Page 87 of Brandy Snap: Part One

I lifted my head to make sure Mel was actually leaving.

I watched her closely. A minute ago she was all fired up under me, and now she was looking at Sin with so much longing I wanted to snarl.

“Could you move?” she asked, propping her hands on her hips, finally breaking the tension between them. Her tone switched from an angry bite to a softness that grated on me.

Why the fuck was she talking to him so sweetly? He hadn’t done anything to her, so why were they both already lost in their own world?

What the fuck was she doing to us?

Sin nodded, unfolding his arms as he stepped to his right, giving her space to open the door. She threw us one last ferocious glare and slammed it behind her, plunging us into heavy silence.

Sin sighed, releasing his aura. The air in the room shimmered as it expanded.

“You didn’t have to go so far,” Sin said to us, his tone like fucking ice, his gloved fingers tensed over his arms. Maybe Mel thought he was keeping himself composed, but I bet we’d find red welts under his sleeves where we felt him digging his fingers in as he held himself back.

“This is not some game,” Sin said as he came over. “You are both fully aware of that. We have our agreement and our stance on female omegas. I am also committed to making sure that Camille is safe.” He pressed his lips in a firm line as he brushed a gloved hand to his sleeve to adjust them. “What will we do if Melanie refuses to attend another party because of that? How do you think our parents will react?”

“Why do I have to be the one to remind you thatyou kissed herbefore you came to the party?” Kai asked.

“There’s a difference between kissing her and making her slick so hard that every alpha in the vicinity is going to think that our omega is fresh meat.”

A growl rumbled from Kai, and I bristled at how easily ‘our omega’ rolled off Sin’s tongue. He was acting like he wasn’t the most committed to following through on the plan of parading her around as our ‘mate’.

“Then we find another omega,” I said. “No big deal. Now that we know we can get away with it, we can just bring a new one for each party. That would seriously piss them off.” Particularly if we used Knottinghill hosts. I smirked at the idea. The look on Mother’s face would be priceless. It wouldn’t be a surprise if Kai had already told a few of the gossips where we’d met Brandy. He’d drop the stones in the right places and let the ripples spread.

I looked at Kai to see what he thought about that plan, but he’d gone quiet. I thought we’d found our balance again, but it would take a lot more than promising my omega my cock to properly earn his forgiveness.

“No, we should stick with her,” Kai insisted. “I’d rather stay with an omega we know than break in a new one. We just need to prove we actually give a shit.”

“By putting on little performances such as this one? Where Caspian loses control and you spend the next three days clinging to us because you’re so upset?”

Kai flinched back with a gasp, surprise whipping through him.

“Sin!” I shouted, clutching Kai tighter. “Don’t take your frustration out on him.”

We knew Kai got clingy and needed way more love and attention from us after other omegas hit on us, but Sin didn’t have to fucking point it out so harshly.

Sin’s stare beat into the both of us before his shoulders finally loosened.

“I apologise.” He cupped Kai’s cheek, stroking him with a gloved thumb. “I just wish there was a way to guarantee my sister’s safety, other than this current affair. It’s growing too complicated.”

“Of course. It all needs to be about Camille,” Kai said, wide-eyed as he took a breath. We could both feel him trying to compose himself, but it was useless when we were all so fucked up.

“So, it’ll definitely be Brandy?” Kai asked, the vulnerability in his voice fucking killing me.

“Unless either of you have a better idea?” Sin replied.

“I don’t want her in our pack,” he replied. “But she’s more fun than anyone else.”

I’d rather just kidnap Camille and get her as far away from our families as possible, but I didn’t have a clue how to take care of her. Which made me the worst person in the world.

We couldn’t support Camille the way Sin’s family could. And pretending to court Mel was better than any of the omegas on the list Mother had provided. Especially when we could get rid of her at the end of all of it.

Neither of us spoke, so Sin sighed deeply for the hundredth time. He was going to say something else, but even more disappointment stirred in him as he shook his head.

“It would be best if we presented a united front to the rest of the guests,” he said. “I’m returning. Are you joining me?”

“No,” I said, just as Kai looked up at me with violence in his eyes. I grinned down at him. “I’ve got a promise to keep to my omega.”

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