Fastlander Fealty by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2024-06-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“I don’t understand,” Silver murmured to herself.

Owen had peeled out of here, spraying gravel from the drive as he disappeared down the road.

“Your phone is over there,” Captain called out. He’d made his way to a chair on the front porch, and was pointing to the yard.

“My phone?” she asked, confused as she made her way down the stairs.

“Damon brought some of our stuff from the river.”

She picked up the phone, and winced as she noticed the screen protector was cracked like a spiderweb across the front. Her phone lit up with a stack of texts from Rook. One talked about killing Gunner. What the hell? She looked back up to the settling dust cloud where Owen’s truck had disappeared. Damon must’ve brought back his truck too? “Where is the rest of my stuff? This was in a plastic bag.”

“Oh, I took it out so Owen could see your conversation.”

The blood drained from her face, and she rounded on him. “This isn’t my conversation. This was sent to me.”

“Mmm, it’s just interesting seeing how you and your man talk.”

“He’s not my man,” and damn her voice as it shook.

“Why would we believe anything you have to say?” Captain asked, and now his tone had lost its lightness.

Silver huffed a frustrated sigh. “I don’t know what I am anymore. He said he doesn’t want me, but I was already through my Queen ceremony for the Pride. He put my rank at the bottom of the Pride, and picked another. Now I’m extra, and…and…”

“Get the story just right,” Captain encouraged her.

“Fuck you,” she snarled. She was so angry that she was being honest with him and he was insulting her personal life. Nothing was easy for her, and today she’d been trying. She had! She’d been honest with them and was offering to leave. “You don’t know me.”

“Whooo,” he said, standing slowly. “I can hear that traitor lion in your voice now. Good. Now we’re getting somewhere.”

“Captain, leave her alone,” Hallie said from the doorway. “Silver, you need to pack your things.”

“What?” she asked, not understanding the change in the dynamics.

“Gunner called it. You have to leave the territory.” Hallie was leaning on the doorframe with her arms crossed over her stomach. She dropped her gaze to the floor as she said softly, “Now.”

Silver looked from Hallie, to Captain, to Ace, who stood silent near the porch, then to the empty road where Owen had disappeared. She thought about texting him, begging him to come back so she could explain Rook’s text messages, but what was the point? Truly, what was the freaking point? She was here to betray them, and she had caused a mountain of problems.

She didn’t belong here.

She didn’t belong in the Pride.

She didn’t belong anywhere.

Stupid tears burned her stupid eyes, and she blinked hard and bit her bottom lip to punish herself for being so weak. This was fair. The Fastlanders should kick her out of the territory.

Silver walked past Hallie and wiped her eyes fast, looked up in time to stop herself from running right into Corey.

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