Chapter 4 FOUR
Harper’s POV
I was so shocked to see Koda and the other black-haired guy standing in front of me. What the hell was going on? The exact same boys Catherine had warned me about—the ones I was supposed to stay far away from. They were twins, Koda and Kai. Koda was the one I had met earlier, and now they were both standing in the same room with me.
A snap of fingers pulled me back to reality as I realized Koda was now standing right in front of me.
“Why are you in my kitchen, Miss Whack?” Koda blurted out, making me frown.
Miss Whack? What does he mean by that—how dare he call me that?
“What are you doing here, and how did you even get in here?” Kai barked. “Wait—are you stalking us?” He raised an eyebrow.
“Stalking you?” I scoffed loudly, staring at both of them. Who did they think they were?
Catherine’s warning about not messing with these twins suddenly came back to me. Supposedly, they were the school’s heartthrobs, and people would do anything just to get their attention.
It felt like a voice inside me was speaking, making me wonder if it was my wolf or not.
“Hey, I’m talking to you,” Kai shoved me hard, causing me to stumble backward as I tried to regain my balance before falling to the floor.
“What is wrong with you?” The impact sent a sharp pain through my backside, and I was seconds away from cursing him out.
“Shut up, bitch. Stalking us and then coming into our kitchen—how low can you sink? Disgusting,” he said. Were they serious right now? How could they accuse me of something like that?
“First you hit me with a ball, then you show up in my house. How did you even find this place?” Koda said as he stepped closer, our eyes locking. He bent down to my level, making it painfully obvious that I was still on the floor.
“Miss Whack, do you have a crush on me?” The grin on Koda’s face made my stomach churn. There was absolutely no way he thought I liked him.
“I don’t.”
He lightly stroked my cheek, making me flinch at his sudden touch. “Good. Because peasants like you aren’t worth being noticed by me or my brother,” he said before roughly releasing my hair.
I couldn’t believe how cruel these brothers were. My eyes stung with unshed tears—why was I letting their words get to me?
God, so this is what I get for being a wolfless omega. Even though I hadn’t shifted yet, I knew I was an omega because my mother was one. That was also why she received no support when my father died—because to all the pack clans, we were nothing but weak, pathetic omegas.
“Security!” Kai suddenly shouted, making panic rise in my chest.
Wait—why was I panicking? I had been invited here.
“Enough!” I screamed, causing both of them—and the maids in the kitchen—to turn toward me.
Kai and Koda froze as they stared at me.
“How dare you raise your voice at us?” Kai said, grabbing my throat and squeezing tightly while Koda just watched him choke me, a grin on his face.
“Young master, you shouldn’t treat a guest like this,” one of the maids said.
“How dare you interfere?” Koda yelled at her. “Get out of here immediately—you’re fired.” His words made me gasp for air as Kai’s grip around my neck tightened.
The maid ran out of the kitchen immediately.
“Let me go,” I wheezed, trying to pry Kai’s hand off my throat.
“Finish her, Kai,” Koda said, his eyes beginning to glow. Panic flooded me. These two would actually kill me if I didn’t do something—now.
I stomped down hard on Kai’s foot, making him cry out and release me.
“You—”
Before he could do anything, I ran to one of the maids and snatched the knife from her hand.
“I swear to God, if any of you come any closer!” I screamed, pointing the knife at them.
“You’re really funny—coming into our house and then threatening us with a knife,” Koda shouted while Kai scoffed. “Knives don’t scare me,” Kai said as he started walking toward me, making panic claw at my chest.
There was something sinister about Kai. Not just because he had nearly killed me moments ago, but the way his black hair fell over part of his face, hiding his eyes and only revealing his nose and mouth.
He looked like a demon—nothing like a wolf.
“Don’t come any closer,” I said, thrusting the knife forward. He kept advancing, making me realize just how large the kitchen was—he still hadn’t reached me yet.
“I swear I’ll use it on you!” I screamed, raising the knife threateningly.
“I don’t give a shit,” he said when he was finally right in front of me. He reached for my throat again, and I lifted the knife, ready to stab him.
“What’s going on here?”
A voice froze the knife midair as I saw my mother and my so-called future father standing in the kitchen doorway, staring at us.
Wait—if this man was the one my mother was going to marry… did that mean Koda and Kai were the sons she had told me about?
No. No, that can’t be.
My eyes widened as I stared at my mother.