Darius
Lycus is in a terrible mood when I return to the room. I pushed the door open to find Lycus yelling at Kalen, which in itself is rare. He usually never raises his voice around Kalen. We all know how fragile he is. We have all had to pull him back from the brink at some point, yet walking in, I have no doubt that Aleera has something to do with this.
“What’s going on?” I ask, opening the door and shrugging off my jacket. I toss it over the back of the chair by the fire. The yelling has subsided, but they are both glaring at each other, yet neither answers my question.
Glancing between them and seeing Kalen so riled up, I know there is on one explanation for their argument. “This has something to do with Aleera?” I ask.
“Who else? She needs to go,” Lycus snaps at me, finally tur
