Page 214 of Dream Girl
“Fine.” He stepped aside. “But not you,” my brother added to me.
“If you had told me that Caroline was coming, none of this would have happened. If something happens to Grace, so help me.” I pushed my older brother aside, aware that people were watching. Fuck them.
We ran out into the foyer, where the reception had been earlier.
“GRACE,” Wes yelled, clutching his chest. “I think she’s this way.”
“What the fuck did you do, you bitchnozzle? Hiro, call emergency. Marcos, you know first aid, right? Grace!” Riley screamed from some place I couldn’t see.
I saw two of Caroline’s alphas run through a doorway that led to a balcony–the same direction as Riley’s scream.
“Get away from my mate,” a male alpha growled at her.
“That bitch fucking pushed her. Grace did nothing to her,” Riley yelled back even as the alpha towered over her.
Two of Caroline’s alphas and Caroline were crowded onto a small balcony. Riley stood toe to toe with Caroline.
Where was Grace?
“Step away from the teenager,” I growled. Protecting their mate was no excuse to intimidate a child.
“Grace.” Evan darted down the stairs, fear continuing to roll through the bond.
“What the fuck did you do?” Wes took a step toward Caroline, scent spicy with anger.
“We were just talking and whoops.” One hand went to her mouth, the other was wrapped around her belly. “Your mate’s clumsy.”
“Grace, hey, stay with me,” Evan said from the staircase. “Jett, Jett, I need your help.”
“I’m right here.” Jett slipped past me and ran down the stairs. “Don’t move her.”
Wes’ face contorted in anger as he lunged. “Youbitch–”
I grabbed him before he committed a crime–or her alphas made a move. “Don’t touch her,” I growled. “Riley, go help Evan. Now.”
“Don’t threaten my omega,” the one that smelled like copper warned, moving in front of her.
“She hurt Grace. Grace has done nothing to you.” Wes strained against my grasp.
“She did not,” he snapped back.
“Stop it right now, Wes. Control yourself,” I growled quietly. The law wouldn’t be on our side, even if she weren’t pregnant.
Caroline shrugged, tucked behind her two alphas. “We weretalking. It's not my fault she can’t walk in heels.”
“Pretty sure that’s not what happened, oh, and he got here after me,” Riley called.
The alpha bristled. “My mate would never.”
“Spencer, get Lexi and Katie for me, please?” I asked, smelling him behind me, positioning myself in the doorway to block Caroline’s exit.
“I’m right here,” Katie said from behind me.
“I’ll get Lexi,” Spencer said.
“Emergency’s coming,” one of the teen boys said, now sitting on the top stair with a crying Riley, the other joining him.
I could feel the panic from Evan, the concern from Jett, as Wes went to Evan and Jett.
