“I was trained by the best,” He gave me a real half-smile now, “It’s a long shot to trust you, but I would do anything to help my brothers,”
“I’ll do my best, and if-“
“If I cross you, you’ll hunt me down and kill the people closest to me by hanging them with my entrails still hot from my gaping wound where you took them?”
“Something like that,” I smiled at him.
“Noted, Prince.” He bowed his head slightly.
“Ezra.” He turned, and I wouldn’t have known he had left if I hadn’t watched him walk out.
I looked down at the piece of paper.
The Dome – Go around back and ask for The Timber Inn.
The Dome was a nightclub on the outskirts of town, not in my territory, but well known amongst humans.
I swear this was a f*****g trap.
After Loreli and Emmett were asleep, I explained to everyone my meeting today and passed them the note.
“How would they know if they were from this pack?” Griffen asked.
“No idea, but the blood oath wouldn’t let him work with them anyway.”
“Who do we trust outside of our pack besides Willa’s parents? I can’t think of many people that I knew well enough,” Holden asked.
“Absolutely not. We’re not using her parents.” I growled.
“I wasn’t suggesting it. It was an example,” Holden held his hands up.
“I’ll go,” Cali didn’t look at any of us, instead studying her drink swirling around in her glass.
“You’re a human,” Holden stated.
“Yes,” She looked at her mate with an eyebrow raised.
“I don’t know how much intel he has on us; he might already know that you’re mated to my Gamma,” I said, trying to shut it down.
“And he might not,” Cali responded, meeting my stare.
“No,” Holden growled.
“Not up to you,” Cali looked at him.
“I’m sure there are other options,” Willa stated. She looked worried, as well.
Cali shrugged, “It will be the last human thing I do,” She turned her gaze to Holden.
“What?” His eyes went wide.
“I’ll do this, and then after this ordeal is over with, you can change me,” She shrugged as if she was talking about nothing, “My last human act.” “What?” Willa asked this time.
“Then I can be part of the pack, but for now,” She took a sip.
“Change first,” Holden said, “You don’t have to be human, and you can protect yourself better.”
Cali looked nervous for a second and chewed her bottom lip.
“That would give us an edge. If he knew about Cali, he knew she was human. No one would know that she had changed.” Griffen leaned back, thinking it over.
“It’s not the worst option,” Nora added, “I know she won’t change her mind so.” She shrugged, and Cali gave her an appreciative smile, Nora nodded back.
“No,” Holden stood up, “There are risks with you changing.
“You were begging me to do it days ago. Do you not trust me going to this place to talk to some lackey of an assassin?”
“I don’t trust them.” Holden met her gaze, Cali shrugged.
“I need to know this is dealt with. I need to do this for them,” Her voice didn’t waver as she looked at Willa.
“I can’t-” Holden started.
“You won’t,” Cali snapped her golden gaze at his, “I won’t let that happen, and I’m assuming you guys will have backup,” “We will,” Griffen said.
“Okay then,” Cali nodded once, standing up, “Let’s do it.”
“It’s painful, and you can’t go back,” I looked at her, but she didn’t move her eyes from her mate, “Fine, I’ll have the doctor here monitoring your change. We can watch Loreli, or I can if you want Willa there.” “We have it covered,” Nora added, smiling at Cali, “Nothing to worry about here.”
“Okay,” Cali seemed worried. She tugged at a curl, “Okay,” Her shoulder straightened and she reached a hand out to Holden.
“I’ll get it set up. Go,” I urged them; better to get it over with now if this was happening.
“I’ll be back whenever, and then I’m going to go fuck up an assassin.” There was a fire in her eyes.
I couldn’t have asked for a better mate for my Gamme, a friend for Willa, or a leader in my pack.
(Cali)
I thought I knew pain.
Mental, physical, emotional, all of them at once.
But holy fuck b.alls of fire.
My insides were being burned, and I couldn’t wrap my mind around anything besides the pain.
It was hot, too hot, and then a cold so searing that it might have been worse than the heat, or maybe
It was all darkness, but the darkness seemed to throb; it was pulsing, a living thing.
The only thing that kept me tethered to this world was the pain and something warm in my hand that
all heat.
e only thing not burning me alive.
A voice broke through the pain, reaching me, and I felt something else. Sweat. I was sweating. A man’s voice floated in and out, and then a beeping accompanied it. The beeping sped up, faster and faster. This might be the end. I messed up. I shouldn’t have done this
The beeping sped up faster. It was almost as fast as my speeding heart. The voices sounded faster, too This was the end.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.