A Wolf in the Garden by Allegra Hall

Author:Allegra Hall [Hall, Allegra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

I’m finishing my shower when I hear the sound of my phone ringing from the bedroom, the tone of it telling me it’s a video call coming through. A few seconds later Ellie pops her head in the door. “It’s Lacey.”

“Can you answer it? I’ll be out in a minute.” It’s not like my sister is any stranger to seeing me nude — that’s just a part of life when you’re a shifter, you don’t change into a wolf while wearing clothes unless you feel like picking up a thousand pieces of torn fabric afterwards — but I draw the line at ever answering calls in the bathroom.

As I towel off I listen to the sound of Ellie’s footsteps padding down the hallway to the living room. “Hey!” she answers. “How are you? Hi boys! Uncle Van’s just having a shower, but he’ll be done soon.”

I throw on some clothes quickly, giving my hair a perfunctory scrub with my towel. The only good thing about Lacey’s delayed arrival is the fact that it’s given her and Ellie time to reconnect over the phone, where the pressure is off, and I know Ellie’s nerves about seeing Lacey again have eased significantly because of it.

I head to the kitchen, listening in on the conversation as I grab another glass of wine for the both of us.

“Van said you’re not letting him take you on a date.”

“I’m letting him! I just said maybe a helicopter ride was excessive when there’s a perfectly good ferry we can catch.”

I hear Lacey’s growl from here.

“What?! What do you want me to do?” Ellie asks.

“I want you to stop feeling like you’re not worth the helicopter ride, or the fancy dresses, or the special restaurants, or whatever else it is that you have hang-ups about. Because the reality is, none of us are worth it, or all of us are worth it — however you want to look at it, we all deserve it the same. Yes, the vast majority of people in the world don’t get a chance to have these fun experiences, but you do. I think you are worth it, Ellie. Stop cock-blocking yourself from having fun. Evander has all this money, whether you like it or not. And he’s savvy, so he’s not going to stop making more money — I know he’s pissing around there with that vineyard and bleeding dollars from his eyeballs with the renovations but it’s nothing compared to the big numbers he deals with for his investments, and he’s going to keep investing, and you are going to marry him—”

“—Am I?”

“Yes of course you are, and he is not going to make you sign a prenup, because I know what he’s like, and he’d rather eat his own shit than entertain the idea that you two will ever be separated again, so you are going to be a very wealthy lady very soon. So let him take you on a fucking date that’s fancier than the fish and chip shop down the road.

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