Page 256 of His White Moonlight
“It should be bubble gum flavored or something,” one of the men next to me said, making the other two laugh.
What kind of idiots had Lindi found now?
I heard a soft, pained sound.
“I’m bleeding,” Lindi said.
“Yeah, well, so was I.I think you said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll pay to get it fixed when this is done.’Does that make it hurt less?”
“I told you she can fight and to watch out.What happened to your nose isn’t my fault; it’s hers.You should have made her bleed.”
“Not until we know whether or not she’s one ofthem.”
“She’s not.She’s human like us.”
“Then why was she with one of them?”
“A rich, well-connected family adopted her to make themselves look good.She likes to pretend she has connections, but she’s no one important and not one of them.If she were, do you think that shifter would have let us take her?”
I let out a laugh and opened my eyes to look at her.
“Is that how you get everyone to believe your lies?A little bit of sex to drain their brains first?”I looked at the man with the swollen nose.“Do you know her?”
“Yeah.Lindi Shane.One of the city's elite families.”
“Did she say who my family is?”
Lindi marched over and slapped me hard across the face.It stung like a bitch, but I didn’t show it as I glared up at her.
“The Wulfs, backed by the Steeles?—”
Her hand lashed out and cracked across the same cheek.
“—made her family kick her out.Look at the newsfeeds.Why would either of those families do that for someone unimportant?”
She seethed at me, hating that her pathetic attempts to shut me up hadn’t worked.
One of the two next to me pulled out his phone while the other one looked at the man with the swollen nose.He’d been the one railing Lindi.I saw a bit of blood on the zipper of his pants.
“She’s right about the Shanes disowning their daughter,” the man said after a moment.
“They were forced to post that to save their business,” Lindi said.“It doesn’t change anything.Once this bitch is dead, I’ll pay you.”
I laughed again.“With what money?I know your parents cut off funds and that you were calling people you thought were friends for a loan earlier in the week.Was someone dumb enough to lend you some?”
Lindi’s expression turned cold, and she smiled as she leaned down to softly say, “Borrowing from friends means there’s no paper trail to tie me or them to this once you’re gone, bitch.”
She straightened away from me and looked at the zipper guy.
“I sent you a picture of the money.If you need more proof, we can do a video call with the person holding it.Up to you.But before you kill her, I want all three of you to make her bleed worse than I am.”
“Wouldn’t recommend it,” I said.“Right now, the worst I’ve suffered are Lindi’s slaps.He’ll smell that it was her, and she’ll pay for it.If he smells that you’ve done worse to me…” I shook my head.“Why do you think he made her parents’ business almost go under?Didn’t she show you pictures of what she did to me last time?”
Zipper guy was glancing between the pair of us.
“Who are you talking about?Who ishe?”he finally asked.
“Bennett Wulf.”
