"I told you I am good when it comes to catching lies, didn’t I?" Killian tilted his head to one side and stated in a quiet voice, "It is such a surprise that a woman as wise as you keeps forgetting something so simple again and again."
Inez sucked in a breath. She was about to speak when Killian raised his hand in the air. Seeing this, her instincts reacted before she could, and Inez flinched. Fear surged in her eyes as she froze on the spot like a deer caught in headlights.
"A Cold towel." Before Inez could understand what the man was trying to do, she saw him trace the finger marks on her throat with the pad of his fingers. "These marks will fade soon, as if you are a shifter, even if you are a latent, but the healing will be slow. Really slow. So as to avoid feeling the burn, use a cold towel to soothe it."
Inez heaved a sigh of relief when she heard his words. So, he was just checking her injury. She thought that the man was about to hit her for causing him embarrassment by ruining a good alliance.
"I understand, Alpha Sokolov," Inez replied.
"Good, then you can go back and deal with your injuries first. There is no need for you to come to the pack hall today," Killian told her, as he believed that something about the incident with Jared had shaken Inez. Even though the woman wasn’t showing it on her face.
Inez acknowledged his command and turned to walk away.
Killian watched the siren walk up the path hurriedly. Once she disappeared around the corner, he turned on his feet and walked in the opposite direction. He met with Finn, who was heading towards him.
"What is it?" Killian asked when he saw his beta hurrying over.
"Your mother is here," Finn replied in a terse voice. He carefully eyed Killian, whose eyes remained blank while his lips remained curled up in a smile.
"I see, and what is this about?" Killian asked as he continued to walk to the lodge where Grandma Edira lived. "Did she run out of money, or did she end up killing someone she should not have?" Killian was used to his mother’s abrupt visits to his pack, even though she refused to follow him to his new pack and stayed where the memories of his elder brother were securely guarded.
"She didn’t say anything," replied Finn. "She only demanded that we bring you to see her."
Killan didn’t say anything. He knew that his mother would do something like this; she was a woman with a pride so broken that it could never be pieced together, and yet her arrogance knew no bounds. If she were someone else, Killian would have killed her for demanding the presence of an alpha without a prior appointment.
When the two of them reached the office building where his mother was waiting for them, Killian noticed that Grandma Edira was rubbing her forehead with a hint of annoyance on her face. She looked as if she had had enough of whatever Molly was telling her.
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