Page 32 of Big Bad Bully
Dinner is going to be fun.
I open my mouth to ask if she’d prefer sushi or tacos, when my dash lights up with a text. It’s Sully, one of my pack brothers. Need you at HQ now.
I hit reply and dictate with a growl, I’m with a client. Can it wait?
No. Sully isn’t big on words, but he’s head of pack security, so when he calls an in-person meeting, I know it’s important.
“So–now I’m a client.” Aubrey’s eyebrows rise.
I curse and do an illegal U-turn, heading back toward Aubrey’s apartment. “Only so I can expense our time together.” I speed through the streets, swerving around slow cars and delivery vans, and make it to Aubrey’s door in record time.
I illegally park and hop out to get her door, but she’s already sprung out by the time I get to her. “I’ll get your things.”
“No need.” She waves a graceful, paint-stained hand. “You can put them in your apartment, save me a trip.”
The thought that she’ll be in my space soon calms me. I should hate having her around– why am I so annoyed right now at the thought of leaving her side?
I slam her door shut.
“Bye–thank you for the ride that I didn’t ask for,” she calls over her shoulder as she sashays away from me. Her ass is a work of perfection that I am dying to spank.
I don’t bother with a response, but I suspect my eyes glint with my wolf. He wants me to follow her up the stairs and roll around in her bed all night. Naked. I’m hard as steel, imagining her soft skin coated in my scent.
I call the Italian restaurant I know Madi likes and order one of everything delivered to Aubrey’s door. It makes my wolf feel better.
When I get to Sully’s office, I practically tear the door off the hinges. “What is this about?” I snarl. My wolf is surly that we were called away from Aubrey’s side.
Fortunately, Sully doesn’t waste my time. He swivels in his seat, unfazed. “I was reviewing some footage and found this.” He clicks a button, and the image of a street corner fills every screen. I recognize the building–it’s the Adalwulf highrise, right across from Moon Co’s office. “So what?”
“Watch.” The footage rolls, showing a constant stream of street traffic exiting Adalwulf Associates. A few seconds in, a familiar face shows up. Sully hits pause and zooms in.
It’s my dad. This video is proof that he took a meeting with my pack’s sworn enemy.
I shouldn’t feel betrayed by my father’s actions, but I do. I knew he would do anything for power, but an alliance with our enemies? It hits hard.
“This was taken a few minutes before he entered our building and visited you,” Sully says. “Is there any reason your father would be visiting the Adalwulf’s?”
I curse. Damn him. Of course, he’s fucking with my life again. I show my disgust on my face. “Knowing him, he’s playing both sides. He showed up here, angling for an invitation to Brick’s wedding. He also insinuated that Brick’s position in our pack is weak.”
Sully says nothing, just stares at me.
“Are you implying that I knew about this?” I ask.
“Not implying. I’m asking you outright.”
“I don’t control my father’s movements.” I return Sully’s dead-eyed stare, incensed that he’s grilling me like I’m a suspect in a crime. “If he met with our enemy, I had nothing to do with it. The fact that you’d ask me makes me wonder–is my loyalty being called into question?”
Sully leans back in his chair, in a deceptively casual pose. He could easily launch out of his seat and into a fight. “You’ve been at odds with Brick’s decisions lately.”
“Are you talking about my opposition to Brick claiming a human mate? That was in the past. I want what’s best for the pack. Now that Madi is luna, I stand behind her and Brick, just like you.” Heat rolls through me, my anger waiting to be unleashed. The fact that Sully would even group me in with a dog like my father makes me want to explode. “I have this pack’s back.”
“Good to hear,” Sully says. His tone is mild, like we’re discussing the weather, not accusing me of treason. “Then you’ll have no problem with finding out exactly what your father was up to when he visited the Adalwulfs.”
“I know you have spies in the Adalwulf pack.”
“But not in your dad’s. You’re our best bet at finding out what he’s planning.”
I grit my teeth. “I’ll be happy to spy on my father for you, anytime.”
