I turned to Trent. “Who told him that?”
Trent sighed. “Who do you think, baby?”
Of course I knew. “I’m having a talk with Lee when we get back.”
“Well, I’m also happy I don’t have to deal with some vamp creeping on me,” Evan announced.
“He wouldn’t have creeped on you.” I felt the need to defend my former mentor. And, yes, lover. He’d been an excellent lover, by the way, but I wasn’t going to point that out in front of my son and husband. “He thought you might be his fated mate.”
“Nope. She’s my fated mate,” Fenrir said, possessively reaching for her hand.
Evan sighed. “Then you should be happy I like you because if you were an asshole, fate wouldn’t mean a thing to me, wolf. I know you cared for Marcus, Kelsey, but he’s kind of been the boogeyman in my life. Since I was a kid, I heard whispers of this prophecy. Discovering it was never me at all but my big sis is a huge relief. Especially if she’s happy with the old guy.”
“She is,” I assured her.
“Well, good for Summer, and now Mom’s having a new baby and it’s a girl, so I don’t even have to worry about being the only girl anymore.” Something about the tight set to Evan’s jaw belied the casualness of her words. “I just have to worry about all the wolves in the world wanting me dead. I have to say, at least Marcus wanted me alive.”
Fen moved closer to her. “Hey, like I’m going to let that happen.”
“Wait, the queen’s pregnant again?” Casey asked, looking more animated than he’d been.
“Hah, I knew something before Casey.” Trent looked pleased with himself.
“You always know things before I do,” Casey shot back.
“Not gossip stuff,” Trent countered. “No one ever tells me anything gossipy.”
This was rapidly getting out of control. “Hey, someone tell me more about this Alvis person.”
“He’s dead.”
All heads turned as Rufus entered the library. I stood up, facing the slender primal. “I’m sorry, what?”
Rufus’s gaze was grave as he moved my way. “Alvis has been murdered. I must ask for your professional services, Ms. Owens.”
I sighed. Not even two days back on the plane and I had a dead body to deal with.
Some things never changed.