Chapter 14

RIFTAN POV

“I asked you a question, Khalil. And you haven’t very much honored me with the answer, yet.” I asked through a strain of faked calmness. Everyone who knew me intimately knew I was very much on the edge of losing it, yet I looked all poised and composed on the outside

“Pardon me, brother. But I was too busy relishing the feeling of being home. After all, it's not a privilege all of us can afford. Seeing as how you banned me from returning to my own home.” He responded with an underlying tone that told everyone in this room that I was a dick of a brother who chased away his own siblings for no apparent reason.

“You and I both know exactly what you did to yearn for that kind of punishment. So quit playing games and tell me what the hell you are doing in my house and within MY PACK BOARDERS?” I pushed on while gripping the suddenly tiny silverware as I stared down the long dining room table with indignation in my eyes. I hated the back-and-forth bickering with every cell insid