Cade by Mason Sabre

Author:Mason Sabre [Sabre, Mason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Cade stood behind his father and brother, fists clenched and jaw set in a hard line. Trevor turned to face him slowly, his expression an inscrutable mask. Aaron gave Phoenix one final, venomous look before letting go abruptly and standing to face Cade. Phoenix’s hands flew to his throat, Aaron’s chokehold leaving him wheezing and coughing. He sucked in lungfuls of air as he tried to recover from near suffocation.

His father and brother were dressed and matched perfectly in their expensive suits, even at this time in the morning. Another sign of how different he was to them.

“We found this on your property,” Trevor sneered, grabbing Phoenix by the shirt and easily hauling him up to his feet in one fluid motion. Blood poured from Phoenix’s nose and dripped onto the shirt he was wearing. There was a gash at the side of his face where Aaron had struck him and the area around it had already begun to swell. Cade’s fury spiked, and he had to force himself not to lunge at Aaron or Trevor and stay where he was. He knew his father could snap Phoenix’s neck before Cade had managed to take two steps—and he’d do so without losing any sleep over it. He was alpha, and there were severe repercussions to disrespecting one’s alpha—even if he was your father. Phoenix would be dead within seconds.

God damn them.

“Put him down,” Cade ground out. “He didn’t do anything wrong.”

“He is trespassing,” Aaron said coldly. “He claims that he is your brother, and he seems to think that he lives here. Which would mean that he is my brother, too … and I would never be related to such filth.”

Trevor adjusted his hold on Phoenix and grabbed his arm. Phoenix squirmed and yelped as Trevor’s fingers dug painfully into his arm. Cade gritted his teeth. He knew the pain of that grip—had dealt with it more than enough times when he was growing up. He would be dragged in front of everyone when he had displeased his father in some way, and would be forced to stand there and give answers. Phoenix desperately clutched at where Trevor held onto him, trying to pry his arm free, but it was like trying to move iron. “We found him wandering around here. Probably looking for some kind of trouble.”

Cade clamped his jaw down tight and tried to ignore the anguished sounds coming from Phoenix. He was balancing on the edge, desperate to get him out of his father’s dangerous hold but knowing that one wrong move could prove fatal. He inched forward, trying not to let his thoughts or worry filter through to Phoenix down their bond. That would only heighten his fear and make him panic—panic led to rashness, and rashness led to no good. All Trevor needed was the slightest reason to end Phoenix’s life. The Council would believe any excuse he gave them—he was, after all, second-in-command. If he said he was acting in the best interests of Others, that would be good enough for them.

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