Snippet #1611670

Koda pressed his lips together in annoyance, resisting the urge to smack Arucan. He'd been generally excited about coming home, especially since he'd had Midnight and his team by his side. But then Arucan, the smarmy bastard, had shown up here, spewing condescending nonsense and acting like he was glad to see them. That lying little fucker. Koda didn't believe a word out of his mouth. The guy was Aubrey's son after all; he was destined for awful things from the moment of his conception. Even if he wasn't Aubrey's son, Koda still wouldn't have trusted him. He'd been there during Koda's accident, he'd been one of the guys who kept him locked up in some room, not allowing him to leave and be seen by any of the other delegates.

Koda's scowl grew as Arucan continued to antagonize him by talking to him like he was his little brother or something; ruffling his hair and going as far as to call him kid. Koda shrunk away from him, growling quietly in the back of his throat. "Don't ever call me that" he told him, his voice holding a hint of a snarl. In Koda's mind, that was a civil reaction. If Arucan wasn't a member of the delegates and they hadn't just 'seen' each other for the first time in years, Koda would have smashed his face in.