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He chuckled, the sound warm and nostalgic.
“It’s true, though. Falling fast is a sure sign of scent matches. But it’s moments like these where the world around you weaves together in a perfect harmony, that you know fate was right. This right here? This is another reason you’re meant to be.”
I fought back the tears, realizing he was right. It wasn’t just our pack, but us finding friends and family in Lockwood. Me opening my shop and Warren moving in, only to find her again. It was the way we all fell in place so easily.
The way she stumbled on that inn.
“Actually, Dad, we may need your help,” I said, whispering to him all the details of Tori’s inn. He listened and I watched his smile grow.
Having a handyman for a father was about to come in handy.
Chapter
Twenty-Four
Jordan
The image of the light draining from Tori’s face was haunting me. It had been two days and I hadn’t let it go yet.
I also had a gut-wrenching feeling that there was a lot more to the supposed ‘princess’ than met the eye.
Easton was convinced she was rich and spoiled and had no grip on reality. Her aptitude for tripping over tree roots only solidified that feeling for him.
For me, the entire trek through the overgrown inn had only shown me that she was a complicated omega.
Fuck. We were screwed.
Thanks to Easton and his loud mouth, she hated him. She’d shown me a new side to herself, had given me a chance.
But how did we get past this bullshit with my brother? I’d been his righthand man our entire lives, let him take the lead because he needed that control, but now I was ready to throw him to the wolves and let him make his own mistakes.
She was mine and I wasn’t going to lose her because of his selfishness and backwards thinking.
Theo walked into the room and I amended my statement. She was ours.
Something passed between the two of them in that yard and fuck I was overflowing with jealousy. I wanted her to give me that same look of awe she gave him.
A frantic knock on the door had me launching myself forward. Shit, I’d been so in my head, I forgot I was supposed to be keeping an eye on Tori.
I ran to the door, sliding across the hardwood floor in my socks before yanking it open.
She gave me a once over but the fear in her eyes had me yanking her inside and stepping into the hall. I turned both ways, looking for danger, then back at her when nothing was there.
After finding out that maintenance had gotten in last night, we were all on edge. She insisted she hadn’t given her key out which meant they’d picked the lock to get in. Easton interrogated the landlord but he hadn’t called anyone out, either.
This was escalating and I wanted to know why. Was he watching? Did he know she had us now?
“What happened?” I demanded.
She let out a loud whoosh of breath and started talking faster than ever before, her hands flying as she spoke.
“My alpha father is on his way here. He found me and found out I called my trust-fund lawyer yesterday to ask some questions. I need you, Jordan. Please, can we pretend things aren’t still a bit new and awkward with us. I need you to pretend we’re happy and in love.”
Her words were like a punch to the face. I couldn’t find the words but she took that as a yes and started yanking me afterher. We barely closed her door when she was flying through the apartment, cleaning it up and making it look cleaner than the pristine it already was.
I went for the kitchen, grabbing out two coffee mugs and setting them out while I brewed a fresh pot of coffee. It was a nervous habit now that she’d thrown me off-kilter but it would only add to the effect she wanted.
My stomach churned as her words replayed again. Had I really held back so much she was questioning if I wanted her?
