His Stripper Mate のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 61 - チャプター 64

The burner phone was old, scratched, and barely held a charge, but it was the only phone I trusted.I sat in the back of the armored SUV as Malachi drove through the rain toward the Hollows. Outside, neon signs blurred across the wet streets, turning the city into a mess of red and blue lights. He hadn’t questioned me when I told him where we were going, though I’d caught him checking the rearview mirror more than once.Tomorrow night, I would walk into the Gilded Cage and face Damien. Before that happened, I needed to speak to the one person who might know what I was walking into.I pulled out the burner and typed.Z: I need to talk. The old jazz place on 4th. One hour.Her reply came almost immediately.Roxanne: Come through the alley. The red door is unlocked.When we reached the Hollows, the streets looked much as I remembered them. Rainwater collected in broken pavements, the air smelled of fried food and wet asphalt, and people hurried past with their heads down, minding their o

The ride back to the estate was a masterclass in silence.Rain lashed against the tinted windows of the armored SUV, turning the city’s neon lights into blurred streaks of color. The Gilded Cage invitation sat in my jacket pocket, its heavy cardstock feeling like a lead weight.Roxanne’s revelations refused to leave my mind. I glanced at the rearview mirror. Malachi’s dark eyes met mine.“How long has Nikolai been at war with Evander?”Malachi kept his attention on the road, his large hands moving over the steering wheel before he signed his answer.[Since before I met him. Evander is a rot in the foundation. Nikolai is the blade meant to cut it out.]“Did he know about the Hollow Pack?”His jaw tightened.[He knew there were ghosts. He didn’t know they had a Luna.]The word sent a strange shiver through me. Luna. Too much, eh? Something deep inside my chest stirred at the title, as though it recognized something I was only beginning to understand.“What about the Thornes?” I asked.