Page 30 of Broken Harmony
“Okay...” I narrow my eyes.
“So, his old pack. They’re bad people who did bad things.” My eyes widen. “But!” he keeps going, holding his hands up. “Liam had nothing to do with it. He didn’t approve of anything they did and made sure they got what they deserved.”
“Oh my god, Skyler, what the hell did he do?” I growl.
“He didn’t do anything. I just said that.”
“Okay, what did his pack do?” I give him a look.
“They may have... kinda... kidnapped an Omega and tried to force him to bond with them.”
“What!?” I shout, jumping to my feet.
“But he didn’t!” Skyler insists. “He made sure to help the Omega. He told the Omega’s pack where to find them, helped the police, and everything. Like I said, he didn’t agree with what they did. He wanted nothing to do with it. I promise.”
“Lovely,” I groan, rubbing at my face, not giving a shit about the makeup I have on. “And you think that's the kind of drama we should be bringing into our lives?”
“It’s all in the past. It happened like a year ago. His old pack is behind bars, and Liam’s name has been out of the papers for the most part. I promise it won’t be an issue.”
“I don’t know, Skyler,” I sigh, getting up and pacing back and forth. “What if it gets out? It’s going to be a PR nightmare.”
“Shit.” Skyler’s face falls. “I didn’t think about that.”
My heart sinks at the broken look on his face. I see a guy who just wants what's best for his big brother. I know how much his family means to him.
I knew he had a brother, but Skyler hasn’t given me many details on his personal life. I only know bits and pieces of each of them.
Like Skyler’s dad is a piece-of-shit drunk who left him and his siblings when he was little, forcing his mom and older brother to raise them.
I know that Tyson’s father is a bad man, getting him mixed up in bad things at a young age. Something he worked hard to get away from.
And I know Ryker is actually a bit of a nepo baby. His father was the lead singer of one of the biggest rock bands in the world. He’s the youngest of his siblings and from his father’s third wife. So, in his words, he’s thankfully a nobody and hasn’t had to live in his father’s shadow as much as the rest.
It breaks my heart because anytime he talks about his dad, I can see how much he wishes he had a relationship with him.
My boys are all broken in their own way, finding solace in one another when they met at Calling Wood University.
They dropped out when they made it into the top ten of the competition, which got us where we are today.
I’ve asked them if they ever thought about going back, and all of them said no, that this is where they wanted to be.
Yes, I cried like a little bitch at that answer, because having them by my side through all of this has been my only savinggrace. I truly think I'd have lost my mind to depression if I had to do this on my own.
Sometimes I feel like I’ve ruined their future by roping them into joining me. But they keep insisting that despite Julia, they love their lives. They love the fame and the money, but mostly that we get free rein to write what we want, and that's all they’ve ever wanted. So, I try not to focus too much on it.
Chewing on my lower lip, I debate on what to do. This is a guy who’s going to be with me all the time. We’re about to kick off a six-month tour. He would be staying on the tour bus with me. My safety would be in his hands.
But Skyler trusts him. And if Skyler trusts him, shouldn’t I?
The guys have done so much for me, it’s the least I could do.
“You promise I can trust him?” I ask, breaking Skyler out of his inner spiral.
His eyes snap to mine, and he nods his head eagerly. “He would never hurt you or put you in an uncomfortable position. He’s like, crazy overprotective of me and our little sister. He’d literally kill for us.” But would he do the same for me? I’m just a nobody to him.
“How about this? I’ll give him a chance. One month, while we do local tours. If I think he’s right for the job after that, I’ll keep him on.”
“Really?” his eyes light up.
