Alpha Kai

Silence filled the living room, so heavy that you could hear a pin drop out in the servant quarters. Delaney closed her eyes, opened them, placed her hand over her forehead, then withdrew it and bent over, placing her hands on her knees. She exhaled and stood, looking at me, then at my brother, letting out a chuckle of disbelief.

"Uh oh," Ronan mind-linked me.

"We are screwed," I responded back, standing straight, waiting for Delaney to explode. Maribel was pressing her palms over her face, forehead creased, while Seraphina was tapping her foot on the floor, tears coating her cheeks. Nyra, Elias and Thorne were just observing,...