Everly POV

Two weeks later

“Everly wake up. You‘re late again,” Valen says, shaking me out of my deep sleep. A growl escapes, and I tug my pillow over my head. He growls, ripping the heavy drapes open and flooding the room with light that seared my eyeballs from their sockets..

“Everly up!” Valen growls, ripping the blanket off me. My eyes felt like sandpaper, and I was so damn exhausted. No matter how early I went to bed, I always woke up feeling like crap, and it didn‘t help that he watched me like a damn hawk. And wouldn‘t allow me any coffee, making me question if that was an addiction. I usually had two before I even did the school run, and now no caffeine has resulted in me becoming a zombie.

“No, leave me,” I whined.

“Valarian was ten minutes late yesterday and today. The tantrum I just dealt with was insane! Now up! You were supposed to do the school runs the last two days, and on both days, he couldn’t wake you, and I had to come home!”

“I‘m tired,” I told him, reaching blindly for the blanket that he tugged away.

“Up!” he says slapping my backside and earning a growl.

“Why,” I whined.

“Because it is time to get up!” he snaps.

“Time for you to get up. I don‘t have to be anywhere,” I growl. It was my day off. I wanted to sleep!

Valen growls and storms out of the room, and I snuggle beneath my blanket when I wrinkle my nose at the smell of coffee. The smell I couldn‘t stand sent me running for the bathroom, but damn, did I miss the taste and the energy buzz. The scent grew more potent, and I growled as his scent wafted in from behind me and the pungent aroma of caffeine goodness.

“I swear if you made that just to make me get up to puke, I would provide the damn vasectomy myself,” I snarl before I gasp, my throat burning. It was such an odd reaction to the one thing I loved. Once I threw up, I was good to drink it. Just the initial smell always got to me.

Flushing the toilet, I quickly rinsed my mouth while glaring at him in the mirror as I watched him take a sip. He was pushing my limits. I snarled as I stood up while he smiled tauntingly.

“Ah, be nice, I may let you drink it,” he says.

“Hand the coffee over, hun, or I feel this miningdeal may not go through,”

I tell him, “I hear the owner is a real bitch without her morning coffee,” and his smile falls.

Maybe him knowing now would play to my advantage. When I brought it, I knew if the packs knew, they would hunt me down and probably kill me, but with Valen and my Dad behind me, no one would dare touch me now.

“You can‘t blackmail me, and that was my land you brought,” Valen tells me.

“No claims, therefore, no–man‘s–land and now my land,” I tell him, putting my hands on my hips.

still can‘t believe you did that, and you nearly started a war

he pulls his hand away. “That land would make a nice protected reserve,” I muse, folding my arms across my chest. He

territory. Slater, I heard, was looking to extend. I am sure he would offer a good amount for the

would get yourself in trouble!” he says

the intention when I brought it, you know, to cause trouble, and I hear

Everly. And once that jar is gone

jar?” I ask excitedly, and he

he asks, holding

day?” I

“One!” he says.

“Three!”

“One!”

and you have a deal,” I tell him,

excitedly and have a sip before

the fuck, Valen! That is not coffee,” I

laughs. “And

for coffee! Not whatever the heck

I know never to let you go over a contract. Always verify what you‘re making a deal on, Luna,” Valen laughs. I pull a

texted Zoe and Macey to see what they were doing since the hotel was under renovations. We had so much

on end, you don‘t realize how tired you become until you have one day off. The girls agreed to meet up with me for lunch, and before I knew it, I was driving

fast but it was a

while I waited for my accountant and some agents to sell off some of the land, selling off everything besides the land behind our pack and my father‘s old

would be, but mostly, I knew I had it but never actually thought of doing anything with it. I brought it out of spite, but it may just be what saves us from going under. Valarian‘s money was locked in a trust until

not doing the serving. We

waiter places our food down in front of us and a tea. Glancing at the waitress. “I think you gave me

“I‘m sorry, Luna, but,”

quickly. I knew that must be Valen‘s doing, seeing as it was one of his pack cafes we were sitting at. Macey glances around before sliding her cappuccino in front of me

nothing, and I think he is being ridiculous over the caffeine thing,” she

them, glaring

“Cheese?” Zoe asks.

he has banned all fish, oh and mayonnaise. I will kill him by the end of this pregnancy. Every night he

Macey says, and Zoe glances around like she is waiting for him to pounce on me over the coffee

Although, she had admitted that he had been hounding her since

her caesar salad. Zoe smiles at her sadly. And I felt terrible because I was pregnant with not

you? What‘s going on with you and Valen?” Macey asks, spearing a piece of lettuce and popping it in her mouth. I knew she was trying to change the subject away from her not telling

annoying and clingy

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