Page 22 of Moon Claimed

I shivered at his smooth voice, hating myself for the reaction. “I thought you might be interested to know that your behaviour at the lake was noticed and commented upon. I don’t care if I’m dying, drowning, or being mauled,do notpull that shit again.”

His reply was immediate. “Impossible.”

“This is the part where you make up some Luther bullshit to justify ruining my life, right?”

“I can’tnotprotect you from life-threatening situations. We are an instinctual race, and in some situations, our wolves take the lead.”

Greyson.

I rolled my eyes. “There’s a new one. Now you’re saying youhadto kill Herc. It just happened. Give me a break, Sascha.”

“My life is also tied to yours, as you know.”

“So you say.”

“If a male dies, his female mate must live on to care for any young she has birthed. If a female dies, nature deems the male’s existence unnecessary as he will not sire more children.

Oh, brother.

“You always know what to say to turn me on,” I quipped before hanging up.

His number flashed again, and I declined the call.

A message came through.

Remember.

I will make everything alright again.

Delete and block.

He was pretty fast at texting though. Couldn’t deny that.

Turning to the list of importers, I dialled the top name. Something about it seemed vaguely familiar.Le Spyre.

Kind of fancy.

“Hello, you’re speaking with Evie.”

I double-checked the name. “Sorry, must be a wrong number. I’m looking for Basilia Le Spyre.”

“I’m one of her secretaries.”

One of.“Right. Is she around?”

“Mrs Le Spyre is a very busy woman. Can I ask what this call is in regard to?”

“I wanted to introduce myself as the new CEO of Deception Valley Exports. My father recently passed.”

There was a pause. “Please hold.”

The line was answered a second later. “Yello, this is Mrs Le Spyre.”

“Uh, yello. I’m Andie Thana, the—”

“Yeah, I heard. Nice to meet you and all that.”

How did she hear? This lady sounded young. My age, maybe a little older. “The same to you. I wanted to touch base and let you know that my father recently passed. I’ve taken over the CEO role of our export companies.”