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Amanda: I’ll be in touch.
I looked at Shep. “My mom has my purse.”
“Cool, ask her to overnight you the wallet. Problem solved.”
I grinned. “Problem solved.”
He stood. “C’mon. Let’s go have dinner at that place in the Quarter you liked last time.”
My mouth instantly watered. “You don’t have to tell me twice!”
Shep drove me back to the clubhouse so I could change my clothes. I’d only brought bare necessities to Shep’s, like a toothbrush and hairbrush.
I wasn’t sure if I was ready to full-on move in, but a part of me was. I wouldn’t ask though, he’d have to invite me.
Chapter 27
Unwanted Visitor
Psycho
It had been a week since Nera had contacted her family. Her mom had sent the wallet and now Nera was at an interview in New Orleans for a nursing position at a medical spa. I didn’t care if she worked or not, I was prepared to take care of her financially, but she wanted to work and I would support anything she wanted. I’d already pretty much given her the Audi to use as her own and instructed Trigger to go find us another grocery getter. That one was too girly anyway. I told him another blacked-out full size SUV would be better. He was more than happy to take the handful of cash I’d plunked into his hand to go purchase it. He’d come back with a black Chevy Suburban and had gotten the windows tinted darker than what was legal.
I had plans to move Nera out of that room and into my house, if that was what she wanted. She spent more time there than in the room anyway. I was thinking of proposing because I had obviously already marked her, but it was a bit soon for something big and official, and she was still dealing with traumas. I’d convinced her to call a therapist to go talk to someone about what had happened to her. Charlie had recommended a female near here who specialized in trauma, and Nera had an appointment to go see her on Friday.
There was a knock on my office door.
“Come in,” I called.
“The new SUV is gassed and ready to go for tonight,” Trigger said, poking his head in.
“Sounds good.” I felt twitchy, ready for the shift tonight. “Can’t wait to see how smooth it rides.”
“You’re gonna love it.” He grinned.
“Any leads on the vamps?” I asked.
He shook his head. “No, nothing. Face and Wizard are working together to try to track down every Deon, with every spelling, that matches the description. It could be a nickname or a middle name, or shit, even a last name. I think we’ll find ’em though. They’ll fuck up and slip up somewhere.”
“Nera really needs closure,” I commented, shutting my computer down.
Trigger furrowed his brow and looked at me with concerned blue eyes. “She may not get it, cuz. Just keepin’ it real.”
“I know, Jake. I just want to shield her from the world.”
“You are. She’s lucky to have you.” He tapped twice on the doorframe. “We’re leaving in an hour. See you down there.”
With that, he left and I thought about what he said. I wouldn’t accept anything less than vengeance for my girl, even if I had to tear the world apart to find this asshole.
In the meantime, I had a business to run and a shift to get to.
In our wolf forms, we ran through the trees of the bayou and stopped to drink at streams or swamps. We were much less selective in our animal forms. We hunted for small game but rarely spoke to each other.
All my guys were here except Cutter, obviously, and I was glad he was holding down the fort with the other human members and prospects of the Bayou Wolves.
I was chewing the last of a squirrel I’d caught when Strife’s voice sounded in my head. “Vampire!”
I froze, dropped the squirrel, and ran to where I’d last seen him. The rest followed me.
