Fated to the Alpha Who Killed Me (by Sherry) novel Chapter 76

Chapter 76

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The phone call came just as I finished getting dressed. I’d barely zipped up my jeans when Sienna’s voice

exploded through the speaker, not even waiting for me to say hello.

“Vi! My father has completely lost his mind! He set me up on a blind date! With a thirty–five–year–old

balding finance manager! I swear to God, that man’s hairline is more barren than the Ironridge mining

fields!”

I blinked at Shadow, who was perched near the window watching me with those intelligent amber eyes.

“Sienna-”

“The Crescent Diner. Two o’clock. I need emergency intervention before I murder my own father.” She hung

up before I could respond.

When I pushed through the diner door, Sienna wasn’t alone. Lily and Jade had already claimed a corner

booth, and between them sat a portable hot pot setup sending up fragrant clouds of steam. Sienna was

brandishing her phone like a weapon.

“Look at this! Just look at it!” She thrust the phone at me as I slid into the booth. “My father said he’s

‘mature and stable.‘ I say his follicles took early retirement!”

The photo showed a man in an expensive suit with a receding hairline. I studied it with exaggerated

seriousness.

“Well,” I said slowly, “at least he won’t have to worry about bad hair days. And think of the money he’ll save

on shampoo. Plus, his head will reflect light really well–you could use him as a emergency flashlight in a

power outage.”

Lily snorted so hard she almost inhaled her tea. Jade dissolved into giggles, and even Sienna’s indignant

expression cracked.

“You’re terrible,” Sienna said, grinning now. “But you’re not wrong. I could probably see my reflection in that

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“Anyway,” Jade said, leaning forward, “Lily, what’s happening with Connor?”

Lily’s expression didn’t change, but something shifted in her eyes. She picked up her chopsticks carefully.

“Connor’s gone. Completely disappeared from the social scene. After he got fired, his parents made such a

scene that his name is basically mud in the entire werewolf community now. Even Frost Pack won’t touch

him.”

“Good,” Sienna said fiercely. “He deserves worse.”

“He’s been telling people it’s Violet’s fault,” Lily continued, looking at me steadily. “Apparently, you ‘exposed

the truth‘ and ruined his career.”

My hand tightened around my coffee cup. Connor, stripped of everything, desperate and angry, with a

specific target for his rage.

“Let him try something,” Sienna snapped. “If he even thinks about touching Vi, I’ll hire hunters to skin him

alive!”

“Sienna,” I said quietly, touching her arm. “It’s fine. Connor’s all bark.”

But even as I said it, I wasn’t entirely sure I believed it.

“Still,” Jade said seriously, “maybe don’t go anywhere alone for a while?”

I nodded, though the irony wasn’t lost on me. They were worried about Connor when the real threat to my

wellbeing was currently several states away, probably staring into Celeste’s eyes.

“Enough about my trash ex,” Lily said firmly. “Let’s talk about something more fun.”

The conversation shifted to lighter territory, and I let their voices wash over me, contributing when

expected, laughing at the right moments. This was what normal looked like–friends complaining about

parents and work and bad dates. When had my life diverged so completely from this?

“Earth to Violet,” Sienna said, waving her hand. “We asked if you wanted to go to Lunar Eclipse Bar after

this.”

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“The bar? It’s only four in the afternoon.”

“Close enough to evening,” Jade said cheerfully.

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Lunar Eclipse Bar occupied the basement level of a converted warehouse. The afternoon crowd was sparse.

Sienna immediately ordered a round of shots, and before I could protest, four glasses of amber liquor were

placed in front of us.

“To bad dates, worse exes, and the friends who help us survive both,” Sienna announced.

We drank, and the liquor burned going down. By the third round I was starting to feel pleasantly detached

from reality. The conversation had devolved into increasingly absurd hypotheticals when Lily suddenly

leaned forward.

“So Vi, that night at the club when you were dancing… Daemon showed up and took you home, right? What

happened after that?”

The question landed like a stone in still water. Jade and Sienna both turned to look at me.

I took another sip of my drink. “Nothing happened. He drove me home. End of story.”

“Bullshit,” Sienna said cheerfully. “What did he say?”

“He was pissed,” I said flatly. “Lectured me about appropriate behavior for a Luna.”

“What a hypocrite,” Jade muttered. “He can parade his mistresses around, but you dance at a club and

suddenly it’s a scandal?”

“Speaking of Daemon,” Jade said, “that girl he brought to the club that night, she was pretty cute. Very much

the ‘pure temptation‘ type.”