Chief by Susan Bliler

Author:Susan Bliler [Bliler, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Goddamn it! Chief wanted to explain himself to Alise, he wanted to tell her that he didn’t mean she was a liability the way he’d made it sound. Worse, he’d called her human, again! He was always fucking up with words; it’s why he didn’t speak very often. He told himself he’d make it up to her. He vowed to make shit right later because right now the wolves were gathering to face-off against the Skin Walkers and this was his doing. Regardless of what Mama thought, he’d brought the Walkers here.

Chief followed Cindy out the front door and felt a little of his trepidation ease as he spotted Monroe standing in the parking lot surrounded by a dozen shifters. There was just one other blacked-out Hummer parked beside the one Chief had taken, and Monroe was flanked only by King Mulholland and RedKnife KillsPrettyEnemy. Yeah, they were three of the baddest Skin Walkers in existence, but they certainly weren’t the army that Mama had predicted. Thinking on that, Chief stalled on the porch and strained to listen to the forest because Mama was never wrong. The woods were eerily quiet. No bird song, no chatter of squirrels or chipmunks. There was nothing.

Shhhhhit!

In front of Mama, Monroe’s eyes slid to Chief.

Taking the steps slowly, Chief slowly walked to where the Walkers stood. Before Monroe could even begin, Chief said, “I vowed a year of my life. Not hers. I’ll come back, fulfill my duty, as soon as I have Alise secured. But she walks.”

Monroe’s brows winged up, but his expression looked bored.

King was the one who responded. “That’s not how it works, Chief. Alise signed a contract. It’s binding. She’s been afflicted, she stays at StoneCrow.”

“She hasn’t been afflicted,” Chief snarled. “She’s been stricken. There’s a fucking difference.”

Wordlessly, Monroe reached into the inside pocket of his suit coat and pulled out an envelope. He held it out to Chief and explained. “Not in our eyes, and not in the contract. Anyone mated to one of my men stays on the Estate.” His eyes went hard. “And since you’re one of my men that makes her my property too. It’s legally binding.”

“Legally binding to who?” Chief scoffed. “You can’t share that shit, and I ain’t your fucking property. Neither is she. And if you think you can take her from me, you can…”

Mama held up a hand, instantly silencing Chief’s threat. She’d been quiet all through the exchange, but now she slowly shuffled forward, Briggs sticking close to her side. Eyes narrowed on Monroe, Mama canted her head and demanded, “Ask.”

The icy blue of Monroe’s eyes flashed as he regarded the elder. And when he didn’t immediately do as directed, she huffed, “Ask for what you really want. Stop wasting my day. They are few enough as is.”

Gaze sliding from Mama to Chief, Monroe inhaled sharply, seeming agitated before he gave his attention back to the woman. “Seems you already know what it is I’m after.”

“And why would she go with you? She’s safer here.

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