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“The power vacuum…”
“He tried to have you murdered. He threatened our pack.” I studied her face. “Are you…upset?”
“No. I mean, kinda. To be honest, I wanted to kill him myself. So did Danica. In fact, I’m sure there’s a long list of people who want him dead.” Her face creased in thought. “That could help us for sure. The humans and the mages may not know you were responsible for a while.”
I shook my head. “They’ll know.”
She grimaced, likely picturing the kind of death Albert had suffered at my claws.
We turned and walked toward the door at the end of the long corridor. My nose told me no one was waiting to jump out at us from the walls, but I still stayed alert.
“I have another question.” From the side-eye she gave me, she didn’t think I’d want to hear it.
“Ask it.”
“Did…did Liam know I was your mate?”
“No.”
“Does he know now?”
I shrugged, my wolf not happy that Evie was even thinking of the other man.
“He wasn’t right for you. Even if you hadn’t been mine.”
She gave me a look that told me she was searching for patience. “Iknowthat. But I don’t want to hurt him either. We were friends before this.”
My wolf insisted she didn’t need to be friends with him. I pushed the thought away. While I’d always known what my wolf thought, its ideas about the world, aboutEvie,had never been this clear before.
Tomorrow was the full moon. My control was…thin.
“Wolves understand the mating urge, even if they haven’t experienced it themselves. Liam will be sad,” I said. “Usually, the pack Alpha would step in to help him through it. Since I’m the one you’re mated to, Hunter will check on him and ensure he is okay.”
“I’m staying friends with him,” she insisted.
I kept my face expressionless. “I would never suggest you didn’t.”
She gave me a look that told me she knew I was full of shit.
We reached the end of the corridor and the silver door waiting for us. I picked up Evie’s hand once more, pressing a kiss to it, before shifting my body in front of hers. “Are you ready?”
“Let’s get this done.”
Six
Evie
Nathaniel grinned at me as he shoved his body in front of mine, ready to open the door. That grin was so disarming, I almost tripped. I wanted nothing more than to jump into his arms, to press kisses down his throat, to let him bend me over and—
Nathaniel groaned. “Whatever you’re thinking…stop. You’re killing me.”
“Before you open that door, show me your chest,” I demanded.
“Evie.”
“Partnership. Remember?”
I knew full well he was humoring me, but he allowed me to take a look. It was almost miraculous, really, considering he’d had a hole all the way through his body. Right now, the wound was still nasty, leaking blood, but at this rate, it would be completely closed within the next half hour.
