Page 259 of His White Moonlight
“Other than you liked acting like you were better than the rest of us, and we didn’t matter?No.”
I shook my head and slowly got to my feet.Not once had I acted better than anyone.I’d ignored people and minded my own business until they made themselves my business.However, I didn’t bother saying any of that.Nothing would get through to her.And, honestly, she didn’t matter anymore.
Instead, I walked over to the table where Lindi’s designer purse was being defiled by the dirty surface and pulled out her phone.Her face wasn’t too swollen for facial recognition, thankfully, so I was able to read through her recent messages.
I found the conversation between her and Storm, as I’d suspected.
“So how do you know Storm?”I asked.
“I didn’t.She reached out to me last night and suggested we work together.”
It aligned with the texts that I’d read.Storm had promised to contact Lindi when I left the office, which meant that either Storm had been watching outside or that someone inside had tipped Storm off that we were leaving.
“Did you know she was a shifter going into it?”
“No.Will that save me?”
“You paid people to kidnap, rape, and kill his mate.What do you think?”
“I think you’re just as heartless as me.Only you don’t show it.”
“I’m only heartless when I need to be.You’re heartless when youwantto be.That’s the difference between a ‘live and let live’ person and a ‘kill them all because they disagree with me’ person.”
Something banged somewhere in the building, and I heard Bennett shout my name a second later.
“Here!”I called back.
Bennett and Konni crashed through the doors, looking more threatening than I could have ever imagined.Fur rippled along Bennett’s skin, and his expression screamed mayhem and murder.Beside him, Konni’s eyes were glittering with gold flecks, and the air around him looked like heat waves were warping it.He had scales covering his face and hands, too.
“Please, no shifting inside, Konni.I heard dragons are big, and I don’t trust the ceiling if you bump it.”
His scales immediately vanished along with the weird waves in the air around him.
Bennett didn’t calm down, though, as his gaze swept over me, then lingered on my face, specifically the cheek that felt hot and throbbed with my heartbeat.
“I’m fine,” I said.
“I’m not.”He crossed the space and pulled me into his arms.I felt him shaking as I hugged him back.
“I know,” I said, using my hand to smooth over the material of his shirt.“But you need to hold off on your need to lock me in a room for now.I have to show you something.”
He pulled back to look at me, and I showed him Lindi’s conversation with Storm.
“Storm was either waiting for us, or she was working with someone inside,” I said when he’d read it all.
He pulled out his phone and called Dad on speaker.
“Storm plotted with Lindi to kill Wrenly.”
A growl echoed over the phone.
“I demand blood for blood,” Mom said.
“I’ll put out the call for a hunt tonight,” Dad said.
“Wait.Where’s Storm now?”
“In your mom’s office,” Dad said.“Miranda brought her back to get answers.”
