Archaic (Reverse Harem 2)

“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.