Heart of Stone: a Moonbound World book (Witches of Whitewood 1) by Camryn Rhys

Author:Camryn Rhys [Rhys, Camryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moonbound Books
Published: 2017-03-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The tension in the room could’ve melted butter. Brady stood on one side of the room with his arms crossed and Caleb paced near the window that looked down over the stables.

“Why is the Sheriff coming out here?” the alpha’s voice sat on a knife’s edge, ready to slice.

“He said he got a phone call from a guy in Boston,” her son said, his tone more even. “Asking Ty to check our ranch for signs his brother. Something about a prearranged checkin that he missed.”

“Matilda, you tell me if this has anything to do with the man who’s up at that cabin on the south range,” Caleb ordered.

While Mattie wasn’t part of his pack, she knew better than to openly disobey him. He did hold the power to take their ranch from them anytime he wanted, even if Gabrielle had verbally left it to her. She had no written contract and existed on Caleb’s good grace.

“An old boyfriend of mine came looking for me.” She sat on one of the wood chairs in front of the desk, avoiding her son’s direct gaze.

Brady’s tense body language was hard to miss, even when she tried to look away. He placed his hands on the desk and moved toward her, slowly. “An old boyfriend who knows the family?”

“Unfortunately, yes.”

“How did he find you?”

Mattie sighed, running through other options in her mind, but she couldn’t hold that back. Anything that would keep them from talking to Will was a good option, even the complete truth. “Jamie’s Facebook page.”

“Jamie has a Facebook page?” her son asked, coming around the desk.

“I never told her not to.”

Caleb stopped pacing and came around to flank Mattie. Both men stared her down, like she was in an interrogation room, only there was no good cop in this scenario.

“Where is this old boyfriend now?” the alpha asked.

“He’s still up at the cabin.” She considered whether or not it’d be safe to tell Caleb Will was still on the couch and not going anywhere, but decided against it. There wasn’t a good way to get herself out of the no-magick mandate.

Brady sat on the edge of his desk and shook his head. “Can you have him call his damn brother so Ty will get off our backs?”

“If you’ll let me leave the interrogation room, officer,” Mattie joked, trying to get them to crack a smile, but neither did. She’d have to work a little harder on the humor.

“We’re trying to keep the humans out of this,” Caleb said. He took in a long breath and turned quick on a heel. “Dammit, Matilda, I can’t believe you would be so reckless.”

“Well, he came across me in public, at the Sac’n’Pac, this morning. What was I supposed to do?”

The big wolf threw her an angry glare. “Call me. Anytime there was magick involved or people from your past, you were supposed to call me.”

“I had two seconds to make a decision, okay? It’s not like I was planning to keep him from you forever.

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