Page 10 of Love in Unexpected Places

“Where does she live?”Chance asked.

“A few hours away from here.Obviously, I don’t have a car, so I can’t go pick her up, but I can’t abandon her.”

“That won’t be a problem.You can take one of the pack’s cars, but I’d feel more comfortable if someone went with you.With the coven targeting us, I don’t want anyone out there on their own.It would be best if you could convince one of the mages to accompany you.”

“What about Sabrina?”

“What about her?”

“You said I could go and pick her up, and I will, but where do I take her?”

Chance’s frown cleared.“I thought that was obvious.This is your home, Matty.Where else would you want to take your sister?”

“So you’ll welcome her into the pack?”

“If that’s what she wants, we will.She’s family to you, and you’re family to us.She has a place with us.”

Matty almost started crying.He’d thought this was how Chance would react, but he hadn’t been a hundred percent sure, and it had worried him.He should’ve known better.Even if Chance had said no, Theo would have stood up to him and fought for Sabrina to come here.Luckily, he wouldn’t have to.Matty didn’t want to get between the two, and he was happy he wouldn’t.

* * * *

“Which one of you isresponsible for this?”Deborah asked.

Trevor looked back into the bedroom.Sullivan wasn’t sure who between him and Drew had been supposed to keep an eye on this dragon, but either way, it wasn’t going to end well for Trevor.He was the one standing in front of Deborah right now.

“I was,” Trevor said, looking down at Deborah.His voice trembled slightly, which wasn’t a surprise.He knew as well as everyone else what was about to happen to him.

Deborah’s anger seemed to vanish, but she was even scarier now.Her expression was set, her body tense, and her tone cool when she spoke.“You were responsible for her, yet you allowed her to wake up and attempt to escape.You know what that means.”

“I have to be punished,” Trevor whispered.

“We need to make an example out of you so that everyone knows what will happen if they don’t do their job.”She leaned closer and stroked her fingertips up Trevor’s shoulder.“Will you come willingly, or will I have to drag you to my office?”

Sullivan swallowed.He wanted to scream and run, and he wasn’t in Trevor’s place.He could only imagine how Trevor felt, and he hated that he couldn’t do anything to help him.

“What happened?”a voice whispered from behind Sullivan, making him jump.

He turned and glared at Michelle.“One of the dragons almost escaped,” Sullivan whispered back.“Deborah isn’t happy.”

“Shit.”

“Pretty much.Trevor is in deep trouble.”

“You think Deborah will kill him?”

Sullivan hoped she wouldn’t, but sometimes, it happened.When the coven leaders punished a coven member, they weren’t always careful.The coven had lost several members that way, and Sullivan prayed they wouldn’t lose Trevor.He was a good kid, too young to have to live like this and to have to die for something like this.If there was anything Sullivan could do to stop this from happening, he’d do it, but unfortunately, he knew that if he intervened, he’d end up next to Trevor in Deborah’s office.

“The coven needs mages,” Sullivan told Michelle.“Deborah knows that.She wants to make an example out of him, but I don’t think she’ll kill him.”And if she did, Sullivan would feel even guiltier than he already did.

He wanted to protect his people, the people he considered his family, but he was too weak.He’d have to watch what happened to Trevor without doing anything.The thought made him want to throw up, especially as Deborah gestured at Trevor to follow her, and Trevor took a step forward.He hesitated, which Deborah noticed.

She glanced around the hallway, smiling when she saw two of her supporters.“Make sure he doesn’t vanish on the way to my office,” she ordered.

They stepped forward.Trevor’s eyes widened, but there was nowhere for him to go.He allowed the two to grab his arms and drag him forward, glancing back only once.Sullivan had to bite his lower lip so he wouldn’t say anything when he saw the expression on Trevor’s face.Trevor was so pale that he looked like he was about to faint, and his eyes were wide with fear.

“I hate this,” Michelle muttered.

“You’re not the only one.”Far from it.The problem was that it still wasn’t enough to stop the council members from hurting their coven.

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