~River’s Point of View~ I gathered what I felt were the most important things we’d found at Blood Claw for Quinn to review and I drafted an Order for him to sign that would allow for the attorney to read Gunner’s will. I was now seated in Quinn’s office awaiting his arrival and while I told myself not to wonder why Quinn was so interested in Gunner’s affairs, it was bugging me. It had been about three years since our war, and if anyone should have been interested, it should have been my dad since he was the werewolf representative on the council. Then I had to ask myself, why didn’t dad send a team in there to look for Gunner’s financials and other important documents? You’d think that would have been a priority, to find out who else he may have been working with and all that. Not to mention if there was a lot of money, it should probably go to his victims. Some of it may have been theirs to begin with anyhow. I thought of every possible reason that Quinn, of all people ... could
~Tyson’s Point of View~She came to me, my sexy as hell mate. I thought for sure I was dreaming, but if I was then Diego certainly wouldn’t be in the bed next to us. Her hair was wet, she’d just showered. I had to wonder if it was to get Jasper’s smell off of her, but I couldn’t think about it.She wanted me, she might not understand why but she did, she wanted me to comfort her. She was spending the night with me and not Jasper. I held her tight and found sleep immediately, lost in the smell of her hair.I dreamed about our wedding, even though shifters don’t normally have a wedding … some do if their mate wants it. Livia lived her life mostly as a human, out in the open, so she’d want a wedding. I wouldn’t have a ton of money to put toward such a thing, let alone a honeymoon. But I would definitely try to get her the ring of her dreams, even if I had to take out a loan or something. I’d make it work. The ring is the most important thing to a bride I think. I mean, she’s going to loo
~Livia’s Point of View~I finally made it to breakfast Tuesday morning since I hadn’t been making it to breakfast and I knew it was expected. My father was MIA but my mom was in her usual form, already throwing back some breakfast cocktails. “Is a Bloody Mary technically a salad,” I ask, watching my mom stir her drink with a giant piece of celery. I'm sure if I tried I could be more sarcastic, but it'll be lost on her anyhow.“Oh Livvie,” she says, waving me off.“Good morning beautiful,” I hear just to my side.I turned to see Orion, dressed in a preppy looking collared shirt and khaki shorts. He is absolutely drool worthy and a breath of fresh air after yesterday. He seems so uncompllicated. What you see is what you get. But with an fairy I am fully aware that isn't at all the case. You peel off even one layer and you probably won't like what you find.“Hey, how are you,” I ask, trying my best to be pleasant. I mean, he hadn’t yet done anything to creep me out or offend me so yes, I
~Quinn’s Point of View~I spent the morning at the council’s headquarters, even though I’d said I was off limits for court, unfortunately there were some things that couldn’t wait. We’d had to call an emergency afternoon session of court once Godfrey woke, and I had to hurry it along so I could get back back for my announcement. Also, River had left me a note he needed to see me right away, but I would have to come to him at home.“We’ll get River on this case right away,” Ash said, banging his gavel to end the court session. “I’m afraid River is tied up this week, he’s handling something for me,” I say immediately.“Using the Shadows as your own person errand boys like Godfrey,” Dina says, snickering.“I’m sure Quinn has a good reason … and he’s more than willing to share it,” Godfrey chimes in, giving me the evil eye. Keeping a secret from him is damn near impossible. I might be intimidating, wealthy and powerful but Godfrey is Godfrey. Nobody tells him no. Except his mate, we all k
~Livia’s Point of View~We’d been sitting around, dressed in our best … waiting for my father to return from court for nearly an hour. Sitting in a room with my drunk mother, my annoying siblings, my horny suitors, Leonard and the Shadows was just about the most awkward fucking thing imaginable.Well, marrying one of the stupid suitors was the most awkward and awful thing imaginable at the moment. I was getting increasingly anxious for Shadrick’s date tomorrow as I looked up from my losing hand of cards to look for him in the crowd.I hadn’t really noticed since my sisters had been talking me to death, but now that I did look around, I was quickly noticing that Shadrick wasn’t here. Maybe he’s not feeling well? Hmm I hadn’t seen him since breakfast but then again I didn’t go out of my way to find the suitors.“Sorry to keep you all waiting,” I finally hear from the doorway.We all rise to our feet instinctively, and my father waves his hands for us all to sit. “Thank you all for waiti
~Tyson’s Point of View~“It’s going to be Tyson,” Quinn announces.I grin, and lock eyes with the only person who matters, the only person whose opinion I care about … my beautiful Livia.Everyone gawks at me and I don’t know if I was supposed to say something or what. Damn, I should have thought that through.“Thank you for the vote of confidence councilor. I greatly look forward to this opportunity,” I say, trying to sound sincere. Shit I don’t know how it sounds. “What’s the meaning of this? Some kind of inside job,” Jasper snaps, getting to his feet.My eyes dart back to Quinn for an answer, this is his problem to explain. Quinn looks a bit flustered, and maybe he hadn’t planned to be questioned. As a councilor, no one ever questioned him, that I knew of … but this was different.“No more inside than Leonard helping you? Telling you my favorite things,” Livia shouts, looking completely pissed off. My wolf practically rolls in my mind with amusement.Ohh snap!! I wonder what happe
~Livia’s Point of View~ I had just showered the wolf and sex smell off of myself, much to my dismay. I couldn’t understand how it had only been a few days of this crazy ass tournament. A few days of knowing Tyson, a few days that seemed like eternity. I sigh to myself just as there is a knock on the door. I shoot up, just wearing a barely thigh length light blue babydoll nightie, as I was certainly not expecting company. The clock on the nightstand reads 12:20am. I grab my robe and tiptoe to the door. I take a deep breath … Orion. I cock my head to the side, curious. I open the door and peek out. “Sorry to bug you, but I saw the light was still on,” he says, giving me his best beach boy smile. I open the door the rest of the way and smile back. Orion was an anomaly in the tournament. He hadn’t ever given me a creepy vibe, he was unbelievably good looking and just seemed like a fun person to be around. I had already decided I would certainly be open and give him a fair shake. “It
~River’s Point of View~ “Don’t you think if we somehow figure out how to open it that the attorney will know,” I ask. Angel gives me a sideways glance. Come on, it's a legit question. “Yeah, you’re probably right,” she admits, examining the box. It wasn’t hard for Angel and Dina to find the box in the house, it was giving off whatever magic vibes enchanted things give off. Plus, it was actually kind of … in an obvious place. If one of the things Gunner valued the most was Tyra, then he would keep it as close to her as possible. In her bedroom, she had a large bed frame with drawers underneath and when we removed one of the drawers, the box was behind it. Godfrey had almost just destroyed the whole bed but we convinced him to take a more gentle approach. “I’ve never been more curious about something, “ Angel says. “It’s probably some damn rocks,” Lilly whines, putting some cookies down on the table. Once we found the magic box we brought it back to our house. Lilly wasn’t tot