Page 106 of Taming the Beasts

Bennett cleared his throat. “I guess we need to talk to this King guy.”

God that was going to be so awkward.

“No need,” Huxley said. “I know she’s lying.”

“Wait, what?” I turned to him.

“She said she didn’t know anything about Bennett’s contacts. That’s not true. When she was at the bank the other day she asked me their names.”

“Did I?” Kebe said. “I don’t remember that.”

“You definitely did.”

Kebe shrugged. “Okay, maybe. But I don’t even remember them. Was it Bill something?”

“Patrick and Ray.”

“Oh. See. I’d forgotten.”

Titan cleared his throat. “They’re hard names to remember. It could happen to anyone.”

What? Was he not paying attention at all to that whole conversation?!

“It’s late,” Titan said. “And we really need some alone time with our girl.”

I just stared at him. Since when was I “his girl”?

“Cool,” Kebe said and stood up. “I’ll catch you all later. Sorry about all that craziness.” She nodded her head in my direction. “Someone might be in need of a good night’s sleep,” she whispered loudly enough for me to hear.

Screw you too!And what did she know about a good night’s sleep if she was a vampire?! Liar, liar, liar!

“For the record, my vote is for the roast chicken for Callum’s wedding. And I know how much you guys must love a good chicken breast. Caio!” She walked out of the dining room.

“Titan, what the hell?” I hissed.

“Sh,” he said.

He did not just shush me! I went to shove his stupid beefy shoulder.

But he caught my hand. And for just a beat he held it. “Sh,” he said again.

When the front door closed, he released me from his grip.

“Titan! We can’t just let her walk away! She’s lying about being a vampire and I just know in my gut that she’s responsible for doing something to your friends.”

“I believe you, doll,” he said.

“Wait, what?”

He cracked his neck to the side. “I see this going one of two ways. Option one is we keep a close eye on her. We already have surveillance set up in your house. One of us can watch the security feed on a rotating basis so she’s never out of our sight.”

I was so relieved that he believed me. It took every ounce of restraint I had to not leap out of my chair and hug him. “What’s the second option?”

“We lock her up in one of our vaults and torture her for information. Shall we put it to a vote?”

Chapter 22

Tuesday