I Bought A Male Escort, Turns Out He's The Lycan King (by lg savage) novel Chapter 153

Chapter 153

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With my heart still racing, I bolted out of the lounge, leaving Nahan and Hunter behind. I wasn’t going to get pulled into their conflict now, when that doubt was digging its roots into my chest. My heart was in pieces, and that runaway thought felt like a thousand papercuts on my skin.

I couldn’t fucking breathe.

Hunter would never hurt me. I felt that in the bond. Yet I couldnt stop thinking about what he was. His beta had been strong, too, and still, he’d been dragged straight to hell by that ancient magic.

I had to fix this before it broke me. Before it broke us.

Before Hunter’s rage and possessiveness pulled him into situations beyond our control.

April’s scent hit me, and cold clarity settled over me, as if my fracturing mind had latched onto something safer to focus on. This was something I could control. Something I could fix. April had been hovering near the door, obviously eavesdropping. Why would anyone do that if they were innocent? My wolf growled, and my fists curled at my sides. This was the person Hunter trusted?

I followed her scent into the kitchen, where she stood at the stove, stirring something in a large pot. My stomach growled. I’d forgotten to eat, but damned if I’d touch anything made by her hands.

I lingered in the doorway for several seconds before she finally turned, switching off the stove. Then she put on a fake look of surprise as she lowered her head. She’d already known I was there. Her heartbeat had spiked before I’d even crossed the threshold, and now, her fear scented the air, tangling with the righ, mouth–watering aroma.

She was completely fake.

“I thought I’d make myself useful and cook for everyone,” she said.

I stood there, my mind racing, calculating the consequences of going against the person who had the Lycan King’s ear. I didn’t want to push buttons that didn’t need pushing, but something was lodged in my chest that I couldn’t shift.

In the back of my mind, I knew the tightness in my muscles and the dizzy whirl in my head had nothing to do with April. But she was my focus. She was important enough to that beast of a king for him to place her in my home, and in my space behind Nathan’s barrier. That screamed ‘spy‘ to me.

I’d been too quick to believe her sob story at the castle. She’d seemed perky and harmless–just a girl trying to protect her family after witnessing something horrific. But now I could see her fraying edges from a mile away. If this were a Bureau case, I would have seen through her instantly.

Danger hung over her like a blanket.

Hunter was the Bureau director–how could he not see the connection between April and the Lycan King? April had told me about it herself, and we were strangers.

“Cook for your family,” I said after a while. “Everyone else can find for themselves.”

April’s shoulders sagged, though tension still coiled through her rame. I caught something in the air–distress?—but it was gone too quickly for me to process. Or maybe I didn’t want to process it. Because if I hesitated, my thoughts would slide back to the ones I was avoiding.

“Your Highness,” April said quietly. “I’m here because this is the fest place for my family. We just want to survive this.”

“Family?” I asked calmly. My wolf surged, on high alert, watching every little movement with me. “You mean the couple by the door who were scared shitless when you approached us?”

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April’s shoulders went rigid again. My gut told me I wasn’t wrong. We weren’t safe with her in the house.

“They’re not scared of me.

It’s just…”

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Just what? Nathan had said her mind was fried; that meant someone had manipulated her. Someone powerful, like the Lycan King. Did that not scare them? No wonder her parents were terrified.

She was a disaster waiting to happen.

A low growl rippled through the kitchen. April whimpered and staggered back, nearly knocking the pot to the floor. I didn’t. know where that growl came from, but it mirrored my emotions perfectly.

I was about to tell her to leave when heavy footsteps thundered down the hallway. The bond exploded with too many emotions. Was that fear? I turned as Hunter appeared, his eyes wild as they locked onto mine. Nathan followed close behind, brushing past me. He inhaled sharply, something flickering across his face.

Part of me was relieved they hadn’t come to blows.

But the rest of me burned, because seeing them dragged my focus away from April and straight back to the thought I was trying to bury.

Hunter took my hands, not breaking eye contact. The bond was still chaotic, but beneath it, I felt his restraint. The effort it took for him to hold back. Like not being an asshole that went around killing people was hard work.

Fuck.

I tried to look away, but Hunter caught my chin, forcing me to look at him.

“Trust me, Kitty,” he whispered.

How could I trust him when he wasn’t treating me like an equal?

“Come with me, April,” Nathan said behind me. “I’ll keep you safe.

What?

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I twisted against Hunter’s grip, but he held me more firmly. My chest was about to explode. Keep April safe? From who? Was I surrounded by people I couldn’t trust?

The chaos in the bond eased. I turned to Nathan, my mouth dropping open.

Nathan led April past me. I saw her hand in his just before Hunter blocked the doorway, and the betrayal was like a punch in the gut. I didn’t know why I expected more from Nathan, but Hunter should have been on my side.

“Calm down, Kitty,” he whispered, gently rubbing my arms. “It’s he moon. It heightens our emotions. Everything just feels…more.”

It wasn’t the damn moon.

It was the secrecy. The fact that there was darkness inside him. The knowledge that if Zachary was right, that ancient magic would come for Hunter.

And then he would become like this beta, the man who’d stalkedne. The man who’d killed so many women, the way the prophecy said I would be killed. I was fucking terrified.

My chest hurt with something I couldn’t put a name to. Maybe is was why my parents had pushed so hard for a true mate. So I wouldn’t have to go through all this uncertainty.

I desperately tried to pull my thoughts back to the less devastating ones.

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