Chapter 114

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His whereabouts

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His whereabouts Barric

“Things seem to be going well, all things considered,” I say, sweeping out more debris from a recently cleared room.

Everyone in the mountain has come together to get it ready for the arriving members.

“Have any fights broken out?” Ronan asks.

“Not yet.

I’m airing on the side of caution, but the submissives are doing an excellent job of diplomacy.

It’s smoothing out the rough patches we would have otherwise had.”

“The battle you had helped to,” Quinnies says, popping in with pillows, blankets, and towels on her arms.

She moves to the bed and starts to fix it up.

“ Male bonding in the face of death or whatever.”

A nightshade warrior looks inside, eyes settling on Quinne.

“Do you want us to start cleaning up the south wing, too?”

She places her hand on her hip.

“You’re already done with this one.

Well, that was fast.”

“Hell yeah, I’m sweating off my ass out here,” Felix calls from the back.

“Good, you were getting a little chubby, “ she smirks.

Felix gives a gasp of mock horror as she switches her attention to the warrior.

“Sure, Trick, you can take Allie and Sage to look through and organize. Before you boys start clearing out.”

He gives her a little salute before heading out to his task.

“Aye, Aye, Captain.”

I give Ronan a pointed look.

“Told you.”

Aria’s scent tickles my nose.

Ronan, I turn towards the door as she enters the room.

Her long dark hair is pulled back into a ponytail, and her tank top gives me a good view of her luscious cleavage.

“There you are,” she says, looking between us.

“Sebastian found something he wants you to take a look at.”

My wolf perks up, wondering what the enforcer would have found.

Aria leads us down the corridors and into the ground level of the mountain.

We see Sebastian standing in front of the mountain entrance.

“What is it?” I ask.

“There’s been movement spotted over by the canyon.

A single person heading this way.

“Have the scouts tried to stop them?” Ronan asks.

“No. He doesn’t look aggressive, nor does he look like he’s in a rush, but there is no way to mistake his direction. He is coming to the mountain.”

My wolf growls, not liking the sound of this any more than I do.

“I want the scouts to stick with him, report back on his whereabouts.”

“You’re just going to let him come here?” I’m unsure if all the stress is finally getting to Ronan.

“He wants an audience. Then he’ll get one.” He says darkly.

“Is that wise, given that we’re expecting hordes of women and children to arrive in the next few days?” Aria says.

“If he is coming here, it’s for a reason. Good or bad, it will serve us better to have an answer,” Ronan scans the trees ahead as if he can see the male making his way towards us.

I can’t argue with that logic, no matter how much I want to.

“Fine.”

“Go get Liam. I need him to organize the enforcers. I want to double the patrols until we have all the other packs inside the mountain.”

I head inside, using Liam’s scent to guide me to his location.

Surprisingly, I’m taken down into the bowls of the mountain where the rooms and cavern sections have not been used in quite some time.

At first, I question what he’s doing down here, then I scent the unmistakable aroma of arousal and sex.

Hazel’s distinctive sunshine scent follows.

Well shit.

I guess he made up his mind.

I make my footsteps heavier, ensuring he can hear me coming, and by the time I reach the cavern opening, Hazel is standing in front of Liam, her face so flushed I worry she’ll pass out.

Liam, on the other hand, looks calmer than I’ve seen him in days.

“Ronan wants to see you,” I tell him.

“Alright. We were just finishing up here.”

I’ll bet they were.

Liam looks at Hazel.

“Felix should be able to help you find everything you need to get a forge started.”

“Forge?” I repeat as Liam walks to me and we head for the door.

I hear Hazel’s light footsteps behind me.

“I’ll explain later,” Liam says.

“You got a little something on your chin,” I say only for his ears.

The cocksure bastard only smirks and rubs a hand down his chin.

“What’s Ronan got for me?

He asks.

“Needs you to bulk up patrol.

Looks like we’re going to have an unexpected victory any day now, and we need to be sure we’re on him.”

“Does he want me to hunt him?” Liam asks, his expression turning serious.

“No.

Ronan wants to see what he has to say.”

“Mmm, so this is just to exert control.”

“Exactly.”

We reach the ground floor, and Hazel waves goodbye before heading in the direction of the library.

Liam watches her, his eyes flashing wolf.

Every muscle is bunching tight like it’s taking him all his strength to stay right where he is.

“The pull is no laughing matter, is it?” I venture.

“Fuck off.”

I can’t help but crack a smile.

It wasn’t too long ago when he was giving us shit for not wanting to be too far from Aria.

Oh, how I love the call of Karma.

I slap it on the shoulder.

“Come one casanova, I’m sure you’ll have enough time to rub herself all over her after you handled the warriors.”

He snorts.

“I’m not wooing her. This isn’t some sort of dating game. She’s already mine. She just doesn’t know it yet.”

God’s.

“Easy. She’s human, remember. And your beast isn’t exactly a walk in the park. You’d be a difficult mate for even a dominant female to handle. I can’t imagine what it would feel like for a human.”

Liam just grunts.

I have no idea what that means because, frankly, how quickly he went from resisting to diving headfirst gives me whiplash.

It’s his wolf; he wants his mate.

He won’t allow petty laws to keep her from him, my wolf says.

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