At me.
“You’re still sitting in the hall?”
I nod. “Yeah.”
“Not because he ordered you?”
I glance at Legend, then back at her.
“No,” I say. “Because I said I would.”
She holds my gaze for one second.
Then she nods and runs upstairs to her son.
The room stays quiet after she disappears.
Too quiet.
I turn back around and find every brother looking at me.
“What?”
Oaks grins like a man watching a friend step into quicksand. “Nothing.”
“Say it.”
“Nope.”
Whiskey picks up his glass. “I enjoy living.”
Royal’s smile is the worst of all. “The dinosaur was the first vow.”
“I hate you people,” I say.
Legend steps close enough that only I can hear him. “You sure?”
I look toward the stairs.
No.
Not even close.
“I got it,” I say.
His eyes stay on mine. President to brother. Brother to man he is suddenly trusting with a woman who might be blood.
“You hurt her, I break you.”
I smile without humor. “Fair.”
“You scare her, Sophie breaks you first.”
“That scares me more.”
“As it should.”
He steps back.