Page 52 of The Broken Aztec Princesses

‘What?’

‘Elim. He said his name is Elim. E-l-i-m. Elim. I thought it was weird, too.’

‘And I’m expecting him?’

‘That’s what he said,’the guard replied.

‘I’ll be right over.’I cut off the mind-link and opened another.‘Eric, I’ll be late. I have something I need to handle.’

‘Luna, you don’t have to give me an account of your time,’the old man chuckled.‘It should be the other way around.’

I walked over to the gates to find a dark SUV parked at the gates. And by dark, I mean dark. The windows and mirrors were tinted very darkly. I couldn’t see anything inside.

“What’s going on?” I asked the guard.

“The man’s inside. He won’t come out.”

I knocked on the window and it rolled down only a crack.

“Who are you?” I asked.

“Elim. Alpha Cory sent me. He said you were expecting me.”

“Can you roll down the window so we can speak?”

“Did Alpha Cory not call you?”

“I’m afraid it slipped his mind,” I mentioned.Or you’re full of shit,I thought.

“I can’t roll down the window, Luna Bellarose. The sun burns me.”

The fuck? Why would Cory send a vampire?

“Hang tight, then,” I said, pulling out my phone and pretended to dial my brother.

‘Cory, who is Elim?’I mind-linked instead.

‘Fucking shit!’was my twin’s alarmed response.

‘Should I be running? What the fuck is going on?’

‘I’m sleep deprived is what is going on. I’m so fucking sorry Bells. I totally forgot to tell you about Elim.’My poor twin was dealing with teething twins with no patience right now.

‘Okay,’I said, and when he didn’t respond, I prompted,‘So who’s Elim and why is he at my pack gates, Cory.’

‘Right, shit. Okay, so I was telling Uncle Lalo about your problem with the rogues and how weird they were behaving and Aunt Kassie suggested sending her nephew. He’s training to be an enforcer and investigator for the vampire council and she thought this would be a good way to test his skills. Aunt Kassie promised to train him in exchange. He’s going to investigate where the rogues are coming from and why they are behaving as weirdly as you’ve mentioned.’

‘No one thought to tell me?’I asked annoyed.

‘I was supposed to, but I totally forgot. I’m really sorry Bells.’

‘How long is he staying?’

‘A few weeks,’he replied.

‘So when you say nephew, you mean…’

‘Karissa’s son,’he finished for me, making me groan.

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