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to talk to Trina. She’s really the alpha.” I laughed when his mouth dropped. Good luck to him. Trina blamed herself for not getting in between Shea and Archer before the fight turned fatal. If he got that job, both my brothers were magicians.
Shea jumped off the desk, dropping his grinder wrapper in the trash. “Once she gets to know me, she’ll see I’m not an asshole.”
Poor X wore more of his beer than he drank. “Shadow said he’s coming later,” he said as Shea grabbed another bottle and passed second ones to both of us. “Back to the engine. What the hell do you want that for?”
“Of course he is.” I groaned. I hadn’t solidified my plan yet, still playing around with ideas. “I want something I can detonate.”
“That must mean I have the job,” Shea said. We both ignored him.
X his beer down. “You want me to build a bomb.”
“Pretty much.”
“I can’t fucking do that.” X raked his hand through his hair and paced in the small space between desks, stepping around Shea.
“Why not? If I sent you out in the forest as a wolf and told you to rip Walter’s head off with your teeth, you wouldn’t think twice about it. This is simple. Clean. What you do every day. Hit a button and it’s done.”
“I’d do it, but I don’t know shit about building engines.” Shea shrugged. “And I’d rip Walter’s head off, too. Whatever you need.”
‘Thank you’ didn’t seem appropriate, but I did appreciate it.
X shook his head. “Pack business is pack business. You do this, humans get involved. You’ve been a prisoner once—do you want to risk that again? Think about the full moon. You get stuck as a wolf in jail and you put the whole forest in jeopardy.”
“That’s not what I want at all.” I sighed, pissed he was right. That bastard had me at every turn. “I have an agreement with Walter—“
“You have a what?” X’s eyes were about to fall out of his head. “You’ve lost your fucking mind. I get it, I want a wolf mate, too. But they’re not all miserable like Cass. More of them are like Renee, happy as shit with the rich guys. Would you want me to tear her out of her home, away from Mike, to prove your point?”
“I want her to have a choice.” I slammed my fist on the desk, scattering the rest of my sandwich. “If Renee, or any wolf, is happy with her husband, then she should be with him. But if she isn’t, she deserves better. Anyone who sold their daughter and didn’t think they could be bought and sold next is a fucking fool. It won’t stop with the women. Next it will be us. We’ll be slaves on our own land.”
“Still doesn’t explain why you made a deal with the devil,” Shea said, backing away from me.
“No one ever lets me finish.” I glared at both brothers. “Everyone’s so quick to remind me that Walter’s going to fuck me over, but never does anyone think that maybe that’s my plan, to fuck with him.”
Shea’s mouth dropped, then formed a toothy grin. He held his hand up to high five me, but I shook my head.
“Still crazy,” X muttered, craning his head to the showroom. “Shadow’s here.”
I pushed Shea, trying to get him to shut up before Shadow changed his mind about giving him a job. I doubted that was the reason for Shadow’s visit, but Shea had enough working against him already.
Shadow smirked when he came in the office. “Surprised I didn’t see you guys the other night.”
“Yeah, we missed the run.” I’d given him shit for the same thing last month.
“Didn’t expect it, since we had a deal.” Shadow came deeper into the office, leaning against my desk. My brothers narrowed their eyes in confusion. “Thought you’d want to get some work done.”
“We didn’t have a plan.” I didn’t like Shadow thinking he had an edge over me. Captivity had made him bloodthirsty. His lack of expertise in the area made him dangerous. After years of fighting, I knew when to throw a punch, more importantly, when to
Shea jumped off the desk, dropping his grinder wrapper in the trash. “Once she gets to know me, she’ll see I’m not an asshole.”
Poor X wore more of his beer than he drank. “Shadow said he’s coming later,” he said as Shea grabbed another bottle and passed second ones to both of us. “Back to the engine. What the hell do you want that for?”
“Of course he is.” I groaned. I hadn’t solidified my plan yet, still playing around with ideas. “I want something I can detonate.”
“That must mean I have the job,” Shea said. We both ignored him.
X his beer down. “You want me to build a bomb.”
“Pretty much.”
“I can’t fucking do that.” X raked his hand through his hair and paced in the small space between desks, stepping around Shea.
“Why not? If I sent you out in the forest as a wolf and told you to rip Walter’s head off with your teeth, you wouldn’t think twice about it. This is simple. Clean. What you do every day. Hit a button and it’s done.”
“I’d do it, but I don’t know shit about building engines.” Shea shrugged. “And I’d rip Walter’s head off, too. Whatever you need.”
‘Thank you’ didn’t seem appropriate, but I did appreciate it.
X shook his head. “Pack business is pack business. You do this, humans get involved. You’ve been a prisoner once—do you want to risk that again? Think about the full moon. You get stuck as a wolf in jail and you put the whole forest in jeopardy.”
“That’s not what I want at all.” I sighed, pissed he was right. That bastard had me at every turn. “I have an agreement with Walter—“
“You have a what?” X’s eyes were about to fall out of his head. “You’ve lost your fucking mind. I get it, I want a wolf mate, too. But they’re not all miserable like Cass. More of them are like Renee, happy as shit with the rich guys. Would you want me to tear her out of her home, away from Mike, to prove your point?”
“I want her to have a choice.” I slammed my fist on the desk, scattering the rest of my sandwich. “If Renee, or any wolf, is happy with her husband, then she should be with him. But if she isn’t, she deserves better. Anyone who sold their daughter and didn’t think they could be bought and sold next is a fucking fool. It won’t stop with the women. Next it will be us. We’ll be slaves on our own land.”
“Still doesn’t explain why you made a deal with the devil,” Shea said, backing away from me.
“No one ever lets me finish.” I glared at both brothers. “Everyone’s so quick to remind me that Walter’s going to fuck me over, but never does anyone think that maybe that’s my plan, to fuck with him.”
Shea’s mouth dropped, then formed a toothy grin. He held his hand up to high five me, but I shook my head.
“Still crazy,” X muttered, craning his head to the showroom. “Shadow’s here.”
I pushed Shea, trying to get him to shut up before Shadow changed his mind about giving him a job. I doubted that was the reason for Shadow’s visit, but Shea had enough working against him already.
Shadow smirked when he came in the office. “Surprised I didn’t see you guys the other night.”
“Yeah, we missed the run.” I’d given him shit for the same thing last month.
“Didn’t expect it, since we had a deal.” Shadow came deeper into the office, leaning against my desk. My brothers narrowed their eyes in confusion. “Thought you’d want to get some work done.”
“We didn’t have a plan.” I didn’t like Shadow thinking he had an edge over me. Captivity had made him bloodthirsty. His lack of expertise in the area made him dangerous. After years of fighting, I knew when to throw a punch, more importantly, when to
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