Page 60 of The Alpha Dire Wolf
“Enemies? Are you serious? Who do you think I am? Normal people don’t haveenemies!”
“Sylvie! I know you’re in there. Your car is here and the lights are on! Open the damn door right now!”
Lincoln looked at me quizzically. “No enemies, you say?”
My mouth was clamped down into thin line. “That motherfucker!”
Lincoln’s eyebrows hit the roof as I barged past him toward the door, ready to administer a verbal tongue lashing like never before. But before I got there, Linc was back, putting himself between me and the door and forcing me to come to a halt.
“Sylvie—”
I pointed my right index finger at him, and then without looking away, slowly pointed to the side, behind the door. My face did the talking.
Wordlessly, Lincoln moved aside.
“This is mine to deal with,” I said coldly.
Then I yanked open the door, catching Caidyn mid-knock. He jerked forward slightly off balance, but recovered quickly. He was wearing a dark-blue T-shirt and jeans. His hair was freshly cut and to my surprise, he’d started growing a beard, something he’d adamantly been against while we were together.
For some reason, the sight of him all put together threw me off. I’d been prepared for him to be a mess, but instead, he seemed to be doing the opposite. Was it all for me?
The initial shock wore off, and he opened his mouth.
“Shut up!” I barked before he could get a word in, my anger rekindling itself. “Turn around. Walk down the steps, get back in your car, and go away.Now.”
Caidyn did not take being talked down to very well. His face turned red and his eyes bulged with shock and fury. A low growly sound bubbled up from his throat as he tried to recover.
To the side of the door, I could see Lincoln on high alert, ready to intercede if need be. But to his credit, he didn’t act without permission.
“I’m not leaving,” Caidyn said. “We have to talk about what happened.”
“Leave. Right now.” I pointed at the car, not acknowledging anything he said. Doing so would provide an opening for him to keep going. Right then, I just needed him gone.
If only I hadn’t slipped up and told him in text that I was out of town. Of course he would eventually realize I’d come here. He knew my grandmother was all I had left. I’d even brought him here with me several times.
“Sylvie, this is all a mistake,” he pleaded, ignoring my second order for him to leave me alone. “We can work this out. I promise. Just talk to me.”
“Go away!” I yelled. “I’m not anyone’s second choice, especially yours. If you wanted me, you shouldn’t have left me for your side piece. That isyourfault. Not mine. Now go away!”
I stepped back and flung the door shut in his face. Only it didn’t close. Caidyn stepped closer, shoving a foot to stop it. I pushed on the door to try to force him to retreat. Instead, Caidyn barged in, shoving the door hard enough that I stumbled back with a cry.
And then Lincoln was there. Huge, hulking, and silent, he blocked Caidyn from taking a single step inside my grandmother’s house. No words were exchanged. Lincoln just stood menacingly.
But Caidyn was no wimp, and he could look Lincoln square in the eye with ease. Unafraid, his lips pulled back in challenge before looking past Lincoln at me.
“What the fuck is this, huh? What the hell are you doing with another man?”
The shock of Caidyn trying to force his away inside had worn off by this point, and I’d recovered my voice.
“Who he is and what he’s doing here is none of your business,” I shot back, beyond furious at this point. “We brokeup. You dumped me. Don’t you remember? After that, you have no say in anything about me. You could have chosen me from the start, but you had to go find someone else instead because I apparently was never enough for you. So don’t come crawling back here, pretending like you cared, when we all know you didn’t.”
Caidyn started to protest, but I cut him off again.
“What’s the matter? Did she decide she didn’t want your cheating ass either, and now you’ve come crawling back to me? Is that it?”
“So you admit youarewith another man. Do you?” Caidyn snapped, easing sideways.
Lincoln growled.
