Jamie was greeted by the sun insistently punching its way through his eyelids as the sound of Leif giving his typical morning report to Erik caused him to stir. What he heard made him stop and listen intently. The more he heard, the more furious he became. How dare Stephen watch them without Jamie or Leif knowing, not to mention what Stephen had done to Leif! Jamie was up in a flash, rage emanating from him.
“He’s a coward hiding in the shadows,” Jamie growled, interjecting into Leif’s report to Erik. Leif heard Jamie stir, but he didn’t realize he was awake. Leif was surprised to see him up at this hour, considering he was always late for their first class.
“I didn’t mean to wake you, sorry,” Leif said placidly. “You can go back to bed; I’ll just finish up here. We’ll deal with this.”
