Wolf Queen (Lycans of Eve Book 2) by Alexis Pierce

Author:Alexis Pierce [Pierce, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Anderson

For the millionth time in the past week, every instinct inside me is desperate to take Eve away from here. My parents knowingly put her in danger, and I’m not sure I’m willing to forgive them for that despite the fact that everyone is okay.

“Anderson, go to sleep,” Eve huffs, her arm tightening over my chest. Her expensive rental dress is hanging up on the back of the bedroom door, taunting me. I press a kiss to her temple. Thompson is on her other side, his back to both of us. He’s been totally nonchalant about the whole thing, but the stress rolling off him is practically a physical thing.

“It could’ve gone a lot worse,” I whisper. “This is all so dangerous.”

She places a gentle kiss to my bare chest, and her hand begins to trace little circles on my skin. “It didn’t, though,” she replies. “I’m fine. Your dad is fine. The cops didn’t suspect a thing.”

Thompson turns over, pressing Eve closer into me. This bed wasn’t made to fit so many people, but I do love how cozy it is with all of us. His hand goes over Eve to land on my hip, and Eve growls low.

“There has to be another way,” I say, but I’m quickly growing distracted by the way they’re both touching me. So it’s an ambush, then, is it?

I pull away from them. They’re not going to distract me that easily. I sit up and set my feet on the floor, leaning over and breathing carefully.

“You guys aren’t listening to me,” I say, my hands shaking with frustration. “I feel like you never listen to my concerns.” Is it because I’m not as smart as them? Do they think I don’t understand what’s at stake?

Eve sits up, rubbing her hands over my back. “Anderson,” she says, her voice pained. “I know you’re worried. We all are. But we don’t have any other options. You’ve seen the paperwork, the debt. There’s nothing else we can do at this point.” After a brief pause, she says, “We need fifty grand by next weekend to keep the building. Even if I were to ask the pack for help, there wouldn’t be anywhere near enough.”

I suck in a breath. How the hell did everything get that bad? Why was Kenneth allowed to remain in charge for so long?

I’m not sure anyone really knew how awful of a leader he was. Despite taking over half the pack’s collective income, he’d come across confident enough that part of the pack believed in his leadership skills. No amount of scrutiny would convince them otherwise.

“What do we do?” I ask.

Eve leans her forehead against my back, her skin cold against my heat. “We try.”

A plan forms in my head at that moment. She may be thinking of a way to sell pieces to big-name people for huge amounts, but another idea comes to my mind.

“That necklace,” I say slowly. “How much did you say it was worth?”

She shakes her head.

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