Wow.“Did you tell Lucius that?”
“I did. He agrees it’s better for business for all of us to work together.”
Now that Garrett and Lucius are on the same page, if I refuse the Alpha’s request, I’m placed in a very untenable position.
Fuck.
“Then there’s the fact that I know you are immune to the leeches’ thrall,” he adds. “I want you there when I talk to him, just in case.”
Double fuck.Guess that settles it. “When and where?”
“Tomorrow night at Fight Club. Ten?”
My heart sinks. Again, this isn’t something negotiable. His tone tells me that. I can’t ask him to go to Club Toxic without clearing that with Lucius first. Even if I did, I suspect Garrett’s answer would be no.
Dexter’s coming to him—that means it happens on Garrett’s turf.
So to speak. Technically, Fight Club is in neutral territory. It’s run by one of Garrett’s pack but technically not on pack land, so they have plausible deniability should anything happen.
I know I won’t be able to go there before dark and spend all night there. I don’t want the wolves knowing more of my secrets than necessary. “Sure. Just to be clear, this isyouasking me and not Lucius or Dexter asking you to ask me, right?”
“Right.”
Well, damn.“All right. I guess we’ll see you there.”
“Excellent. If anything changes between now and then, please let me know. Oh, hold on. Amber wants to say hi.” He passes the phone to her.
“Hey, girl!” Amber sounds way too chipper for this time of morning. Until I remember it’s after lunch for everyone not on the same schedule I am.
“Hey. What’s up?”
She laughs. “Have fun at dinner tonight.”
I suppress a groan. “Did you see it?”
“Sure did. Look, let this play out. I don’t know more than that. Trust him, and trust yourself. I don’t see anything bad for you with this guy.”
My heart races. “You…don’t?”
“No. I mean, I can’t tell yet if you two end up together, but he’s not going to harm you. I get a sort of chivalrous knight vibe from him. Oh, and enjoy the tires.”
I laugh. Being friends with someone who’s psychically endowed can be trippy. “Thanks, I will, once I get them.”
She giggles. “Suuure.That. Your instincts about him are right. Trust them. Here’s Garrett.”
Trying not to get my hopes up over her words, I push past them as Garrett speaks again. “Connie?”
“Yeah.”
“So, I’ll see you both at ten tomorrow night at Fight Club?”
He can’t order me around because I’m not in his pack, but I know an Alpha order when I hear it. “Yeah. Please warn your guys, so they don’t get pissed off at me for showing up with him, okay?” I don’t want to ruin my rep with them.
“We allow leeches. You know that. Just not in the cage.”
“Yeah, but I don’t want them thinking I’m suddenly more on one side than the other.”
“Ah, gotcha. I’ll tell everyone I asked you to accompany him as a personal favor to me. No worries.”
