The Wolf’s Bullied Mate: Enemies to Lovers Shifter Romance by Layla Silver

Author:Layla Silver [Silver, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11 - Isaiah

“Golden nectar from the mountaintops,” I groaned as I held the mug under my nose. Tendrils of steam wisped to my nostrils, sending my eyes rolling back. “I’ve never tasted anything so good in my fucking life.”

Troy sat across from me with a bewildered expression. “It’s just…ground dark Colombian.”

“But it’s so good.”

I took hefty sips, gulping sips, slurping sips that would have set off anyone with ASMR issues. Considering the amount of time since my last cup of coffee—which had been about two and a half days ago—this was a real treat. A damn reward for the commitment I had made in haste to Jada.

At the time, the offer was fair. She was upset. I had done something to offset her upset. It cheered her up. Everybody won.

Until it came time to pay up.

It wasn’t like me to back out of a competition. Whatever I said, I did. It was just the way I was with everyone, even the people I didn’t like. Jada wasn’t among that group anymore, but I didn’t fully like her either.

Fogginess crept back into my brain. I chased it away with an orgasmic sip of lifesaving coffee. Sweet nectar, delicious golden mana from heaven…

Elias shuffled into the living room and crashed onto the couch next to me. He nearly made me drop my mug. I glared at him over the ceramic, practically drilling another hole into his head right between his eyes. That man was towing the line between being a bad boy and being a bad nuisance.

Before I could speak, my alpha cleared his throat.

I sat ramrod straight. “Yes, Alpha?”

Troy smiled kindly. “How’s your mate doing?”

“She’s fine.” I blanched. “She’s not my mate. You know that, Troy.”

“How do you know she’s not your mate?”

I shrugged off the question. Wasn’t it obvious at this point? “Coffee is more important.”

“Your drink is more important than that ass you’ve been tapping?”

“She’s not a piece of ass,” I hissed. More coffee made the anger subside though it wasn’t quite enough to take off the edge. Two and a half days was a long time without caffeine. My head was pounding. “She’s a person, you know. With feelings.”

“But she’s not your mate,” Troy stated matter-of-factly.

I shook my head. “Correct.”

“Either she is, or she isn’t,” Elias pointed out. “You’re not making sense over there, pal.”

“Like you ever make sense about that schoolteacher.”

He scowled. “Shut your trap, troll.”

“Stop calling me that, you idiotic fool!”

Troy held up his hands. The coffee he had brewed went back to my mouth, shutting me up, keeping me from saying anything more than I already had to get myself into trouble with him. Yet maybe it wasn’t me. Maybe it was Elias.

Shit, it was hard to think clearly.

“Your energy is all over the place,” Troy observed. “It’s like the withdrawals from the first time you went sober.”

I stared into the muddy liquid of my cup. That wasn’t something I’d expected to hear come out of his mouth. How many years had it been? Too many.

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