Thunder with a Chance of Lovestruck: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Romance Novel (Grimm Cove Book 5) by Mandy M. Roth

Author:Mandy M. Roth [Roth, Mandy M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Happy Hour, LLC
Published: 2022-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Drest

Drest took the stairs of his apartment building two at a time, anxious to get home so he could see his wife. He’d been a married man for three full months now and still couldn’t stop the smile that spread over his face each and every time he thought about the fact that Rachael was his wife.

They had yet to find a workaround to the Nightshade’s rules, but Drest had gotten news on that front today when his uncle—Stratton’s father—had returned his call. Drest had given Smithton the details of the predicament he was in but in the form of a hypothetical.

Smithton was so busy now that he’d gotten a seat on the council that he didn’t question the call or the scenario. He informed Drest that the old rules on the books about charges and Hunters being romantically linked would most likely be changed within a year, possibly two. Yes, that meant more time before Drest could reveal he was married to anyone and before he and Rachael could stop sneaking around to be together, but it also meant she’d be safe from blowback. There would be no threat of retaliation by the Nightshade higher-ups.

They’d be free to live their lives together.

As it stood, they spent half of the week at his place in the city and the other at the apartment Henry had purchased in the city for Rachael to use while in school. It was closer to the newspaper that she’d gotten a job at, writing for their business section. It wasn’t the crime beat she’d been hoping for, but it gave her a foot in the door. And it let her flex her research skills.

Activity on the Hunter side of things had been picking up in the city, keeping Drest busy. With that, on top of his full-time job as a police detective, he wasn’t getting anywhere near the time he wanted with his new bride. And since Drest had yet to tell anyone in his life that Rachael was his mate and he’d claimed her, it meant that Stratton continued putting pressure on him to go out clubbing or to the bars with him to pick up women.

There were only so many times Drest could make excuses before he’d either need to go along and then stay far from other women or anything that might get him in hot water with Rachael or just break down and tell his cousin the truth. He trusted Stratton fully, but he didn’t want to put his cousin in a difficult position. If everything came to light about Drest being married to Rachael before the rules were changed, and the higher-ups found out Stratton had prior knowledge of the relationship, his head would be on the chopping block too.

Plus, Stratton wouldn’t take the news well. He was a little bit of a purist snob himself. He’d come around eventually and be happy for Drest and Rachael, but right now they had enough going on. They didn’t need to add to it.

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