Total pages in book: 218
Estimated words: 209489 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1047(@200wpm)___ 838(@250wpm)___ 698(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 209489 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1047(@200wpm)___ 838(@250wpm)___ 698(@300wpm)
“I don’t need to discuss this with you,” Alex replied in the bossy Super voice I’d heard so early on in our acquaintance. “What I need is to talk to someone in the legal department.”
The woman screwed up her face. “Your business is our business. It’s family business, Alex.” She shot me a side-look like she wasn’t sure how much to say, but too late now, motherfucker.
“If it affects you to the point where you were injured, then it affects us,” the woman said. “What does that even mean? What happened?”
“None of your business,” Alex answered as he set a hand on the chair I was sitting in.
It was nice to see there were some people he didn’t hold back with either.
“Everything about you is our business,” Athena said, totally serious.
“Wrong.”
I peeked over at the extra handsome one and found him staring at me.
My face went hot.
All three faces focused in my direction again for a second, but Alex didn’t give them shit. From his expression, he wasn’t going to either. I knew that level of stubborn, and I knew it well. I’d been dealing with it for the last however many weeks.
“We’re going to hear what you talk to Legal about anyway,” the woman said after a long beat of silence, her attention still on me. “If you need help, we can help you. You don’t need to be difficult. Tell us what happened.”
He looked at me for a moment before lifting his gaze to his siblings. “My back was broken. My power drained,” he told them, getting straight to the point. There was definitely more to that sentence that he was trying to express, and I knew they instantly understood what he meant because three sets of nostrils flared. “Gracie took care of me. While I was recuperating, a group of people who have been looking for her, found us. They burned down her house and took us; we left once I was well enough. Leon and Selene picked us up from my cabin in Colorado, and we got back a few days ago. Alana is already aware of the situation,” Alex said matter-of-factly. “Gracie can’t go back to her life because they’ll be looking for her. I need to speak to Legal to see what we can do about her situation.”
Three sets of heads turned to me again, but I was too busy focusing on what he’d just said.
His cabin? He’d lied! All right, maybe he hadn’t lied, but the sneaky son of a bitch hadn’t said a word about it being his place. I knew he’d been acting weird while I’d been snooping.
“Your power was gone? Are you sure?” Athena asked cautiously.
Someone suddenly sounded really concerned.
But really, his cabin?
There was some kind of big fucking secret here that no one wanted to talk about out loud. What in the hell could be bigger than the Trinity? Because whatever it was, they were guarding the shit out of it.
“I’m positive. Are you going to help me help her now?” he demanded.
His sister’s eyes widened more and more by the second. “You’ve recovered?” Her question was soft.
Alex grunted. “Not fully.” A muscle in his face twitched. “It was the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my fucking life.”
The oldest brother grunted, something flashing across his face like he agreed with him.
Yeah, this was some Area 51 level confidential shit right here.
“Why is someone looking for her?” he asked.
“She was in witness protection.”
I was going to start calling him The Defender of Deceit at this point.
“How long were you out?” The handsome one, Odi, threw the question out.
“Five weeks.”
All three faces went stunned and pale.
It was so, so suspicious.
“Can I get someone in Legal now?” Alex asked.
His sister glanced at me, but the jerk and the one who at least seemed to like his younger brother were focused on him.
“I’m going to talk to Alana and Robert about it soon. Selene is going to see what she can do. They might have footage of us, and it needs to be taken care of.”
“It does,” Achilles answered seriously, his face stormy. “Have you spoken to…?”
Ooh, I felt Alex’s aggravation instantly rise. “Also none of your fucking business.”
“Do you really need to be that low class?” Achilles snapped.
“Fuck no,” Alex said without missing a beat. I didn’t think I’d ever been so attracted to him before. I kind of wished I had some popcorn. “Are you done asking questions?” he barreled through.
“Fine, get it sorted,” the older brother said in exasperation.
“Keep me posted,” Athena said before the two of them walked out. They seemed wound up about something.
At the door, they glanced at me, and she whispered something I couldn’t hear.
“Damn, Alex,” Odi said with a sigh the second they were gone. “Let me get someone, because I have no idea what to do.” His eyes drifted in my direction.