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No one finds my joke amusing. The room remains silent and the tension crackles like static, but I hold my ground, letting the smirk tug at the corner of my lips.
Deon’s eyes narrow, his gaze piercing as it sweeps over me. “Kieran de Angelo,” he says, his voice smooth but laced with venom. “You did not RSVP to the party, we didn’t think you’d come,”
“Well, I’m here aren’t I?” I open my arms. “And some party you have here,”
I look around the room and they have a feast small enough to feed a small army on the table. There are no empty chairs though, so I can’t join them.
“Well, unfortunately our wedding date is almost at the same time as Alpha Connor’s wedding, and it seems like most people prefer to be over there,”
“Except the ones that are here,” I note. There are
