Chapter 94

Killian laughed. “You give me too much praise,” he said to her. “I am different from you. But you, on the other hand, looked so cute and defenceless when those females attacked you. They must have been fooled by how adorable you looked. That’s why they attacked you without thinking twice. And the way you caught them in a headlock and bit off a chunk of flesh–how did you do it?”
He asked, sounding genuinely confused.
“Did what?” Inez asked with a frown. The most update n0vels are published on (.)net
“How did you shift from being cute to fierce in just one second?” he replied, and it only made Inez frown even harder.
Inez paused. She slowly turned to look at the man beside her, and while taking offence to his words, she said to him, “I am not cute.” Did he even look at her carefully? She was a siren. A siren was supposed to be beautiful and seductive. How could she be cute?
Looking at her scowl at him, Killian smiled at her. “You are so many things, Inez. And you are definitely cute.”
“I am a siren.”
“Who said that a siren cannot be cute? Even cuteness had a touch of seduction to it.” He pointed at her before remarking, “Especially when you smile. You look really cute.”
’You look cute when you smile.’
Recalling the praise that was once given to her by someone else, Inez narrowed her eyes and stated, “I don’t look cute when I smile. In fact, I don’t even smile.”
She did. It was rare to see her smile, but she usually did it when she was alone or with someone she trusted.
“I have seen you smile,” said Killian, which only made the woman frown.
“No, you didn’t.”
“Yes, I have,” stated Killian with a wink. “You get dimples when you smile.”
“No, I don’t!” Inez snapped. Why was this man so hung up on her smile? There was no way she got dimples when she smiled, or did she?
“Oohh, I really love that prim and proper tone of yours,” Killian whistled as he pushed open the door of the main lodge and stepped aside for Inez to enter the lodge first. “You sound like a really strict teacher.”
“Then what are you? A disobedient student?”
“One who needs to be taught a lesson as soon as possible,” replied Killian with a hearty wink.
Inez had to bite her tongue because she could feel herself smiling at his teasing remark. She really couldn’t smile at the moment, or else she was worried that he would point out the so-called dimples. She said, “I have absolutely no response for that.”
“Then you can give me a kiss. I am open to the options.”
Seeing his teasing and impish expression on his face, Inez understood what was going on. She blinked her eyes and stated, “You are trying to play with me.” Since she was used to playing with boys, she was used to joking around, but this playing was rather different.
“And you played along with me,” Killian remarked smugly. Though it was little progress, he was slowly drawing Inez out of her shell. She was finally letting him in.
“You are such a jerk.”
Killian simply laughed upon hearing that.
A few moments later, he heard her sniff before saying to him, “Do you think there will be something to eat?”
“What?” he asked, sounding exasperated.
Entering the main lodge, they found everyone surrounding Matt, who sat on the couch while typing on a laptop. Killian walked over to the coffee table and asked, “Is he done?”
“Almost.” Finn was the one who answered while looking at the screen in front of him.
Killian turned to look at Levi and asked, “Did you find any information from the investigation?”
Levi sighed. “I tried to gather as much information as I could. However, these alphas had no idea that the woman next to them was the same person. According to them, they never had any idea that they were being played by one single witch. And apparently these women with whom they were working together are all decent witches. They never harmed anyone.”
“Do they call sacrificing other shifters as nothing?” Inez questioned.
“Well, as long as they are not the ones suffering,” Levi glanced at her and remarked.
“Did anyone have a way to contact the witch?” Killian asked.
“They did, but this witch is quite a fan of using non-humans as her spokesperson. She uses rabbits and pigeons enchanted with magic to talk with her clients.”
Disappointment clouded the eyes of every single member of the pack. “Then you didn’t find anything?”
“I cornered Sirius down, but he kept saying that he stopped talking with the witches.”
“Then did you believe him?”
“No, so I did what I do the best,” Levi smiled and remarked. Even though Inez didn’t know much about Levi, she knew that the man had a reputation for making anyone talk with the parrot. There was not a single person who didn’t break under the presence of this shifter.
“What did Sirius say then?”
“The same thing that you heard; he didn’t know that the witch was the same person.”
“Not uncommon for a person who is involved in plenty of illegal activities,” Inez remarked. She wondered why she was not stepping away from Killian, who was absentmindedly playing with her hair. She also questioned herself regarding why she liked it so much.
“However, he did promise that he would tell us about the witch if she tried to contact him.”
Killian arched a brow. “And what if he doesn’t?”
“He will,” Levi replied with certainty. “He is not an unreasonable man and understands the importance of cubs to one pack. He will speak when needed. If not, then I don’t mind taking another trip to his pack.”
Killian knew that he was speaking the truth. He continued playing with Inez’s hair around his finger. Her scent of vanilla shampoo mingled with her own delicious scent, teasing him and his beast.
“Guys, we are in.”