The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 116
I knew Fiona was busy at work. But it couldn’t hurt to give her a little more encouragement. Send one more text that would be waiting for the next time she had a break and checked her phone.
I wrote: The pics don’t have to be sexy. I just want to see your pretty face. Missing it. X
There was no traffic on the way back to the palace. It was only heading into the city that always took forever. I sailed on the highway in the fast lane and made great time.
ummons and the other case-related papers Brandon had given me, as well as the accounting paperwork copies. My filing systems were immaculate, organized and labeled and locked securely.
itched the suit and was back in light sweat
ur work with the pack today.
ease of carrying and went back out into the courtyard, heading west across the training field.
n
hangover with the help of a couple benzos that perked him up just enough to bathe and dress before he collapsed into the recliner out on his balcony.
had gotten back to him yet about a private club event he was trying to go to tonight.
or open and came storming in.
party was over for now. His mother, always a terrible buzzkill, seemed to have something especially urgent on the mind right now.
her way to the balcony.
ly, making a point of looking over every inch of him and glaring at the smoldering joint in the ashtray as
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chill right down your spine. Her shiny red lips pulled taut around a mouthful of perfectly white, sharp and even teeth, and her dark eyes glimmered with an air of haughty derision.
o you want?” he asked again.
d bed.
one again. Still no notifications.
“Lucas, this behavior has to st
he asked lazily.
This… this is unacceptable.”
led. “Me, Alpha King. Would you let that go already? It’s never going to happen.”
Her jaw twitched.
guffawed. “
glowered at her son, fire crack
ppen.”
d watch that.”
er. Beyond, of course, the anonymous, trashy omegas he hooked up with in nightclub bathrooms and the professionals that he regularly paid for company.
last long, though. He was high enough already that it simply floated away.
e talked about his brother. It had been broken in several places when he’d beaten the shit out of Lucas a few months ago.
insisting that the rough shape his nose healed into naturally made him look tougher and more handsome. But he still grimaced at the sight of it every time he looked into a mirror.
ruth.”
me, son.”
xander and the King both? F*****g forget it.”
tood a chance against Alexander in a physical fight: that was probably true. Her stepson was a formidable foe, one she hadn’t been able
was a good chance, Scarlet believed, that a vampire could do the job.
e against a whole nest of vampires.
e how you’re going to make it happen, why should I take you seriously?”
s rolled his eyes. “Whatever.” He reached into the front pocket of his shirt, pulled out a small, flat, disp
mother stormed over and
hick white ribbon of smoke snaked out of Lucas’s throat and up into
the little device off the balcony.
e,” he said. “Thanks f