Chapter 48

When Inez saw the woman looking at her, she sweetly smiled at her, but there was something dark about her smile, something that should have warned Ally to tread carefully. Dıscover more novels at.net
Unfortunately, Ally always had trouble following any kind of warning, thought Killian with a sigh.
Inez tilted her head to one side and stared at the woman in front of her. Oh, she had truly underestimated Killian’s taste in women. When she heard that he liked all kinds of glitter goblins, she had expected someone with bleach blonde hair and plump lips injected with all kinds of chemicals.
However, this woman simply surpassed Inez’s knowledge of foo-foo females. This woman seemed to have stepped into a pool of tan instead of just getting one; with peroxide blonde hair and an overabundance of makeup and assets too big for her tiny stature, she looked like a bad example of a moving, talking blowup doll.
While Inez was assessing the woman in front of her, Ally was doing the same.
Ally narrowed her eyes at Inez.
She didn’t take this woman seriously at all, as she couldn’t sense her wolf, which proved that this woman was worse than a half-shifter. At least a half-shifter’s wolf was a big presence within them, but Inez’s wolf seemed to be missing. Even if she were to challenge Inez, she knew that she would wipe the floor with her.
Just the very idea of such a shifter hooking up with Killian left a bad taste in her mouth, and to make things worse, Killian brought this woman after she told him that she liked him. This was what made her mightily pissed.
Ally’s focus returned to Killian, and she said to him, “You brought a latent? You actually stooped so low that you are willing to fuck a mere latent?”
“What are you screaming for? Did you not hear what I just said through the pack bond? I didn’t bring her back for me but for Selene and even if I brought her to the pack as my fucking mate, I don’t think I need to answer you, Ally.”
Ally looked more than just offended. Ignoring the bit where Killian said that he brought Inez to the pack because he wanted her to take care of Selene, she said, “Do you even understand what you are saying? She is the ex-mate of Alpha Cherith, a woman who had severely bullied another woman because she could not see the man she liked loving someone else. She is crazy and delusional.”
She paused and added, “Compared to her, I am a better match for you. I always thought that we were compatible in bed.”
“The one who is heavily delusional is you,” Killian pinched the space between his brows and stated, “We only fucked once, Ally. And you seriously need to consider why it only happened once.”
Not only was she a stage 1 clinger, her core smelt so bad that Killian wondered if something rode up her core and died there. He only went along with her because he knew that if he didn’t, she would feel bad and even if Killian was not a master of caring about others’ feelings, he didn’t want to be the one to land such a hurtful blow.
He respected women enough to do such a thing.
The second he finished speaking, Ally gasped while his enforcers let out a series of snorts. They seemed to be trying to suppress their laughter but were failing badly.
Ally blinked her eyes as if she was trying to will away the non-existent tears. A second later, she turned to look at Inez and said to Killian, “Well, I guess you need to introduce us at least.”
“Do I need to?” Killian remarked, but when he saw the woman swelling like a bullfrog, he sighed and went, “Inez, this is Ally.”
“And I am just Ally to you?” demanded the woman.
“I seriously wonder when I said that you were more than that.”
“All for this woman—”
“It seems like this is where I need to step in.” Inez held her hand up. She was polite yet firm with her voice as she said to Ally, “I suppose there is a mistake here. I have no interest in getting into a lovers’ quarrel, as I am not what you think I am. This is simply an employee-employer relationship. I am supposed to take care of Miss Selene, and in exchange, Alpha Sokolov would give me a place to stay.”
“You cannot fool me,” Ally crossed her arms and stared at Inez accusingly.
“I don’t think it’s going to take a lot,” Inez remarked.
“You are not his type.”
“I know. Alpha Sokolov seems allergic to women who can read, write and think for themselves. But hey, everyone has their own life.”
Killian heard his enforcers snort with laughter once again; apparently, their disapproval over Inez’s presence was not enough for them to not agree with her.
Ally might be stupid, but she was wise enough to understand that she was being looked down at. She stomped her feet and turned to look at Killian. “Are you seriously going to let her insult me, Kill?”
Kill finally gave the whiny woman a glance. He said, “Respect is all about give and take, Ally. You cannot expect her to respect you when all you have been doing is talking down to her.”
He then ignored the woman who was about to burst into a hissy fit and turned to look at Inez, who stood quietly on the side. She was staring at Ally with a frown as if wondering if this was what men liked. He thought of Eve, who had been chasing after Dominic and cleared his throat.
“Let us go.”
He needed to relay to Inez everything about Selene’s condition, and they were seriously wasting their time.
Killian wheeled on his feet and walked out. Inez, too, turned to follow him.
When Ally saw them leave, her eyes flashed with murderous intent as she shouted, “I will not let her stay, Kill. She doesn’t deserve to come between us.”