***Austin***
I hang up on Ella and promptly smash my fist into the glass top of our large induction hob, shattering it entirely.
I feel shards pierce the webspaces of my hand and I curse loudly as the door from the corridor opens.
"What on earth have you just done?" my dad says as he spots me cradling my bleeding hand. I turn away from him, a little annoyed that someone just caught mine and Atlas' outburst.
"I just got off a phone call with Ella. Louis Astor turned up at the council headquarters a few hours ago to report his father to the council," I explain, running my bleeding hand under the kitchen tap.
"Well, that is excellent news, I might have to think twice about expelling him along with the rest of that godforsaken pack," dad muses as he sits on one of the bar stools.
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