COMING SOON!
Skin Walkers: Sha
Chief said, “I vowed a year of my life. Not hers. I’ll come back and fulfill my duty as soon as I have Alise secured. But she walks.”
Monroe’s brows winged up, but his expression looked bored.
King was the one who responded. “That’s not how it works, Chief. Alise signed a contract. It’s binding. She’s been afflicted; she stays at StoneCrow.”
“She hasn’t been afflicted,” Chief snarled. “She’s been stricken. There’s a fucking difference.”
Wordlessly, Monroe reached into the inside pocket of his suit coat and pulled out an envelope. He held it out to Chief and explained. “Not in our eyes, and not in the contract. Anyone mated to one of my men stays on the Estate.” His eyes went hard. “And since you’re one of my men, that makes her my property too. It’s legally binding.”
Rage darkened Chief’s face. “Call her your property again, and you’ll fucking regret it.”
“Easy!” King admonished, earning him a dark look.
“And legally binding to who?” Chief scoffed. “The Court? The law? You can’t share that shit! And I am not your fucking property. And if you think you can take her from me, you can…”
Mama held up a hand, instantly silencing Chief’s threat. She’d been quiet all through the exchange, but now she slowly shuffled forward, Briggs sticking close to her side. “It’s binding in shifter law,” she answered for Monroe, shooting Chief a disapproving look. “Learn our ways, boy.” Gaze sliding to Monroe, Mama canted her head and said, “Ask.”
The icy blue of Monroe’s eyes flashed as he regarded the elder. And when he didn’t immediately do as directed, she huffed, “Ask for what you really want. Stop wasting my day. They are few in number.”
Gaze sliding from Mama to Chief, Monroe inhaled sharply, seeming agitated before he gave his attention back to the woman. “Seems you already know what it is I’m after.”
“And why would she go with you? She’s safer here.”
“We need her.”
Chief stared in confusion between the two, his anger rising as he declared, “Alise isn’t going anywhere.”
“Not Alise.” Mama smirked at Monroe. “He’s here for Sha RedCloud. Aren’t you Skin Walker?”