Part 25 (2/2)
”Are you s.h.i.+tting me?” He glared at Gavarian, who grinned at him.
”Oh? Did I fail to mention that Felicia is my aunt?”
It took everything he had not to shoot the kid where he so smugly sat. ”Yeah. You left that bit out.”
”Oh... By the way, Hauk, Felicia's my aunt.”
No wonder Gavarian was so close to Talyn, and that they trusted him so completely. The little s.h.i.+t was family. It was all starting to fall into place now.
Dancer scowled at him. ”Your father's Lorens ezul Terronova?”
Gavarian nodded. ”All my life... since birth.”
He looked back at Fain. ”Lorens is her older brother, who adores her.”
Fain let out a low whistle. ”I give Talyn credit for choosing so well.” But why a female with a lineage that impressive would be a paid companion boggled his mind. Even being b.a.s.t.a.r.d-born, Felicia could have negotiated marriage with any male she wanted.
h.e.l.l, she could have probably commanded a prince.
”She really loves him. I wish you could have seen her face when we went to pick her up. At first, I thought she was going to call security on us. But once I proved to her that I really was his uncle, she packed so fast, she left a vapor trail.”
Fain laughed at that.
Until the door opened and showed Galene entering the room. She stalked toward him like a feral lorina out for blood.
Had he not been standing with a wall at his back, he'd have fled from the steeled look on her face. What the h.e.l.l did I do now?
A little scared, he was frozen to the spot. Until she stopped in front of him, reached up, and pulled his lips down to hers. Fain relaxed as she kissed him with a pa.s.sion he hadn't tasted since they were kids. It left him breathless and hot, and with a hard-on that should be declared illegal. And no doubt was obvious to all.
Pulling back, she smiled up at him. ”Thank you.”
”For what?”
”Making Talyn so happy.” She hugged him like she used to do. Her breath teased his ear, sending chills all over his body. ”I pa.s.sed him in the hallway, with Felicia. He was practically dancing.”
Fain savored the sensation of her body pressed against his. The only way to make this better would be to have her naked in his arms. ”Anything to make you smile at me.”
She rolled her eyes at him until she noticed Dancer. ”And thank you. Felicia said you were a sweetheart to her the whole time, and that you and your wife and kids treated her like family.”
”You don't have to thank me. I don't see how anyone could be unkind to her. It'd be like kicking a toothless kitten.”
Galene let out a low laugh at that. ”Yeah, you keep thinking that.”
”Meaning?”
”Felicia's not as meek as she seems. Threaten Talyn and you'll find that out real fast. Even Qory's afraid of getting her riled.”
Dancer scoffed. ”I'd have to see it to believe it.”
The door opened.
Galene turned to look past Dancer. The moment her gaze focused on the newcomers, her entire world shattered in a blinding wave of pain.
It was her worst nightmare.
Fain's ex-wife.
Worse? The pregnant human b.i.t.c.h stood there with a dark-haired girl in her arms, and an Andarion boy by her side who was almost identical in looks to Fain.
Vasectomy, my a.s.s!
Chapter 10.
F.
or a full minute, Galene couldn't breathe as she stood face-to-face with the last person she'd ever expected to see again.
Omira Hauk. Fain's human wife.
”Stormy,” Fain said in a low tone. ”It's not what you're thinking.”
She raked a hostile glare over him as her fury erupted. ”You faithless b.a.s.t.a.r.d!” Unable to deal with it, she stalked from the room with his lies ringing in her ears.
Fain followed her out into the hallway. ”Galene, please!”
”Go back to your human! Or else I will kill you!”
”She's Dancer's wife!”
Galene stumbled at the last thing she'd ever expected to hear.
Dancer's wife? What the h.e.l.l?
How sick were they?
Catching herself against the wall, she turned back toward Fain, stunned beyond imagination. ”What?”
”That's not Omira. I swear! It's her sister Sumi, and she's Dancer's wife. Not mine.”
Galene scowled as she tried to digest his explanation. Could it be true?
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