The Missing Wolf (The Familiar Empire Book 1) by G. Bailey

Author:G. Bailey [Bailey, G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-25T00:00:00+00:00

A silver spoon stuck up his…

“How was work?” I jump, dropping all the files I had in my hands all over the frosty leaf-covered ground outside the infirmary as Liam speaks. I turn my head to see his cheek tinted pink as he moves off the wall he was leaning against, an apology spilling from his kissable lips. “Shit, I didn’t mean to scare you. I should have known better with everything that happened last night.”

“I’m on edge. It isn’t your fault,” I softly tell him, lowering myself to my knees at the same time he does as we pick up the files, brushing them off and getting them in a neat pile. “I thought Mason was taking me home today. Not that I mind you being here.”

“Mason has been held up, and I thought it might be a good idea to take you shopping like we agreed. Only we can’t go for dinner because Alex is cooking and I think he would throw it at us if we didn’t turn up,” he explains, pulling himself up and handing me the files he collected. I add them to the ones I have and hold them against my chest as Liam searches his hoodie pockets. I shiver against the cold wind as I worry about how I’m going to afford anything at all with the little money in my savings. I suppose I could afford new boots and a coat...if they are cheap enough. “I stopped off at Hugh’s and got this for you.” Liam hands me a smooth red bank card from a bank I don’t recognise, and it has my name on it. “Hugh has put a few thousand on it to start you off, and he will take it out of your wages slowly so it’s not too much of a strain on you.”

“I can’t—”

“Every familiar gets the same thing, so don’t worry about it,” Liam interrupts, holding his keys out and unlocking his car. “Let’s go, it’s too cold today.” I don’t get a chance to argue with him over the card anymore before he is jogging to the car. I grip the card harder in my hand as I realise that accepting it means I owe the Familiar Empire something else...and I don’t want to owe them anything.

It hits me like a brick. I don’t trust them or feel safe here anymore. I don’t think I ever have done. I jog to the car, pull the door open and get in before shutting the door. I place the files in Liam’s glove box before doing my seatbelt up, my thoughts still stuck on the card burning a place in my hand.

“You don’t like anything that feels like charity, right?” Liam asks as he starts the Jeep and we head down the road. “And taking the card means you’re accepting help and you are owing someone something.”

“Can you read thoughts?” I enquire.

“I wish,” Liam chuckles, his laugh rolling through me and giving me goose bumps. He shouldn’t be allowed to laugh, it’s too sexy.

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