Chapter 223
Chapter 223
Brad POV
Morelli paused for a second before saying yes. “I have,” he replied.
“And where are the papers I asked you to send me?” I asked.
My IT guy, Noris, was just too good with his job. Along with Beta Tarian and a few of his men, he had gone to the human town where he had met Summer’s father. The bastard thought that he could hunt and kill us. But what happens when hunter gets hunted? And that too by werewolves? McKeever pissed in his pants seeing so many werewolves in his house. He committed to losing money to some Coretti.
There were no papers which could point out the crime, but Noris hacked into the casino run by Coretti on Morelli’s behalf. He found the logs and printed
all of them.
Noris showed those logs to McKeever, and Beta Tarian did the rest. He gave the money McKeever owed to Coretti, making sure that he informed his boss. But Morelli was a bastard. He said that the interest on the money McKeever owed was close to a hundred thousand dollars. The fucker didn’t know that i would give ten million dollars or the entire world if that was what it took to get my Summer back.
As I talked to Morelli, I was sure that Tarian was sitting with his wolves out there.
“I haven’t signed the paper,” Morelli grumbled.
My wolf snarled inside me. If I was sitting in front of Morelli, I would have killed him without remorse.
In a very cold voice, I asked, “Why?”
He took a deep breath in. “Because I will not give away the maid for my daughter. That’s all.”
“This is human trafficking.”
He chuckled. “You don’t say that to me, Alpha Bradley. I am Italian mafia. I’get what I want.”
“You are forgetting that I can complain to your police about it.”
He let out a laugh. “Go ahead. Did you forget that the police are also in my hands?”
I clenched my teeth. What was I expecting? That Morelli would be honorable?
“You can’t do a thing to me, Alpha Bradley. You thought that by covering up McKeever, you would be able to show your power, and release that little piece of shit.” He let out another cold laugh. “I won’t fucking release her, and now I’ll make sure that when she returns home, she is in worse condition. I’ll fucking use her in one of my sex clubs.”
My wolf let out a menacing snarl. Everyone in the room, including Tamara, inclined their heads in submission. Laura paled. But my little human just looked at me with… curiosity.
I had a tough time tamping down Blaze. He was pacing, snarling and demanding Morelli’s blood. In a low cold voice, I said, “In that case, we will disqualify Laura.”
“Oh, on what basis?” Morelli scoffed. “She didn’t cheat, she didn’t do anything that would be counted as cheating because Luna trials haven’t started.” He paused for a second. “Now listen to me properly Alpha Bradley. Laura is going to stay in the competition. And she will bag an Alpha for he will see to it. If you harm my daughter or throw her out, then you know that the humans will have a huge problem with your community. And it them a little, they will send hunters for you all.“/He chuckled. “You are nothing but just a little boy in front of me. You don’t get to challenge me. I am
mafia.”
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Furious, I disconnected the call. I thought that he would take the bait, but he was smarter than what I thought he would be. I closed my eyes, thinking of what to do next. My main aim was to free Summer from Morelli. Anger, confusion and disgust overwhelmed me. How could I release Summer from the clutches of Morelli. I needed another strategy, and I needed it fast.
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When I opened my eyes, I found Tamara staring at me with wide eyes. I was sure that she and every other wolf in the room heard the conversation
“What did daddy say?” Laura asked, snapping me from my thoughts.
In order to calm down my woll, I took a strand of Summer’s hair behind her back in between my fingers, and rubbed it. Blaze immediately calmed down. and stopped snarling. That cleared the haze from my mind. I looked at Laura and said, “Your father is a piece of shit. Just like you.”
Her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened. “What?” she cried.
“You and Damon made a plan to trap Summer, didn’t you?” I asked sharply.
She appeared to be on a back foot. “N–no,” she said.
“Then why did you send Damon’s car to fetch Summer from the resort, and not the car we allotted to you?” She opened her mouth to say something. But I cut her off. “Don’t speak lies. The driver who brought you here is being interrogated by my people. He has confessed that he was taking Summer to an unknown location. For Damon.”
Laura started shaking. “This is not true!” she cried. “I have nothing to do with all this. I didn’t call her! Someone is trying to set me up. ”
I put my hand up. “You called her, and we can show the call records. So don’t lie. Anyway, we feel that you are a threat to Summer McKeever, and so we will have to separate you two until the Luna trials are over.”
“The driver has set me up!” Laura cried as she glanced at Summer.
Summer’s face was ashen white as she stared at Laura. “Is this true?”
“Oh, shut up!” she snapped at Summer.
My wolf immediately surfaced, my eyes flashing golden. “Behave yourself.”
Laura gulped. “Alpha Bradley, I didn’t-”
“Enough!” I shouted, my voice booming in the room. “You may leave now. You should be happy that I am letting you continue with the Luna trials. Now get out!”
Laura gasped, but she didn’t argue. She just got up and stormed out of the room.
I took a deep breath in, trying to calm my rage. But nothing worked/The threat on Summer was still looming large on us. At least I had her separated from Laura. But now what? My gaze turned to Summer, who was looking at me with trepidation in her eyes.
“There’s no need to fear, Summer,” I replied, staring into those green eyes where I could drown forever, happily. “We will make arrangements for you in a different room.”
“You don’t know Morelli,” she said in a timid voice. “He will not let this happen. He will come after you and me, and all of your people. That man is vicious as hell. I can’t risk your life-”
I placed my hand on her lips. “You speak too much, little human.” Sparks tingled all over as I felt her soft lips beneath my hand. “Trust me a little.” A frown appeared on her forehead. She blinked and I reluctantly removed my hand from her mouth.
“Why are you doing this for me?” she asked in a low/voice, as our gazes locked.
“Because I want to,” I breathed, wondering if she remembered me at all, wondering if she knew what I could do for her.
She lowered her head, her cheeks heating up. Someone coughed loudly in the room, snapping our reverie. Goddess, my sister was such a cock–block.
“I think you both should head to the ballroom. They are waiting for you, Brad, to lead the ball,” she said with a smile on her lips.
I looked tenderly at Summer as I got up. Then I extended my hand to her. She took it with confusion in her eyes. I tugged her out of the room and said, “Would you do the honor of dancing with me?”
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“What?” she squeaked. “No, I can’t!”
But before she could protest further, I nodded at the musicians, and pulled her to the dance floor. There were a hundred eyes on me and on her, but who cared? I could dance with my little human mate even she wore a burlap sack,
As the music shifted to a beautiful waltz, I extended my hand to her with a quiet command. She hesitated a little, but then she placed her hand in mine. And my breath hitched.
As we moved together, I felt like we belonged to a different world. Her feet matched my rhythm like she knew how to follow me. Even as her cheeks heated, my gaze never left her. She was so beautiful, and by dancing with her tonight, I knew that she would be a target of all the girls in the room.
Gasps echoed and jealousy simmered. People only saw the girl in denim dancing with royalty. But they didn’t see what 1 saw. Summer, my beautiful little mate was with me. I wanted to press my body to hers, coat her smell all over me, meld with her, and then some more. The music came to end too soon. She stepped away, but I didn’t let her hand go. But she wrung her hand away from me, much to my dislike.
“Ahhhh!” Laura’s cry came to our ears. Summer rushed to her. “Ahhh!” she cried, bending over as Summer panicked. “My stomach!”
“What happened?” Summer asked.
“Help me. It’s paining!” Laura rasped, and then she farted. Loud.
