Todos os capítulos de The Alpha's Fated Encounter: Capítulo 11 - Capítulo 20

“Had to be. Probably not him directly but one of his boys. I don’t get why he’s got such a hard-on for this chick. She’s hot, yeah, but other than that, I don’t see anything special. I can’t find any connection to Javi. I’ve been looking into it and asking around. She doesn’t come from money. The bar looks legit, no sign of money laundering or anything like that. I just don’t get it.”“Yeah.” I grunted, not knowing what else to say. It was strange. Usually, when Javi made a move of some sort, there was always something obvious to be gained. Respect, money, territory, power, something. It would have made at least a little sense that he wanted Maddy for himself, but the whole attempted-murder thing seemed to rule that possibility out.“What’s our next play?” Luis asked.He wouldn’t like what I had to say next, but it was something that had to be done. “I need you to set up a meeting with Javi.”The pause on the other end of the phone was longer this time. “Are you serious right now?” he

“I’ve got a bad feeling about this, Nico,” Luis said.“Yeah, man, what the hell is happening?” Felipe asked.“I don’t know,” I said, shaking my head. “But we’re involved now. It’s too late to back out. We have to be prepared for whatever is ahead of us.”7MADDY“Hey, you ready?” Nico said as he walked into my room.The minute I saw him and heard his voice, I knew something was wrong. The easy-going, charismatic Nico was gone. This version of Nico was tense and had a worried look on his face.I didn’t say anything about it. Instead, I simply nodded and started gathering my few belongings. Nico stood by the door with his friends.He leaned toward his buddy who’d caught the nurse that morning. Luis? “Head out ahead of us. I’ll call you with the address.”“Got it.” He was gone an instant later.Nico stepped over to me, his face a little less pensive than a moment before. “Can I take your arm? Lead you out?”I was a little surprised that he’d asked permission. I’d actually been preparing

Nico finally turned to look at me, and the irritation and anger that had been there a few moments ago had cooled. The lines softened and the handsome face underneath it re-emerged. My heart did a stutter-step in my chest, and that voice started whispering to me again—the voice I’d heard the moment I’d first seen him. It was telling me the same thing it said yesterday. That this man was mine.I shook the thought away because it made no sense. Probably nothing more than my hormones screaming at me since it had been almost a year since I’d gotten laid.After a few seconds of staring intently at me, Nico smiled. “You’re welcome. I’ll see you downstairs.”I didn’t breathe easy until he’d closed the door and I heard him descending the steps. I put a hand to my racing heart and tried to figure out what was going on with my head. I had enough going on with everything that was happening. I didn’t need my body to take on a mind of its own and drool over a guy. Still…there was something intrigui

I leaned back in the lounge chair and thought about it for a few minutes. Maddy was beside me, nursing her beer, staring off into the lawn and scrub pines beyond. I went over a hundred other questions and leads I could try with her, but each one seemed more tenuous than the last.Once I was totally out of ideas, I tapped her on the thigh to get her attention. “You said you had a match on that DNA test? Who was it?”She put the empty beer can down on a side table and grinned at me. “You think they’re trying to kill me because some ancient ancestor of mine pissed off one of their ancestors? That’s a hellacious grudge to hold.”“Right, but if it helps figure this out, I’ll even start checking into your old pets. Maybe you had a dog that got Javi’s dog pregnant and he’s looking for child support. Come on, what was the guy’s name?”Maddy looked up at the sky, her lips pursed. Finally, she shook her head in frustration. “I can barely remember it. Hang on, let me log in.”I handed her my pho

“Sure, that’s fine.” I glanced around the house again, and had to ask a question that had been eating at me. “Luis, do you know where Nico’s been going? He’s either locked up in his room or he’s away for hours at a time. Where the heck does he go? I’ve barely seen him since the first night, and when I do see him, he seems tense, distant. Is that normal for him?”One corner of his mouth turned up in a humorless smile. “You’ll know everything soon enough.”I didn’t like the sound of that. It seemed overly ominous. “What do you mean? I’ll know what?”Luis shook his head dismissively. “Not my place to tell. Nico will explain it all in due time. That’s all I can say.”I huffed out a sigh, but knew I wouldn’t get any more out of Luis. He was like a living, breathing brick wall. No reason to keep beating my head against that wall.I went upstairs and turned my shower on. While I waited for the water to heat, my stomach rumbled. I hadn’t eaten anything for hours. I’d been too nervous before g