The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 135
Alexander
I watched the pack from a distance, pretty sure they couldn’t see me from my strategically selected vantage point, for a few minutes.
They were running a punishing rope-based obstacle course that I was sure Kayden had spent a lot of time setting up this morning. Probably trying to distract himself from thinking about Nina being here.
men looked good. They were working h
ion.
e.
bring a credit card for her to take with them.
d out well for me. I was itching to run this course with the pack now, and I knew Fiona needed more maternity clothes; I’d been watching the changes in her body every day. Plus, I’d ripped up more than a couple of her outfits and exp
n and preparing to leave.
n’t abuse it,” I said, only j
card out of Fiona’s fingertips and spun it through her own fingers in a showy little pinwheel movement. Then it disappeared into a barely-visible pocket i
she said, giving me a
?”
eats before heading back to the courtyard to join Kayden and the team for training.
ust how that conversation had gone.
him with concerns about her friend. That meant she’d believe him when he told her the truth. So, hopefully, those concerns
the right thing to do. But her being here sure came with a big downside. Not only was she annoying to Fiona, bu
to be interpreted as proof of a story being true. The only choice I really had was just to let it lie.
d, “I took care of that thing you asked me t
now.
”
rrow. But there’s, uh, something you should know.
was a chance of that. Where?”
drive up north. A max security place out in the middle of nowhere. He’s serving a three-year sentence.”
ears? In max
of felony charges, all related to gun running. But he was only convicted on one lesser count, possession of an illegal firearm, and received the minimum sentence.”
e to receive visitor
got a date tomorrow at noon.”
d.”
the Hellhounds was overdue already, so it was for the best that I make this trip right
that I couldn’t spent the day with Fiona like we’d planned.
Fiona
speed, climbing an onramp onto the highway.
“Oh?”
x said that thing about, ‘we could be twins’ or whatever…”
Nina. I get it.”
ighed. “The thing is, Mike actually reached out to me recently.”
eks ago.”
didn’t
t yet.”
remember the last time I saw Nina’s brother Michael.
were already tense between her and her family by that time.
t ignoring him, but I just don’t know if I want to go down that road…”
“Well, what did h
looked uncomfortable and claustrophobic. “He said he missed me and wants to talk.”
ction. Her eyes were shiny and sad.
t my friend really needed was just for me to listen. If she wanted my advice, she’d ask for it. And she
open up a box of worms. I don’t want to go back to wasting all my time and energy worrying about those people, you know?”
made things awkward back there.”
eal.”
e most fashionable maternity clothes this world has to offer.”
ck with that. So much of it is awful.”
d haul.”
and
e.
just as a second one came in.
ul. How are things going?
something’s come up and I’ll be busy tomorrow. I’ll explain more later. Just wanted you to know – maybe Nina wants the time
d my reflection in my peripheral vision (there were mirrors all around me). And found that I was frowning.
rries. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll tell her.
it.
.
had been about to say something else, but when she saw me sitting there typi
. That’s all.”
e you blushing?”
hone away. “Why are you bargi
made a motion with her finger that meant: stand up and turn around so I can zip you.
y hair out of my hands and started tying it up into a high ponytail, using a black band she’d been wearing on her wrist.
other notification.
at?”
d idea – wait
t my own reflection while discussing this topic any longer. That gesture was as good a confirmation as any for Nina, I gues
miling like she was proud of me.