Sebastián's pov
I rushed back to the Crescent territory, and to be honest, i did not know why. As soon as I saw that text, my wolf nudged me forward like a lost puppy and forced me to pick up my pace. It was restless, very restless.
But that did not stop me from being livid. Lucian pulled a number on us, he was walking all over us, a sudden change in the date? His daughter was supposed to get to pack lands in the early hours of tomorrow if they traveled tonight and if they traveled tomorrow morning they would get here by evening. The point is, they were supposed to get here tomorrow. That was the plan and deal.
" What in the actual fuck is going on Kai?" I asked as soon as I got into Kai's house. Since the car would only serve as a hindrance, i left it with Liam and shifted into my wolf. I had decided to use his sudden excitement for something useful and it only took us 2 hours to get back, it was almost midnight.
Kai's house was the first in the pack, contrary to what most packs do by putting their alphas in the middle of the village as a form of protection. My brother did not care, he loved that house and chose to stay in it. It was a medium-sized two-storey house and thanks to my sister-in-law, the house was as bright as day. The colors just served to irritate me even more.
" Oui, Sebastián you are back, please talk to your brother, he has been refusing to let them in." My sister in law said jumping from the couch.
I walked into the kitchen which was connected to the living room where my brother and his mate were through an open space. I raised my eyes to meet my brother's gaze. He was just as livid. His eyebrows were drawn into a single line and his jaw twitched a little, he was mad.
" What do you want to do, Sebastián? Do you want to let them in?" He asked me in a low-pitched voice.
" Of course, you must open the gates, Kai. It has been over 5 hours and they have been waiting out there!" My sister exclaimed exasperated. I ignored her, " Let them be brother, don't let them in." I said, I loved him when he was mad, he just sang music to my ears. He was no longer the soft-hearted punk i hated for forcing me into a marriage or mating with my enemy. No offense,I loved my older brother but after that day I found myself questioning a lot of things like how i had made a pledge in front of the Moon Goddess that i would serve and follow my brother as the alpha of this pack and we would grow the pack stronger together.
It was shortly after my father died leaving us as orphans in our own lands and other packs were raging to topple us over. I had learned back then to be strong, that strength was everything and so i did exactly that, I fought. This was one of the reasons I loathed Lucian. As if it was not bad enough that he and my father had it for each other, he actually dared to attempt a coup to dethrone my brother, he knew that the normal waging war on us would end in his disgrace if he lost so he used underhanded tactics, turning our own against us to attempt a coup. So I would use every chance I had to show him that he did not have power over me or our pack, if he dared to change the dates then we would simply retaliate, we were not scared of him.
" Sebastián, what are you saying?! The girl out there who is unmarked is your future mate, you can't be treating her this way!" Zoe exclaimed shocked that i agreed with my brother that we should let them sleep outside our lands and we would let them in tomorrow.
I huffed and looked to the side. I was not one to argue with my brother's mate in front of him, and since he was angry right now, his wolf would only see me as a provocation if i argued with their luna.
Zoey let out a frustated breath and went back to the couch and sat next to Kai. " kai..." She said softly taking his hands in hers. I looked away, did not need to see that, their lovey-dovey was far from cute for me besides he was my elder brother. And why was Zoe fighting so hard for that girl, i mean they did not know each other.
My brother sighed, " Zoe, this is blatantly disrespectful for us.We requested three things from them, one, no ceremony, two, no departure until the date agreed on and three, respect those two requests but they broke them. All three of them, they are clearly disrespecting our pack and our rule." My brother explained and I froze.
" They threw a party?" I spat clearly mad at this new information, not only did they dumb their princess at our daughters a day earlier, they actually had the nerve to throw a party?
" Yeah, that's what their diplomats said when they reasoned their early arrival. They said that they were worried that the roads would be blocked and they would not be able to leave on time because of a "small" ceremony their alpha threw for his daughter." My brother explained bitterly.
" Fuck!" I cursed and a bam! followed. I had punched my brother's fridge leaving a small dent on it.
" Sebastián!"Zoey screamed.
" I am sorry Zoe but how could they disrespect father's image like that? We clearly said no ceremonies because he just passed away and we can't hold such festivities and they pulled such on us?! Brother is right, they are disrespecting us, Lucian is trying to throw his power around!" I exclaimed, the pain in my chest only growing as my anger grew, he disrespected my father, plain. I hated him, I hated that man, I hated his guts, I wanted to make him pay. And i would do that with his daughter.
" Kai, leave them. In fact, send them back, and if anyone dares to come into the territory without our permission, kill them." I said coldly as my whole body turned cold and my aura spread out, how dare he? Let his daughter pay for this for this blatant disrespect.
" Seb, you don't mean that. You are not that kind of a person and neither is your brother." Zoey said. Great, she was about to cry. But what she did not know was that I was like that, I could be like that that man made me like that, i would do anything to make Lucian suffer a loss and I mean anything.
My brother froze. He would react, he would give in to her. I wouldn't allow it.
" Besides brother, we closed the borders for a reason, with the curse lurking around, letting them in could give whoever wants to bring the curse this side a chance, we can't risk the lives of our people," I said calmly, I lied, I wanted those gates closed for punishment, to punish her and indirectly her damned father, that's all.