Bound to the Alpha (Hollow Earth Dragons) by Juniper Hart

Author:Juniper Hart [Hart, Juniper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

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Theo had been unusually chatty, and if Kennedy had given it any real thought, she would have realized it was a peace offering of sorts, but her mind was everywhere except on her co-worker. She had been trying to get a hold of Owen for almost twenty-four hours, but he seemed to be avoiding her calls. True, he had mentioned being caught up with work, yet the fact that he couldn’t even take two minutes out of his day to give her a call bothered her beyond reason.

As it grew close to closing time, Theo released an exasperated grunt.

“It’s been like talking to a brick wall with you today,” he complained. “Where is your head?”

“Gee, sorry, Theo. I kinda tuned you out when you started talking about Broadway musicals again. I mean, how many times can we discuss ‘Cats’ seriously?” Kennedy wasn’t sure that was what he’d been going on about, but if she had to wager a guess, that would have been it.

“I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact your lover hasn’t called you all day,” Theo retorted evenly. Kennedy bristled. Like said lover, she was coming to learn that the relationship she had thought was so secret was not even remotely so. Every night when she got home after work or from being out with Owen, she waited for her father to call her into his office. So far, it still hadn’t happened.

The other shoes are dropping like flies now, aren’t they? she thought miserably. First, Dad finds out about us, and then Owen drops me. Or has he dropped me? What is going on with him?

Before Kennedy could say anything to Theo, the door opened, and Rocco entered. Kennedy groaned inwardly.

“What are you doing here, Rocco?” she asked furiously. “Are we starting with this shit again?”

“I need to talk to you,” he said with quiet urgency. He noted the sour expression on her face and stared at her with imploring brown eyes. “Please, Kennedy. It’s important.”

Against her better judgment, Kennedy allowed herself to be led out of the store and into the palace atrium.

“Your father knows about you and Owen Parker.”

There was no preamble, no small talk, just the punch to the gut that Kennedy had been expecting all along. Even though she’d been anticipating the disclosure, it did not make it any less fearsome, and she gasped, falling back slightly before she could stop herself. To her surprise, Rocco was at her side, catching her.

“You okay?” he asked, and Kennedy read genuine concern in his eyes.

“I’m fine,” she replied, righting herself. She forced a cold, stoic look on her face. “I suppose you were the one who told him,” she said, pulling her arm away from him.

“I told you I wouldn’t, Kennedy, but you weren’t exactly discreet in your dealings with him. Everyone saw you together.”

Kennedy wondered how that could be when they had always met in the cloak of darkness or on the Sunside.

Of course, she reasoned, everyone knows who Owen is. All they had to do was dig a little bit to figure out who I am.

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