Forsaken Fate by Kimber White

Author:Kimber White
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nokay Press, LLC

CHAPTER 13

Theo

I caught the first puddle jumper out of Albany I could find. Brynna was on my mind the entire time. Home. I told her I was going home. The truth was, I hadn’t had a traditional home since I was sixteen years old and opened the door to my father standing in front of me, holding my mother’s lifeless, ruined body in his arms.

But I still had a house I rented from Sebastian Lanier, leader of the largest pack in Wild Lake. It had a nice view, perched on a cliff overlooking Lake Michigan near South Haven. It was too big for me. Six bedrooms. Four thousand square feet. In addition to the house rental, Lanier had given me a job after the war ended. I’d helped him reacquire the assets the fae had seized from the wolves of Wild Lake. Slowly, over the last five years, I’d helped Lanier and the other Wild Lake Alphas rebuild their company, Wild Lake Outfitters. They’d paid me well for it.

I made two calls when I got back to South Haven. First, I called Vince, my assistant. I only had about sixteen messages from him – two for every day since I left for Albany. He answered on the first ring.

“You’re a real asshole,” Vince said in lieu of hello.

“Relax,” I said. “It’s people like you who make me a better asshole. I had every confidence you could keep things running smoothly while I was gone.”

Vince sighed on the other end of the phone. “Send me flowers and tickets to whatever’s next at the Kennedy Center and I’ll forgive you.”

“They’re already on their way,” I said, making a mental note to send them. “Two of them. Front row center. You and Kevin will be able to see Bocelli’s nose hairs. Promise.”

“It’s a start.” I could tell by the tone of his voice that Vince was smiling. One fire more or less put out.

“You can’t leave for that long ... or you can’t not answer your phone for this long ever again. You know how crazy everyone gets ... it’s a mess. You’re needed at about ten real estate closings, Theo. You’ve got unsigned paperwork in your inbox. Will you get to it, please?”

I laughed and felt like a dick all over again. I knew exactly what Vince had been putting up with.

“And I’m sure you handled everything like butter, Vince. You can do it again when you need to.”

“Which better not be for a loooong time, Theo,” he sighed. “I need my own fucking vacation. I hear Fiji’s nice this time of year.”

“Fiji’s nice every time of the year,” I said. “We’ll talk when it’s time for your Christmas bonus. What do you have lined up for me today?”

“Relax,” Vince said. “I’ve kept your schedule light. You’ve got a conference call with Bas at four o’clock. He’s anxious to close on the property near Manistee. There’s some sentimental value with it. He pretty much told me this has to go through or he’s gonna serve me to the Wild Ridge bear clans.

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