Total pages in book: 20
Estimated words: 18503 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 93(@200wpm)___ 74(@250wpm)___ 62(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 18503 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 93(@200wpm)___ 74(@250wpm)___ 62(@300wpm)
“Our settlement was established many years ago by my father and his best friend. Fable Forest’s power drew them to the area, and they wanted to create a safe community for Orcs close to the enchanted forest.”
I’ve heard the term enchanted forest but never really gave it much mind. “What do you mean the forest is enchanted?” I ask, hoping to learn more.
“Legend has it there was a spell cast on Fable Forest that causes the residents to find their lives playing out like fairy tales.” He shrugs. “If you believe in all that.”
I do believe in all that. In fact, I felt the magical pull of Fable Forest the moment we drove into town.
Now, I just need my beast to find my stalker so we can get to our happily ever after.
I’m about to find something to do to keep me busy when my cell phone rings. I see Brenna’s smiling face flash across the screen and answer it. “Are you okay?”
“We’re fine,” she hurries to reassure me. “Jared managed to pull off the highway before the jerk could do much damage.”
“I’m glad,” I breathe out, relieved my sister and her family are safe. “Did you contact the police?”
“Jared made a report, but you know how it is in New York. If you survive the attack, you’re at the bottom of their priority list.” Boy, she’s right. I tried several times to get the police to take my stalker seriously, and they blew me off every time. “We’re heading up to Jared’s hunting cabin to lie low for a few days while Kodi investigates the situation.”
“That’s a great idea.” Jared’s wealthy family owns a fancy hunting lodge on one of the lakes in upstate New York. He has a cabin located on the back of the expansive private property that has top-of-the-line security. “Will you text or call me every day to let me know you’re all okay?”
“Only if you promise to return the favor,” my twin returns. “Take care of yourself and tell Kodi Brute he’ll have to answer to me if he doesn’t keep you safe.”
“That’s not a problem.” I almost tell her about my mating but decide to wait until this danger has passed.
Chapter 11
Kodi
For the life of me, I can’t figure this shit out. While Aric helps my mate in the kitchen, Oren and Kol search my property for any sign of our would-be-intruder.
I’m sitting at my desk in my home office when the two Orcs come strolling in.
“We didn’t find any sign of an intruder or even someone sniffing around the area.” Kol shrugs and sits in the chair across from my desk, and the wood gives a slight groan under his massive weight. Thankfully, I had special furniture built for my new home that could withstand large shifters and other mythical creatures.
“I had a friend of mine who works for Homeland Security pull the traffic cameras in New York and he just got back to me. The entire event with Jared and Brenna was captured on tape,” I explain as Oren sits in the chair next to Kol.
“He watched it several times before sending me a copy, and I’ve been watching it. I don’t believe in coincidences, but it appears that it was an unrelated road rage incident.”
“You’re fucking joking.” Kol sits up and places his elbows on his thighs.
“I don’t believe it myself.” I turn on the video and scroll through until the camera first catches a black sedan roaring down the highway, swerving in and out of traffic for miles. I fast forward a little to the spot where Jared inadvertently pulls out in front of it. “That’s Jared’s SUV,” I point out to the Orcs.
We watch the video closely as the vehicle follows him for less than a mile before accelerating to pass him then quickly swerves to hit the driver’s side front panel of Jared’s SUV. When Jared jerks the vehicle off on a ramp, the driver of the black sedan speeds away. A few miles later, another car pisses him off and the black sedan’s driver pulls the same shit again. This time, an officer witnesses the entire incident and attempts to pull over the black sedan.
That’s where the chase moves out of the traffic camera range so I explain the rest to them. “After a high-speed chase, New Jersey state troopers run the suspect off the road and arrest him. Turns out he had his license suspended and was on probation for a similar incident. It appears the forty-seven-year-old ex-con, drug addict has nothing to do with my mate.”
Kol and Oren stare at each other for several seconds, and I’m wondering if the Orcs have a way to communicate silently when my second-in-command turns to me and shrugs. “That’s actually good news. If Briella’s stalker didn’t attempt to run them off the road, then we probably don’t have two perps to worry about.”