Blackjack Bears: Kassian (Koche Brothers Book 4) by Amelia Jade

Author:Amelia Jade [Jade, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Kassian

He sagged into one of the two chairs, his head resting on the table as he tried not to break down from the knowledge of what he was being told to do, if he ever wanted to see his brother again. The pressure of the decision resting upon his shoulders was bending him until the breaking point. He was doing his best to stay strong, but at some point, even his great shifter strength would fail him. Kassian wasn’t sure what would happen after that.

The soft scuff of socks on carpet alerted him to the presence of someone else in the room. He didn’t need to look up to know it was Rosie. He could smell her from the moment she stepped through the hole. The body wash she used reminded him vaguely of cinnamon, though it was faint. Just enough to entice his extra-sensitive nose.

His ears perked up as the bed creaked. She was sitting down; that was a good sign. Gathering himself, he lifted his head, preparing to withstand the withering glare he was positive was coming his way. Instead, he found himself being regarded evenly by a pair of azure orbs as hard as ice. It wasn’t a glare, but there was no softness in it either.

Pushing aside his anger and fear about what was being asked of him by the Institute, he prepared to speak. This, at least, was something he could hopefully solve now.

“I fucked up,” he said bluntly.

Locks of her exotic curly black hair swayed as she nodded up and down precisely two times.

“I don’t know what I did. But I would like to fix it. I owe you an apology, among other things, it would seem. Until I know what I did wrong, though, I can neither apologize for it, nor attempt to ensure that I don’t do it again.”

Rosie’s mouth worked as he spoke, making her face go from a contemplative look, to an angry one, back to thoughtful. She didn’t immediately respond, so he opened his mouth to continue, but a slight hardening of her eyes told him that would have been the wrong move. So Kassian closed his mouth and shut up, simply gazing at his mate and waiting until she was ready to speak.

“I was going to make you figure out what you did wrong,” she said at first. “It shouldn’t be that hard. In fact, it really isn’t that hard. It’s pretty easy.”

He didn’t speak, sensing a “but” coming.

“But, you know you’ve done it, and yet despite that, you haven’t understood what. Which tells me that you’re having a hard time focusing. I know the pressure you’re under, even if I can’t fully understand it, or sympathize with it. So I’m not going to make this any harder than it has to be.”

He inclined his head in thanks.

“You spoke to me rudely. Dismissively.” Her eyes narrowed and the look became a glare at last. “You spoke to me the way you do to your brothers.”

Kassian closed his eyes, thinking over the conversation they’d all been having before she’d left the room.

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