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“It really wouldn’t be appropriate for me to go, anyway. I’m seeing someone else,” Luke said.
Raf’s face fell and the fake smile that he had plastered on his face vanished.
“I understand,” Raf said. “If you change your mind, you are welcome to come. Dinner is at seven.”
Luke didn’t know what to say so he just nodded.
Raf lingered for a second as though he was waiting for Luke to change his mind. When Luke didn’t say anything else, Raf left.
“That was a little middle-schoolish, for Raf to come by and play matchmaker for his sister,” Luke muttered.
“Maybe he really was just trying to plan a nice surprise for his sister.”
“Maybe so.”
“Son, you need to be really careful around them. It isn’t smart to upset them,” Carl said.
“Surely, you aren’t suggesting that I go to the resort and share a birthday dinner and celebration with them.”
Carl shrugged and replied, “It couldn’t hurt. We really don’t want to make enemies out of them.”
“I can’t believe you. There is no way that I would go. I’m not about to let my life be ruled by fear or by some entitled rich people who think that they can have anything and anyone that they want.”
Heaving a heavy sigh, Carl said, “You should think about it.”
“Absolutely not. Besides, even if I was interested in Alexis, which I am not, what kind of chaos would it cause when she found out that I was a dragon shifter?”
“It could actually be a bridge for peace. It’s not unheard of for the children of enemies to get married to create some kind of truce,” Carl said.
“This isn’t the Middle Ages, Dad. It’s not going to happen. I amnotinterested in Alexis and I never would be. Even if I thought it would end the war, which it wouldn’t, I couldn’t stomach being near her for more than five minutes.”
Carl looked at Luke as though he was completely disappointed in him.
“Besides, Alexis is a human. What happened to your problem with me seeing someone who isn’t a dragon shifter? You were raising hell because Jamie isn’t a dragon shifter.”
“This is different. This situation is entirely different because Alexis is one of the billionaires, and it could help stop the war between them and us.”
“Wow, Dad. I can’t believe you. You are absolutely unbelievable,” Luke said.
Carl didn’t say anything. He just shook his head at Luke and walked away, muttering something unintelligible under his breath.
“Just when I thought there was a connection between me and dad, he had to come up with some kind of stupidity,” Luke fumed.
He took a deep breath and told himself that he wasn’t going to let his father, Raf, or Alexis run his mood.
Luke helped his father close up the shop and left without saying another word to him. He was certain that he couldn’t handle another line that might come out of his father’s mouth.
Josh was busy, so Luke decided to stop by Dillon’s shop to see if there was anything interesting going on.
Dillon and Ethan smiled widely, welcoming Luke.
“It’s good to see you again, man,” Dillon said. “How are things going?”
“Alright, you?”
“Good. Things have been super quiet lately. Daniel and Jesse went out and about for a while yesterday. They pretty much saw the same things that you did. It’s not tourist season so, luckily, there haven’t been any hikers or other out of towners reported missing. No one in town has disappeared,” Dillon said.
“None of the shifters in town have reported any run ins with hunters or Faisons, either, like they might if anyone had suspicions about their activities,” Ethan added.
