Scarlett's POV
The silence that followed my words was loud enough to make my ears ring.
For three whole seconds, Liam, Leonard, and Leo just stared at me, their faces totally frozen in shock. Then, all at once, the heavy air in the dining room shattered.
"Absolutely not!" Leo roared, his chair flying backward and slamming into the wall as he surged to his feet. His golden eyes flashed feral, his chest heaving. "Are you completely out of your mind, Scarlett? We just told you we are ready to tear the vampire kingdom apart, and you walk in here asking us to just hand you over?"
"It's out of the question," Liam said. He didn't yell, but his voice was deeper and rougher than I had ever heard it, vibrating with a terrifying Alpha authority. He stepped away from the table, his massive frame towering over me as he blocked my path. "We are not discussing this. We are not letting you walk into a death trap."
