Chloe pulled out a piece of paper and a small, thin pencil I thought was an eyebrow pencil before she started to write as quickly as she could manage. I noticed she didn’t have much paper to use, but the pencil seemed to be a pen disguised as an eyebrow pencil.
Why hadn’t she written this message out before? I winced. Maybe she was always searched. That seemed like something Justin would do to a woman he was keeping under such a tight watch.
The fact that she couldn’t even use the bathroom at the same time as other women was disturbing.
I slowed the speed of the flow from the bottle to give her more time, but there wasn’t much left in the bottle. Finally, she was done writing as the last of the liquid left the bottle. I returned the bottle to her and she slipped it behind the inner lining of her clutch before giving me the paper. She dropped the pen back into her clutch and shuffled around a bit before I flushed the toilet. She closed her
I followed Mordecai through the crowd, careful to keep up with him as it was obvious, he didn’t intend to escort me. Mordecai was a large man, but he didn’t slow his gait or check on me. He was the same sort of jerk as Justin.But where Justin just seemed selfish, possessive, and cruel, Mordecai had different darkness to him. He looked crazed. I wanted to escape from him, but I couldn’t. I glanced around and found Matt and Grace still at the blackjack table. She was still seated in his lap, leaning close to him as he played and sipped his whiskey.It had been a good plan before we left the hotel. If our places had been switched, Mordecai might have tried to carry Grace off, but because it was me, he simply coerced me to go along.Would Chloe have passed a note to Grace? Would Sean have slipped his card into my dress?”I couldn’t know, but I bet not.Alyssa whimpered, It’s not safe. He’s dangerous.
Matt’s POVAfter four rounds of blackjack, I was certain Grace and I had scraped the rumor mill about Justin’s habits, tastes, problems, and latest triumphs. As far as I was concerned, it was about time to find Renda and get out of here.I hadn’t seen her since she’d left the man standing at the craps table and headed towards the bathroom. The man had continued to mill about playing a few rounds at random tables here and there, but Renda never returned to him.The group of men who had sat at the table with me to play were the type to bet large out of arrogance and relied on their connections with Justin to ensure the dealer would cooperate. They lost a great deal and seemed a bit put off with it. The dealer seemed to be working on my side simply because Grace seemed comfortable with me.I’d have to tell Renda that she was right about me needing more than just money and a plan to make everything go smoothly.
Glenda’s POVI didn’t know what to think. Even Alyssa was silent as Grace trembled and seemed to relax in his arms. I was feverish. Heat and pleasure pooled and pulsed between my legs and I was confused.My nipples were sensitive, brushing against the fabric of the dress.I was aroused, but I didn’t know how to understand that. My head was spinning. Matt’s gaze had never left me even as he was fingering Grace beneath her dress.This wasn’t the first time I had been in the area with another woman in a sexual situation. A lot of men at Midnight and Larry’s had a threesome fantasy and were willing to pay to make it come true.This was the first time, however, that I didn’t think the other woman didn’t enjoy it, and I was actually aroused.The driver rolled down the partition. He was probably looking through the rearview mirror at Grace panting and splayed across Matt’s lap w
Stupid. Crazy. Strange. Horrible. I’d been trying to get my body to agree with these thoughts, for a few minutes since Grace knocked, but I was having no luck.I didn’t like sex, yet I was having a sexy dream? The water pouring over my head was warm and doing nothing to calm me down. I wished it was nausea. I was familiar with that. I understood being nauseous after the mention of anything sexual, but it wasn’t.The hot, uncomfortable need was still there. The dream and the ride back to the hotel from the party were still running through my mind.Anger was bubbling up as I scrubbed myself clean from the night before and the sticky remnants of the dream.Alyssa was quiet for a change.Nothing to say? I growled, my frustration turning my mood angry. I’m surprised.I don’t need to tell you what you already know.I huffed and threw the washcloth to the floor of the shower and
The words resonated through me. I felt Grace go stiff beside me and knew she was just as shocked. Midnight wasn’t just a little pack like Fluorite. It was second only to Warhammer. Taking Midnight down would be near impossible because of its allegiance with Warhammer.Matt’s lips twitched, “You two look like you might faint.”“That’s… a very large undertaking,” Grace said. “Why?”He glanced at me then down to my arm before his gaze turned hard, “Let’s just say Mordecai pissed me off enough and his relationship with Ben only pisses me off more.”“And… if you managed to take down Midnight, what then?”He looked at me, “Would that complete your revenge?”I blinked at him. I didn’t want to answer, but the words came anyway.“I don’t know.”His lips twitched, “Then, the plan after that hasn&rsqu
My head was spinning as I stared at Matt. How much money was that? How much money did he have? How did he manage to get a hold of all of Warhammer’s industry like that? Why didn’t he just pull all the companies out of Warhammer if he had such a grudge against Ben?What did it mean that Ben was the alpha of a pack that his family didn’t found? Who founded Warhammer then?“How does that work?” I asked. He seemed surprised.“How much do you know about the Interpack agreements?”I winced. I knew a bit, at least the important ones for Fluorite, but my family owned the land and the businesses. We just ran them for the benefit of the pack. The Fluorite family had always been that way.“Enough.”Matt’s lips twitched, “Alphas have reason to give businesses a certain amount of slack with regards to their taxes because businesses can move local when they wish, but there is no reason to m
Matt’s POVI eyed the list in my hand, turning over the conversation I’d had with Grace and Renda. No one would readily know the scientific names of flowers unless they dealt with them often, and the codes weren’t so obvious that anyone could guess them either.When I had called Felix, he explained the code of each line. He knew a lot more about drug dealing above and under the table than I did. The codes assigned to the blend were based on the medical terms for the blends.She hadn’t needed me to explain the first line and she seemed to know how to read the rest of the list.Did that mean that Renda had been studying to be a doctor or a pharmacist? Did she have some ties to the drug underground or had she picked it up while at Club Heaven or Larry’s?I sighed, shaking my head and folding the list up. I needed more information to be able to answer those questions, and I doubted that Glenda was ready to
I laughed, “I’m not, but this isn’t a waste. I’ve purchased a club in Midnight and I am looking to stock it with the best. Blooming Vibes is my first choice.”He glanced at Renda before his gaze dropped to the table, “A club, you said?”“Yes.”“I don’t suppose you are also here on behalf of your brother?” Walter asked. His eyes hardened, “Or your father?”My lips twitched, “What Ben and his son get up to have nothing to do with me.”He met my gaze, seeming to search for some answer, but the tension in him didn’t ease.“You must know that I am… planning to auction the rest of the stores.” His lips twitched, “To pay the employees and close business finally.”Auction for Blooming Vibes just meant that he was looking to get out faster than he could be assured of if he just kept supplying his goods, or there