Page 85 of Hell's Claim

“Ain’t apologising until we work this out.”

“Didn’t expect you to because you’re an asshole,” Levi shot back. “Sunny, I want answers, too. Clearly, Primal believes I have information I’m unaware of. Fuck knows what.”

“We’ll figure it out.”

“You believe it’s not me?” Levi asked, and I stared at Sunny.

“Be pretty fuckin’ stupid of you to place yourself in my hands if it was. Then again, it could be a genius move to throw me off the scent. Who the hell knows?”

“Jesus, your mind is fucked, brother,” Levi muttered.

“His mind is fine!” I defended him, and Levi chuckled.

“Madisen’s going to kill me,” he complained.

“Probably,” Sunny replied, and the conversation fell dead after that.

???

Sunny picked a motel on the roadside and paid cash for a room. We weren’t staying; it was somewhere they could figure shit out.

I was hungry, and so was Levi, so Sunny ordered food. Levi fell to sleep while we waited, and we spoke amongst ourselves. Forty minutes later, the food arrived, and we woke Levi to eat. Levi winced in pain, swallowed two tablets, and finally ate his food.

Once done, we looked at each other.

“Let’s figure this shit out,” Levi said as I placed pillows behind his back.

“Yeah,” Sunny agreed.

Two hours later, they were as frustrated as fuck. Despite a multitude of questions, they weren’t any closer. Sunny pried, and Levi responded, and nothing come out.

Finally, as tempers began to flare, I asked a question that stopped them both in their tracks.

“What if Primal didn’t say Levi, could you have misheard it?”

Chapter Eighteen.

Sunny

Callie’s question made me think. “No, I’m sure he muttered Levi.”

“Could he have said something else? Remember, Primal’s throat was dry. What about a word that sounds like Levi? Skivvy, Libby, Livvy…”

“Livvy!” Levi sat up and winced.

“That mean something?”

“Shit, I never considered it,” Levi cursed.

“What?” Sunny demanded.

“It wasn’t something talked about. But I’ve got an Aunt Livvy. Her name was Lithana, and she hated it and shortened it to Livvy. My family doesn’t talk to her. She got in with a biker by the name of Carnage, ring a bell?” Levi questioned.

Sunny let rip as he got to his feet and paced.

“Sunny?” Callie asked.

“Nobody had much to do with Carnage. He was dark even for Zeus’s lot. Carnage was killed just before the war, and trustme, he was no loss. His woman was your aunt?” he asked Levi incredulously.

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