Page 61 of Hell's Claim

I began backing away. This entire scene was beyond my comfort zone. Cherry had just told me Primal had abused her. That meant, despite his age, this man was dangerous.

“Sunny, Cherry, we need to talk,” Primal said again. He was almost pleading.

“Not here. You want to talk, go to Hellfire,” Sunny snarled. “Not that you have anything I want to hear.”

“Zeus didn’t kill Enigma like you all assumed,” Primal announced, and Sunny froze.

Cherry gasped, and her hand flew to her throat.

“What?” Sunny ground out.

“Zeus wasn’t behind Enigma’s death,” Primal stated again.

“Sunny?” I whispered, and he turned and looked at me.

“Meet me at Hellfire. Whatever bullshit this is, you’re not doing it here,” Sunny ordered, and Primal nodded.

“Sorry for bothering you at home, miss. It was the safest way to contact Sunny,” Primal said. “I will go straight there, but I am only talking to you.”

“I’ll meet you there,” Sunny snapped and shut the door in Primal’s face.

“If that man is back, trouble is coming,” Cherry exclaimed, leaning against the doorjamb.

“My thoughts exactly, Mom. I’m going to have to head to the clubhouse. Will you all be okay?”

“Yes, we’ll be fine,” Cherry insisted, but she looked shaken.

I stepped forward. “Sunny, I don’t know what’s going on, but we will be fine. Look, the team’s just arrived. As soon as they’re inside, we’ll lock up and wait for you.”

Sunny was grateful and yanked me close and kissed me. “You’re amazing.”

He left quickly, and as soon as the team was in the house, I shut the door.

“Okay. Guys, dinner’s in the kitchen and then we’ll watch our favourite bitching session?” I asked. We loved watching another so-called paranormal investigator and complaining about how fake, how full of bullshit and drama he was. All he cared about was ratings and not helping the people or the spirits he was investigating.

“What’s that now?” Liv questioned.

“Oh, you’ll love this,” I said and led her and Cherry back into the lounge.

“Nana, was that Primal?” Liv demanded.

Cherry hesitated before nodding.

“Shit’s about to hit the fan again, isn’t it?” she continued.

“Looks that way, honey. Come, put it all out of your mind. Let’s see what this bitching session involves.”

I grinned and set stuff up as the team wandered in with full plates. Liv was as overwhelmed as when she met me, and she and Freddie bonded instantly. Cherry was polite, but I could see she was distracted. And truthfully, so was I.

Sunny

“You’re kidding me?” Chance demanded as I rode towards Hellfire.

“Nope. Primal is on his way to the compound. He claims he had information.”

“About fuckin’ what?” I could hear Chance moving about and guessed he was getting ready to head over to the clubhouse.

“What’s the likelihood of Primal raising his butt ugly head now?” Chance snapped. “Meet you there.”

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