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This was who TK wanted running messages for him? How could he not sense the power in him?
Finn could be an alpha one day.
“So how did those challenges go?” I asked dryly.
Finn just chuckled softly.
Two females walked in, and Finn relaxed a fraction. I didn’t. I only recognized one, and I still wasn’t
sure how she felt about me.
“Bridget,” I greeted calmly. “And Bridget’s friend.”
Bridget looked to be in her thirties, where her friend was younger. Early twenties, maybe.
Pretty with blonde hair and big blue eyes. She was the kind of female easily overlooked.
There was something about those eyes that was familiar.
“Amelia,” Bridget supplied. “She’s one of the guards for Razor’s Edge perimeter.”
Amelia. The wolf who saw Danny try to r**e me and actually ran to get help. “I owe you,” I told her. I
didn’t want to owe someone I didn’t know.
“You don’t,” she replied shortly. “I didn’t do it for you.”
She just hated Danny. “Works for me. We’re not exactly open for business.”
“We know. We’re here to help.” Bridget cautiously opened the walk-in fridge, sniffed, and wrinkled her nose. “It looks like you need it.”
Finn immediately stepped between us. “You need Troy’s permission.”
Bridget raised an eyebrow. Either she didn’t know that Finn was assigned as my bodyguard, or she was testing him. “I am your superior.”
“As of this morning, I answer only to Troy. When it comes to Kiana’s safety, my decisions trump yours. And Jenson’s.”
Amelia smirked. “So you’re going to be Troy’s golden boy. You have such a pretty face. I bet that won’t last long. Kiana, why don’t you call your mate and see if he’s fine with us helping you before Bridget’s head explodes. Also, while you’re at it, you should ask if you’re allowed to order pretty boy around, too. Could be fun.”
“She’s my friend,” Finn said simply. “She doesn’t need to order me around. She can just ask.”
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Amelia snorted, and I cleared my throat. “I could use some help clearing out the broken furniture in the dining room. Finn and I will work in the kitchen, and Finn can call Troy and make sure it’s fine.” I hated saying the last part. I hated that Troy was in charge of me.
Out in the front, Bridget and Amelia worked quietly. Finn made his phone call from no more than five feet from me, his eyes on me the whole time. If I wanted, I’d hear every word.
Except that I didn’t. I didn’t want to hear Troy making decisions for me.
Refuse to let me leave. Force me to sleep in his bed. I was good enough to pretend to be his lover but not good enough to be his lover.
All the wolves like to talk about how great the mating bond is. Letting their wolves, shifter magic, and fate choose your love. A bond that tethers the two of you together.
Unless you’re mated to an egotistical asshole. Then maybe that bond is just a plain pain in the ass.
When he hung up, I glanced over my shoulder. “If the great and almighty Troy says it’s okay, you can work in the dining hall with Bridget and Amelia.”
“Nope. They can stay, but there are exits back here, so I can’t very well guard you from out there,
can I?”
I sighed. So much for a quiet day at Razor’s Edge. I just wanted a day away from Troy.
Now I had a bodyguard who only took orders from him, his third-in-command, and his guard shadowing me.
“You would think the leader of the pack would just let me go when his pack wants so badly to kill me that he has to assign a bodyguard,” I muttered.
“He’s protecting you. They’ll get to know you. They’ll get on board,” Finn said as he guided me out
in the dining room.
Amelia looked up. “You weren’t here when Cora stumbled into my sector. She was so bloody and broken that she couldn’t even shift property. When she tried to talk, blood poured out of her mouth. I don’t even know how she traveled so far. We brought her here, actually. Called Saul to heal her, but this is where I watched my best friend die. Where others watched one of the favorites suffer horribly. She had a hand in that.”
It wasn’t the first time someone had accused me of that, but she wasn’t wrong.
Finn jumped in front of me. “She is not responsible for her father’s crimes.”
“But she sent Cora here. Sacrificed her,” Bridget pointed out. “I heard you tell Saul that.”
“And I saved three children,” I said coldly as I stepped around Finn. I was done absorbing the
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blame. “Everyone leaves that part out. I gave her a choice. If you don’t want to be around me,
you’re welcome to leave.”
“I was ordered…” Amelia started.
“No. You weren’t,” Finn interrupted. “I spoke to Troy. You were not ordered. You volunteered. Seeing how much you hate her, I can’t help but wonder why.”
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Amelia opened her mouth again, but Bridget turned around and growled. The kitchen door opened, and a stranger walked in.
“Get out,” Finn snarled. “Or die.”
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