Page 78 of Our Deceptive Heat

Envy turns and walks away, kicking the kitchen table across the room before he storms into the bathroom.

I flex my fingers.

Tony looks up at us. “You need to tell her everything.”

Tyr shakes his head. “We can’t.” He stresses. “Imagine what he would do to her if she knew the truth. Typhor would destroy her.”

Tony growls. “Well, I don’t know, fuck! Maybe we can-”

“We’re going to go and sort out Sita before she tells everyone everything, and then we’re going to continue the tour. We need a few more weeks, and we have enough money to rescue ourselves. Maybe we’re looking at this being our exit tour,” Digs says. “Maybe it’s time we went home for a while.”

Tony stills. “Really?”

Digs looks at me, then Tyr, who nods. “Yeah, I think it’s time to go home.”

“Well, fuck. I’ll start making the arrangements. But let’s sort out your sister first.”

Tyr looks at his phone. “It’s the mums.”

I knock on herhotel room door. She doesn’t answer, but then I didn’t expect her to. I crouch down and slide the letter under the door.

It’s not much, but it’s something.

Sita pouts. She isbeautiful, and that’s half the problem. She’s the omega of Carmine. Our little town doted on her, and she grew up to be a spoiled brat. We are all responsible for this train wreck, but right now, I’m ready to light it on fire and walk away.

When a couple of alphas blew in, she took up with them, developed a drug habit, and turned into this version of herself. This raging fucking bitch who steals and lies, who will blackmail everyone and anyone, and then scream that she’s a victim to whoever will listen.

I sigh heavily and try not to shout. I think I’m the one person she can’t twist around her little finger.

Tyr is close to tears, but nothing he’s saying is affecting her.

“If you tell them who our omega is, we lose everything.”

“I don’t care.”

“Sita!” Tyr’s harried-looking mother, Claudia, chides.

She has the same black hair as her children, but her eyes are a dark brown, and she has crow’s feet and an exhausted air around her. She never did tell any of us where she went during those years when she abandoned her children, but sometimes, like now, I wonder if she did it to save them.

“What? He has everything. It would serve him right to lose it. Besides, it’s stupid keeping your omega a secret.”

“Fuck you, Sita!” I snarl.

“No, fuck you, Mako. You’re a god damned coward!”

I really would love to slap this bitch.

“Let me be clear. If you spill your guts and hurt our omega, I will destroy you. I will bury you, I will lock you in a damn box to detox, and then I will destroy you again.”

“MAKO!” Claudia shouts.

I ignore her. “You’ve hurt too many people, and I’m done with it.”

“I didn’t hurt your omega!” Sita says sullenly.

“You hurt her!” I roar.

She recoils hard, and Claudia stops, looking at me in shock.

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