“I don’t flirt.”
“Good. Neither do I. And fine, I won’t touch anyone.” That was a bold-faced lie, but what was the alternative? Starving to death? I had to drinksomeone’sblood, and I couldn’t take those bags from Harper when we had no way of getting more.
Also, I didn’t think he would actually know if I touched anyone or drank from anyone. That made those threats pretty empty.
“Alright. I’ll come by your place tonight, to make sure.”
“I don’t remember inviting you over,Mav.” I threw out the nickname he’d signed the note with.
“Invite my enforcers to your party, or I’ll consider the invitation to your place open. Bye, Sugar.”
I opened my mouth to protest, but he hung up.
Lowering the phone, I groaned quietly.
He wassuchan asshole.
I debated it for a solid minute before typing out a message to him.
Me
Call off the enforcers
Maverick
Done
See you around 8 tonight
Me
Fine
Maverick
Text me when you leave the family thing and they’ll catch up to you. You do need their protection.
I dropped my phone back in the cupholder and put my car back in drive.
Through the corner of my eye, I watched his enforcers pull into a parking spot in front of the gas station.
Letting out a long breath, I finally refocused on the road.
My parentsand sisters were waiting outside the sit-down restaurant when I walked toward the doors. Technically, Mouse was my sister-in-law, but they’d been mated since before I was born, so I considered her my sister too.
She was nicer than Whimsy, anyway.
“See, I’m fine,” I said as I approached. I’d bundled up in an extra sweatshirt thanks to my hunger making me cold, but it wasn’t really enough.
All four of them threw their arms around me, pulling me into a massive group hug that made breathing nearly impossible.
“The Alpha might kill you for touching me,” I said into my mom’s hair.
“I’ll kill him if he tries,” my mom shot back.
She was just being protective. The woman couldn’t have hurt him if she tried.
“Here, give me your phone.” Whimsy plucked it out of my hand, which was trapped between her and Mouse, so I couldn’t stop her.
