Kael
It is two o’clock in the fucking morning when my phone rings.
Ian’s name flashes on the screen, and a pit forms in my stomach.
I had asked him and Ethan to keep an eye on Lilith while I am gone, but I didn’t actually expect them to call me with trouble.
I swear if he is calling me for anything other than Lilith, I will probably kill him myself when I get back.
“This better be important,” I growl.
“Remember how you asked me to keep an eye on your little house guest,” he chuckles.
“Watch the video I just sent you.”
”Can’t you just tell me what is going on?”
He laughs again.
“You wouldn’t believe me.”
I disconnect the call and watch the video.
He’s right, I wouldn’t have believed him.
I have to watch the video not once, not twice, but three times to fully grasp what I am seeing.
My sweet Lily, or maybe not so sweet, and an unknown she-wolf are taking on a group of drunken idiots in a dive bar.
Not only did they take them on and whip their asses, while the men were struggling on the floor, Lily and her friend forced them to drink.
I watch with both pride and shock as Lily straddles her aggressor, pinches his cheeks, and forces liquor down his throat.
“What the fuck did I just watch?
And why the fuck did Ian just sit back and let her handle it herself?”
Luca growls in my chest angrily.
He is worried about Lilith, and honestly, I am too.
Instead, of calling Ian back and giving him a piece of my mind, I call Lily.
The phone rings a few times before she picks it up, but she keeps the video off.
“Hey,” she mutters through the speaker.
“I was just…”
”Why isn’t your camera on?” I cut her off.
“No reason,” she chirps falsely.
“What did you do tonight?”
”Nothing much,” she lies.
“Just hung out with a friend.”
”At a dive bar, where you kicked the asses of a bunch of werewolves, and then forced them to drink themselves stupid?”
I can almost feel her mouth drop open in shock before she speaks. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
“Which one told you?”
”It doesn’t matter who told me,” I grunt.
“Is there any reason why you are kicking ass and taking names?”
She sighs heavily.
“It’s stupid.
It won’t happen again.”
”Lily, I am not mad at you.
I just need to know who I am going to kill when I get back into town.”
”No one,” she laughs.
“What is it with you and wanting to kill everyone that crosses my path?”
I bristle at the comment, but I don’t respond because I don’t have an answer that I can give her.
The truth is, I don’t like people touching or disrespecting what is mine, and that is exactly what Lily is.
Mine.
But, I don’t think she is ready to hear that yet, so I change the subject.
“Turn on your camera,” I order.
“I want to see your pretty face.”
”Kael,” she groans.
“It is late.
I just want to go to sleep.”
”Not until you turn on your camera,” I command her.
“And if I hang up on you?”
”Then I will keep calling until you answer.”
She scoffs loudly.
“What if I block your number?”
”Don’t tempt me, Lily.
You won’t like the punishment you receive, but I can most certainly guarantee that I will.”
Her breath catches at my threat, but she isn’t scared.
No, my little flower is turned on, and perhaps it is time to stoke the flames between us a little more.
“Now, be a good girl and turn on your camera.”
There is a long pause, but eventually she relents.
Her beautiful face fills my phone’s screen, and I curse out loud.
“Gods,” I growl.
“You look like hell.”
She rolls her eyes in a way that makes my cock hard, but I can’t think with that head, not right now.
My beautiful flower’s face is bruised and cut.
I guess I was so captivated by watching the fight that I missed how many punches she took.
The longer I look at her face, the angrier I get.
“It will heal eventually.”
I study the screen without speaking, making a mental note of every bruise and cut so I can replicate them on whoever did this to her.
Then, after I destroy their fucking face, I will gut them for hurting her.
I will pull out their intestines while they are still alive and then shove them down their fucking throat.
“Say something,” she whispers.
I push away my anger.
“That spot above your eye looks like it needs stitches.
I am going to send Ian to the house.”
”Please,” she begs.
“It’s not that bad.”
”This isn’t a debate, Lilith.” She cringes when I use her full name.
“He will be there shortly.”
”Fine,” she replies before ending the call.
Quickly, I call Ian.
“I am already on my way,” he says as soon as he answers the phone.
“I should kick your ass,” I growl at him.
“How could you let her fight alone?”
”She seemed to have it covered.
Plus, she had that dark-haired beauty on her side.”
”Fix her fucking eye,” I snarl, “and if she scars, you can bet that you will have a matching one.”
He grunts in return.
“I am the best doctor, she won’t scar.”
”I mean it, Ian.
If there is even a hint of a scar on her face…”
”You will give me a matching one,” he interrupts.
“I have never seen you care about anyone this much.
Not even your mother.
Is this little she-wolf your mate?”
Luca’s ears perk up at the word, but I push him back down before he can get too excited.
“Just do your job, Ian.”
I can hear him laughing as I end the call.
I am supposed to be on the outskirts of the Redclaw Pack for another day, but I can’t stay here another minute.
I need to get home to Lily.