Moon Child: A PNR Shifter Romance (The Year of the Wolf Book 2) by Serena Akeroyd

Author:Serena Akeroyd [Akeroyd, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Serena Akeroyd Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2020-08-29T18:00:00+00:00

Twelve

Ethan

“Do you know why there were a mated pair of hyenas on your territory, Alpha Kinsdale?”

“No. That’s the short answer. And in the interest of full disclosure, the longer answer is that their clan came to me and asked permission for their entry into my land.”

“With no explanation?”

“No. I didn’t ask for it.”

Brow furrowing, I asked, “Is that normal?”

“It is when they grease your palm,” Austin ground out. “How much did they pay you to look the other way?”

I shot my twin a glare, and silently told him, “Shut the fuck up.”

But Kinsdale wasn’t mad. If anything, he was amused—fucking Austin. I swear, if I pulled the stunts he did, I’d get a broken nose for my pains. My twin? He just got an ‘aw shucks’ grin and a slap on the back.

A hunch of Kinsdale’s shoulders was followed with a, “Your brother is quite right, Beta Cartwright. My pack isn’t as fancy as the Highbanks pack, and we needed the money. You know how wealthy the clans are. I wasn’t about to turn them down.”

“You kept an eye on them, surely?” Austin queried, placing his hands on the desk beside me as he loomed over the call.

Kinsdale grunted. “Of course.”

“And are you willing to tell us what your men reported?” I inquired.

“I extended your alpha the favor of retrieving his sister-in-law, but I don’t appreciate being interrogated like I’m a common criminal.”

“Those hyenas attacked my alpha’s sister-in-law,” Austin stated firmly. “With an intent to kill. Eli’s pissed off about it, as I’m sure you can imagine.”

Kinsdale’s jaw worked a second. “Heard about that. Not going to lie.”

“I’d expect nothing less from an alpha such as yourself,” was Austin’s smartass retort.

I glowered at him, but he was too busy getting in the other alpha’s face.

“They were asking questions around town,” Kinsdale admitted.

“What kind of questions?”

He cleared his throat. “About a woman.”

“You catch a name?”

“Course I did,” he muttered, but he reached up and rubbed the back of his neck.

“Let me guess, the one and the same as the female your men helped return to our pack?”

Kinsdale pulled a face. “They said they were looking for one of their own. What was I supposed to do? Shield a hyena in my pack lands?”

I scowled at that. “That makes no sense. You’d have scented a hyena if there was a lone one around town. Plus, you know they always run in pairs, and a male hyena stinks,” I said candidly, shaking my head at his illogical answer. “There’s no way you’d be able to miss two of them running around your territory.”

“I figured they were on a wild goose chase—”

“And speaking of geese, you weren’t about to bite the goose who lays the golden goddamn egg. So you knew they were there on a false errand, but took their cash anyway.”

Kinsdale’s amusement had long since died a death. “Like I said, we’re not all highfalutin Highbanks.”

Austin smirked at him. “No, we sure ain’t.” He cut the call before I had a chance to do so, and I growled at him.

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