Bite the Bullet (Bitten Book 5) by C.C. Wood

Author:C.C. Wood [Wood, C.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Crystal W. Wilson
Published: 2016-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Asher, Conner, and I were in the study, hashing out details of our plan to draw Cornelius out.

Unfortunately, the plan hinged on all five of us being together and Calder wasn’t returning our phone calls. It was clear he wasn’t lying when he said he would do whatever was necessary to keep Ricki from becoming involved.

After a lot of frustration, I decided to circumvent him. Since he wasn’t answering Conner or Asher’s calls, I tried Ricki’s phone. She didn’t answer either. I didn’t bother to leave a message. I imagined Calder had given her a different burner phone, one we didn’t have the number to, and ditched her old one.

Ricki was going to be pissed when I finally got ahold of her.

Finally, I called Chloe.

“MacArthur.”

“Hey, Chloe, it’s Shannon Frye.”

“Shannon, is something wrong?”

“Yes and no,” I answered. “You know Calder came over to Conner’s yesterday, right?”

“Yeah, did something happen?”

I huffed out a breath. “You could say that. Look, did he tell you anything about it?”

“No, but he did come back to the compound looking more pissed off than I think I’ve ever seen him. Even more than when Ricki’s granddad showed up and tried to bite off her arm.”

I sighed. “I’m afraid I’m the cause for that.”

She was silent, so I continued.

“Asher turned me a few days ago, and while I was unconscious, I had visions. I saw how we defeat the Faction, but the plan is dangerous.”

“I would assume it would be, considering that the Faction wants most of us dead.”

“Well, all five of us would have to be in one place.”

After a long hesitation, she said, “I see.”

“I promised him that Ricki wouldn’t be hurt. I know we all survive the attack and most of us without serious injury, including Ricki, but he was adamant.”

Chloe laughed. “I think adamant might be an understatement.”

“Has he even mentioned it to her?”

“Nope.”

I licked my lips before I spoke again. “Could I talk to her?”

“About this?” Chloe asked.

“Yes.”

“You realize she’s pregnant, right?”

“I know, and I swear nothing will happen to her.”

“Shit, Calder is going to be pissed at me and Ricki is going to be pissed at Calder.” She paused. “Hang on, I’ll get her. But if I’m stuck with that snoring asshole sleeping on my couch, I’m calling you when he wakes me up at 3 a.m. with his grizzly bear impression.”

I swallowed a laugh. “Thank you.”

She must have pressed her phone against her shoulder, because I could hear the rasp of the material against the mic.

“Ricki!” she called.

“What?”

“Shannon’s on the phone for you!”

I could hear Ricki’s voice getting closer. “Well, why didn’t she call me on my phone?”

“I’m guessing Calder forgot to give her your new number,” Chloe answered.

Well, that confirmed my earlier suspicion that Calder had thrown away her burner cell.

I heard Chloe hand the phone over.

“Hey, Shannon. Is everything okay?” she asked.

“Um, well, a lot’s happened, but I’m doing okay.”

“What happened?”

I took a deep breath. “Well, Asher pretended to kidnap me and took me to Cornelius, but they knew we were working together on behalf of the Council and tried to kill him.

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