Valen POV

Tatum and I went and dropped the vial off last night. Doc split it into samples before sending it off to the labs, and this morning I was taking Everly to the accountant, deciding after last night I didn’t want her on her own anywhere.

Everly had been nervous all morning about something, and I could tell she wanted to ask me something. She was weird when I got home last night, making me wonder if she argued with her father or something.

Glancing at her, I decided to ask her because her weird mood was freaking me out. “What’s wrong?” I asked as we pulled up at a set of traffic lights.

“I am worried about the accountant,” she answers.

“Why?”

“Because I wasn’t expecting you to come with me,” my brows pinch together wondering what she meant.

“It‘s that bad?”

“No. But I did something when I inherited everything, and I was hoping it remained hidden, but now you will find out,” she says.

“What did you do?”

“I got even. And also I was angry at you, so just don’t be mad. But it was a lot of money, I had this stupid idea, but it may piss you off.” She shakes her head.

“You won’t tell me?” she shakes her head. “And you told no one? And how much money did my mother leave you?”

“Zoe and Macey know. We had a good laugh about it, but I wasn’t expecting you or anyone to find out.” I was going to ask her what it was when she spoke again.

“I also wanted to ask you about the hotel. Macey said something to me last night, but I worry it may upset you also,” she says.

“Why would it upset me? It’s your hotel,” I tell her.

“Well, legally, yes. But it was your mother‘s,”

“You don’t want to continue the rebuild or sell it?” I ask, wondering what she is getting at.

My mother left it to Everly. I would never interfere with the hotel. Mum wanted her to have it.

Therefore Everly was free to do as she pleased with it. Though I hoped she wouldn’t sell it off. “No. Not sell it, sell it, I will still own it, but…” my brows furrow, and I accelerate as the light turns green.

“Just say it, Everly,” I tell her, and she sighs.

“I was planning on doing it anyway before you came back into the picture. But now you are, I thought I should ask,” she says.

“It‘s your Hotel. That doesn‘t change, so tell me what you want to do,”

“I am running out of funds for the rebuild. The insurance didn‘t cover everything, and the savings set aside for emergencies are running out. Everything else is locked down in term deposits and trust funds which I don‘t want to touch unless necessary. I know you offered to help, but..”

“But you refuse to take money from me,” I growl. We have a kid and live together, yet she never lets me pay for everything, she is always contributing even though I don‘t want or need her money. But hearing all this made me wonder how much she did have?

“I don‘t want a handout, and I don’t want to owe anyone,” she says.

“I‘m your mate,” I tell her.

“I have never needed help, and I don‘t want it, but Macey and Zoe have been pooling their money to invest,”

“You want to split the place three ways? Change ownership into three titles?” I ask, and she nods, glancing at me before she starts nervously defending herself.

“I know it was your mother‘s, and I will still own it. But Macey was telling me last night, she and Zoe were looking into buying something investment–wise to leave to their kids, and I was already going…”

her off, and she turns in her

do?” she actually seemed

been my mothers, but you three girls built that place. But I have one condition if you go ahead,” I tell her,

ownership, just partnering up..” she starts

tell her,

how much they have, but anything will help with the rebuild, and the money will

buy it off you, or you give it to them and

anyway. They would think they owe you,” What is with these

it. I can get contracts drawn up so they know I can’t interfere with the hotel. I will merely be an investor but hold no control,” I

can transfer any title I have

nod. I would rather she take the money, but she is too headstrong. Maybe I could speak to the

clears my guilty conscience, it is a win-win. Pulling up at the accountants, my father was there waiting already, and Everly climbed out of the

shakes her head, making me confused. What had she done that she didn’t want me to see? She almost looked embarrassed. When she closed the door, my father hugged her, and I could tell he was tickled

a huge oval mahogany desk, and I took a seat next

chatting among themselves and going over paperwork while my father has a silly smirk on his face as he stares at her. Turning slightly in

know?” she asks, and he nods

Valarie would have done" he chuckles, and the room falls silent

swings open, and Everly shrinks down in her seat as

acknowledgment. My eyes narrow at my father and Joseph smiles and sits next to Everly. He squeezes her hand. I had no idea who he was but she

Everly says, and

Your mother was a wonderful woman,”

“You knew my mother?”

on after she passed,” he says, and I swallow, trying

the best approach to deal with Alpha John’s pack, which was now technically mine and Everly’s. But Everly didn’t want to take control off him completely, which shocked me. Instead, her father would

still want me to run

pack, I have my Hotel and Luna stuff. You know the pack;

catch?” John

Joseph will. And you answer

Everyone looks at John, waiting to see what he says. Our packs have been rivals for decades, and I didn’t expect him

see Valarian? Claire has been asking every day, and Everly won‘t bring him to see us unless you say so,” John tells me, and Everly

secretly wanted her parents in her life. Despite having their differences, she still loved them. Everly was just no longer a child and had

this?” I ask her,

parents,” Dad mind-links. I sigh and

anything to do with you, you won’t force a relationship with my son or our babies,” I tell him, and

Babies?! As in more than one?!” John blurts, and I pale. We were trying to keep that on the down-low for

her before regathering himself like

love this. More grandbabies, she will be so excited,” John

says, and I raise an eyebrow at his enthusiasm when my father mind-links me again. He probably saw the look on my face; I was about to demand the reason for his sudden change of heart toward

leave it,”

kid’s lives he will be in? Where was the bastard when Valarian was born?”

get

what?!” I snapped through the link. Everly looks over at me, probably feeling my sudden

what I get, Valen. You don‘t have to trust him straight off, but let him. Everly is a smart girl. She isn‘t someone that will let someone hurt her twice,” Dad says when I feel Everly squeeze my hand under the table. I nod to my father, and he turns his attention

to any of the rogues. Yet that still left the debt to Nixon and also a backlog of debt from pack loans. Some I would sort out, but John really buried the pack deep and was stupid

sell the land off without touching the trust fund,” Joseph whispers to her. My

its land. She was a Rogue. She couldn‘t have purchased land within the city,

once the packs took over. So my mother wouldn‘t have been able to purchase once the packs moved into the city and put

Everly set it aside for him. Everything else went on the land she brought and into the hotel,” Joseph says, and now everyone

at you and you…!” she said, looking at her father. Okay,

you done?” I ask her, but she

actually pretty funny.

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