“Perfect match.”Otto’s yellow eyes gazed up at her proudly.“You his perfect match.”
“Whose?”Myron and Slick asked at the same time.
“Her mate.”Otto stared at her.
“She has a mate?You have a mate?I’ve never seen a wolf with that tattoo.”Then Myron shook his head, seeming to consider his statement.“Granted, I haven’t met every wolf, but how would you have met one that’s come through here that I haven’t met?”
“You not see his tattoo,” Otto told him, “and live to tell.”
“Umm, okay,” Katy said slowly.“I don’t know him well, and yes, he admittedly seems to have a violent streak, but would he really kill someone just for seeing his tattoo?”
There were strings of curses from both Myron and Slick before Myron spoke.
“You’re mated to the dire wolf?”
“Mated is a strong word,” Katy said casually.“I’d say more like we’re, well, nothing really.We met.Literally spent about a minute in one another’s company, and then he left.”She held up the infamous phone, which had remained oddly silent.“Oh, and we’ve shared some snarky texts.But that’s all.He doesn’t know thatIknow.”
Slick’s eyes widened.“He didn’t tell you?”
“To keep her safe,” Myron interjected.“If Azure knows what she is…”
“Damn,” Slick said slowly and then said it again, only louder.“Damn.”
Katy walked over to a chair and took a seat.She needed to process.Also, she needed to figure out how to get one of the three males in the room to unlock the dang magic door.Stupid magic.“So can we go back to the part where I don’t want to be a part of a world that turns a blind eye to a king abusing women?”
“No,” Myron answered.“I’m still stuck on the part where the dire wolf is going to kill me for making a bid on his mate.”
“Oh, snap.”Katy nodded.“That does suck for you.But not my problem.Now, how do we make sure Azure gets the book thrown at him?”
“A book not hurt him.”Otto looked at her like she’d lost her damn mind.
“I don’t mean a physical book, Ot.”She sighed.“I mean, how do we make sure your people take him down from power?He can’t be allowed to rule a freaking kingdom when he’s exploiting the vulnerable and abusing his power.That’snotokay.”
“The Council will need proof,” Slick finally answered.“Not just eyewitnesses.”
“Then we give them proof.”She pushed up from the chair.
“Like what?”Myron shook his head.“I don’t think he’s going to let us go traipsing around his lab with a camcorder.”
“We can do better even than that,” Katy replied.
All three of them looked at her like she’d grown a second head.
“We give them ananimusfrom whom he’s siphoned power.”She hooked a thumb at herself.
“No!”
“What?”
“Not happening.”They each yelled at her.
Katy blinked at the three males.“I’m sorry, but I don’t recall asking for permission, as if I needed it.”
“It could kill you.”Myron’s handsome face suddenly grew gaunt, showing dark circles under his eyes.“He won’t believe your Gage’s mate.A disgraced dire wolf.Everyone knows that dire wolves only mate once, and only to another dire wolf.And they were all killed before we crossed into this realm.”
Katy’s stomach dropped.“Did Gage have a mate that was killed?”
“No,” Otto answered quickly.“Master Gage not mated before.”
