In the ten years she and Deidra have been friends, she’s never met the elusive family member, but she’s seen several photos that she’s saved to her phone thanks to the texts from thewoman. Those photos got her through many a lonely night with her trusty clit vibrator.
God help her if she ever meets the man in person. She’d never be able to show her face to their family functions again.
“Draco is coming home to take over the company. With Dad’s permission, they are merging the two companies into one which works out perfectly, to be honest.”
“The elusive one? What kind of company does he have that can be merged with your dad’s?”
Well shit! There goes her showing her face at family functions ever again.
“As you know, Draco is prior military. He was special forces or some shit that was hush hush. When he got out, he decided to start his own security company. He owns his own multi-million-dollar business. They specialize in setting up security systems, both building and technical, internet for example for clients. They also do bodyguard work and search and rescue now and then too.”
Athena watched Diedra flag down a waitress for them to order their drinks as she explained what her brother did. She had no idea what any of it meant.
“I knew it was slut night, but seeing these two, I guess The Hen isn’t selective on the sluts they allow in.”
Athena rolled her eyes at the male voice that sounded behind her as Deidra growled low in her throat. It was a toss-up who hated her brother and his asshole friend more, her or Deidra.
“There are so many things wrong with your sentence structure in that asinine statement you just made, but it’s not worth pointing them all out,” Athena responded as she turned toward the voice, wishing she could disappear into thin air.
“Hooked on phonics didn’t help the high school dropouts, obviously. If any chick hooks up with you two, she’s either drunk, high, ugly, or all three at the same time.”
Athena had to cough to hide her laughter. She knew if she laughed, there would be hell to pay later on.
“What are you two doing here? This isn’t your territory, Maplewood,” Deidra demanded, making Athena look her way.
“Word is, you won’t even run this town pretty soon, cunt. Word is there’s a challenge for a new Alpha going out from my old man to yours!” Robert Maplewood smirked nastily at the two women.
“Oh, please. Yes, your waste of space father did challenge my father. But he was informed he would have to challenge me, as my father, not only hand over the reins of his business to me, but also his Alpha title as well.”
That voice! Holy shit on a cracker she just came in her damn underwear.
“Draco!”
Athena watched as Deidra jumped up and ran around the table and jumped into the man’s arms, giving him a big hug. She had to look away before she allowed the jealousy to take hold.
W…T…F! Jealousy?
Where the hell did that come from? He’s her fucking brother for fuck’s sake!
“Draco, meet my bestest friend in the galaxy, Athena. She’s the hottie I’ve been telling you about all these years. Athena, this is Draco, my oldest brother.”
When Draco’s eyes landed on hers, Athena suddenly felt like Little Red Riding Hood about to get devoured by the big bad wolf. Too bad shifters weren’t real.
If they were, then she would love to be eaten by this wolf. Lord help her, she was going to hell with her wanton thoughts, but, fuck what a way to go!
Chapter
Three
Draco Blackwood steppedout of his black SUV and stretched his six foot six frame slightly to get the kinks out of his back and shoulders. After driving the last two and a half days to get from California to his hometown in North Carolina, all he wanted was to have a couple of beers and talk to those of his team about stupid shit before the seriousness of everything started in the morning.
He looked over as the other SUV pulled in next to his. Out of the eight of his team members, only two of his people wanted to come to The Hen with him.
When they arrived at Pelco Grove three hours ago, they checked into their hotel and grabbed dinner. When he mentioned going to The Hen, all but two declined due to wanting to rest up for tomorrow. One wanted to see their old stomping ground and the other wanted to see what his two bosses used to get themselves into.
Leonardo Mason, his Beta, already knew the place as intimately as he did back in the days. The two of them used to sneak out of their rooms and meet up here with fake IDs and have all kinds of fun.
When Draco joined the Army straight out of high school, Leo was right there beside him. When he joined the Special Forces, Leo was again right there with him.
