Chapter 13: Chapter - 13 : Quarrel Between The Brothers

(Castor's Pov).

“Are you okay?” I watched with a frown as Zed, the alpha of the Red Sea pack, pulled Faedra into his arms and walked out of the room with her, ignoring Shade and me.

“Tch,” I scoffed and turned to look at my brother, who had an emotionless look on his face, as usual. His eyes met mine briefly and he turned and walked out of the room, his arms in his pocket as he strolled out majestically without a word. I sighed and followed, every female in sight threw a slutty smile at us.

Of course, they did, we were in the red-light district, and they would want to get their paws on hotcakes like us. On a normal day, I would've thrown a flirtatious smile and fucked around with one or two of them, but today, my mood has been ruined by a certain lady. Seeing Shade wasn't in the mood as well as he didn't bother to give any of them a glance, I ignored them and walked out of the bar and Into the car that was to take us to the private villa we owned around.

******

“Shade,” I called on seeing my twin brother walking up the stairs. We had just arrived at the villa after driving for minutes in silence, neither of us had said a word and the atmosphere was quite heavy and tense. “We have to talk.” I felt uneasy, I needed to talk to him. Shade pretended he didn't hear a word I said and continued walking up the stairs without pausing.

I frowned at his behavior towards me, I was an alpha of course and I didn't like being disrespected, regardless of who it was. “I said we have to talk!” I growled at him, walking up the stairs to pull him. He bared his fangs at me in anger and irritation, and I bared mine at him as well. We weren't on good terms, but it was an important matter that couldn't be buried.

“The fuck!” he snarled at me. “What is it?! This is about that bitch Faedra isn't it!” His gray eyes were hard, and his similar dark hair fell on his face, covering one of his eyes.

“What if it is?” I shot back at him, irritated with his behavior. He could at least be rational and listen to me. Shade had always been like this, even though we were practically inseparable as the twins we were, there were a lot of things we didn't agree on which would often lead to arguments and sometimes fights.

“I do not want to talk about her” he hissed, “Do not disturb me because of her. We have rejected her as our mate, we have given her the money, we have no business with her, there is nothing to talk about" he turned to walk away but I pulled him back, and he glared at me. “Castor!”

“She is carrying our child!” He paused for a second, a look of surprise flashed on his face, but he was quick to hide it. His brows furrowed in anger, “what child?”. I frowned at his reply, and he yanked his arm away from my grip. “What are you talking about”

“Don't act ignorant now” I threw at him, my eyes hardening. “Faedra, she, she is carrying our pups. The children in her belly, they are ours Shade”.

“And?” Shade scoffed. “There is no child, the child is dead to me, there is no her. That night, she was a mistake”.

“None of that matters! The point is the pups belong to us, we should take responsibi-”

“Responsibility?!” Shade interrupted me. “Are you out of your mind, Castor?!”

“The pups are ours, Shade,” I growled, “And I don't think asking her to get rid of them is right”

Shade gave a dry laugh and I stared at him confused and annoyed. “Ours? She should be thankful we gave her money to get rid of it. What proof do you have that the pups are ours. Do you know how many people she has fucked around with? Why did she run away from her pack? Why is she working in that disgusting place, she is probably selling her body!” I almost flinched at his words and how he yelled. “I am not accepting her or those things in her!”

“Shade, listen-”

“You are really naive and stupid, brother.” I frowned at his words. “What has got you thinking that we must take responsibility for her? Have you forgotten we rejected her?” I felt a sting when he uttered those words. “We have no business with her, she is not our mate anymore! Whatever happens to her is none of our concern.”

I remained silent as his words hit me, he did have a point. Faedra was no longer our mate, we had rejected her, and she had accepted our rejection.

“Also...” I looked up at Shade. “Do not forget she is our biological cousin” I raised my brows in realization, I had forgotten we were related. “I don't know what the moon goddess thinks she's doing by making us mates with our biological cousin and the daughter of the man we hate the most. Those things in her, the pups, are an abomination and must not be brought into this world, Castor.” His voice became gentler.

“But,” I said stubbornly, I still wasn't ready to let it go. “Even with all that, we can't give up on the possibility that the pups are ours.” I could see his face twist in anger. “If, if Faedra brings the pups into the world, we will become stronger and have a stronger hold on our position as the alpha,” I said trying to convince him, but my words fell on deaf ears.

My twin brother, Shade, was as stubborn or even more stubborn than I was. He hated Faedra to the core, we both did. And he could not stand the thought of her having our pups.

“We should bring her to the manor and keep her locked up and monitored until she gives birth. Then we can run a DNA test on the pups, we would know what to do from there. If the pups are ours, then-”

“Are you out of your mind!!” I was interrupted by Shade, who looked furious. “What nonsense are you saying!”

“Shade-”

“Have you forgotten who her father is? Have you forgotten all he did to us!” he gritted and I paused.

“Her father, Lindell” He said the name with so much hatred. “Is our enemy, even if the pups were ours, even if they were brought to the world, you think he would let them live? You must be joking! If he finds out his daughter is carrying our pups, he will definitely get rid of them! So why stress and bother!” I sighed. "I do not want to talk about this anymore! I do not want to see that woman or hear anything related to her!" Shade sneered in my face and stumped up the stairs.

I sighed in disbelief and stood there, wondering what to do. I couldn't convince Shade, his hatred for Faedra and her father was greater than anything. I couldn't give up on the possibility of the pups being ours. Having the pups meant having an heir, which would undoubtedly strengthen our hold on our position. I hissed and fisted my palm.

' No, I have to do something about her,' I thought, walking away.