Page 177 of Claiming the Pack's Omega

"Hello, Maximus," I say through gritted teeth.

He walks towards us a smug smile on his face as his omega date follows behind him. I feel all of my packmates stiffen when we catch sight of who he's brought to dinner tonight.

Angie Winters.

He fucking brought Angie Winters. The girl who falsely accused Milo of touching her inappropriately when they were in middle school. The girl responsible for the endless bullying he experienced.

Of course. Of fucking course.

The smug look on Maximus's face makes me wanna punch him until he’s unrecognizable. He knows exactly who she is to our pack. He wanted to create chaos tonight, and given the furious expressions on Stone, Theo, and my face and the terror in Milo's, I think he was successful.

This is the kind of shit he lives for. I swear, he spends more time trying to ruin my life than he does trying to build his own.

"Is that her?" Reyna whispers, her voice an almost deadly, eerie sort of calm.

"Yes," Milo whispers, his voice so shaky he can barely get the single syllable out.

There's a flash of anger that appears on Reyna's expression. But then she catches sight of my brother, and she goes pale. I don't miss the way that her hand trembles when she clings to Milo's arm.

My gaze immediately jerks to my brother's face so I can try and gauge what he's thinking. He looks shocked, whichis incredibly rare. Then his expression goes hungry, and he's staring right at Reyna.

"What the hell did you think you were doing by bringing her as a date?" Theo growls, stepping in front of Milo and Reyna, hiding them from sight.

"What, am I not allowed to go to places I've been invited?" Angie says, examining her nails.

"Know your place," my brother sneers, eyeing Theo up and down. "I can have whoever the hell I want over to my fucking house. Right, Mom?"

"Of course, son. Now, I don't know what in the world is going on here, but you should put your differences aside," she says, narrowing her gaze on me and my pack.

"You heard her," my brother says. "Now, little brother, introduce me to this date of yours. I'm very interested."

Reyna's throat trembles as she swallows hard. She's doing her best to hide it, but all four of us can tell that there's something wrong. She's never reacted this way to another alpha before.

The four of us move closer to her, almost instinctively. With the way that we're all clustered around her, Maximus likely can barely see her.

There's a bit of awkward silence that goes on a bit too long, so my mother interrupts with a huff. "You've brought her here, you can't hide her now," she says, rolling her eyes.

My jaw clenches as I stare down my brother, trying to figure out what in the world he's trying to do. There's a glimmer in his eyes that I know all too well. He knows something that I don't. He also knows that I don't know what he knows, and he relishes that.

"This is silly," Angie says, rolling her eyes. "I was the victim, so why are you acting all protective ofher?"

Now it's her turn to glare daggers at Reyna.

My brows draw down and confusion as I jerk my gaze towards her. I was so consumed with my brother and trying to figure out whatever plan he has in his head that I forgot for a second that she was there.

Of course, she would think the awkward tenseness only has to do with her. She's the kind of omega that lacks the ability to see beyond herself. Just like my mother. If my brother is serious about her, then maybe this would be a viable match, but I'm not confident he has any interest in her outside of using her to get under my skin.

Looks like she doesn't like my brother's attention being drawn away from her.

"Shut the fuck up," Theo snarls.

"Don't talk to my date that way," my brother says, getting into Theo's face.

There's so much alpha dominance flying around in the room, that I'm sure a fight will likely break out soon.

"Why are you always like this?" My mother cries, her voice reaching the same grating pitch it does before she throws one of her big fits."Why can't you just have one peaceful dinner with your family, Killian? Would it kill you to treat us like family?"

My brother says something stupid under his breath about Milo, and Theo looks like he's ready to swing.