#Chapter 35: The Boy Is Mine

Sirius looks at me with a blazing fire in his eyes, tension ever growing in the click of his jaw, but I do not waver in my gaze. I stand tall with my arms folded and my eyes narrowed in on his clicking jaw. “Elise, sit down.” “No,” I snap, my hip poking out to the side, but I suck my inner cheek between my teeth, holding back all the nerves I have in my chest. Sirius sits up the amusement of my outburst no longer entertaining as he grills me. “You see what happens when you let your whores run around, they talk back.” Claudia sneers, gesturing to me but I don’t take my eyes off of Sirius. “Get out.” The tone he uses is as ice cold as before when he was talking to Claudia but I am not her. I will not back down because of a little snow. I shake it off and keep my eyes narrowed. “Not without you.” My voice comes out more breathy than I intended, and I can see his jaw click. “Not you,” he turns to Claudia. “Get out. Pat will fix you a room and we will resume this conversation in