Chapter 173

She needed a swim.
Inez came up with this thought after a few days. Swimming was the only way she could unwind, and her siren seriously needed it. A couple of days had passed since Killian came up with the ’we need to stay clear of each other’s path’ theory, and neither of them had run into each other.
Though she did see Morrineth a couple of times, the woman seemed to be in an excellent mood. It made her siren snap her teeth every time she saw Morrineth. However, Inez had always been in control of her siren, other than the time when it concerned Killian. Thus, even though her siren very much wished to end the life of the damn woman then and there, she somehow managed to restrain herself.
But that brought her back to the point that she needed to seriously unwind herself. She also needed to go to Selene’s lodge and bring her shopping, as the woman had finally agreed to go with her and shop for a new dress.
“Where are you going?”
Halfway down the stairs of her lodge, she ran into Ajax, who had been given the responsibility of being her bodyguard. Not that she had needed one, but the alternative would have been to stay in the lodge next to where Killian lived, and Inez didn’t wish to see the face of that jerk for the time being.
Her siren hissed at the scent of another man, but Inez ignored her. It wasn’t Ajax’s fault that he was asked to stay guard around her lodge. She smiled at him. “Just for a swim.”
Ajax nodded. He was wearing a loose, sleeveless t-shirt which showcased his muscular arms as he had them crossed in front. “I will go with you.”
“I am good,” Inez shook her head and refused. When she saw Ajax looking a bit troubled, she said to him, “I am just going to the swimming pool in the main lodge; it’s not like I will be attacked there, right?”
Ajax puffed out a breath. “I don’t know. Kill asked me to keep an eye on you at all times.”
“I don’t think he would like it if you were to see me when I am swimming, though.”
“Why?”
“Because I like to do it naked.”
And that seemed to have done the trick. Ajax, who was inclined to come with her, finally thought things through and decided that it was better to let her go alone. A good decision, thought Inez as she let out a breath and continued her descent to the main lodge.
Ajax followed her, and she didn’t complain. The man was a much better company than Finn and Laxus. He joked around and played games with her. Sometimes he would even pull a prank on her, and Inez would retaliate right away whenever she got the chance to.
He made her feel like she was a part of the pack. She required a good friend, and somewhere Ajax fulfilled that role.
When Inez arrived at the main lodge, she didn’t run into Killian. A good thing, as she didn’t know what she would have done if she had run into him. Inez’s anger was yet to subside, but it had indeed fizzled out a little after hearing the things that Molly had done to the women whom Killian had slept with in the past.
Her visit to Selene’s lodge came hurtling into Inez’s mind. Google seaʀᴄh.net
Three days ago.
’She wouldn’t let a woman linger for more than a month,’ Selene had told her after they finished with another healing session. ’Every time Killian stayed with the same woman for a month, our mother would either hire lone shifters to cause deadly accidents or roofie their drinks when they were partying. You can imagine the aftermath. My mother doesn’t have a bottom line, as she is obsessed with the idea of making Killian perfect.’
’And she has never been caught?’ Inez asked her with a frown on her face. Her fingers moved in circles as she stirred the sugar in the cup of tea that Selene had given to her to calm her down.
She thought that with so many sickening crimes that had been piled up on her head, Molly was bound to be caught, but she underestimated the cruelty of the woman.
Selene shook her head and replied, ’My mother only hires lone shifters for a reason; they are supposed to die as soon as they are caught. That’s what they are good for, right? At first, we didn’t know that these were her doings. We thought it was done by the enemies of our pack; you would be surprised to see Killian’s reaction when he found out that it was all done by our mother.’
’That’s why he never kept a woman with him for long. It was better for him to take on the reputation of a playboy rather than endanger their lives.’
Inez snapped out of her thoughts when she smelled the harsh and pungent scent of chlorine. She raised her head and looked around the pool, and was quite glad that she didn’t see anyone using it. She liked having it all to herself and really was not in the mood to listen to the laughter and chortling or the yelling of the little pups around her at the moment.
The pool was as basic as it could have been. There was a waterslide at the end of the pool for the kids and a diving stand with three diving boards, two of them blocked for the kids, with strict warnings that they were not allowed to use it and it would only be opened when an adult wanted to use it. Yellow life jackets were hanging on the side of the wall, along with a few water toys, swimming tubes and kickboards.
Inez peered at the changing room for men and tried to see if there was someone, as the enforcers like to come here all the time. But when she didn’t, she walked to the changing room for the women and started undressing. She changed into her bikini and then tied her hair in a bun before putting her things into the locker.
Not noticing the danger that was lurking in the small and dark corner of the swimming area.