Chapter 0015
Chapter 0015
That’s just like Isla not to say,” he mutters, “But I was so glad to hear your name when it popped up in conversation. I can’t believe it’s been so long since we’ve seen each other. Come on, take a seat.”
I follow him to a small table that already has a coffee cup waiting.
Excitedly, Chris dives into the conversation, asking me about life, my marriage, and what’s going on. I explain why I need the job and how Jack and I are divorcing. Even though I haven’t talked to him in forever, I begin to relax as he talks about his life.
“And my dad slid down the hill on one ski, flailing like a flightless bird!” Chris exclaims, laughing loudly as he bends over. I laugh, remembering how clumsy he always sald his dad was.
1 take another sip of my frappe while Chris finally straightens himself.
He stops and stares at me, then before I can move, he leans in, lifts his hand, and brushes something off my lip. The sudden closeness and the touch are intimate… too intimate. An uneasy feeling settles in my chest as he stares into my eyes, his finger trailing along my cheek.
“Um…
I begin to pull back when a light flashes from somewhere to my right. I jerk back to look around. When I don’t see anyone I know, I sigh in annoyance. Maybe I was overthinking things.
Ethan
As I stare at my computer screen, I think about how far we’ve come as a company. My father founded and built up the Silverclaw Company because he was curious about human technology. After he came into the human world, he used his Lycan power and connections to thrive and gain wealth.
He created an empire which I took over at eighteen. It only took me five years before I’d made Silverclaw into a leading industry player. I wanted to help people more, to use my status and power to do something good, so I founded a tech and pharmaceutical giant that generated profit but also worked to cure various infectious and genetic diseases affecting the Lycan population.
I was taught to lead and serve the pack. Everything I did up until now and everything I do from now on is to make the Silverclaw pack the strongest.
The pack elders say my success, strength, and growth are what make me the most promising candidate for the Lycan King election.
A message dings from my phone, and I pull open my drawer, glancing at the screen. A reminder to set some rules and boundaries with Fiona. She signed the contract, but I need to make sure she doesn’t go too far with any
requests.
As I move to close the drawer, light glints off leather box nestled in the corner of my drawer. I sigh and lift the box, flipping the lid open.
The wolf shaped moonstone sits on the silver necklace chain and grows heavy in my hand. My mother had passed it to me for the next Luna because every Luna of the Silverclaw pack wears it.
And to think I’d given it to a woman I thought would be my mate. A woman who betrayed and deceived me, my trust and shattering it like it was nothing
The cold memory wraps around my heart and squeezes, making me growl as my wolf howls in pain.
“Never again. I’ll never trust a woman, especially if they’re human.”
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My wolf nudges at my mind carefully. He sends an image of Fiona through my mind, but I shove it away.
Again, he nudges at my consciousness, settling warmly against me. His presence is comforting and eases a bit of the pain in my chest.
“But I know better than anyone how much you long for a relationship built on true love,” he murmurs, “One without deception. She could be that for us.”
He might be right, but he might also be wrong. After what happened in the past, I won’t open myself up for another attack, for another heartbreak. I have more important things to worry about, such as the election coming up, and I have no time to be deceived.
A knock sounds at the door before my secretary speaks, “Mr. Montgomery.”
“Enter.”
She shuffles in, fluttering her eyelashes and pushing her chest out. I have to stop myself from rolling my eyes.
“You may want to see this,” she tells me, passing a photo into my hand. I glance down, disinterested until I see
Fiona.
Fiona and a man.
He’s leaned in with his hand on her cheek… kissing her.
My wolf growls as fury burns through my chest and sets my blood on fire, Not even a day after she signed the contract, and she’s dares to hook up with another man.
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