Page 22 of OutFoxed

Thomas asked, “Where are we going?”

She gave him the address and carefully buckled up. There were a few more injuries than she had mentioned. The hit had sent her to the concrete, and the clawing had followed.

“So, you work together?”

Richard said, “We have mutually beneficial projects together.”

“Oh. Okay. No details?”

Thomas smirked, “Not until you are bound to us.”

“That doesn’t sound creepy at all. I sense foreshadowing.” She made sure. “You don’t mean literally, right?”

“What?”

“The binding part.”

Giovanni murmured, “There will be a formal contract, and then we will see about tying up loose ends.”

“Don’t tease.”

All three of them chuckled, and she sat there as her body throbbed in pain as all the bruises began to rise. She breathed slowly and smiled as her neighbourhood came into view. Eighty-acre lots, trees for privacy, and a huge lake nearby. It was her paradise.

She muttered, “Park behind the house. I have to shift to heal.”

Thomas nodded. “After I get there. Your home is larger than I thought.”

She laughed softly. “Sorry, I am not a damsel in distress financially. I hear it makes things easier for the alphas.”

Giovanni snorted. “We will adjust.”

Thomas brought the SUV to a halt, and she released her seatbelt with a groan and then fumbled for the door handle. Richard opened it for her and caught her. She grunted with pain and hissed. “I am going to need a minute. Hold the coat; I am going to need it.”

She shrugged the jacket off and walked toward the lake, bringing her wings to her. When her wings emerged, she felt the rush of energy that accompanied her taking on her other form.

She dropped her dress and removed the boob tape with a wince. She sprinted to her ramp and took to the sky. Her wings scooped and pushed the wind until she felt she could nearly touch the moon, and then she folded her wings in and dropped back toward the lake. Ten feet from the surface, her wings opened, and she glided back to her house wearing her lacy panties and nothing else.

Her three alphas were leaning against the car, and all three had their phones out. Of course.

Her wings thudded and stretched wide as she kept coming. She looked like a demented lingerie model, so she folded her wings and let them return from wherever they had come. “Giovanni, may I borrow your jacket again?”

He held it out on his fingertips and pulled the jacket back. “I believe this is a loan worthy of paying for.”

She looked at him. “I don’t have a problem with nudity, and I don’t bargain with extortionists.” She turned away from the car and opened the back door to her house. She headed inside and went to her bedroom to get a robe.

She returned to the living room where her guys were exploring and smirked. Richard said, “I thought you didn’t have a problem with nudity?”

“I don’t, but I do have a roommate. Ula doesn’t like surprises.” She pulled her hair out of her robe and draped it over her shoulder.

Merry headed to the fridge and brought out the cheesecake. “Anyone care for cheesecake?”

She got some plates and got herself a serving.

She glanced at the other three. “Seriously. Just homemade strawberry cheesecake.”

Richard smiled. “All of us. We will take our chances.”

She snorted and dished up four pieces, putting them on a tray and bringing them into the living room. She offered Giovanni the first piece and Richard and Thomas the next. “Don’t read anything into it. I am going to have to work myself up to anything that’ll make me walk funny.”

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