five star rating you are so desperate for.”

Nova coughs to try to cover her laugh as Nellie cuts her eyes to her. Nova holds up her hands in surrender when Nellie points a finger at her.

Thankfully Silas comes walking in with a smirk on his face. He knows how much Nellie gets under my skin every single time, and yet he doesn’t offer any advice either.

He comes to a stop next to me, looking down at his little family with so much love.

“What can I do for you Xav?” Silas says as he raises an eyebrow at me.

“I wanted to talk with you about the Grant issue. My gut is telling me that we need to handle that sooner rather than later.”

He nods his head. “Come on then, let’s go to my office.”

He walks over, kissing Nova on the top of her head as he puts a hand on her stomach before he kisses the twins and signals for me to follow him.

I follow behind him until we reach the front door. With one last look over my shoulder, Nellie flips me off as she blows me a kiss.

I shake my head before I walk out the door. I don’t know what it is about her, but no matter how hard I try, I can’t help but antagonize her.

As much as she annoys me, something about her draws me in. I gravitate towards her each time. As if she is earth and I’m the moon orbiting her. The flash of defiance each time we bicker is like the sun rising over the horizon, lighting up my world each time.