Page 26 of His Undercover Wolf

“I understand. You won’t be punished?”

I shook my head. “Oh, no. He’ll be angry and will have a few choice words to say about the matter, but no, it would take something much more serious for any punishment to be warranted. He will accept my judgement that the situation is safe.”

“I’m pleased to hear that, I’d hate for you to be punished in some way.” Xavier pushed up and sat on the side of the bed. “I’m going to have a quick shower. You’re welcome to have one before I take you home.”

“Thank you, but I’ll dress while you shower and have mine at home.”

“Breakfast?” Xavier asked and I got the impression he didn’t want our time together to be over.

I shook my head. “No thanks. I usually grab a coffee and breakfast sandwich at a café near the office but this morning I’ll grab a drive through on the way to meeting with the Alpha.”

“Damn, I was hoping to spend more time with you.”

It was as I’d suspected, and I laughed. “What happened to one and done?”

“I think you and I both know what we’ve had is not enough.”

“How about lunch after we settle Aurora in with Betty?”

“I’d like that very much.”

Xavier pressed a kiss to my lips, and I ogled the rise and fall of his bare ass as he left the room. He was certainly right, what we’d had to that point was nowhere near enough.

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Calliope sipped her coffeeand nodded as I outlined what her position would involve at Worlds Apart. She took notes as I spoke, asking questions when she wanted something clarified.

“Jasper said I’ll be using the name Aurora Ulrich, and this assignment should only take a couple of weeks, but I find that hard to believe after you telling me there has already been years of investigation and the perp. is still avoiding discovery.”

Jasper was Calliope’s beat captain and was always cooperate in allowing her to take part in helping out different teams in undercover operations.

She stood and asked, “More coffee?”

“No thank you, it hypes me up way too much and I do stupid things.”

She gave me a curious look before crossing to where the percolator sat on the counter, pouring herself another mug of the brew, and returning to sit at the table.

Calliope and Aodhan’s home was about forty minutes from mine, situated on the northern side of Langer Falls while my place was south, and the back garden led onto a small forest where a river meandered its way through the dense tree cover. The house itself was a pretty blue and white painted cottage with several beds of roses out front. Roses were Calliope’s favorite flowers and the mix of perfumes when they were all in bloom was superb. I adored visiting, even if it wasn’t often enough.

My brother walked into the kitchen, kissed his wife’s cheek, then mine, before he helped himself to coffee and joined us at the table.

“I have about half an hour before I have to be back for a meeting. What’s the problem, sis?”

“You are not going to like what I have to tell you,” I confessed.

Aodhan narrowed his eyes and peered at me over the rim of his mug as he sipped the coffee. “Get on with it, I can’t imagine what you have to tell me is the end of the world.”

“It very nearly was for us but listen to what I have to say before you start shouting.”

My brother was known to have a slight temper and could make his displeasure known by shouting or growling, although it was always short-lived.

“Sounds ominous,” he grumbled.

I explained in detail what had taken place in the early hours of the morning, and to my brother’s credit, although he looked ready to explode, he remained quiet until I’d finished speaking. Too quiet. I waited while he seemed to think over everything I’d said, and when he did speak, his voice was quiet and controlled. Almost resigned and the disappointment in his eyes cut me to the core.

“Are you sure he can be trusted?”

“I’m absolutely confident he won’t say a word,” I assured Aodhan.

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