Chapter 512
Without another word to her, I sent a mindlink to Beta Taylor, having him meet us in the parlor. I knew he wasn’t far, and knowing Taylor, he and Derek were most likely to listen to this conversation nearby. They were both around during the Rachel thing, and they knew how devastated I was after she “died.”
Sure enough, Taylor entered the parlor within seconds of my mindlinking him.
“You called?” He asked, trying to act as if he wasn’t listening; it made me roll my eyes before I could think.
“I need a guest room set up for Rachel,” I murmured, meeting his eyes. I could see the questions lingering in his gaze, and they were questions I couldn’t be bothered to answer right now. “She’ll be staying here for a while.”
He nodded, though he looked a bit uneasy about the choice.
I felt Rachel relax beside me, relieved that I wasn’t kicking her out… at least I wasn’t kicking her out tonight. I still needed to figure out where we both stood with one another before I could think about the future and how to move past it all.
She stood from the couch, grabbing her things before she turned to me, a small smile playing on her lips.
“It’s so good to see you again, Gavin,” she said softly; her tear-filled eyes meeting mine. “You have no idea how badly I missed you.”
I could only manage a nod, my words failing me completely. Without another word, she turned and left behind Beta Taylor. I slumped on the couch, my hands pushing my hair out of my face as I groaned.
I needed a drink, and I needed one immediately.
I walked over to my mini bar and poured myself a glass of whisky, my normal
drink of choice during stressful situations. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket, so I pulled it out and saw Judy’s name flash across the screen; she texted me.
My stomach clenched at the sight of her name. I couldn’t open the message because I wasn’t sure what I was going to say to her. I hated myself for leaving her in the middle of our date like that, but the second Taylor told me that Rachel was sitting in the parlor of my villa, I knew I needed to leave immediately.
I couldn’t imagine how it made Judy feel, though. Without opening the message, I shoved my phone back into my pocket and drowned myself in the whisky, feeling a bit lighter as it started to take its effect.
Taylor came back into the room and noticed me at the mini bar; he sighed and walked over to me.
“Am I off the Beta duty now?” He asked. “Or do you still need me for something?” “You’re off duty,” I muttered.
He nodded and took a seat. Without
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having to ask, I poured him a glass of whisky and slid it across the mini bar top for him to grab. He took the glass Swirled the whisky around, taking in the aroma and the sight before taking a sip.
“Mmm,” he said. “It’s been a while since I was able to drink good Whiskey.”
I nodded and took another long sip of my glass before pouring more into it.
Taylor raised his brows.
“You should slow down on that before you make some bad choices,” he muttered, though he made no attempt to stop me.
“I think, considering the event of today, I deserve a drink.”
He nodded.
“Yes,” he told me. “However, you are still a Lycan and still the Alpha. You need to be clear-headed.”
“Wouldn’t be clear-headed sober,” I admitted.
“Yeah,” Taylor agreed, sighing. “What are you going to do?”
“I don’t know,” I admitted. “For the
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We fell into a comfortable silence as we pondered what had happened; Rachel was alive, and she was here… wanting to make things work between us. But I wasn’t sure if was emotionally there. I don’t do relationships anymore, and I wasn’t sure if she was the one I was going to break that rule with.
Then, Taylor’s next question brought me out of my haze.
“What about Judy?”