Healing Kisses (Sophia and Santiago) novel Chapter 194

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"What company?" Kaylee asks, rolling her eyes.

"Oroboros Incorporated" I say, knowing that she knows exactly what I'm talking about. She laughs, shaking her head.

"You're fucking crazy, she scoffs.

"Come on," glance over at her.

"You don't think we can do it?"

"We can do it," she shrugs. "It doesn't make it any less crazy. Who else is coming with us?"

"Ana and my grandmother. There is no way in hell Xavier is going to let us take it over without getting his share."

"How did you become friends with that asshole?" she rolls her eyes.

"He's cool. Eloy Pinson, cool, | laugh. She clears her throat and shifts uncomfortably at the mention of her first boyfriend after Gavin found his mate. My idiot brother had been pissed, but there was nothing he could do. Eloy was the biggest asshole in their class, and he was an alpha. "He would have been a better choice."

"He found his mate," she smiles. "Do you remember Jesse? She always wore the ugly sweater vests?"

"No way. She was such a soft girl, we both laugh. "Good for him."

"What is Aimee going to do to me?"

"Nothing too crazy. I just want to preserve some of your eggs in case the bite doesn't clear out more of the scar tissue."

"Is yours still as bad as it was?" she asks. I glance over at her. "What? Did you really think I wasn't going to look?

You could have died."

"The woman who treated me. She used a mortal treatment technique. Because I'm a Lycan, what was left

was cleared out. I just have the surface scars now."

"Surgical steel," she nods. "There's a rumor going around that you killed those Shadows because of what the doctor did."

"Yeah, and it's also the reason why I want this company," I pull into the clinic. Santiago and his men are here, which means she opened up just for us. I park and turn to face her. "You don't have to come with me. I know it's a lot to ask. But this is important. I trust Aimee."

"If I walk down this path with you, I lose whatever is left of me," she sighs, looking away. I smile and sit back because that is the funniest thing she's ever said to me.

"What?"

Elder Baldr is the most straightforward clown you ever meet. love him. Also, once you pull your head out of your ass, know that I am his favorite and no one is going to take that place."

"You're an idiot," she rolls her eyes and blinks away her tears. "I miss you."

"I'm right here. I haven't gone anywhere. And I never will, I reach out and hug her.

She stiffens up for a moment, but then she relaxes. Her scent and her warmth are just the way I remember them.

A little piece of the scared girl who had nothing left surfaces, and I remember I used to love watching her run the school and plan events better than anyone else. I remember knowing that she was the alpha everyone should strive to be and that I would have followed her anywhere she asked me to.

"Can I ask you something?" she sits back. I nod. "Why did you kill Lieza and her family?"

"Her mother was the reason those roques found my mother. I only left Poppy alive because her mate married into the royal family, and I want her to see it. One of Ivar's IT guys sends her his live feeds, social media posts, and TV appearances," I smile, remembering their first baby announcement last year. Ragnar was the one who came up with the idea. We had been drinking, and he wanted to be up to no good. "Even if she changes her number."

"You're an asshole," she shakes her head.

I strive to be every bit as petty as my mate is. I've seen him get the look several times when someone tells him no. I could never even fathom some of the dark ideas that cross his mind. And it's not just a little mischief; the man is more than willing to wait for the results of his actions. My second favorite smile on Ragnar is the one he gets when he not only gets his way, but vengeance for whatever anyone denied him.

"I learned that from her and Lieza. She'd always send me screenshots and videos. Then she would apologize for Poppy's behavior," I shrug. "They knew what they were doing."