Page 65 of Banished Mates
Camden gave me one more lingering glance and left. My shoulders slumped. The thought of them gone for an hour or so hurt.
At least I had Uggo’s cell phone to distract myself with as they did all that. I fished both cells from my pocket and set mine on the coffee table, sank into the settee, and kicked off my shoes.
The screen was fresh for me to try again. I’d been mulling ideas on the plane ride and all I could think of was his tendency for straightening his sleeve. Uggo loved straight edges, uniformity, but no way it could be that easy, right?
He wouldn’t be dumb enough to—
The phone unlocked and my eyes widened.
I popped out of the settee and bounced on my toes. I needed to tell them I’d gotten it open! A step forward and then I froze, they weren’t here and Rowan was outside...
I nibbled on my lower lip while dropping to the couch. Looking through it was probably best done with my mates, but I couldn’t wait, so I flipped through the phone.
These were someraunchyexchanges and after each interaction, it showed he deposited money to the person he was talking to. There were so many... This man hadbank.
I swiped through each conversation and the majority were sexual... Then I reached a conversation from weeks back.
I have a girl I have to get rid of from the Redwood Pack.
I sucked in a breath and scrolled to the top. It sounded like the two people conversating were... friends? It was also clear the other person was a mercenary who’d gotten other girls for Uggo.
It was the guy that snatched me! He described the coffee shop he plucked me from. My eyes scanned the rest of the messages and I sucked in a breath. Uggo asked to make sure no one would look for me once he had me because he didn’t want trouble. I snorted at that.
Nope, I looked into the account and number that contacted me and it came from the Alpha of the pack. T. Wyatt.
My fingers went limp and the phone slipped out of my hand.
Camden Wyatt... The letter in front of their last name... Torrin.
Why?
I slumped and rubbed my face.
My Camden... my mate’s father... ordered my kidnapping? A cramp shot through my stomach.
The only reason I could think of Torrin wanting to get rid of me was because of Camden. He wanted his son to become pack Alpha as he’d been training his entire life, he must have thought the potential of an Alpha wasted if Camden left the pack, which, if I wasn’t lying to myself, was what he was heading toward. And it had everything to do with me, but why would he go this far?
I stumbled to the restroom and pressed my palms into the counter and met my gaze in the mirror. The strands of hair were uneven and fell to about my shoulder blades. I stared into my brown eyes and lifted my fingertips to the frayed edges. Camden. I didn’t want to tell him. It was horrible to even think about telling him, and his reaction... I was already a main reason for their strained relationship. He never spoke it to me, but Camden never forgave him after causing my injury. He blamed himself as much as he blamed the pack Alpha.
If I told him... Camden would kill him, and if he killed him, it would leave Britt alone, and she didn’t deserve that.
Rowan and especially Kit... it was already strained between my mates; this could cause them to blame Camden.
If they knew, shit would explode and they’d try to keep me out of it even though it involvedme.
The room spun so I gripped the edge of the sink. If I went alone, I risked him hurting me, but Hector was there and as Beta, he had sway. There was no doubt in my mind he would protect me. It was enough of a safety blanket.
It was dangerous to go, but I needed to know why he would do such a thing. I needed answers, but my mates couldn’t come with me.
Why would they want to be involved with someone who had so much shit following her?
Kit had already pulled away from me and Camden... a sharp strike of agony pierced my chest. They didn’t deserve this. I needed to give them one final opportunity to bow out of my life.
I should bring up going our own ways. Maybe Kit had been distant because that was what he wanted.
If they didn’t want to be with me.My heart shriveled at that.
First, I needed to calm myself and think.
