Page 99 of Tangled Fates

We didn’t exactly need the cash, but if this thing with Oria became too much for us to handle, we might have to hide her and that in itself was going to be expensive.

“I’ll talk to you soon.” She hung up the phone and I was left staring at it.

“Are you really going to take that job?” Soren asked with a scowl, as he walked up to me.

“It’s good money if things go south with her.” I nodded up to the building. “We are going to need all the money we can get. We’re going to have to find some place where we can either buy her some glamor or somewhere we can have her stay for the time being, while we take care of things.”

Soren’s face softened. “You care.”

I clenched my jaw looking away.

“I-I…”

My throat grew hoarse. I didn’t know what I was feeling, but whether I liked it or not, she was our mate, and I couldn’t stand by while she was hunted.

“I know you loved Serena?—”

“Don’t, Soren.” I glared at him. “I’m not ready. Her death is still too fresh.”

I looked at him, pleading for him not to push me.

“It’s nothing bad,” he said hesitantly. “I know you loved Serena, but sometimes life gives us more than one love. Not every love is forever and the goddess knew you would need her now more than ever.”

I knew he was just trying to make me see that Oria was a good thing, but it made me resent the moon goddess even more. She could have given me more time or made Serena my mate.

Or maybe Serena and time isn’t what you needed.

I scoffed at my wolf, hating that he was choosing now to be vocal.

The goddess has a plan for all of us. Even if you don’t see it, believe.

A single tear fell down my cheek. Soren’s face fell before he pulled me into a hug. As a wolf I craved closeness with my pack and while the twins weren’t technically my pack, my wolf saw them as his own family.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered.

The sincerity in his voice spurred on more tears and he held me tighter.

Meow.

Loki pushed himself against my calf. That damn cat was always around, but we had somehow formed a weird bond. He felt like a kindred spirit, almost as if he was also a shifter.

I pulled away from Soren’s embrace to look down at the grumpy cat. He stretched up to my thigh and I rolled my eyes, bending down to pick him up.

“Never thought I would see the day when a wolf shifter and a cat became friends,” Soren chuckled.

Loki hissed at Soren before rubbing against my beard.

“I think he’s just pissed that I’m with his owner.” Soren growled back at him.

Loki growled back at him.

I laughed. “I think he hates you just because you are you.”

Soren rolled his eyes.

“Yeah, hate me because I’m banging your owner.”

Loki hissed again before launching himself at Soren.

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