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“Past what? I don’t understand why you’re yelling at me! Where is Eli?”
“Right here, and while you’re on the phone with him, tell your men to get the fuck off my territory!” she screams at me. My heart races in my chest, feeling her rage like a blazing fire burning through me. I hear the phone being passed to someone.
“Talk to your fucking Alpha and get the fuck off my land!” I hear her snap at him before I hear his voice.
“Why haven’t you been answering your damn phone or the mind link?” Eli snaps at me.
“I’ve been dealing with fucking Osiris, that is why! What the fuck is going on?” I snarl at him.
“Oh, she is pissed. You fucked up big time Alpha, she wants us gone.”
“Will you tell me what the fuck I did?” I yell at him.
“You ordered the fucking subdivision being built out here. They came out this morning and started tearing the sheds down!”
“No, I canceled–” my blood runs cold when I realize I completely forgot about canceling it.
“You wanna do something because she’s pissed!”
“No shit!” I tell him.
“Not her. Fucking Sondra, and she’s armed. Call them off Axton before she shoots one of us!” I growl at him.
“I forgot! Why would I ruin everything when me and her were just getting along? I just got my boys back, for fuck’s sake!”
“I know that, but Elena doesn’t! She thinks you are trying to force her back to the city!”
“Yeah, well, she needs to come back like now. Osiris threatened her this morning, and she is not under city protection.” Eli curses.
“So, what do you want me to do?”
“For now, move off her territory, remain on the borders, while I try to fix it. Just let me make some phone calls.” I tell him, hanging up on him and instantly looking for the project manager’s number.
Chapter Forty-Eight
Elena
Impatiently, I watch the project manager receive a call, and Eli informs me that Axton is on the phone with the manager. The project manager throws some nervous glances in my direction and waves for his men to stop what they’re doing. Fury burns through me as I look at the damage they have caused. The garage is reduced to rubble, and sheets of tin, brick, and tiles cover the entire paddock where it stood; trash is scattered everywhere.
“Elena?” Eli murmurs behind me, but I don’t glance back at him, instead watching and ensuring the workers leave.
“Get off my property,” is all I tell him. After everything we have gone through recently, this comes as a massive slap in the face. I didn’t want to hear his excuses. Who goes out of their way to destroy someone’s property like this? There is no excuse worthy of this kind of behavior.
“He didn’t realize–” my growl cuts his words off, and I turn to face Eli. He backs up and scratches the back of his neck awkwardly. I have no issues with Eli, but I won’t stand for him defending Axton. Not right now. Not while I am watching the devastation on Sondra’s face.
“Don’t… Don’t feed me some bullshit that he didn’t know! Even if he somehow forgot to call them off, he still originally planned for them to destroy the place. Destroy our home!” I snarl at him, and Eli bites down on his lip, glancing away, then shakes his head. “Look, I get you’re--“
“You need to leave. Get your men and go!” I tell him, cutting him off. Furious, I stalk past him and back toward the house. Marco is trying to calm down Sondra, and he glances at me when I near the stairs.
“Please tell me you have spoken to Axton and have it sorted?” Marco asks, and I nod my head.
“See, they’re leaving,” Marco tells Sondra. Marco sighs, and Sondra exhales loudly, shooting a glare at him and nudging Sondra toward her rocking chair.
“I will make you some tea,” I tell her as she sits down.
“And grab my smokes.” She adds, and Marco gives her a disapproving look but says nothing about her smoking, so I nod. Walking inside, I turn the kettle on, grab a mug, and retrieve the tea bags.
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