Chapter 31. Dark Times

Garrett's POV

We all went into the library and Jacob being the last shut the door securely.

“What's with you and the house manager?” Peter demanded.

I was angry at his mannerism towards Jace.

“His name is Jace.” I corrected him.

“Whatever. Can you fix this?” He asked me as he placed the device on the table.

I was so tempted to respond to his first attitude but we had more pressing matters at hand. Besides, I would not encourage him getting closer to Jace without my knowledge. I had to keep everyone away from the boy and detested that Jacob was being too nice to him.

Yes, I might have myself some doubts but I did cherish him so much that it was becoming harder to conceal.

I grabbed a seat closer and sat down as I inspected the device. My brothers hovered around and once it became boring, they all went and found things to distract them.

Jacob was seated at a corner going through a book he pulled out.

Peter wa