“And you’re sure this man gave this ring to your father?” I ask.
“Yes. Yes. Positive. It was a—birthday gift.”
I drop the cat, and he lands on his feet before scurrying around for his clothes.
“I need to borrow this,” I say.
“No. You can’t take it. It’s the only thing I have left of my father.”
“I can take a picture of it,” Penny says. “I’ve got my phone with me.”
She takes her phone from her pocket and snaps a picture before handing the ring back to the cat. Another thing that goes against her nature. She’s a scrounger by nature. A species prone to taking things that are not theirs and claiming them as their own.
She should’ve been okay with my taking the ring.
I watch her carefully as she gives the ring back to the cowering cat.
Such a disgrace to the supposed strength Toshi boasts about all the damn time.
“Why did you run?” I ask.
“What?” the cat asks, fear dripping from his voice.
The smell is overwhelming, and I can feel my skin crawling with electricity.
“When you saw us on the beach. Why did you run?” Penny asks. “If you didn’t know anything.”
“He’s a Wolf on the prowl,” the cat says. “Why would I have not run?”
I feel a grin cross my face as I toss my gaze down to Penny.
“Sounds like a trip to Egypt is in order,” I say.
“Better report back to your precious alpha before we go,” she says with a grin.
I bristle at her comment as the cat gives me a weird look.
“You’re not an alpha? You smell like an alpha,” the cat says.
Every single part of me is crawling to break that cat’s neck. But I know Clarissa won’t be happy with me if I do. And my one single task is to make sure she gets back to the happiness she deserves.
No matter what it takes of me.
Chapter 15
~ Theo
“S o, what did you guys find?” Clarissa asks. “Theo and I didn’t find much. Just a Cat with an empty threat before Theo broke his neck.”
I feel pride ignite in my chest at the grin Clarissa tosses my way.
“Sebastian and I were more fruitful. We found a terrified cat with a ring on his finger from his father. Wanna take a look?”
Penny asks.
I watch as Penny pulls out her phone while Sebastian stares at us. I know he senses something has changed. And I know I can’t do anything to cover it up. Clarissa has smelled different ever since our encounter, and I know Sebastian smells it.
“Wait, that was on his ring?” Clarissa asks.