Page 89 of The Broken Aztec Princesses

“She accused me of trying to take away her alpha’s attention at the park. Every time she sees me lately she throws me the stink eye.”

“Wh—Ho—Fuck. I’m going to kill her.”

The room suddenly filled with Cade’s angry alpha aura, surprising me, and not in a good way.

“Cade, I know I’m of alpha blood, but Nenetl is really weak right now and I’m in pain. I’m going to break my neck here trying to submit if you don’t control your alpha aura.” I struggled to keep my head up as I spoke with him.

“Shit, I’m sorry.”

Cade’s aura instantly disappeared and I breathed a sigh of relief. From my side, I heard Chris do the same, and I even thought I heard Elim breathe a little easier from somewhere on my right.

“Fuck. I’m sorry guys,” Cade apologized to everyone again.

“How did you do that?” Bells suddenly asked.

“Do what?”

“Your aura. That was the first time I’ve felt it, and now it’s gone. Like completely gone. It’s like that with John and all of your pack members. I don’t feel any kind of aura from you guys.”

“We’re cattle ranchers, Bells,” Cade answered as if that explained it.

“What does that have to do with anything?”

“We work with prey and horses. They get cagey when they sense our aura, so we’re taught to suppress it from the moment we get our wolves. Everyone in the pack does it.”

“Oh,” Bells said.

“Well, it explains why I couldn’t sense Ada coming,” I mumbled.

“I’m so sorry, Violet. Ada’s been... persistent, but never did anything like this before.”

“Not your fault, Cade. Like I said, there’s one in every pack.”

I opened my eyes slowly, squinting as I let my eyes get used to the light. Bells was sitting on the side of the bed, Chris was standing next to the headboard, Cade was pacing, and Elim was standing by the window.

I tried to pull myself into a sitting position, but hissed when my foot moved an inch.

“Don’t move! You broke your ankle and your wrist,” Chris barked, helping me sit up while Bells put the pillow back under the foot.

“I can take you to the ER to get a cast. I just wanted to make sure you were okay before I moved you,” Bells said, rubbing my leg a little as I breathed through the pain.

I could feel exhaustion coming from Nenetl as she slept in the back of my mind. I moved one wrist, and then the other. They didn’t hurt, and neither one was broken.

“I don’t need it. Nenetl is healing me, but she’s sleeping right now. She’s exhausted. She’s probably just taking a break.”

“She’s not as strong as she used to be, yet. It’ll help if we get the leg in a cast. It should help her heal if you’re not injuring it with every movement.” Chris argued.

“Okay. Whatever you think is best,” I answered him, not wanting to argue. Any kind of relief would be appreciated right now.

“I’ll go with you,” Elim said, pushing off the window, but I shook my head.

“We’re bound to be stuck there past daybreak, and you’ll be in trouble.”

“I’ll take her. I just need a car,” Chris stated.

“Take my truck,” Cade mentioned before his face turned dark. “I’m going to go have a few words with my pack member.”

“I’ll see them off and then join you, Cade. I want to have words with your pack member, too,” my sister growled.

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