apter 39
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The necklace was on Jonah’s nek, and he was fondling with it nervously. Jake Justin also had a plastered fake smile.
Was he trying to impress Vanessa and didn’t want to be seen with a hecklace that looked like a shaman’s? Well played.
“Vanessa, come sit with us,” I gestured for her to sit beside me. She
around, from the two men to me,
“Was there someone else here?” she asked sternly. Not very ladylike what was she doing?
“Just us. Why?” I replied.
The two men finished their meals and rose up.
“Alpha, we best be on our way. Enjoy your meal with the pretty princess.”
“Pretty what?” I overheard the Delta nudge Jake in the stomach. Jake bit his lips and changed his words.
“Enjoy your meal with the princess.”
“Don’t you think my sister is pretty, Delta Jonah?” I asked loudly, gaining their attention.
Vanessa glanced at him, then looked away.
“Of course, she is a princess,” he said nonchalantly, with a hidden eye roll.
“What’s that?”
He raised a brow at me. “What?”
“The necklace. What’s it for? You and Jake switched it when she came in. Is it a charm to attract women or what…?”
He frowned. “Quite the opposite. It’s a charm to keep women away.”
“Mates,” Jake corrected, then bit his lips again.
My eyes widened.
“Don’t mind me. I mean, yes, it’s a charm, but for good luck, nothing else.” He laughed, pulling Delta Jonah out of the room with
him.
Vanessa stared at the necklace intently as the Delta passed her. The maid was nearly fidgeting, so I called on her.
I noticed Jake and the Delta pause.
“Our guests are gone, clear the table, please,” I said to the maid. She bowed hurriedly and began clearing the plates.
Jake and the Delta exhaled and were almost leaving when Vanessa called on the Delta. What drama was happening now?
“Is the necklace the one that makes mates not recognize themselves? How long have you had it on?” she asked, with a raised tone.
I rose from my seat. The maid sighed and rushed out of the room. Delta Jonah had darkness in his eyes when he responded to my sister.
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And what’s that to you, princess?” he asked coldly, “Do my accesso es bother you?”
Jake pulled him behind him and looked at me.
“Is there a reason the princess is interested in his necklace?”
I wondered too. Vanessa mind–linked and asked me to keep him in the palace for longer. My lips parted; I wasn’t sure I could do that.
“Is there a reason your Delta can’t just tell her what the necklace is for? Maybe she fancies it.”
“She shouldn’t. It’s a relic from Black Rose, one that its leaders wear when traveling to avoid meeting evil and high spirits,” the Delta replied.
What was with the sudden change of tone? What made him so offended?
“I heard it also prevents wolves from recognizing their mate. If you meet your mate here, you won’t recognize her. Is that right?” my sister inquired.
“Very right to me. I will take it off when I see a lady worthy of being my mate,” the Delta sighed.
I slammed my hands on the table. I couldn’t help but feel he directed that statement
at
my sister.
She wasn’t worthy of being his mate? And why was she interested in that necklace? Did it affect her?
“He mustn’t go anywhere, brother,” I heard Vanessa in my mind–link. “He
must recognize me as mate.”
My forehead creased. They were mates? Or she wanted to be sure?
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