Todos os capítulos de Initiated by my Alpha Stepbrother's Mark: Capítulo 71 - Capítulo 78

Kaireen's Pov The waitress had kind eyes, which was the only thing working in our favor at that particular moment.She was young, maybe twenty-two, with her hair pulled back in a neat bun and a name tag that said Bea in small gold letters, and she looked at the declined machine and then at Kade and then back at the machine with the expression of someone who wanted very much to be helpful and was trying her best to be."Sir, if it's easier," she said gently, dropping her voice slightly in the way people did when they were trying not to make something more public than it already was, "we do accept bank transfers directly to the company account. I can give you the details. There's no rush, take your time."Kade exhaled through his nose. One short, controlled breath. "Yes. That's fine. Thank you."She smiled and wrote the account number on the back of a small receipt slip and slid it across the table and then stepped back to give him space, bless her, because the rest of the restaurant w

Kaireen's Pov "Do not touch him."My voice came out like a whip crack, sharp and loud enough that the whole restaurant flinched, and both officers stopped for exactly one second before the taller one reached for Kade's arm again with that practiced, expressionless authority of someone who had decided the outcome before he walked in the door."Ma'am, step back.""I said do not touch him." I moved between them and the officer looked at me with that particular male patience that was not patience at all, the kind that said you have approximately five more seconds before I stop being polite about this. I didn't care. "He is trying to resolve a payment issue, not rob your establishment. There is a difference between a criminal and a man whose card isn't working, and if you cannot tell those two things apart then I genuinely do not know how you passed your exam.""Kaireen," Kade said quietly behind me."No." I wasn't moving. "They are not taking you anywh

Kaireen's Pov I look forward to it," he said, and I could hear the smile in it, that infuriating, warm, completely genuine smile that he only let out when he thought I wasn't paying attention. "Don't worry about Kade. I'll fix what I broke." Then, slightly away from the phone, directed at someone else: "I know, Neon, give me two seconds—""You let Neon know you're an asshole?""He's my beta," he said back into the phone, and I heard footsteps somewhere on his end, the sound of a door, a shift in the acoustic. "He's been standing here for twenty minutes looking at me like the pack is on fire, which it might be, so I actually have to go.""You're insane?""Sharp as ever." He sounded amused. "Tonight, Reen. Don't make me come and collect you."The call ended.I stood there with the dead phone at my ear for two more seconds before I lowered it, and then I stood on the pavement and breathed and tried to organize the specific feeling of having just agreed

Rowan's Pov I'm not leaving today."The arms went back. "Rowan—""Tomorrow morning…I need tonight."He looked at me for a long time with those eyes that saw through everything and said nothing for a moment, and then he said, "The girl is going to be your undoing.""I know," I said."She's also your—""I know, Neon."He pressed his lips together and picked up his own phone and started making the calls that needed to be made, because that was what he did, he adapted to what was and worked with it, and I turned back to the window.My phone buzzed on the desk. A text from one of the government contacts confirming the restaurant lockdown was underway. I read it, set the phone back down, and allowed myself one moment of pure, uncomplicated satisfaction about the manager who had picked my sister's card up with two fingers and smiled with only her mouth.It will be locked for Four years.I hoped she had enjoyed running her establishment.