Grace of a Wolf (by Lenaleia) novel Chapter 215

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Now he’s planted the awful ideas into Ellie’s head, and I’m going to spend the rest of my stay in this territory worried she’ll do it with or without his help.

“If I told you not to eat any food except what’s in the camper or what I bring to you, would you get it then?” he asks weakly.

My eyebrows shoot up with curiosity. That’s right. Ellie never did come to pound on my camper, though now I regret not leading her there after seeing how the one Lycan was treated by Lyre’s protective spells.

My stomach turns. If it isn’t poison, then… “Please don’t tell it’s a lame plotline where she’s going to drug us to sleep and then kidnap me, probably involving a lot of burly guys and some nude photos.” Or, you know, worse. A lot worse.

“I was just trying to help.”

Andrew coughs again, his discomfort radiating through the car. “It is.”

I sigh.

It’s pointless to pretend like I don’t notice, so I stop walking and wait to see what he

has to say.

But no, it’s kidnapping again.

“It’s not funny, Grace. Rafe was bad enough, but Caine might actually kill me if he hears

it.”

I snort and look out the window. Standards, okay. He could have at least come up a better fake idea.

“Which one?” he asks, back in the car and buckled in.

Of course it is.

with

More silence for an entire second block, then, “Don’t run around too much on your own. Ellie’s backed off for now, but I don’t expect it to last long.”

I adjust the heavy backpack straps digging into my shoulders; Sadie and the cat meander around my feet, completely oblivious to his presence. “Heading to the

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laundromat. What does it look like?”

“Rafe thinks I’ve seduced you.”

I consider my options.

Maybe I should erase the question mark.

The car smells like Andrew and the vague pine tree undertone of all Blue Mountain shifters. I roll down the window a crack, wondering why it smells so offensive after wondering why it smells so offensive after years of living with it.

My gaze flicks over to Andrew, who looks appalled. I’m sure it’s terrible to be accused of having a relationship with your best friend’s ex–girlfriend-

Oblivious to my mental classification system, Andrew jogs around to grab my bags and tosses them in the backseat while I slide up front, grateful for the sudden rescue. The animals hop into the back with the laundry without even an invitation.

Damn it. Couldn’t he have come up with something else? Like a melodramatic showdown in an alley where she tells me dramatically to keep my hands off her man? Better yet, I’ve seen some TV shows where the other woman has money thrown at her. Why can’t I be a part of those storylines?

Silence reigns for a whole block before he asks, “Why are you on your own?”

He gives an awkward cough, and I’m immediately on edge. It’s the kind of oh no, how do I explain this cough. You know the one. I know the one. He knows the one.

There’s a saying somewhere about narrow roads and enemies and it seems pretty fucking accurate.

Nude photos is probably the nicest of the options.

“What?”

Even if he seems to be on my side.

“Oh. Right.”

A familiar blue sedan slows to a stop beside me, and Andrew leans across the passenger seat with a frown etched deep into his forehead as he rolls down his window.

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I stare at him in disbelief. Obviously, he isn’t intending on harming me if he’s telling me about it, but there’s just… there are standards, okay? Standards. “That’s a terrible plan. Even the soapiest of operas is looking down on you. I’ve already been kidnapped once, how can there be a second kidnapping in the same lifetime? Come up with something different, at least.”

That’s why he’s worried.

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Having him help isn’t like having some random Lycan guard breathing down my neck. If he gets too nosy, I can always kick him to the curb. The thought of the power being back in my hands has my mental ears perking up, and I upgrade him from the mental category of enemy to frenemy.

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