Page 27 of His Undercover Wolf

He nodded sharply. “Good enough for me then.”

Aodhan stood, placed his mug in the sink, and crossed back to stand near where I sat. “I don’t see any reason to inform the pack immediately, but we have a meeting of the elders tonight, and I will be telling them at that time.”

“I understand,” I confirmed.

“And Otsana…”

“Yes?”

“You need to be a hell of a lot more careful.”

“I assure you Aodhan, I will not be so careless again.”

He leaned over and kissed my cheek. “Love you, sis. We all make mistakes and when I heard you were going to ask Calliope to aid in your investigation of Bennett and Groves, I made it a point to do some checking of my own. They appear to be good men but I’ll have the pack keep their ears to the ground just in case he slips up and mentions what he witnessed.”

“Thank you for being understanding.”

“I have a more urgent situation involving our pack on my hands at the moment which is the reason for tonight’s meeting. Your oversight is the least of my concerns.”

“What’s going on, Aodhan?” I asked.

“Go, Adi, I’ll tell Otsana about your problem.”

Aodhan nodded, kissed his wife and left. I turned to Calliope for answers.

“We have a few minutes, I told Xavier we’d meet him at 11 am. So, tell me what is going on that obviously has my brother worried?”

“He is dealing with a breach of Zarina’s, and it has become rather ugly. Zarina had a bit too much to drink and shifted in front of a human man in the parking lot of a club. Fortunately, it was in a darkened corner at the rear where the man had parked his car and no one else saw what happened. She switched back almost immediately but the man is attempting to extort Zarina.”

“Fuck. What a day for me to admit I fucked up too.”

“He has faith in your judgement of Bennett.”

“What is he going to do about this other man?”

Calliope shrugged. “I think he’ll try and resolve the situation without destroying the man. He’s being held at the moment and will probably be subjected to a mind cleansing.”

“I’m gathering Aodhan has spoken with Zarina.”

“Yes, she called him and Peader over to her place earlier today and it did not go well. According to Aodhan, there was a lot of shouting and Zarina’s loose behavior was the source of disagreement. She insisted there are so many weirdos in the world today, making all kinds of outlandish accusations that people would probably think he was a lunatic and not believe what he had to say.”

“I guess the weirdos of today are making us seem less strange,” I laughed. “I’ll try and speak with her again about her behavior but she is so damn volatile and I don’t want to lose her friendship.”

“I know what you mean, she snaps at people sometimes without reason. She has really gone off the rails since her relationship with Toginah ended. Getting a letter to say he’d left with a she-wolf from another pack was devastating for her.”

“I tried to explain to my brother a few weeks ago that she was feeling hurt and betrayed, but he insists it’s not an excuse for her to try and bed every man in the city…married or otherwise.”

“Hopefully it might help if you speak with her.” Calliope pushed up from the table and disposed of her mug in the sink. “I’ll follow you over to Worlds Apart.”

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“Are all your friends asgorgeous as Aurora and Zarina?” Xavier asked while enjoying his meal of salad and sandwiches.

Hearing him refer to my friend and sister-in-law in such a way had jealousy flaring in my inner wolf and I felt an overwhelming urge to growl but managed to settle my mind before doing so.

Xavier put his knife and fork down in a hurry and raised both hands, palms out, in front of him. “Whoa! I didn’t mean to offend with my question.”

“What are you talking about?” I asked, slightly confused by his action and words.

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